“I mean, have you been to Brisbane?”
This was what was asked at the Protest 2AM lockout yesterday at Parliament House, Melbourne, amidst a jolly roar of laughter throughout the three thousand strong crowd.
The idea of the protest was circulated heavily a week prior to the thirtieth of May on FaceBook. It was organized as a retaliatory action against the Brumby government’s latest “Gen-X based decisions”.
The Gen X-ers have had their fun, now they want to tell us that we can’t just because of a few bad apples?
The protest started out with a gathering at Treasury Gardens at 5pm. Live techno music pumped the crowd and the crisp air wafted with the burning fats of grilled sausages. At 6.15pm, the crowd marched on Spring Street towards Parliament House chanting, “No Lockdown, No Lockdown!”
The evening ended peacefully, after a minute of silence in tribute to all who have lost their lives “from the lack of government support to Melbourne’s night life”, with the crowd slinking away into Melbourne’s magic maze of pubs, bars and clubs.
Videos of protest on YouTube
