Protesters at the Tecoma McDonalds site.
Source: News Limited
NO work will be done at McDonald's Tecoma construction site until at
least next week, with the demolishers hired to clear the site fearing
it has become too dangerous for them.
BR Demolition's Lynda Rafferty said she had asked her husband and
the company owner Bernie to "pull the pin" on the job, but he was
"determined" to get it done.She said the Mentone-based company had been getting threatening phone calls and emails from protesters for almost a week.
The company was considering sharing particularly abusive messages with police in hope of getting the senders charged, she said.
'No Maccas in Tecoma' spokesman Garry Muratore said he was sure the threatening messages would not have come from members of the core protest group.
"We have always said we were going to be polite and firm," he said.
"It would be disappointing if we degenerated to that."
BR Demolition was scheduled to bring an excavator on site yesterday to clear it for construction of the McDonald's store.
But two protesters stationed on the roof separately and together since Sunday afternoon stood in the way.
The Upwey-based women also disrupted asbestos removal works planned for Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs Rafferty said she didn't know when their workers would get back on site.
"I don't even care if McDonald's gets to build. We're just here to demolish properties," she said.
"With protesters on the roof, we can't do anything."
Mr Muratore said 'No Maccas' protesters had also been on the end of abuse as a result of their campaign.
The spokesman said he had received threatening calls at his home.
Fellow protester Dave Hooper, who runs the protest website burgeroff.org, had been subject to online death threats and harassing phone calls after his personal details were published by pro-McDonald's supporters, Mr Muratore said.
The 'No Maccas' change.org petition has passed 70,000 signatures, rising about 10,000 since the protest group presented it to McDonald's Australia boss Catriona Noble in Sydney yesterday morning.
Change.org's Tony Robertson said it had become the second largest petition, in terms of Australian signatures, in the campaigning website's history.
McDonald's Australia spokeswoman Skye Oxenham said the company was working towards progressing construction at the site, with safety its number one concern.
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