Thursday, 31 October 2019

Scott Morrison threatens crackdown on secondary boycotts of mining companies

Prime minister says environmental protesters are ‘anarchists’ and that he wants to outlaw targeting of businesses

Scott Morrison has branded environmental protesters “anarchists” and threatened a radical crackdown on the right to protest by applying penalties to those targeting businesses who provide services to the resources industry.

In a speech to the Queensland Resources Council on Friday, the prime minister will tell Australian corporations to listen to the “quiet shareholders” and not environmental protesters.

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