Victoria police pay $90,000 to climate protester who claimed head was slammed into wall, door and ground

Police and protesters outside the International Mining and Resources Conference (Imarc) at Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre on 29 October 2019. Photograph: AAP

A climate protester who alleged their head was repeatedly slammed by members of Victoria police’s riot squad in 2019 has reached a settlement with the state.

Timothy Buchanan, 39, alleged their head was slammed into a metal wall, the ground and a glass door that their head was then used to open, during their arrest at a protest at an international mining conference in Melbourne.