A 15-month prison sentence for taking part in a peaceful protest that blocked a bit of traffic for 25 minutes?

➡️ Seriously, Australia??

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Seriously, Australia?: Daily Brief

15 months in prison for a peaceful protest? “Seriously, Australia?” asks @astroehlein in today’s Daily Brief:

Human Rights Watch
@andrewstroehlein is it the UK learning from Australia or the other way round? Or perhaps they just came to the same conclusion independently that the best way to tackle climate emergency is to incarcerate the protesters?
@georgek @andrewstroehlein I think they both learned it from us in the states maybe