Activist compares opposition to paid parking in Melbourne suburb with uprising against Middle East dictatorships,as council assembly erupts in brawl A Victorian activist has compared a fight to stop her local council introducing parking meters in the heart of her suburb to the Arab spring anti-government uprising in the Middle East.
Megan Darling, a spokeswoman for the group Yarraville Village Says No to Paid Parking, and said the installation of the parking meters 13 weeks ago had deterred people from parking and shopping at nearby small businesses. The meters own been vandalised several times since their introduction.
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Source: theguardian.com