Pro-Palestine protesters scale roof of Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners criticising war in Gaza

Pro-Palestine protesters scale roof of Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners criticising war in Gaza

Call for investigation into security breach after parliament partly locked down as activists climbed onto roof to reveal banner declaring ‘war crimes … enabled here’

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Some areas of Australia’s federal parliament were locked down as pro-Palestine protesters climbed onto the roof of the building in Canberra and unfurled a banner declaring “war crimes … enabled here”.

Thursday’s protest focused on the war in Gaza appeared to be coordinated with other actions highlighting the climate crisis and Indigenous rights.

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