Australia's criminalisation of peaceful protest is a stain on our democracy

https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/07/24/climate-protest-criminalised-australia/

'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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SpicyLizards@reddthat.com · 17 pts · 2y (2 replies)

This democracy really needs a bit of bleach, sadly

DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

What do you mean?

njm1314@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

To kill all the bacteria

TheHolm@aussie.zone · -34 pts · 2y (7 replies)

It is a not a peaceful protests. So why complain?

stepchook@mastodon.au · 10 pts · 2y (5 replies)

@TheHolm @MHLoppy
You're protesting about this toot? That does not deserve a $20,000 fine and court silence order. Nobody was injured by the protests. Therefore they were peaceful.

TheHolm@aussie.zone · -22 pts · 2y (4 replies)

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.

Zagorath@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y

You don't just get to redefine what peaceful means. Disrupting people without using violence is peaceful.

zik@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y

If it's peaceful it's peaceful. When I check the dictionary under "peaceful" it doesn't say anything about business.

WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

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.

stepchook@mastodon.au · 4 pts · 2y
voracitude@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
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