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Climate Protesters Arrested At Parliament House

Published on November 25, 2009 in Australia in the News. 0 Comments Tags: , .

I guess these folks haven’t read the e-mails yet ;-)

FEDERAL Parliament’s front doors were locked today during a blockade by climate change protesters calling for deep cuts to carbon emissions.

About 200 protesters demanding a 40 per cent cut in carbon emissions were visited by senators Bill Heffernan and Steve Fielding, both renowned climate sceptics who tried to speak with them.

More than 20 police were called in to move the protesters away from Parliament’s front doors and some left before they were forced out.

Police dragged remaining protesters to an area under parliament, out of sight of reporters and photographers.  [AAP]

It is bad enough that these loons are prostesting in regards to a confirmed hoax, but this is what I find most disturbing:

Protest organiser Georgina Woods, from the group Rising Tide Newcastle, said the protesters ranged in age from one to 87.

The father of the one-year-old was arrested but the mother left the protest scene with their child after police asked demonstrators to leave.

Ms Woods defended the couple.

“This has been a peaceful protest. There was no danger to the baby,” Ms Woods said.

What responsible parent would bring a child to a protest?  I think they were obviously using the child as a prop in the hope that one of policemen might grab the baby from them in order to get pictures to spread on the Internet.  I can’t stand these people and using babies as props is yet another reason why.

Indian Protesters Cause Traffic Jam In Melbourne

Published on May 31, 2009 in Australia in the News. 0 Comments Tags: , .

If I was to hold a protest to get Australians to support my cause I don’t think causing a massive traffic jam in the middle of Melbourne is the way I would go about it:

INDIAN protesters occupying a busy central Melbourne
intersection say they will continue their sit-in through peak hour in protest
against what they say is a rising tide of racial violence against them.

At 2am (AEST) this morning, more than 300 protesters remained at the corner
of Swanston and Flinders streets, under the famous Flinders
Street railway station clocks, where south Asian cab drivers held a similar
protest last year.

The protest, which is bound to create traffic chaos in the city, is peaceful
for now. (……)

“We have become a part of your country. We respect your culture. We want the
same respect of cultural values from your side. If people feel like they are
going to be hurt, that can’t be tolerated.”   [AFP]

The Age has a gallery of pictures of the protest here.

Sorry to break it to this guy, but if he respects Australian culture he wouldn’t be causing Melbourne drivers to be stuck in a traffic jam.  If anything this group has probably caused more ill will with the people they are trying to get to change their opinions of the Indian community.  Doing this is especially not going to win over Australians:

They then moved to the intersection outside the station where, witnesses
said, the protesters threw shoes, water bottles and other objects at the
station’s clocks, breaking stained glass windows above the entrance, when police
tried to break up the sit-in.

A 22-year-old man from St Albans was arrested and charged with criminal
damage and riotous behaviour.

Not good to be vandalizing an Australian architectural icon like the Flinders Street Station.  I am not even Australian and that pisses me off.  This group may want to rethink their protest strategy because this one is definitely flawed.

Nine News has video of the protest here.