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Protestor ejected from High Court

A protester has been ejected from the High Court after jumping a barrier into the court area and standing on a bench.

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The High Court is hearing a challenge by lobby group GetUp to the constitutionality of amendments to the Electoral Act made by the Howard government.

The protester wearing a Liberal shirt was vocal standing ahead of the High Court Justice's arrival and beginning a verbal stoush with another man who told him to sit down.

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The protester then jumped the barrier .. leaping across tables where legal teams sat and onto the bench before being stopped by court officers and taken away by police.

A GetUp! spokesman later told AAP the protester was not from his organisation.


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