People Have Been Rolling Down The Parliament House Hill In Protest

Hundreds of them!


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Hundreds of people have spent their Saturday morning rolling down the hill at Parliament House in Canberra to protest a new fence being built.

Authorities have raised concerns that access to the lawns could increase the risk of terrorist attack, so they’re moving to build a fence that will stop the public from being able to access them.

A Canberra man, Lester Yao, set up a Facebook event to give visitors one last chance to roll down the hill and hundreds turned up:

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Looks like a lot of fun — although probably pretty itchy — but it’s hard to imagine it will convince authorities to change their minds.

The new restrictions are set to come into force over the summer break.

17 December 2016

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Melbourne National News




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