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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adam Morton

‘Whatever it takes’: the activists who risk prison to shatter Australia’s climate complacency

Brad Homewood in a park wearing a climbing harness and carrying a rope
Brad Homewood was arrested on 19 June during a climate protest at Appleton Docks in Melbourne. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Brad Homewood has two jobs. His paid gig requires the 50-year-old to drive a mini-mix concrete truck around suburban Melbourne. His volunteer work has resulted in him being arrested 13 times for taking part in protests meant to disrupt an economic system driving a climate and ecological emergency.

Last week Homewood glued himself to a nine-metre metal pole erected in the middle of a road at the entrance of the Port of Melbourne’s Appleton Dock. Traffic was stopped for two hours before emergency service workers could separate him from the pole and remove him from the site.

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