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Australia's criminalisation of peaceful protest is a stain on our democracy (www.crikey.com.au)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone
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'The health of our planet hangs in the balance while those entrusted with legislative power prioritise short-term political gain over the well-being of future generations.'

[...] Disruption is a tool.

But now, disruption is a crime. We’re not climate activists; we’re criminals.

(Article is soft-paywalled, archived link if you need it)

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[+] -22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Disrupting other people lives and businesses is not a peaceful protest on my book. Fines should be proportional damage they caused and $20K is top you can get, exact sum is up to court.

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    What else is a protest but a way to cause a disruption until politicians care enough to fix the issue you're protesting for? If you're not causing some kind of disruption it's not really a protest cause people can just ignore you and nothing is gonna get done from it.

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