Demonstration against SIS Amendment Act

A crowd gathers in Parliament grounds below the partially completed Beehive on 14 October 1977 to demonstrate against the proposed SIS Amendment Act.

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The 1970s

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protest

parliament

1970s

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: EP/1977/4060/20-F
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