Protesters block park
13jan04
PROTESTERS claimed victory yesterday in blocking developers from
entering a controversial site for the Commonwealth Games village.
About 30 picketers blockaded the entrance to the former Royal Park psychiatric
hospital at Parkville, claiming to have stopped five trucks from entering.
Royal Park Protection Group convener Julianne Bell yesterday warned more blockades were planned.
"Our public land is being gobbled up,"
she said. "We will be having further unannounced
pickets."