Case against 14 Queensland climate protesters adjourned as questions raised over validity of charges
by Joe Hinchliffe from World news | The Guardian on (#6FSE6)
Outside Brisbane court dozens of supporters waving Extinction Rebellion flags greet defendants with cheers and chants
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The validity of charges against 14 Queensland activists facing the possibility of jail for a climate protest inside the state parliament has been questioned in court, as the case was adjourned on Monday.
The group face charges - not laid in more than 30 years - of disturbing the legislature during a protest in which they unfurled banners with anti-fossil fuel slogans from the public gallery and interrupted question time by chanting for about three minutes last November.
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