Police evict university squatters

Miki Perkins
January 14, 2009

Source: The AGE

SHAC evicted

One of the squatters on the footpath outside the Faraday Street terraces after this morning’s eviction.
Photo: Craig Abraham

Squatters occupying three Melbourne University-owned houses in Carlton – evicted in an early-morning police operation today – have threatened to occupy other university sites to highlight the plight of homeless students.

- Squatters turfed
- Police scale fence
- Early-morning operation

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