A one month occupation has ended, but community commitment to resist the building of a McDonald's restaurant in Tecoma remains strong.
Residents of the town in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges have fought against McDonald's for several years, but activity has intensified after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) approved the outlet against the wishes of locals and council.
Shane Anderson
I asked Simon, a homeless man in Melbourne who has organised protests around housing, “If you had three wishes what would they be?”
“A roof over my head, a feed every day and someone to love me who I can love back. As simple as that”, he said.
“There's not much more to life when you break it down. There are too many people who get carried away with money, worrying about their next dollar. I live with nothing and supposedly I haven't got a long time left to live, so there's not much more you need.”