Police have estimated the crowd who protested on the steps of Victoria's state parliament against the proposal for an Emergency Services Levy to be over 400 people. Video by Petra Oates.
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00:00I'm blown away today. We've got nearly 400 here. I was hoping for 200. On very short notice we've
00:11been able to rally the troops from right around Victoria and we've been able to push back, push
00:15back this stupid environmental emergency services levy to Thursday at least and we need to keep up
00:23the pressure. I really need everybody's support. Every asset owner here in Victoria needs to get
00:28on the petitions, push back, talk to the crossbench, get your message out. This is just a crazy, crazy
00:34tax. I'm here today on the steps of Parliament House because this is going to impact our region
00:40significantly with around 5.2 million dollars extra ripped out of our local economy out of the
00:46hands of farmers. That's just the farming community. So we know that this is going to be a big impact
00:50to our local area, to our farmers who are already struggling in a lot of ways and particularly will
00:56impact our local economy in a way that is going to be felt throughout the whole region.
01:00Very well said Nathan. I completely concur. This tax is to hurt those who are already hurting. It's to
01:07hurt those who contribute most to our economy, to our livelihoods, to look after our land. This is just
01:13an evil tax that needs to just be knocked on the head right today. I just want to say we've stopped
01:19this bill twice already. It was going to be debated five weeks ago, it was going to be voted on five
01:23weeks ago. It got stopped. It was going to be voted on today. It got stopped. We can stop it again on
01:29Thursday if we stay united, if we keep communicating with our government and we make sure our voices are
01:34heard. Well done everyone. Thank you for coming out.