Harsher anti-protest laws targeting environmentalists are putting greed before green | Bob Brown
by Bob Brown from Environment | The Guardian on (#60SM5)
Penalties for peaceful action are now the same as for aggravated assault
Last Friday dozens of armed New South Wales police officers raided a camp near Sydney and arrested two environmentalists. One was Aunty Caroline Kirk, an Aboriginal elder. She was charged with wilfully obstructing and intimidating police".
I can't run, I can't climb," she said. All I can do ... is teach my culture. Why are they doing this?"
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