Mad frackers tea partiers protest fracking in Alice Springs
A MAD frackers’ tea party popped up in Alice Springs on Election Day to protest against the major political parties’ positions on fracking in the Territory
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A MAD frackers’ tea party popped up in Alice Springs on Election Day to protest against the major political parties’ positions on fracking in the Territory.
Partygoers dressed up in mad hatter theme and refashioned themselves as political candidates Dale Wakefield, Robyn Lambley and Damien Ryan.
One attendee who wanted to go by the pseudonym of ‘Dondale Frackfield’ denounced the policies of Labor, Territory Alliance and the Country Liberal Party.
“A vote for Labor is a vote for poisoned water, a vote for making mining mongrels richer and making average Territorians worse off,” she said.
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“It’s a vote for decimating the tourism industry and a vote for incarcerating children in jails that are not deemed fit for adults.”
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The mad frackers’ party was set up directly beside Labor volunteers in the Todd Mall and partygoers held up signs to cars and pedestrians
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