Cops on Alert Outside Old Parliament House as Protesters Fail to Show Up

Cops on Alert Outside Old Parliament House as Protesters Fail to Show Up
Police officers stand guard outside the fire damaged entrance to Old Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Dec. 30, 2021. AAP Image/Lukas Coch
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A large number of police officers remain stationed outside Canberra’s Old Parliament House on Saturday despite people failing to show for a planned protest.

A day earlier, at least 200 officers moved to clear a camp from the parkland in front of the Parliament-turned-museum set up by the protesters who have been protesting on front of the building for two weeks, saying that the group was in breach of Commonwealth law for illegally camping on Commonwealth land.

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Nina Nguyen is a reporter based in Sydney. She covers Australian news with a focus on social, cultural, and identity issues. She is fluent in Vietnamese. Contact her at [email protected].
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