Protesters disrupt federal parliament

At least a dozen protesters have interrupted the first Question Time of the year by
screaming, "Stop the intervention, human rights for all" from the public gallery of
the federal parliament.
Security guards surrounded the protesters with one man placed in a headlock as they
tried to remove him from the chamber.
The protest was in relation to the federal government intervention into Northern
Territory Aboriginal communities.
The protesters also chanted the slogans, "Shame ALP" and "Reinstate the RDA",
referring to the Racial Discrimination Act.
Security guards took several minutes to remove the protesters from the public gallery.
Activists continued their protest outside Parliament House with about 30 people
chanting noisily outside the front doors, while police and tourists looked on.
Carl Taylor, of Brisbane, said the group was angry that police had earlier entered
the Aboriginal tent embassy, near old parliament house, several hours earlier.
"They just came down there against our cultural right to preside over our cultural
ceremonies," Mr Taylor told AAP.
"They said they wanted to arrest someone."
The protesters, who represented many different indigenous groups, said they wanted
an end to the NT intervention, and reinstatement of the Racial Discrimination Act.
Protesters were also responding to a High Court decision, handed down on Monday, to
dismiss a challenge against the intervention.
The protesters later moved to the tent embassy.