DoomsdaysCW<p>So, it's okay to destroy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> heritage sites, pollute the planet, and appoint corporate lackeys to advisory boards -- but if you protest and cause disruption, you could face arrest?</p><p>The Australian <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> cast as extremists</p><p>By Hannah Ritchie, BBC News Sydney, July 19, 2023</p><p>"In May, after several <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtinctionRebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionRebellion</span></a> protests, the South Australia government introduced a A$50,000 maximum fine and three months jail for anyone 'recklessly' obstructing public spaces, while laws passed in New South Wales last year created a two-year maximum prison sentence for acts disrupting major roads or facilities. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> and parts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> have also adopted similar laws aimed at blocking disruptive climate activism.</p><p>"In Western Australia, climate protesters say they have been 'disabled' by intimidating raids, strict bail conditions and orders which give authorities access to their devices and ban them from communicating with peers.</p><p>"According to Ms Grix, these tools were originally intended to deal with gangs and drug dealers.</p><p>"'To apply [that]... to climate defenders, who are protesting about environmental concerns, seems to be a massive overreach,' she says."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66185377" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/world-australia-6</span><span class="invisible">6185377</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetroStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetroStates</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HexonExxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HexonExxon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShellKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShellKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LockUpTheRealCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LockUpTheRealCriminals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mockingjay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mockingjay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivism</span></a></p>