The 5th July 2013 Raid on Occupy Sydney by City of Sydney and NSW Police

 At 2pm yesterday 17 July 2013 The City of Sydney assisted by jackboot diplomacy from NSW Police again raided Occupy Sydney taking all resources and targetting Food and Cooking equipment used to provide 24/7 Hot Food for Sydneys Homeless Community.

 Occupiers scrambled to reassemble and coffee was available by 4pm with full but limited service by 7pm

• The Raids are instigated by City of Sydney Council with NSW Police active participants in suppressing protesters and denying them the opportunity to secure equipment. Occupiers are routinely detained by police "as an imminent threat of breaching the peace," leaving Council workers free to steal Occupiers and resources.
• Over 100 blankets for Homeless have been taken by Council and immediately contaminated by placing them in rubbish trucks. Recent research has indicated that Council routinely collect homeless peoples belongings especially blankets in garbage trucks  sometimes returning them without appropriate sterilisation or health warnings
• To date over 1200kgs of Fresh Food has been stolen and immediately contaminated by Council who use unsanitary garbage trucks to transport equipment stolen. Similarly pots cooking equipment and shelter equipment essential to prevent bird droppings in food are wilfully contaminated by Council. They require expensive sterilisation before reuse.
• Police have actively prevented Occupy Participants from securing equipment, enabling the theft of those items by unquestioning City of Sydney Workers.
• No Notification in relation to any Civil or Criminal offences has been received by any Occupy Sydney participant.
• Police have ignored brutality by a Council Manager against a wheelchair using aboriginal elder Occupy Sydney participant

Fascist City of Sydney Council and NSW Police Stealing the 24/7 Homeless Hungry and Cold Peoples Resource 2pm 17/7/2013

..and here at 6-30 pm Occupiers have scrambled to rebuild for the 6th time> Coffees were being served at 4pm with full FOOD service restored by 7-30...

Homeless and Hungry people must be fed. Hot Food and drinks at night are essential. Council will not starve the Homeless out of Sydney on Occupy Sydney's watch

Urgent Shoutout

#ResupplyOccupy

The 24-7 Homeless Hungry & Cold Peoples Resource

urgently need

Fresh Vegies and Meat

Blankets

Other Food.

Lots more people to help out. We need numbers day and night.

JOIN US HERE ON FACEBOOK

or rock up at Occupy

ph /txt 0410 722 000

Free Store Day at Martin Place this Sunday (21 July 2013)

Several autonomous groups have mentioned an intention to set up Free Food Free Goodies and Free Classes throughout Martin Place this coming sunday. 
 We have heard that there will be free art displays free barbecues and even Free Speech as autonomous citizens exercise their Freedom (while they still have it) to use Public Space for the benefit of the Community.

A Food Drive to Supply the Occupy Sydney 24/7 Homeless Hungry and Cold Peoples Resource is being generated organically. Please join in. No registration required.Just colle t food  fresh canned or packaged and bring it on in. The Stage on Martin Place near Pitt St is the venue or you can drop it off directly at the Occupation (corner of Martin Place and Elizabeth St).  Heading up a powerful 2 band Punk Rock act will be internationally acclaimed local punk rock activist band Liberation Front bringing " Food for Thought" to the fore as we de consent The City of Sydney's unwritten policy of Starving the Homeless out of Sydney or using Food as a bait to entrap homeless people into programs where they are monetised or subject to information rape.

Food Security is a pressing concern as fewer large corporations grab greater control over our food and water supplies by buying complicit governments. Hear Liberation Front belt it out for Homeless Food Liberation....

Tell Clover youre Angry!!! Leave Occupy Sydney Alone.

  
Rally 5pm 29th July at Sydney Town Hall. Council Meeting

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Facebook event here
Occupy Sydney have maintained a 24/7 Protest presence in Martin Place since Oct 15 2011. Until Occupy Sydney began operating Australias only 24/7 Walk up Homeless Hot Food Drinks and blankets service The City of Sydney Council did not object to Occupy Sydney's presence. But the threat of an effective Homeless Peoples service undermining the comfortable lies perpetuated by the City of Sydney's Homelessness Unit, Council voted that Occupy Sydney had to go.

•  Since July 5th Council have conducted four arbitrary surprise raids on the peaceful Occupy Sydney Occupation and 24/7 Homeless kitchen. They have stolen eight truckloads of Occupy Sydney protest and proactivist signage as well as essential food and food preparation equipment. The food cannot be rescued and all materials require sterilisation before reuse because Council used Garbage trucks to remove it. Food was all donated for FREE distribution to the Homeless Community.
• In one raid a wheelchair user aboriginal elder Colleen Fuller was thrown to the ground by a council manager and required hospital treatment. In the same incident another female Occupy Sydney participant was injured by police who violently wrested the participants private barbecue from her as she was attempting to place it in her car...see full story here 
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• The Occupy Sydney Proactivist Protest Occupation and 

• 24/7 Homeless Hungry & Cold Peoples Resource should 
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• Councillors Christine Forster and Lord Mayor Clover 
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• Moore should go.
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• We demand Council leave Occupy 
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• Sydney alone. 

The Councils resolution and subsequent actions have been draconian

A barbecue for the Homeless will again be the Centrepiece as supporters gather for a noisy demonstration against Councillor Christine Forster and Lord Mayor Clover Moores motion to Evict Occupy following Occupy Sydneys launch of the 24/7 Homeless Hungry and Cold Peoples Resource....
Come with noise making implements. Bring barbecue food. Come hungry.bring your anger into focus...

Protect Arnhem Land from Paltar Petroleum Sydney Rally Fri July 19 2013

Occupy Sydney fully support Aboriginal elders opposing the imposition of short term extractors rights over long term maintenance of ecological balance in this most fragile of ecosystems. 

Come and support the Traditional Owners of Arnhem Land in their efforts to raise awareness of the threat to Arnhem Land from oil and gas exploration.

Five traditional owners are traveling from Maningrida, NT to Sydney to hold a public event in Martin Place outside the offices of Paltar Petroleum at midday on Friday 19 July. 

If you're in Sydney and surrounds please come along! Facebook event here : https://www.facebook.com/events/498240110244206/

The 24/7 Homeless Hungry & Cold Peoples Resource

  Occupy Sydney came into being as a platform for the 99% to confront Corporate Greed.
  Each time we looked across Martin Place another homeless person walked by. Homelessness is the collateral damage of Corporate greed. And it would be utterly remiss of us to carry on a cinversation addressing Corporate Greed without supporting those  most affected in our siciety. It is unacceptable that a land so rich in resources would allow so few to take for themselves so much disposessing so many in the process.

Occupy Sydney remain defiant as City of Sydney steal Homeless Resources for the Fourth Time

Defiant Occupiers and the Homeless Community are again rebuilding the Occupation and Sydney Homeless Hungry and Cold Peoples Resource following the 2pm raid today on the Occupy Sydney Occupation.

 Until the Occupy Sydney Occupation began feeding Homeless People 24 hours 7 Days a week the City of Sydney made no effort to end the Occupy protests. In fact Mayor Clover Moore denied that police were victimising Occupy Sydney on Council orders. Within days of this Occupy Sydney initiative commencing Corporate servant and Federal Politics aspirant Councillor Christine Forster saw her opportunity to use the eradication of Homeless people from Corporate Sydney as cobblestones on her pathway to federal politics. Mayor Clover Moores team of Fence sitter team and other closet Liberal councillors happily supported her.

 City of Sydney do NOT consult with Homeless people. They have a Homelessness unit whose last 2 managers Liz Gyles and Felicity Reynolds are ex poverty industry powerhouse Mission Australia employees. We know of no services provided by or on behalf of City of Sydney which provide walk up 24 hour support to homeless people.

 Angry Homeless Community members are outraged that The City of Sydney ,awash with Millions of Dollars and culpable for causing homelessness has not in decades thought to establish a place where they can get food hot drinks and blankets 24 hours a day. Unlike any of the Poverty Industry operators, many of the Homeless Community willingly contribute monetarily and in kind to the Occupy Sydney Resource because they value the ability to eat when they are hungry and get blankets when theirs are wet or gone. 

  Occupy Sydney remain committed to preventing the City of Sydney effecting its NIMBY plan to eradicate Homelessness in the City by starving homeless people out or forcing them to live in Jail-you-pay-for institutions like Common Ground.We will again rebuild and be feeding our Homeless Community Friends by tonight.City of Sydney have not once fulfilled their legal obligations to

 Angry supporters are also outraged at what they describe as "The Fascist actions of City of Sydney". Chalkupiers are threatening to exchange chalk for spraycans. Others are calling for the city to be turned into an eyesore by the simple act of tipping rubbish bins onto the streets. While we cannot endorse these actions we share those supporters outrage and fully understand why they might be driven to do these things.

 The City of Sydney has never held meaningful discussions with Occupy Sydney preferring to dictate what we should do through Nazi like jackboot diplomacy  

 

Rebuilding following the Third July 2013 Eviction of Occupy Sydney

  Around 8-30 am today Tuesday 9th July City of Sydney workers led again stole assets Occupy Sydney are using to operate our 24/7 Homeless Hungry and Cold Peoples Resource Centre from Occupy Sydney in Martin Place. 

• If we do not reestablish then tonight Sydney's Homeless Community will have nowhere to go for Hot Food Hot Drinks and warm blankets. We will not permit the City of Sydney to meet its admirable 2017 objective by simply starving the homeless out of Sydney.
• 24/7 Homeless Hungry and Cold Peoples Resource Centre needs a barbecue brought in.
• 24/7 Homeless Hungry and Cold Peoples Resource Centre need bacon sausages and eggs.
• 24/7 Homeless Hungry and Cold Peoples Resource Centre  need 2 large pots.
• 24/7 Homeless Hungry and Cold Peoples Resource Centre need a gazebo or marquee.
• 24/7 Homeless Hungry and Cold Peoples Resource Centre need blankets.
• Please Call 0410 722 000 with all offers of transport supply and physical help

Police have now stationed the Rocks Police Command Post at Occupy to prevent us re-establishing. We are already rebuilding at another location which for security purposes we are not publishing. It is being spread around the Homeless Community now.

Angry supporters have already vowed to substitute the usual chalk used in the Occupy realm with spray paint and other more permanent expressions of their outrage. 

 Others are calling for unwanted furniture to be left on the side of the road in City of Sydney for collection by Occupy Sydney reconstruction team.

Persons Occupy Sydney are holding responsible for raids which are calculated to Starve the Homeless out of Sydney

Councillor Christine Forster: http://twitter.com/resourcefultype
Lord Mayor Clover Moore: http://twitter.com/CloverMoore
City of Sydney Assets Manager Chris Binn: 

City of Sydney Out of Order

For 20 months The City of Sydney Council raised no objection to the Occupy Sydney 24-7 protest in Martin Place.

 Liberal Councillor and sister of Opposition leader Christine Forster was elected eight months ago. She has never raised the issue of the Occupy Sydney Occupation in that time.

 On May 13th 2013 as the beginning of a proactive campaign to end homelessness and deliver housing affordability Occupy Sydney launched The Homeless Hungry & Cold Resource Centre serving Hot Food and Coffee 24 Hours 7 Days a week. 

 On June 13th Councillor Forsters article in The local Murdoch Press rag alerted us to the fact that she had tabled a motion in council calling for Occupy Sydney to be evicted using Police Force if necessary.

 On 24 June Council on the flawed information given by Councillor Forster and over the objections of Greens Councillor Irene Doutney and Labors sole representative Linda Scott, the Council passed the resolution with a conscience appeasing fence sitting resolution to evict Occupy Sydney.

 Occupy Sydney's preliminary legal advice is that Council have not issued proper notice. As the matter is civil the Council require Court orders to effect their process. Police have no power to intervene.

 Instead of which The Council have selected to act illegally using armed police as thug stormtroopers to threaten intimidate and nullify Occupiers ability to protect Occupy Resources.

 The Occupy Sydney Constitutional Challenge recently lost by Occupy Sydney is being appealed.This case tested the heirarchical priority of protest vs regulations not the validity of the regulations themselves.

 The Supreme Court case ordered appealed by the NSW Premier , did test validity to some extent and this case was won by Occupy. The DPP has filed notice to appeal but not filed an appeal as yet.

 We believe that the real reason Council has passed this eviction resolution is to deny Homeless people access to appropriate resources to provide for basic human need. Warmth Food and Shelter. Councils Homelessness unit enjoys a healthy relationship with some of the most toxic monetisers of marginalised people in Australia including Mission Australia operators of the "jail you pay for "Common Ground" so glowingly lauded by another monetiser, Therese Rein.The Homelessness Unit cooperated locally in a callous Federal Government initiative to dump Mental Health Health System Clients onto the Streets and prioritise their access to "homeless housing". The Councils delivery agency Neami had 25 years of Mental Health case maintenance expertise but zero experience with homeless. Many of the homes the public is being told are housing Homeless people are housing these people wilfully made homeless by Federal and State Governments deliberate policy.

  Council has given Occupy Sydney no timeline to leave.

A mobile kitchen was brought in

1st Occupy rebuild

 Yet in a crass display of arrogance and disdain for legal process or Civil Liberties Council arrived unannounced on July 3rd and commenced stealing Occupy Sydney resources aided and abetted by armed State Police.

  Occupiers scrambled to restore services to our homeless community. A mobile kitchen was brought in before the site was restored.

  On 5th June City of Sydney who had approved a film crew shooting ABC TVs Rake program to shoot in the area again raided Occupy Sydney assisted by armed and actively engaged NSW Police whose well known thuggery was brutally to Occupy supporting wheelchair using aboriginal elder Colleen Fuller who needed hospital treatment.

 Police physically wrested a barbecue another occupier was attempting to place in her vehicle from her posession causing injuries and lacerations which did not require treatment.

 Occupy Sydney absolutely deplore Council initiated police thuggery towards Colleen and other Occupiers. The use of the police to preemptively usurp the rights of peaceful protesters and proactivists without prior reference to Courts amounts to arbitrary and selective application of force to effect government desires whether legal or not.

 The choice of police to act as they did in the second raid amounts to another instance of arbitrarily applied state terrorism and should be absolutely rejected.

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Occupy Sydney: Council Eviction meeting: The aftermath.

  For 590 days City of Sydney Councillors did nothing. But when Liberal Councillor Christine "Eyes Wide Shut" Forster belatedly noticed that Occupy Sydney were feeding and supporting our Sydney Homeless community 24 hours a day with a zero funding base and doing so successfully the thought that the credibility her beloved parasite charities which get so much funding for so little value to their identified target constituencies being undermined  was too much. Armed with a bevy of mainstream media  mogul owned Talkback spindoctors and faux journalists who never let the  truth get in the way of a good Mainstream political beatup Councillor Eyes Wide Shut was in her element. She could bash those Occupiers who dared with no resources to do 24 hours a day what her beloved funded charities which give politicians who do nothing such glowing endorsements do for as little as an hour a month. She could declare that Occupy was not a protest.The mere fact that the absurdity flowed from her Liberal endorsed tongue would give sure fire credibility and media regurgitation would make the illusion reality. Again the Conservatives would have effected a win for their patrons in the Corporate sector-in this case those who monetise the marginalised. And those pesky protesters who really should be working as wageslaves in a minimum wage job to drive profits for the fatcats who fund the party could be exposed for the frauds they really are- malcontents who pretend to find Corporate Greed distasteful.

  Most Councillors luxuriated in the comfort of chambers to arrive at conclusions most would not have reached had they ventured out in the cold wet winter night as urged by Clr Linda Scott (Lab) to see for themselves the Sydney Homeless Community come out with Occupiers to support Occupy Sydney at the No Eviction barbecue.
  The Liberal/Clover Moore Alliance attempts to impose their jaundiced picture on a paint by numbers canvas were somewhat stifled by magnificent efforts if the Stalwart Greens Councillor Irene Doutney and Labors Linda Scott. Two stark left jabs of reality from these

Occupy Sydney Eviction

Occupy Sydney provide Australia's First 24-7 Homeless Resources

Occupy Sydney

Occupy-sydney.org occupysydney@gmail.com

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OCCUPATION: Cnr Martin Pl & Elizabeth St Sydney

Postal: Occupy Sydney 56a Martin Pl Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->News From The Occupation:

17 June 2013

Australia's First 24 -7 Homeless & Hungry Resource Centre

  Despite National annual expenditure by Federal State and Local Body Governments in the name of Homeless People

Occupy Sydney Homeless Resources 24-7

we have yet to identify another service where Homeless People can simply walk up and get free unconditional food drinks blankets and clothes- essential items when one is homeless and freezing at 2am on a Sunday Morning.

 The Occupy Sydney Homeless and Hungry Resource Centre now opens 24 hours

A day 7 days a week serving hot food providing free clothes blankets and sleeping bags when available. The Kitchen has in the last two weeks provided over 5000 individual services. About 600 kilograms of food was disbursed just over the last weekend.About 320 Blankets or sleeping bags have passed through the Centre along with at least 1000kgs of good quality clothes.

 The Resource Centre is 100% funded by public donations which can be made at the site or by calling/texting 0410722000 24 hours a day. 

HOW YOU CAN HELP

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moblie: 0410722000

 We and our homeless community friends are deeply indebted to the generosity and kindness of the many members of the public and Occupy Sydney Supporters who have and continue to support this vital community service.

   The City of Sydney is being asked by opportunist Councillor Christine Forster (sister of Federal Liberal/Coalition leader Tony Abbott MHR) to evict Occupy Sydney. Photos of her being interviewed by media nearby give the strong impression that she has seen the Homeless Resource Centre which shares the Occupy Sydney Protest site. While the councillor mistakenly describes the Protest site/Homeless Service facility as a camp, the Councillor does draw attention to the fact that there is in fact no Camping site for Homeless and Transient people in Sydney -and perhaps there should be. This will doubtless be part of the discussion at the Meeting at Occupy this Saturday (22 June) from 2pm which will informally discuss Homelessness solutions .

Occupy Sydney 24/7 Homeless Support.

  Sydneys First and Australias only known 24 hour 7 day Homeless Resource Centre is now fully operational.
The Occupy Sydney Homeless and Hungry Field Kitchen & Freestore is now in full swing at the 600 plus day old Occupy Sydney Occupation in Martin Place (corner of Elizabeth St.
  There is always a FREE hot drink and usually a hearty soup available 24 hours a day. Other donated food is distributed immediately it arrives. Bakery, shop end of shelf life food and fruit are available as they arrive. More is needed and welcome.
Occupy Sydney distribute blankets and sleeping bags on an as needed basis and more are always needed.
  Unwanted clothes and non technical "timeless' bookd are always welcome for our Freestore (open 24/7) and soon to be resurrected peoples library.
  Each year hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers and donors funds are collected by the poverty industry in the name of homeless people.The same government and ngo organisations have for decades used the issue as a means to generate revenue. Revenues organisations and government departments have expanded massively. So has the problem as housing and associated costs become less affordable.
  An occupier with some experience of the marginalisation industry has observed that there is no plan will or intent by government to resolve the problem. He accuses government and the Sector of callously using homeless and marginalised people as tokens to collect money with, cynically cycling them through a circuit of monetisation opportunities before spitting them back onto the street to start the process again.
Incredibly until now there has been no q
  We know theres a problem and that it is affecting more people than ever before. Rather than joining with those who monrtise homeless people Occupy Sydney are joining with the Sydney Homeless and supporters community to drive sustainable solutions to this problem which should not exist in a place so rich in resources.
  The Occupy Sydney 24/7 Homeless & Hungry Field kitchen is 100% crowd funded and resourced.
A meeting will be held 2pm Saturday 21 July at the Occupation to open a discussion about ending homelessness.

Solidarity Starts at Sandon Point 5-30am 20 April

Join the Country in Crisis Convoy Sandon Point Smoking Ceremony which will launch the Convoy on its 
journey...
Signed & Parking on Sandon Road

Sandon Point Aboriginal Tent Embassy

At Sunrise at Sandon Point on April 20th 2013 a new era in indigenous rights and eco activism begins.The dawn sacred smoking ceremony with Uncle Dootch Kennedy at Sandon Point will launch the Country in Crisis Convoy -

 The Convoy Starts at Kuradji/Sandon Point as a reminder of the Struggle of local aboriginal 

people to prevent the desecration of their lands and waters in the name of Corporate profits. The wider community issues ofCoal Dust and Fracking CSG and The Convoy is very much about raising awareness on those issues.






more on the Convoy site...

Country in Crisis Convoy Fundraiser Wed April 17 Newtown

Convoy Fundraiser : April 17 2013

An inspired call by a regular Camp Walmadan participant has driven the formation of The Country in Crisis Convoy. The Journey will begin with a smoking ceremony at Sandon Point at sunrise on Saturday 20th April 2013. A Convoy around Sydney will assemble at Occupy Sydney 6-am to 8am Convoy will be loaded with anti CSG,No Uranium Stand up for the Burrup and Save the Kimberley messages and drive to a rendezvous protest outside Parliament House in Macquarie St Convoy heads to Leards Forest via Newcastle South Australia Join convoy CONVOY LAUNCH & Fundraiser : Our ears will be pleasured on the evening by; Walmadan Country-James Price Point Mick Quinn & Rani's Fire https://www.facebook.com/Ranis.Fire?fref=ts Who have kindly donated their time, effort and voices to this wonderful cause. Thank you for your support♥ Auction: Prime Signage Real Estate for your Message. Sponsors: Donate weekly fortnightly or once off St George Kimberley Calling Account # 431-518-717 BSB # 112--879 Bands/Acts/Entertainment: Mick Quinn and Rani's Fire Newtown TBA From 4pm til 9 Hey Folks WE WON, Woodside will no longer be building a massive gas hub at Walmadan. However there is a great big country still waiting to be saved, and now we know we can win. This convoy is now taking to the road to visit all those precious sites around our awesome country still threatened by greedy mining compaines. Major focus' will be on CSG, Uranium and saving the Burrup Peninsular from further damage, and fighting for it to be World Heritage listed. We leave to protect part of this ancient land first walked upon 130 million years ago by dinosaurs who left their prints, then walked upon, loved, cared for and respected for at least the last 40,000 yrs ago by the original inhabitants of this land, a history of culture, country and tradition that still lasts and is very strong amongst the Goolarabooloo people today. This is all under threat for short term gain. Woodside alongside their joint venture partners and the West Australian Govt are hell bent on destroying this legacy of our world's history for 5 decades of gas flow and a few billion $$ for their company shareholders and executives. By building the world's biggest gas hub right in the middle of Sacred Aboriginal Ground. NOT ON OUR WATCH!! The Campervan will be launched at a Special event in Newtown on April 17th from 4pm till late. All who come along will have the opportunity to leave a handprint and message on the van in support of the Goolarabooloo and their defence of their Ancestors ancient burial sites, and one of the last remaining Songlines in Australia. If you aren't up to speed on the Goolarabooloo or Songlines please ask. For those who can't make the event but would like to support you can deposit money into St George Kimberley Calling Account # 431-518-717 BSB # 112--879 Also putting a call out to any peeps who'd like to join me in this "CALL FROM COUNTRY" either in my van ( personal message me if you are keen, any petrol costs not covered by fund raising will be split evenly between 3 passengers), or if you have your own vehicle and are ready to go by 19/20th April, by all means lets cross this country together and kick some greedy corporate butt. Courtesy Jaxon Makes sure you get a copy of "Camp Walmadan" (A Guide To Country, Community and Culture) before you head off, it will help you understand your role on arrival and give you a greater understanding of what supporting the Goolarabooloo means. http://kimberleydirectaction.wordpress.com/ reblogged from original post at http://countryincrisisconvoy.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/convoy-fundraiser-april-17-2013.html

Occupy Sydney Constitutional Challenge Falls Short

We didn't succeed in our Federal Court case.

Also the Court has allowed the City of Sydney Council to make an order for costs against our applicant. 

Eamonn or I will let people know what the Council ask for (in the next few days/weeks).

Eamonn will also speak with the lawyers regarding the potential for an appeal to the High Court. HUGE UPS to Eamonn of course through all this!!!

***** People in the Group hearing with ongoing matters in the Local Court:

- the matters had been consistently adjourned pending this decision. The hearing dates for the group trial will be set on 6th June 2013

- we should all definitely chat before then regarding any questions, any possibility of a High Court appeal etc

More on the decision

- I will scan and email the 27-page decision/send around the link as soon as I can 

- a brief summary of the decision is as follows:

Essentially there are two parts/limbs to the legal test for determining whether the implied freedom of political communication is impermissibly burdened:

1. did the law effectively burden communication about govt/plitical matters; and

2. the 'proportionality' test - is the law reasonably appropriate and adapted to serve a legitimate end of representative and responsible govt.

The court found that we had proved the first limb.

The court denied that we had proved the second. The court found that the Council's prohibitions on camping or staying overnight served a legitimate end being "maintaining public health, safety and amenity in a high use public area and preserving the ability of all members of the public to use the area"

The court found that the Council's prohibitions were reasonably appropriate and adapted to serve the above end.

(We had anticipated that this would be the reason in any negative outcome for us.)

All in all, a disappointing outcome of course. Onwards. 

Big respect y'all, 
Wenny