Parliament Suspended After Protestors Legit Superglue Their Hands To A Railing

Speaker Tony Smith called off the session after the group of about 30 people started chanting from the public gallery, where they had super-glued their hands to the railing, with many MPs leaving the chamber until the protesters were removed.

Question Time resumes after being shut down when anti-offshore detention protestors began chanting in the House of Representatives. #9News pic.twitter.com/uMvxHQiI2g

— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) November 30, 2016

Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance took credit for the protest on their twitter:

We’ve shut down Parliament. #closethecamps #bringthemhere pic.twitter.com/o0yDXaE8mg

— WACA (@akaWACA) November 30, 2016

There was a pretty mixed reception from the pollies, which very conveniently fell along the same lines as their party’s support for offshore processing – for instance, Adam Bandt (against offshore processing):

Question Time brought to a halt as peaceful protesters hold MPs to account demanding gov #CloseTheCamps. Brave. Powerful. Proud. #qt

— Adam Bandt (@AdamBandt) November 30, 2016

Tim Watts (for offshore processing):

Preventing elected Members of Parliament from meeting is a poor form of democratic protest #qt

— Tim Watts MP (@TimWattsMP) November 30, 2016

George Christensen (extremely for offshore processing):

Say hello to my little friend, hippies. @ColinJBettles pic.twitter.com/4NzB2WaZmJ

— George Christensen (@GChristensenMP) November 30, 2016

The footage of the protesters being removed is pretty gnarly and I would 100% recommend watching this on mute or at least with the audio turned down if you are in public and don’t have headphones in: