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size=3>Activist reported to Hotline<BR>Harriet Alexander Higher Education
Reporter<BR>December 8, 2006<BR><BR>A STUDENT activist who pounded a placard
depicting the Prime Minister with water bombs has been accused of<BR>breaching
terrorism laws.<BR><BR>Police investigated Jessica Moore, the president of the
Wollongong University students' association, after<BR>a caller to the national
security hotline reported she had organised the protest in support of Hamas,
the<BR>Palestinian party whose military wing is on a list of terrorist
organisations.<BR><BR>But Ms Moore, an anti-war activist and member of the
Socialist Alliance, said the protest was against<BR>homophobia and had nothing
to do with Hamas. About 20 students had gathered on a university lawn
where<BR>posters reading "Target homophobia. Take out the Libs", were on
display.<BR><BR>"It was an action to get attention," Ms Moore
said.<BR><BR>Police said the complaint had been dismissed after an officer
visited the campus. "It was clear that this<BR>was in relation to homophobia,"
Detective Chief Inspector Joe Mura said.<BR><BR>Ms Moore said the complaint had
been intended to intimidate her. "That's the incredibly scary thing<BR>about the
[security] hotline," Ms Moore said. "Anyone who doesn't like you can accuse you
of being a<BR>terrorist or a member of a terrorist
organisation."<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P>The students' association has organised about 25 demonstrations this year
on issues as diverse as the<BR>wars in Lebanon and Iraq and the industrial
relations legislation. Liberal Club members have accused it of<BR>sympathising
with terrorist organisations.<BR><BR>The club's general secretary, Warren
Hudson, said: "I'm sure the justification for someone to report it<BR>to the
security hotline [would be] that a student organisation was financially
supporting terrorism … by<BR>using student funds to support groups such as
Hamas."<BR><BR>Ms Moore said: "I'm a fairly outspoken anti-war activist … That
doesn't make me a supporter of
terrorism."</P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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