Protests
Abortion clinics win exclusion zones
Laws past in 2015 that make illegal to harass people within 150 metres of abortion providers came into effect on Monday 2 May 2016. Anti-abortion advocates produced a flyer which was circulated throughout East Melbourne in protest against the new laws. This was picked up by The Saturday Paper.
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An almighty nightmare
Article about East Melbourne residents, led by Siusan MacKenzie, protesting against development by Catholic Church of a site on the corner of Albert Street and Hoddle Street because of inadequate parking. The new building will accommodate 400 people in its dining room but only provide 59 parking spaces.
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Anti-abortion protester to make case
Newspaper clipping about Kathleen Clubb, the first person to be charged under new laws that prohibit protesters within 150 metres of abortion clinics. She will fight the charge on grounds of her constitutional right to free speech.
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Coalition of the angry line up against sell-off
Newspaper clipping reporting on peoples' anger over the proposed sell-off of the old Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital in East Melbourne. The state government claims it is surplus to its needs but the public view is that the site is such an important one it should be kept for public use and re-purposed.
The photo shows five people standing outside the Peter MacCallum Hospital.
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