Cheered on by industry, Tasmania's Liberal government has announced it will have another crack at cracking down on "workplace invasions".
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So-called anti-protest laws have been appearing on the agenda since before the 2014 election, in which Labor was swept from government and the Greens were gutted.
The Liberals promised to protest workplaces - think forestry coupes, mills and the like - from radical protesters who want to stop them from going about their business.
Their first attempt was struck down by the High Court, while a subsequent move failed to pass the Legislative Council.
It's difficult not to see the issue for the strategy behind it; a painfully obvious attempt to wedge Labor and to remind voters of that party's past cosiness with the Greens.
The cynical view is the government isn't much fussed whether it can pass such laws.
Even if the deciding votes in the upper house that kill the bill are cast by independents, the Liberals will blame Labor for still being in lockstep with the Greens.
And they'll keep bringing it up, again and again, reminding voters which party is backing industry and the jobs that it provides, particularly in regional Tasmania.
All of the political strategising aside though, there is a case for getting tougher on activists who invade workplaces.
The environment movement and its allies claim it's all an affront to the right to protest.
Yet we surely can differentiate between a genuinely peaceful protest and an action designed to interfere with the rights of others.
The former is about having your say; the latter is about imposing your will.
Time and time again, we have seen activists go on to work sites, in forestry and mining, and chain themselves to machinery.
It's often dangerous to them and to others, costly to businesses and workers, and wasteful of police time and resources.
Those responsible seem to walk out of court with little more than slaps on the wrist, while they are hailed as heroes and praised for their supposed sacrifice by the groups that orchestrate their activities.
It's little wonder that the Liberals believe they are on a winner in "giving Tasmanian workers the protection they deserve".
If only they could get a bill through parliament that does exactly that.
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