A group of protestors who have been chased from park to park over the past week will today hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether the occupation of Brisbane should end.
The meeting was organised after a number of ‘campers’ last night decided to move from Musgrave Park to Orleigh Park in West End.
Occupy Brisbane coordinator, Kate Hasket, will be attending today’s meeting. She said supporters who were camping at the protest sites would make the decision amongst themselves.
“There was a group decision late [Thursday was] to hold a GA at 12pm [Friday] to make some decisions for the people who are actually camping right now about whether they stay or disembark,” she said.*
Occupation coordinator, Paul Seils, said the movement needed to find a new way to promote the protest.
“We just need to shake out the dead wood and move forward,” he said.
With the group now considering withdrawing from the city’s parks and the resignation of campsite coordinator Kathy Neuham, its raised questions about the long-term sustainability of the movement.
A number of supportrs are also angry with the decision to hold today’s emergency meeting in business hours. They calim it’s a bid to exclude those who hold full time emploment.*
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-By John Corlett
*Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheOccupyBrisbane/posts/126316187477356
