The Daily Telegraph
Tent embassy to stay during Games

  24aug00

  AN ABORIGINAL tent embassy at Sydney's Victoria Park is likely to
remain for the
  Olympic Games after South Sydney council brokered a peace deal with
the
  protesters.

  Protest leader Isabelle Coe signed a deal with the council late
yesterday, which
  enables her to stay at the inner-city site during the Games.

  Under the deal, the tent embassy protesters will be required to not
allow any
  vehicles in Victoria Park, Chippendale, and to use portable toilets.

  As well, they must supervise the "sacred fire" at all times and accept
responsibility
  for all people in the embassy.

  The protesters have also agreed not to make noise between dusk and
dawn,
  unless they first notify the council.

  The council last week successfully sought a court injunction against
the
  one-month-old embassy, which now has about 25 tents. Despite the court
move,
  there was growing evidence that some councillors were likely to allow
the tent
  embassy to remain beyond the Games by putting the issue to a vote.

  Some councillors were concerned about the image of police dragging
away
  Aboriginal protesters before the world's media.
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