Melbourne #BustTheBudget rally in pictures, by @Jansant
May 20, 2014
Pensioners were out in force.
A budget by the rich for the rich.
Waiting for the rally to begin.
Greens Deputy Leader Adam Bandt says Tony Abbott is a clear and present danger to the Australian way of life.
Former refugee now refugee advocate Mohammad Ali Baqiri.
ACTU President Ged Kearney promises to fight Abbott and Hockey’s #budget2014.
An intervention from Gooniyandi woman Vivian Malo: “You stop hurting this land, you stop hurting my brothers and sisters, you stop locking us up”. Photo: Wayne Jansson
Greens Deputy Leader Adam Bandt invites the ALP, PUP and other senators to bring the government down.
A cheeky protester strikes a pose for the snappers.
Even the kids are unsure about Tony Abbott.
Joe Hockey was a target for peoples anger.
A young baby wonders what all the fuss is about while surveying the crowd.
Jax Brown, disability activist told the crowd measures in the budget can and will kill people.
Many marched because they’re angry about being lied to.
The budget gave people many reasons to march.
Father Bob waiting to take the stage.
Father Bob: ‘Homeless kids were not born into the age of entitlement’.
People listening to the speeches at Federation Square.
People are angry it’s the disadvantaged that are doing the heavy lifting for the top end of town.