This was part of a Student National Day of Action (see reports in Green Left Weekly and especially the feature and related posts on Melbourne Indymedia. After speeches at the State Library protesters marched to the RMIT administration building at the corner of LaTrobe and Russell Streets and a number forced their way in, occupying the Vice-Chancellor’s office for several hours. On the way they encountered a counter-demonstration from supporters/admirers of the Minister, Brendan Nelson, and the corporate media were able to record some minor scuffles. At one point a placard was burned.
![Queer bloc banner: Education is Freedom](http://web.archive.org./web/20140524041605im_/http://melbourneprotests.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/queer-bloc.jpg?w=584&h=438)
The ‘Queer bloc’ were prominent in this, as in subsequent protests against attacks on student unions