The crowd assembling at Melbourne Town Hall
See Green Left Weekly for an account of rallies across the country.
These spectacular boltcutters were part of preparations for the upcoming protest trip to Woomera organised by No One Is Illegal – see http://www.antimedia.net/nooneisillegal/directaction.htm:
Head of the march up Collins Street
The ‘Vote-Boat’ – Refugee Action Collective-Victoria’s comment on the politics of asylum-seeker policy:
Sympathetic road sign on the route
Part of a sizeable Greens contingent
… and Democrats
Children and adults from St Martin’s Community Church
Lesbian and Gay Solidarity
Also on the march – the Eureka flag
At the Treasury Gardens
Standing in for refugees behind the wire
Part of the crowd listening to speakers and music at Treasury Gardens
Another view
Also from No One Is Illegal: a huge banner being prepared for the Woomera trip with hundreds of messages from supporters:
Closer view
