Queensland’s state parliament is locked down after a group of protesters assemble outside
- The Queensland Parliament has been locked down due to a protest
- Speaker Curtis Pitt said police had advised of an ‘incursion’ into the precinct
Queensland state parliament is being locked down due to a protest occurring outside, Speaker Curtis Pitt has informed the house.
At least one protestor had tried to enter the chamber.
The protest followed a fiery start to Question Time in which Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was forced to defend the decision to allow NRL WAGS and officials to fly into Queensland yesterday afternoon.
The Queensland state parliament in Brisbane was locked down due to a protest occurring outside the building
Mr Pitt said the protest related to voluntary assisted dying legislation, due to be debated by the Queensland Parliament this week.
Police advised him there had been ‘ an attempted intrusion of the precinct’.
Members were not allowed in or out of the parliamentary chamber.
No arrests had yet been made.
Protesters opposing the voluntary assisted dying bill previously gathered outside Parliament House in Brisbane in May.
A number of people online, however, said the protest appeared to be small and peaceful.
‘I just drove past 10 minutes ago,’ wrote one. ‘The crowd are totally peaceful and the police presence is overwhelming and intimidating!’
Many also assumed the protest was in relation to Queensland’s border restrictions and its two-week pause to hotel quarantine for interstate arrivals from NSW, Victoria and the ACT.
‘No wonder…letting sports teams and their families in while others can’t come in to the state to visit dying family members,’ one person commented.