Tent embassy set to be packed up

As a result of growing violence and rubbish, the elders told the council that the tent embassy and accompanying signs would be removed from South Brisbane’s Musgrave Park. Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said that although the council “was being hammered by certain people in the Indigenous community to close it down”, he will not have the final word. Mr Quirk is leaving it up to the elders to decide the embassy’s fate. However, elder Judulu Colin said the site is in good shape and is calling on the Lord Mayor to show leadership.