13th May, 2012

This morning at the Broome Courthouse Markets approximately 350 community members gathered to walk across the road and present to the Broome Police, flowers to give to their mothers on this Mothers Day where police presence has got the town feeling like they are living in lock down.

Approximately 250 police armed with batons, tasers and handcuffs are expected to crush any opposition to the proposed gas hub. Breathalysers and license checks have been set up 30km out of Broome for what purpose? Why isn’t the breathalyser station set up in Broome instead of a remote bush road which just so happens to be the road that Woodside will be traveling down with their drilling rigs.

Ms Torres and Anne Poelina handed over a letter outlining the group’s concerns to Sgt Troy Kendall and invited the Broome Police to accept over $500 worth of flowers to give to their mothers but Police refused saying they were “too busy”. Undeterred community members one by one peacefully handed over their flowers to the sgt on duty.