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Arrests made as police clear protest camp at 2032 Olympics stadium site in Australia

# Police in Brisbane made five arrests as they cleared a protest camp from the city park where the main stadium for the 2032 Olympics will be built. A coalition of environmentalists and Indigenous activists were warned they would be removed if they did not vacate the park. Site work for the 63-thousand-seat arena, the centrepiece of Australia’s third Olympics will begin on Monday, despite an outstanding application ⁠to the Australian government by Indigenous groups to protect the park in perpetuity as a “significant Aboriginal area”.