Beloved Australian children’s music group The Wiggles has voiced their deep disappointment amid revelations their music is being used by the City of Bunbury in Western Australia to deter homeless people from a waterfront bandstand.
on a loop 24 hours a day at its Graham Bricknell Memorial Music Shell to discourage people from congregating there.
Earlier in the afternoon, the city doubled down amid backlash over the musical deterrance, insisting the method was standard practice and a response to rising anti-social behaviour. And Miguel said the city had been receiving increasing reports of such behaviour and costly damage due to the growing number of people setting up camp in the area.the use of music as a passive way of discouraging people from congregating in an area was a common method utilised across the state and the city had been employing it for more than six months.“Graham Bricknell Memorial Music Shell is a community space where people should feel safe to visit and meet up,” he said.
“There are so many more appropriate responses that could have been chosen to support people in our community doing it the toughest,” he said.
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