Protesters who disrupt traffic should have their welfare payments cut and be subject to mandatory jail sentences, Peter Dutton has declared, as conservative MPs continue to lash out against climate change protests. Dutton also blamed the Queensland government for not going far enough in deterring the protests. “Peter Dutton doesn’t know what living in a democracy means,” he told the ABC. You’re not giving up a lot if you are attending a protest when you don’t have a job. If you don’t have a job and you’re attending a protest, you’re perhaps giving away less.

Source: The Guardian October 03, 2019 07:52 UTC