Posted on 12/30/2021 9:50:24 AM PST by Red Badger
The fire occurred as protests for indigenous rights ramped up in the capital city of Canberra Australia's former parliament building in the capital Canberra was briefly set alight on Thursday by protesters during a demonstration for Aboriginal sovereignty, police said.
No-one was injured in the fire, which engulfed the Old Parliament House's front doors before it was put out.
It follows a fortnight of protest activity at the site, police said.
Protest violence on this scale is rare in Australia, but flare-ups have become more common during the pandemic.
Some of the protesters had identified themselves as part of anti-government and "sovereign citizen" groups, observers said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison condemned the violence, saying: "This is not how Australia works."
"I am disgusted and appalled by behaviour that would see Australians come and set fire to such a symbol of democracy in this country," he said.
Workers inside the heritage building were quickly evacuated once the fire broke out on Thursday.
The current residents of the building, the Museum of Australian Democracy, had on 20 December shut its doors after indigenous protesters held a "peaceful sit-in".
The museum said it recognised protesters' rights to a peaceful protest. It has not yet addressed Thursday's protest.
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Insurrectionists again?
“How can we sleep while our beds are burning?”
I guess the Aboriginals don’t like being forced into camps after all...
Somebody’s maltreating the Abos.
It could have been:
January 6th Two:
Electric Boogaloo
What a wasted opportunity!
A taste of things to come.
Its a start...
guitarman will be along shortly to say nothing like this is happening in AUS and that life is normal
But was the fire “mostly peacefu”?
But was the fire “mostly peaceful”?
a literal interpretation and reaction to the metaphoric burning down of their democracy of the elites... it is going to be a long hard 2022
Aboriginal sovereignty? Didn’t we try that in the U.S.?
Those being oppressed by the Marxists are urban (and unarmed).
Hard to say where the tipping point will be.
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In 45 degrees
"I am disgusted and appalled by behaviour that would see Australians come and set fire to such a symbol of democracy in this country," he said.
He's calling what's going on in Australia right now democracy?? I'm afraid, sir, that this is indeed how Australia works now, by your own hand.
Our beds started burning during the 2020 election hijack but no one woke up.
Snicker.
Aborginanis torched it eh ?
Snicker.
Good on em.
They can’t touch them over it ,,,,
,,,cuz that would be “ racist” !!
Where the cartoon with the two buttons and the tyrant sweating ?
Button 1: call em terrorists
Button 2: don’t cuz that be racist.
Snicker.
I would point out that the cost of replacing a parliament building pales by comparison with the cost of having a parliament.
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