This week, I will be the first person to be prosecuted for protesting against Woodside’s Burrup project. This is the story of the raid on my home and the six-month wait for a hearing.
This week, I will be the first person to be prosecuted for protesting against Woodside’s Burrup project. This is the story of the raid on my home and the six-month wait for a hearing.
As I said at the outset: I’m sympathetic to the cause. I have grave concerns about the planet and how as a species, we are causing immeasurable damage with our reckless treatment of resources. Nobody is defending the company nor denying she has a worthy goal at heart.
But all of that is beside the point. The point is her central premise is deeply flawed: she is simply not on trial for protesting Woodside.