BREAKING NEWS: Chaos at Salvation Army op-shop as screaming anti-vaxxers led by ex-Neighbours star confront staff and plaster signs on the wall - before brave 'homeless' woman carrying a basketball steps in By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:23 GMT, 7 December 2021 | Updated: 23:27 GMT, 7 December 2021 Viewcomments A group of anti-vaxxers including a former Neighbours star have filmed themselves screaming at Salvation Army staff after plastering hand-written signs on the storefront. The group's leader, Damien Richardson, who played Gary Canning on the hit soap, was seen harassing one of the workers outside the op shop on Bourke Street, in Melbourne on Wednesday morning. They had earlier stuck up signs with anti-vaccination slogans such as 'God does not discriminate' and 'Op shops are essential services', while shouting at workers to let the unvaccinated in. Former Neighbours star Damien Richardson was seen harassing a Salvation Army staff member outside the charity store in Melbourne on Wednesday A woman who had spent years living on the streets stepped in to defend the hardworking staff The chaos erupted as a woman who had spent years living homeless on the streets of Melbourne stepped in to defend the Salvation Army staff. 'Come have dinner with us, sleep with us out here on the street. Start learning about it!' she is heard shouting back to one of the anti-vaxxers while holding a basketball. 'I've been on and off this streets since I was 13-years-old alright? And I will stick up for these guys as much as they're a***holes, and I'm an a***hole to them some days. 'That's our family.' More to come Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility