Student Activist Appeals Fine Over Tiananmen Protest Posters

Drew Pavlou was fined $1,000 plus $2,000 for the Brisbane City Council’s costs and just under $114 for court costs by magistrate Michael Holohan in October.

Anti-CCP activist Drew Pavlou hopefully that charges laid by NSW Police against him over his peaceful protest will be dropped by a local court in Parramatta, Australia, on March 14, 2023. Melanie Sun/The Epoch Times

An activist is appealing a fine for illegal political advertising by displaying placards about the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Drew Pavlou was found guilty in a Brisbane court of failing to obtain consent for a regulated activity and not complying with a direction to cease from an authorised person.