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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

Case against 14 Queensland climate protesters adjourned as questions raised over validity of charges

Members of Extinction Rebellion who faced court and supporters outside Brisbane magistrates court, Monday, 23 October, 2023.
Queensland climate activists who faced court join supporters outside Brisbane magistrates court, Monday, 23 October, 2023. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

The validity of charges against 14 Queensland activists facing the possibility of jail for a climate protest inside the state parliament has been questioned in court, as the case was adjourned on Monday.

The group face charges – not laid in more than 30 years – of disturbing the legislature during a protest in which they unfurled banners with anti-fossil fuel slogans from the public gallery and interrupted question time by chanting for about three minutes last November.

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