With the enforcement of new social distancing laws and restrictions on public movement and gatherings, protest rallies are, in effect, outlawed. Protest movements have had to find innovative ways to mobilise and express alternative ideas and views. Many of these movements have found traction online. But there have been other, creative ways to protest in the real world too.
Today, a car rally was held, travelling from North Sydney to the NSW Parliament on Macquarie Street in Sydney’s CBD.
Represented by an array of unions, the protest expressed concerns about the inequity of the recently announced government support package, which will see more than a million casual workers miss out. Gig economy and migrant workers will also fall through the cracks, while asylum seekers, still in detention, are being housed in cramped conditions, despite the dangers of COVID-19.
Unions called for a universal basic wage, the nationalisation of essential services and the extension of Medicare to everyone, including to migrant workers. They are demanding that no worker be left behind during this crisis.
More than 50 vehicles participated in today’s convoy.
Part of an ongoing photographic series, 'COVID-19 Diaries'.
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