COOMA, NSW: Farmer and protester Peter Spencer is declaring his hunger strike in protest of NSW land clearing laws a major success, despite failing to achieve any of his goals, nearly dying and appealing for meetings with a level of government that has nothing to do with land clearing.Mr Spencer ended his hunger strike after 52 days at the top of a tower on his property at Shannons Flat, near Cooma in New South Wales.
Despite not winning a meeting with the Prime Minister or Climate Change Minister, Mr Spencer now plans to write a book on winning protest strategies, sources have said.
There are also rumours this book could be co-authored with protesters from Newcastle's Rising Tide, due to this groups effectiveness at achieving its goals.
Mr Spencer could also profit from his hunger strike by keeping a blog on a well known pro-anorexia website offering tips on how to successfully starve the human body.
Federal Opposition frontbencher Barnaby Joyce, who visited Mr Spencer, said he was surprised the Prime Minister had not met with the farmer.
"If there's one thing we should do in this country, it's cave into crazy demands from people prepared to do harm to their body." said Senator Joyce.
"That's what Australian mateship is all about."
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