Pro-Palestinian protesters at Parliament House avoid criminal conviction

Pro-Palestinian protesters who pleaded guilty to trespassing on Commonwealth property have avoided criminal convictions. The group of four spent more than an hour on the roof of Parliament House in July, in protest of Israel’s war in Gaza. They appeared before the ACT Magistrates Court and three of the four were handed no-conviction orders. The fourth protester - who had prior trespassing convictions - was handed a 12-month good behaviour bond. The group is banned from attending Parliament House for two years.