Should you need a permit to protest? Here’s why that’s a bad idea (and might be unlawful)
Australians’ ability to protest has again been in the news this week. Against the background of an armed conflict in the Middle East and rallies nationwide, the government has suggested Australia should establish a permit system for all protests.Minister for the NDIS and Government Services Bill Shorten made the suggestion on television this week:
how the permit system works is it doesn’t stop people protesting, but the purpose of is to look at the circumstances […] I don’t necessarily think it should apply to industrial relations, but for some of these protests we’ve seen week in, week out, I do think that having a permit system would at least straighten it up.So what are protest laws like around the country? Do any states or territories have this permit system, and should they? And importantly, what effect to these laws have on the right to protest?
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Disney is closing its facilities tomorrow, and may keep them closed on Thursday. You kids fleeing a hurricane's wrath will be ready for some great amusement park fun by Friday, right? 🙄
Donald Trump's many, many lies about Hurricane Helene, debunked (Li Zhou/Vox)
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I made a list of 11 things I could work on at work today. 2 are done and a 3rd is in a wait state waiting for the system owner to answer my questions. I'm not expecting to get all 11 things done tonight, but this list does serve as a focus on what I should do. 3 things are done or in a wait state, meaning it's time to work on number 4 so on to it...
No one living in Tampa / St. Pete was there for the last major hurricane >100 years ago in 1921. Population has increased from 100k to 3300k.
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A direct hit of a Category 4 hurricane in the same spot today could submerge nearly half a million homes, a study said in 2016. #Milton #flwx
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Yikes, last major hurricane in Tampa / St. Pete area was in 1921! Anyone basing their decision to hunker on prior hurricanes not impacting them badly... not making a good decision.
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Barry Madlener, the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, wants a quarter of cyclists in the Netherlands to wear helmets within 10 years.
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4pm CDT Oct 8th Key Messages for #Hurricane #Milton which has become a Category 5 hurricane again:
Large area of destructive storm surge expected along portion of west-central coast of #Florida Peninsula. If you are in a Storm Surge Warning area, please evacuate if told by local officials.
Latest advisory: hurricanes.gov/#Milton
Invest #93L has been designated northeast of the Bahamas. It has a low chance of development in the next 7 days.
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Autumn time
And a hurricane's slammin'
Fish are jumping
Tossed up, into the sky...
By the storm
Don't know yet if it's peaking
So hush
Pretty baby
Get in the car, gotta fly...
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Current Counties with Evacuations for Milton (10/8/24 2021ET) #FLwx #Milton
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in reply to Andrew Pam • • •In the US, the courts have ruled that the government can place time, place and manner restrictions on protests but cannot restrict content. Un-permitted protests are routinely attacked by the police.
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in reply to Andrew Pam • • •This is how we do it:
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