Qld: Premier tells abattoir protesters to stop whingeing

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2006
Qld: Premier tells abattoir protesters to stop whingeing

Queensland Premier PETER BEATTIE has told a group of animal rights protesters who chained
themselves to abattoir machinery .. to stop whingeing about forceful attempts to remove
them.

Mr BEATTIE'S told ABC radio if protesters chain themselves to property .. they're going
to have the chains cut .. so they should stop whingeing.

But he's applauded the police's decision not to arrest the group .. saying they have
a democratic right to protest.

Eleven activists snuck into the Churchill Abattoir in Ipswich .. west of Brisbane ..

at around 4am (AEST) today .. and chained themselves to machinery.

The protest is against the 2006 World Meat Congress .. currently being held in Brisbane.

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