why criminalising climate protesters in Australia doesn't actually work

  • Written by: Robyn Gulliver, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

A man who drove through a climate protest blocking the Harbour Tunnel this week has copped a A$469 fine, while multiple members of the activist group were arrested. The protest was among a series of peak hour rallies in Sydney by Blockade Australia, in an effort to stop “the cogs in the machine that is destroying life on earth”.

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