Australia has a rich history of environmental protest. We shouldn’t threaten communities trying to speak out
Logging in Tasmania’s Tarkine / takayna. Anti-protest laws are ‘attempts by governments to prop up dying and damaging extractive industries that are losing public support’.Logging in Tasmania’s Tarkine / takayna. Anti-protest laws are ‘attempts by governments to prop up dying and damaging extractive industries that are losing public support’.
On Thursday new laws were passed in Victorian parliament that will see peaceful protesters faced with fines of up to $21,000, or 12 months in jail, for trying to save our environment. For those without deep pockets or access to politicians and platforms, protest can be the only tool many in our community have to be heard and to secure change.
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