With WA’s election looming, Perth’s battle over the Roe 8 highway extension brings other environmental issues to the fore.
A polarising election issue in Western Australia, the Roe 8 project illustrates the need for better and more democratic decision-making.
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One reason Perth’s Roe 8 project is the subject of passionate protests is that it’s a case of a government asserting power over people rather than exercising power with local communities.
Fencing goes up along the route of the Roe 8 highway construction project in Perth.
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Protest poetry has an esteemed history, from the British war poets to writers behind the Iron Curtain. In Perth, poets are protesting against a contentious road extension and their words are charged.