Article 57MSV Queensland court overturns climate activists' conviction under anti-protest laws

Queensland court overturns climate activists' conviction under anti-protest laws

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Ben Smee
from Environment | The Guardian on (#57MSV)

Environmental protesters among the first to be charged under state's ban on locking' devices

A Queensland court has thrown out the conviction and sentencing of two young climate activists, who were among the first to be charged with breaching controversial anti-protest laws passed last year.

The remarkable judgment in the Queensland district court found there was no evidence that the use of banned locking" or attachment" devices by the climate change protesters posed any risk of injury to others or damage to property.

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