Anti-cable car group identifies six key locations across the city to protest
UPDATED: A business has hit back at an anti-cable car group’s plan to protest at key locations across the city, saying it is “not involved in the project at all”.
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MORE than 700 protesters are ready to be activated as peaceful defenders of kunanyi/Mt Wellington as the anti-cable car group earmarks six key locations across the city.
The Executive Building, 1+2 Architects, GHD Pty Ltd, North Barker Consulting, Brook St Pier and Mount Wellington Cableway Company’s head office have all been identified by Respect the Mountain and Residents Opposed to the Cable Car groups as prime locations for protests once the drilling works are given the tick of approval from State Growth Minister Peter Gutwein.
Respect the Mountain spokeswoman Louise Sales said those locations had been chosen specifically to hold those who support the cable car project to account.
“We think it’s really disappointing they have chosen to support such a deeply divisive project,” she said.
“We have more than 700 people signed up for peaceful action and that number is growing.”
GHD Tasmania manager Sean Tucker said the company was not involved in the Mount Wellington cable car project.
“We note the planned protests by activists against the proposed cable car project targeting the GHD office,” he said.
“While GHD did some preliminary site assessment work a number of years ago, we are not currently involved in the Mount Wellington Cable Car project at all.”
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Dozens of cable car opponents received training in direct action from the activists of the Bob Brown Foundation.
Ms Sales said another protest training session would be held on Tuesday.
“We are keen for the protest to be peaceful,” she said.
Residents Opposed to the Cable Car spokesman Ted Cutlan said people were angry and when the drilling started, it would manifest itself in peaceful protests across the city.
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Independent candidate for Nelson and lawyer Richard Griggs, who supports peaceful protests, is concerned over the language used in Facebook posts from Respect the Mountain where it proposes to “undertake drilling operations at six business premises across the Hobart CBD”.
“I don’t support the cable car but I also don’t support anything even closely resembling violent protest or even references to violent protest,” he said.
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