I was at the protest and all observations in the story so far are my own. 
I have heaps of photos, plus 3 minutes of video footage of the barricades being pulled down. Alas, I'm in an Internet cafe at the moment, and won't be able to upload them until I get to work tommorrow. 
- Borofkin 11:11, 30 August 2005 (UTC)Reply[reply]
In the end I'm dissapointed with this article. I spent too much time trying to take pictures (which aren't very good), and not enough time recording the content. I've looked at all the mainstream news sources, and Sydney Indymedia (who had a van and wireless internet connection at the event), and there is not a single quote from any of the protest speakers. Everyone, including Indymedia, has focussed on a toppled barricade, a 5 minute scuffle between a tiny minority of protestors and police, and a couple of arrests. 
Next time I reckon I'll take a tape recorder and record all the speeches, so that I can get some proper, lengthy quotes, and actually give our readers some idea of what the protest is about. This is the crucial information that is still lacking, accross all news sources.
I'm done with this article, you may do with it what you will. - Borofkin 04:25, 31 August 2005 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Points the protest for people to work with (I'm new to the wiki...):
- Protesters broke through the fence protecting the opera house
- The conference was secretly moved to another location at the airport terminal, and this information was witheld from the public in the interests of security
- A man jumped the fence, and the hundreds of police officers on duty unleashed two dogs on the man, who was mauled
- SBS (Australia) claims that there were as many police as protesters. This is a fair estimate, given that there were helicopters, mounted police and a ground force entirely surroundin the protesters.
- Six people were arrested (ABC news)
- The aims of the protest were varied. View included outrage at the use of a public space for an exclusive conference, and at the actions of the politicians and companies represented at the conference.
The SMH claims there were 500 protesters (i think according to police). That is far less than the number of police. 'mauled'? And one final thing: none of the articles mention once what the actual Forbes conference dealt with. It has been nothing but advocacy for the protests. You can find in the SMH a quote by forbes himself which made me giggle. Something about how the protestors are about being against words like 'globalisation'. hehehe... typical teenagers, they aren't for anything, but only against their own frustrated views of the world. Let's try to make all this hype on the protests into something that readers can digest and form their own opinions on, instead of the typical back and forth quoting of either side. Information please, not just vauge opinions.
Hi... I've reverted this edit for the moment, because I don't see why the sentence shouldn't be included. I watched the speeches, and the speakers certainly described the conference attendees as "neo-liberals", and "free market freaks". The way that it was reworded it sounded like a statement of fact, rather than a statement about the speakers opinions. 
I'm happy to discuss the issue though. Please provide some reasons on this talk page if you still think that your change should be made... - Borofkin 12:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)Reply[reply]
-Ah, misread there. I thought you yourself were referring to the conference attendees as so, not the speakers. My apologies.
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