Ted Baillieu after Police smashed Occupy Melbourne:
They should have moved along, they said they would and they didn’t, and I think Victoria Police handled the situation well……
I would simply urge anybody who wants to protest at any time to do it lawfully and do it with respect for others.
Robert Doyle after Police smashed Occupy Melbourne:
THE Occupy Melbourne protest was allowed to continue for a week. That’s a reasonable time to make a point, but the city must return to normal at some point……
POLICE and City of Melbourne officers and the Metropolitan Ambulance Service officers performed bravely, professionally and efficiently. Yet of course there were the usual “Police brutality” bleatings.
The police carried out the whole operation with restraint and minimal use of force in the face of screaming provocation. Any contrary claim is wrong.NO ONE gets arrested for protesting: you have to escalate it, break the law, get violent. And there were more than 50 arrests.
Barry O’Farrell after Police smashed Occupy Sydney:
I think police have acted lawfully, they have acted in the interests of the public and have acted responsibly…..they requested that the demostrators leave - those requests were refused (and) police took appropriate action.
Sophie Mirabella to Anti-Carbon Tax Protestors after Anthony Albanese’s “Convoy of No Consequence” comment:
Please maintain your right to a democratic say. Please do not ever be intimidated, no matter how smarmy, how sarcastic any member of parliament (is), no matter how exalted their position. Never be intimidated.
The Liberal Party - fearlessly defending the Freedom of Speech of those they agree with since forever.
