A range of speakers will be at Lismore’s Peace Park from 5pm on Tuesday, December 10 to highlight the importance of the right to protest and the importance of protecting whistleblowers in today’s world.
Aiden Ricketts, Eddie Lloyd, and Miriam Torzillo will be among key speakers at the rally who will focus on issues like the impact of David McBride’s whistleblowing case, housing and the right to protest said organiser Chibo Mertineit.
‘We are living in dangerous times,’ said Mr Mertineit.
‘We saw the police trying to use the Maritime Act to forbid us to protest at the Newcastle Rising Tide protest. It went all the way to the Supreme Court and it wasn’t until Thursday morning that we found out we have the right to enter the water.
‘When it comes to whistleblower legislation the Labor Party is yet to make any changes and do anything to change the whistleblower laws. This needs to change.’
Join the community
For everyone who wants to highlight the communities’ right to protest, the need to protect whistleblowers and the right to housing head to Lismore’s Peace Park on the corner of Ballina Road and Keen Street from 5pm on Tuesday, December 10 and make your voice heard.
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