Tasmanian police have lifted strict bail conditions imposed on Peter Cundall and 55 pulp mill protesters arrested outside Parliament House in Hobart.
The ABC gardening personality was among those arrested for refusing to obey an order to leave the steps of parliament during Thursday’s protest.
The protesters complained that the bail conditions stopped them from returning to Hobart’s waterfront area for nearly two months over the summer period.
Commander Peter Edwards says after a review of last week’s operation it was decided the strict conditions were no longer necessary.
“Sometimes [we] don’t get it right and if we don’t get it right we’re quite prepared to put our hand up and rectify the situation,” he said.
Mr Cundall says it is a great relief.
“Basically it appeared that I and others had virtually almost three months exclusion from a very important part of Hobart,” he said.
“It was like being punished before we’d even been tried.”
