Vandalism still illegal in Australia

Ambit Gambit: Climate law divergence

Today in Ipswich three Greenpeace activists were fined $500 each and ordered to pay damages between them for $23,000 worth of damage to a smoke stack at Swanbank Power Station. They had scaled the stack and painted the words "Go Solar" on it in July as a protest against the greenhouse gases being emitted by the power station.

In September three Greenpeace activists were acquitted in Britain for a similar act. The Guardian led the story with "Six Greenpeace climate change activists have been cleared of causing £30,000 of criminal damage at a coal-fired power station in a verdict that is expected to embarrass the government and lead to more direct action protests against energy companies."