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Woolly thinking: why I yarnbombed Queensland parliament Woolly thinking: why I yarnbombed Queensland parliament
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Through Through the rushed approval of ambiguous and anti-democratic laws such as the vicious lawless association disestablishment (Vlad) bill and the public interest disclosure act, the state of Queensland is experiencing a draconian era that would do any dictator proud.
the rushed approval of ambiguous and anti-democratic laws such as the I am part of theKnit Your Revolt Tricycle Gang, the creative provocateurs that Queensland’s Liberal party is so determined to ignore. We offer the community the opportunity to knit the bad out of anyone – politicians and outlaw motorcycle gangs included.
vicious lawless association disestablishment (Vlad) bill and the public interest disclosure act, the state of Queensland is The Vlad laws don’t extend to knitters. Despite our seditious stitching and pretty gang patches, we have failed to be considered as dangerous as Sally Kuether, the bikie-dating librarian and mother of three who spent a week in prison, or Benjamin Wilson, the 29-year-old man still in confinement for being employed at a location formerly used as a gang club house. Instead, Queensland’s premier Campbell Newman and his cronies prefer to lavish their attentions upon unions, lawyers, tradespeople, tattoo artists and people who like to exercise.
experiencing a draconian era that would do any dictator proud. Should any members of parliament begin to realise the shame they have brought on their public office, we invite them to duck inside the cell’s pink walls and give themselves over to her woolly embrace. Inside it is safe and comforting, a little like being in the womb – and don’t worry, we might permit conjugal visits.
I am part of the Knit Your Revolt Tricycle Gang, the creative provocateurs that Queensland’s Liberal party is so determined
to ignore. We offer the community the opportunity to knit the
bad out of anyone – politicians and outlaw motorcycle gangs included.
The Vlad laws don’t extend to knitters. Despite
our seditious stitching and pretty gang
patches, we have failed to be considered as dangerous as Sally Kuether,
the bikie-dating librarian and mother of three who spent a week in
prison, or Benjamin Wilson, the 29-year-old man still in confinement for
being employed at a location
formerly used as a gang club house. Instead, Queensland’s premier Campbell Newman and his cronies
prefer to lavish their attentions upon unions, lawyers, tradespeople, tattoo artists and people who like to exercise.
Should
any members of parliament begin to realise the shame they have brought
on their public office, we invite them to duck inside the cell’s pink
walls and give themselves over to her woolly embrace. Inside it is safe
and comforting, a little like being in the womb – and don’t worry, we
might permit conjugal visits.