FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Perth, Western Australia – 26h April 2012 – Occupy Perth tonight forced the relocation of a US Navy welcome party in Fremantle.

Occupy Perth earlier this week decided to actively support and promote the action initiated by Fremantle anti-nuclear group (FANG) against two nuclear powered and possibly armed US warships that have docked in Fremantle over the week.

The welcome party put on by the Fremantle chamber of commerce at the Fremantle arts centre was arranged by the mayor of Fremantle Dr Brad Pettitt and the CEO of the Fremantle council.

Spokesperson Zebedee Parkes says “Occupy Perth condemns this welcome for the US nuclear war machine and argues that the mayor of Fremantle should have taken a stand against the US navy ships as opposed to welcoming them.”

“We are disgraced at the way the decision to hold a welcome event by the Mayor and CEO of Fremantle council was made without consultation with elected counsellors, a number of whom are opposed to allowing US nuclear ships into Fremantle and the wider Fremantle community that has had a long history of opposing nuclear warships being allowed to dock in Fremantle.”