Protesters occupy site designated for new $13 million Lockheed Martin weapons research lab
‘A group of protesters in Carlton, Australia have occupied a site designated for a multi-million dollar Lockheed Martin research center to protest the defense industry giant’s growing influence in Australia.
The occupation began on Tuesday morning when the protesters made their way into an empty former women’s hospital that stands on a site where the largest Lockheed Martin research center outside of the US is to be built.
The Space, Technology, Engineering and Research Laboratory (STELaR Lab) is a joint project of Lockheed Martin, the Australian Department of Defense, the University of Melbourne and RMIT University.’
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