Sydney Climate Activist Arrested During Protest Complains About Lack Of Vegan Food In Jail

The climate change protestor was arrested for her involvement in the Blockade Australia protests that sent Sydney into chaos this week.

While she’s been incarcerated, she has hit out at the lack of appropriate options for her to eat as she identifies as vegan.

“Just an FYI to the Surry Hills police station,” McDonald-Eckersall wrote on Facebook. “Dry cereal and fruit is not food and that a cheese sandwich is not vegan.”

She added: “Get some real food please … Also, a book would be nice.”

Her observations about the menu and lodgings on offer did not go down very well with the public.

One social media user said: “If you want to make a change, do it in a way that you gain support not p**s people off. No one is talking about the reason you’re protesting, they’re talking about you being a vegan who whinges about a cheese sandwich in a police station.”

A second added: “Here’s an idea, if ‘hotel lock up’ wasn’t to your taste, stop breaking the law.”

A third said: “Cry me a river. Go get a job and stop bludging on the rest of us.”

2GB host Ben Fordham also lashed out at the protester on his radio show.

In her long social media post, McDonald-Eckersall also mentioned the cramped and cold conditions she experienced while being remanded in custody after her bail was refused.

“Those who know me know that this is not my first arrest. But this one rattled me.”

She also described the holding cells she was kept in.

“About half of that time was spent in what was essentially a see-through box which looked out on the custody desk and gave me enough room to lie flat with my head pressed against one wall and my feet against another,” she said.

“The other half was spent in a cell with constant cold air blowing and thin blankets.”

Other protesters descended on the Sydney CBD at peak hour and marched through the city waving signs and blocking streets.