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“This level of police repression of the climate movement is unprecedented. We are now suffering multiple impacts of Australia’s continued climate destruction with unprecedented fires,floods,and repression.”
The group is planning to “converge” on Sydney from Monday,June 27 to “blockade the streets of Australia’s most important political and economic centre and cause disruption that cannot be ignored”.
The actions of Blockade Australiaprompted NSW Parliament to introduce new laws and penalties in April to discourage protesters who disrupt traffic on bridges and tunnels.
NSW Police said it is not a raid,rather a “police operation”.
The group says about 100 police including a dog squad,helicopters,and ordinary uniformed police surrounded the bush property and were searching it throughout the day.
“This footage[see above] looks pretty chill. It’s not,” the group posted on Facebook.
“We were surrounded at dawn by men in cammo gear,hiding in the bush,with heaps of guns. Then helicopters started buzzing overhead. Police cars and buses came speeding through the neighbourhood,lights and sirens wailing.
“Police dogs and black clad men in body armour and full face helmets came barging into our space. This massive,costly police operation is aimed at preventing climate activists from taking action.
“It is unclear what the legal basis is for the raid… no harm to other people has ever occurred during these climate protests.”
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