Westbury rally against Northern prison plan gets heated

Rob Inglis
Updated October 26 2019 - 6:45pm, first published 5:30pm
PIECE OF MIND: Westbury resident Liza de Lautour lets Lyons Liberal MHA Mark Shelton know what she thinks of the state government's proposal to build the Northern Regional Prison just outside her town. Picture: Paul Scambler
PIECE OF MIND: Westbury resident Liza de Lautour lets Lyons Liberal MHA Mark Shelton know what she thinks of the state government's proposal to build the Northern Regional Prison just outside her town. Picture: Paul Scambler

Hundreds of people have crowded the Westbury Town Hall to condemn the state government's proposal to build a $270 million maximum security prison just north of the town.

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Rob Inglis

Rob Inglis

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Rob Inglis is a reporter with The Examiner, covering state and federal politics. He is based in Hobart.

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