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Australia's criminalisation of peaceful protest is a stain on our democracy (www.crikey.com.au)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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'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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[-] stepchook@mastodon.au 9 points 3 months ago

@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 4 points 3 months ago

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 9 points 3 months ago

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

[-] zik@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago

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

[-] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

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.