Sunday, December 4, 2011

December 1st 2011 Marks a Black Day for Newcastle

Rally outside Newcastle Town Hall before Council votes on premier's offer of an independent arborist to resolve the fig dispute.

Council meeting ends in a black day for Newcastle when Laman figs get the death sentence and a 77 year old women is allegedly shoved to the ground by an anti-fig councillor. Grief-stricken Novacastrians reconvene at Civic Park to discuss their loss. See the video outside council chambers showing community outrage at http://youtu.be/GfbDErDOGc0. More pics and vid at http://australiandocumentaryphotos.blogspot.com/2011/12/1111-not-very-novacastrian-behaviour-by.html