Vic:Aboriginal protesters meet with Melbourne mayor

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2006
Vic:Aboriginal protesters meet with Melbourne mayor

A meeting between Melbourne Lord Mayor JOHN SO and protest leaders has failed to come
up with a solution to a stand-off over an aboriginal camp in a city park.

The Herald Sun's reported .. members of the Black GST protest group met Mr SO at the
Melbourne Town Hall last night to negotiate a settlement over the camp in Kings Domain.

Protesters have occupied the park for more than a month .. declaring a fire on the site sacred.

The fire is now the subject of a 30-day emergency heritage protection order.

Last week .. a Supreme Court judge ordered the protesters to remove camping gear from the park.

The group's spokesman .. ROBERT COROWA .. says no agreement's been reached about the
sacred site because both parties have their hands tied by court injunctions.





The group descended on parkland in Kings Domain on March 12 to protest against the
Commonwealth Games .. but have since refused to leave.

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