Queensland’s so-called ‘dangerous devices’ legislation 37 was enacted after climate activists locked on to fossil fuel infrastructure in north Queensland, and bridges and road infrastructure in central Brisbane.
Other states have similarly introduced punitive legislation targeting climate activists. Accepting that Cooper had been severely traumatised by the floods, magistrate Jeff Linden dismissed the charges on mental health grounds and released them into the care of a psychologist. Under new anti-protest laws, they had faced the possibility of a prison sentence. 31 Ella O’Dwyer-Oshlak, a 13-year-old student whose Lismore home and school were destroyed by floodwater, addressed a huge crowd at a youth climate rally in Sydney in late March 2022: ‘Have you ever had to flee your house in the middle of the night, in the middle of a storm, scared out of your mind because you don’t know what is going to happen?’ 32 In June, 22-year-old Mali Cooper locked their neck to a car’s steering wheel and blocked the entrance to the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. 30 Flood victims, including a Southern Cross University law student, drove to Sydney with debris from their destroyed homes and displayed it in front of Kirribilli House Nymboida resident Melinda Plesman had similarly brought the burnt remains of her Nymboida home to Parliament House during Black Summer. The Prime Minister was heckled when he made a brief visit to Lismore nine days after the first catastrophic flood and refused to engage directly with the community. In the aftermath of the floods, traumatised and angry flood victims engaged in various forms of activism. Children asked their parents whether there was a word for fear of rain. 25 A Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation was created. A Flood Inquiry was established in March, took evidence, and handed down a report at the end of July.
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