Protester Robert Ghysen with his sign yesterday outside the Surat basin Energy and Mining Expo
A LONE protester at the Surat Basin Energy and Mining Expo yesterday was involved in an ugly confrontation with event organiser Bob Carroll.
Robert Ghysen set up a peaceful protest outside the expo perimeter on Glenvale Rd when he was confronted by an irate Mr Carroll.
In the ensuring confrontation, which was witnessed by The Chronicle, Mr Carroll accused Mr Ghysen of being a "!*?**** dole bludger" and said if he did not move on "he would drag him away himself".
A visibly shaken Mr Ghysen, who is a senior radiographer at Toowoomba Hospital, said it was his democratic right to protest under Australian law.
"I have every right to be here as much as anyone else.
"The whole situation was extremely offensive.
"Just because he does not hold the same views as me does not give him the right to bully and threaten me."
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Toowoomba Chronicle
Editor's Note: Bob Carroll ... shame on you! Since when is it illegal to peacefully protest outside the perimeter of a convention centre ??? The only person who has egg on his face is perhaps Mr. Carroll who allegedly seems to have made a spectacle of himself infront of the media.
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