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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Peter Brewer

'Cooking up' on public land and exploiting loopholes in the law

Police say protesters are illegally camping at Black Mountain reserve. Picture screenshot.

Police say they are "doing what they can" under the law as sovereign rights/anti-vaxxer "cookers" thumb their nose at local authority by lighting fires and camping illegally in the Black Mountain car park.

A Twitter post on Sunday showed the group cooking their dinner in the public reserve on an open fire, and a separate one showed stacks of sawn firewood in the parking area. The group are largely camping in vehicles registered interstate. Each morning they make speeches and call across the lake to Government House.

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