locals disrupt Repco car rally in Australia

Locals have disrupted a car rally passing through a sensitive wildlife area of Australia.

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'Stage 1 Repco rally cancelled, locals laying on the road a few arrested yay team!' -- John Seed

Locals have disrupted Stage 1 of the Repco Car Rally, a key stage of the World Rally Championship, by pulling down fences, letting cattle onto the track, putting rocks on the track, laying on the track. Their actions have forced the rally to be abandoned.

What has so incensed the locals and those further afield is that the rally was staged to pass through a highly sensitive wildlife area. The rally organisers have been condemned for an event that would have damaged the environment and frightened the wildlife.

more info

http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/no-rally-valley-protest-against-repco-rally-murwillumbah-28-5-09

http://www.australia.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14084:police-investigations-are-continuing-after-protest-activity-resulted-in-the-cancellation-of-a-stage-of-the-repco-rally&catid=72:australian-news&Itemid=200

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2009/09/04/133791_world-rally-championship.html

protest pics

http://tools.goldcoast.com.au/photo-gallery/photo_gallery_popup_preview.php?category_id=8131

web

http://candobetter.org/NoRepcoRally

http://sites.google.com/site/kyoglespeak/world-rally-championships-in-kyogle

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locals disrupt Repco car rally in Australia

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