Parliament Invaders set to appeal conviction

Three members of the NT chapter of the Network Against Prohibition (NAP) will appear before the full bench of the Northern Territory Supreme Court tomorrow to appeal against their conviction for invading the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly on 14th May 2002.

Stuart Highway (currently in Darwin Prison for his involvement in a NAP-organised drug law-reform protest), Robert Inder-Smith and Gary Meyerhoff will appear before the Court of Appeal at 10am tomorrow to make their arguments.

The trio were part of a group of NAP activists who invaded the NT Legislative Assembly to protest against the draconian ‘drug house’ legislation.

The ‘drug house’ legislation, labelled as draconian by many, gave police the power to affix a 1.2 metre-high fluorescent green sign to your front fence or door, declaring your home to be a ‘drug premises’.

No criminal conviction is required and no charges have to be laid for your home to be labelled a 'drug premises'.

NAP activist Gary Meyerhoff will appear before the Court of Appeal again on Tuesday (at 2pm) to appeal against his conviction for ‘bill-pasting’.

For more information or to arrange an interview, call the NAP team on 0415 16 2525 or see the following web pages:

Network Against Prohibition (NAP) – NT Chapter

The ‘Drug House’ laws

Bill-pasting is not a crime