do you want riots? because this is how you get riots
bad_bishop64 on
If there is any polly who made some mileage out of the terrorist attack, it is Chris Minns. Kellie Sloane was going to be a tough challenge for him, but now he is ahead.
davo52 on
According to one interpretation of the new laws, meeting a friend for coffee on Macquarie St. can be classed as an “illegal assembly”.
Especially if the intention is to discuss the level of turdity the premier has reached.
Next stop, move all rallies, protests, etc, to Oakdale.
Then Dubbo.
Then Cameron’s Corner.
They wanted Macquarie Island, but apparently it belongs to Tasmania, and they are going to use it for people opposed to the new stadium.
Budget_Shallan on
Protest and collective action is about as Australian as you can get. So tell Chris Minns to fuck off, because Australians are busy engaging in their cultural tradition of saying “fuck you” to the government.
Between 1788 and 1860 there were something like 11,000 collective protests made by convicts sent to Australia, which breaks down to around 153 a year, or three a week.
Those are protests just by convicts. I haven’t found an exact number, but the trade unionists in Australia also went HARD during this time.
Their combined efforts directly led to Australia reaching democratic milestones before other countries, including “universal” male suffrage and the secret ballot. (Aboriginal men were still often left out.)
infinitemonkeytyping on
What pisses me off the most about Minns is that he belongs to the Labor Party, who won rights for people through protest.
Now he wants to ban them.
The Domain is a terrible option, as it is his “out of sight, out of mind” option.
vlookup11 on
Please protest quietly and nicely, preferably out of sight and please don’t say mean things about the premier or his government.
Gosh this guys is such a disappointment.
nathangr88 on
Minns is exploiting Bondi to curtail the right to protest. Very convenient timing as Minns has to renegotiate payrises with the public sector unions this year, prior to next year’s election.
garrybarrygangater on
Step 1: free speech * is only free in this location.
Step 2 : this free speech location has now been moved 15kms away from the cbd
schwarzeneg on
Bin Minns
Ok_Tie_7564 on
This is not a new idea.
“As Sydney’s well-used ‘backyard’, the Domain has [long] been a site of fiery protest, political debate, and mass entertainment.”
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Personally I think the right to protest should be inalienable but in the grand scheme of things this isn’t the worst idea
Out of sight means the protests are not fulfilling their purpose.
“I’ll ban there next. Thanks for the Idea”
Jfc he’s such a piece of shit.
The whole point of a protest is to cause disruption, if you ban that you effectively ban protesting.
Disgustingly undemocratic but I wouldn’t expect anything less from him.
Full article rather than blog post (thankyou r/sydney mods)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/29/designating-domain-protest-site-chris-minns-demonstrations-ntwnfb
do you want riots? because this is how you get riots
If there is any polly who made some mileage out of the terrorist attack, it is Chris Minns. Kellie Sloane was going to be a tough challenge for him, but now he is ahead.
According to one interpretation of the new laws, meeting a friend for coffee on Macquarie St. can be classed as an “illegal assembly”.
Especially if the intention is to discuss the level of turdity the premier has reached.
Next stop, move all rallies, protests, etc, to Oakdale.
Then Dubbo.
Then Cameron’s Corner.
They wanted Macquarie Island, but apparently it belongs to Tasmania, and they are going to use it for people opposed to the new stadium.
Protest and collective action is about as Australian as you can get. So tell Chris Minns to fuck off, because Australians are busy engaging in their cultural tradition of saying “fuck you” to the government.
Between 1788 and 1860 there were something like 11,000 collective protests made by convicts sent to Australia, which breaks down to around 153 a year, or three a week.
Those are protests just by convicts. I haven’t found an exact number, but the trade unionists in Australia also went HARD during this time.
Their combined efforts directly led to Australia reaching democratic milestones before other countries, including “universal” male suffrage and the secret ballot. (Aboriginal men were still often left out.)
What pisses me off the most about Minns is that he belongs to the Labor Party, who won rights for people through protest.
Now he wants to ban them.
The Domain is a terrible option, as it is his “out of sight, out of mind” option.
Please protest quietly and nicely, preferably out of sight and please don’t say mean things about the premier or his government.
Gosh this guys is such a disappointment.
Minns is exploiting Bondi to curtail the right to protest. Very convenient timing as Minns has to renegotiate payrises with the public sector unions this year, prior to next year’s election.
Step 1: free speech * is only free in this location.
Step 2 : this free speech location has now been moved 15kms away from the cbd
Bin Minns
This is not a new idea.
“As Sydney’s well-used ‘backyard’, the Domain has [long] been a site of fiery protest, political debate, and mass entertainment.”
https://mhnsw.au/stories/convict-sydney/the-governors-domain/
Stole this idea from Bush admin’s Free Speech Zones.
There’s already a speakers corner there if someone wants to say something to a crowd… https://www.sydney.com/destinations/sydney/sydney-city/city-centre/events/speakers-corner-sydney
Remind me again, why is this guy in the ALP?
You could probably close Macquarie Street between the gardens and the park permanently and people could protest there as much as they like.