BARRY WROTE TO HIS MP

Member of Parliament

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to request that you withdraw the Summary Offences and Sentencing Amendment Bill which will be debated in the Legislative Assembly in the week beginning 3 February. The bill amends the Summary Offences Act 1966 to expand the circumstances in which police and PSOs may direct a person to move on from a public place.

This bill fundamentally changes the rights of citizens to protest, demonstrate or picket a particular place, whether people are protesting about environmental, social or industrial issues, by subjecting them to extended move on and arrest powers.

The police already have sufficient powers and there is no justification for the expansion of these powers that will significantly impede the democratic right of people to protest.

Kind Regards
Barry 

Barry wrote to his MP. You should too. Your Upper House members are in the pink, Council list. Or you can go round to the electoral office and tell the staff if the MP is not in.

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