Anti-vaxxer Monica Smit announces engagement after release from jail

Anti-vaxxer Monica Smit has announced her engagement just hours after being released from prison on bail.

Smit, 33, who is accused of inciting violent protests in Melbourne, secured a legal win on Wednesday when she had “onerous” bail conditions scrapped in the Victorian Supreme Court.

Smit, who is charged with two counts of incitement in relation to protests held on August 11 and August 21, was released later that day after spending 22 days in custody.

Taking to social media on Wednesday evening, the wannabe reality TV star turned anti-vax activist declared she was “not being silenced” and neither was her activist organisation Reignite Democracy Australia.

“I am very motivated, I have not been silenced and RDA continues,” she told her followers.

Smit further revealed her partner Morgan Jonas, who is also an anti-lockdown activist and vocal critic of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, had proposed to her.

“It’s on the wrong finger because it’s too big and I don’t want to lose it. We need to get it resized,” she said.

“It’s all a little bit overwhelming right now.”

Her followers also expressed their congratulations for the happy couple, with one woman saying she was “crying with happiness” for them.

“Morgsi you champ, I’m so happy for the both of you,” another said.

Smit was originally granted bail on September 1 after she was arrested, but refused to sign a bail undertaking because of strict conditions, including a curfew and the removal of some material from social media.

She applied to have her bail conditions varied in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, with Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth imposing “more limited” conditions than the ones originally imposed.

Smit is alleged to have encouraged people to attend illegal protests during Victoria’s sixth lockdown by authoring and transmitting posts on the encrypted Telegram app.

She is also charged with three counts of contravening the chief health officer’s directions.

Several police officers were injured and taken to hospital when crowds turned violent at the August 21 demonstration, with more than 4000 protesters at the scene.

Smit is next due to face court in November.