Juliette Lamont and Hamish Patterson were on the Wahu, which was part of the sumud flotilla, taking baby formula and survival medicines to Gaza. Last night at the QCU, they gave testimony of the difficulties of their journey to a crowd of about 50 people . The forum was led by Dr Jamal Nablusi from Justice for Palestine Magan-djin.
Juliet Lamont: I did a radio interview locally in Byron Bay, like three days ago, and just told my story. And it’s quite a Zionist heartland around the Northern Rivers. They sort of co-opted, the hippie peace and love space quite well. Lots of Middle Eastern restaurants are opening that aren’t actually Middle Eastern. And so yeah, the complaints that came in after that one hour interview, they want to get me charged for anti semitism, inciting racial hatred.
They (Zionists) want to shut down the radio station (BayFM). They want (to get) the presenter as well, so we’re going through what might be a big legal process for me just telling my story.
This is what Byron Bay Community board had to say on the first of October 2025 about the mission:
One of our own, Juliet Lamont, from the northern rivers on the Freedom Flotilla, loaded with humanitarian aid heading to Gaza. It takes a brave heart to do this and all eyes on Gaza. We should be so proud of her and all the 70 boats with over 600 people from around the world trying to stop this genocide.
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Over the past 2 years Northern Rivers New South Wales has built quite a formidable activist community. Some of its members blockaded the unlawful weapons plant at Tingalpa for seven hours this week.Ferra Engineering is a crucial link in the performance of the genocide by F-35 fighter bombers.
Here is an excerpt from the excellent forum at the Queensland council of unions on Wednesday the 12th of November 2025.