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Brisbane protester removed from tree after 23 hours
Key takeaways
- Sharai spent the night up a tree to protest the development of land at West End in Brisbane.
- Queensland Fire Department escorted the woman out of the tree safely after a power line was removed to clear the way down.
- The tree sits at Kurilpa Common, a state-owned lot taken over by "guerilla gardeners" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sharai spent the night up a tree to protest the development of land at West End in Brisbane. (ABC News: Jordan Bissell)
Link copied Share Share article. A protester who spent 23 hours up a tree in an unsanctioned community garden near Brisbane's CBD has been removed by emergency services in a cherry picker.
Queensland Fire Department escorted the woman out of the tree safely after a power line was removed to clear the way down.
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