The 71-year-old Dr Lee Coaldrake pleaded guilty to disturbing the legislature, an offence that dates back to the ‘pineapple rebellion’ of 1939
On Tuesday, Dr Lee Coaldrake pleaded guilty to disturbing the legislature, an offence created in response to the “pineapple rebellion” of 1939 in which a group of disgruntled farmers armed with barbed wire and batons tried to hold the government hostage – and one last used more than 30 years ago under the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup The remaining 13 cases are expected to come before the court in October, after Pinder twice insisted upon hearing them separately, contrary to the expectations of prosecutors and the defence, and a path that required him to overturn a decision by another magistrate to hear all 14 cases together.Other protesters included a former Queensland state epidemiologist now in his 80s, a small business owner, retired public servants, medical workers and students.
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