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Why Australia’s answer to Greta Thunberg is facing years behind bars
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this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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TLDR, Australia is passing strict anti-protest laws and the police are bought by oil giants.
Seeing as the UK did something similar, laws against protests appear to be the new weapon against climate activism.
The US has also been passing laws to clamp down on protesting in the wake of the Dakota Access, BLM, and Stop Cop City protests.
The Drilled podcast is doing a season about the global legislative shift now.
Funny how right-wing protests are not considered a problem.