We’ve reported on this already but it is worth re-iterating .
Read a great report at Pondering Pot
Cate Faehrmann is an elected NSW politician (Greens Party)
For people who don’t go to Nimbin during Mardi Grass. All entrances to the town (3) have rbt vans and highway patrols stationed. They import police for it.
— Perkins Dixon (@Katieisfree) May 1, 2021
David Shoebridge – Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
David Martin Shoebridge is an Australian politician, environmental and social justice activist and former barrister. He has been a Greens member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since September 2010. Wikipedia
Extremely wasteful over policing at Nimbin Mardi Grass this weekend. I was roadside drug tested twice today, with all the police overtime and waste of public resources that came with it. Squads of police with vans at every entry point, all enforcing broken drug driving laws. pic.twitter.com/3vl09CO4mx
— David Shoebridge (@ShoebridgeMLC) May 2, 2021
The Tokyo Olympics may be the biggest sporting event this year, but today in Nimbin, it was an Olympics of a different kind.
The Mardi Grass festival is in full swing, and police are out in force.@_LachlanGrant pic.twitter.com/Ffui9xBpcN
— NBN News (@nbnnews) May 1, 2021