Impossible Not to See
There are people you pass every day who are impossible not to see.
They stand on verges, overpasses, and roadside corners.
They hold banners.
They brave heat, rain, ridicule, abuse, and indifference.
They attract horns.
They attract gestures.
They attract reactions.
They call themselves the Roadside Warriors.
And they care deeply about Australia.
Public Presence
They stand on verges, overpasses, and roadside corners, not because it is comfortable or convenient, but because visibility still matters. In a time where dissent is increasingly pushed behind screens, filtered through algorithms, or managed by policy, standing in plain sight becomes an act of civic responsibility. The Roadside Warriors are not trying to blend in. They are placing questions directly into the public space, where they cannot be quietly edited, muted, or reinterpreted.
Designed to Interrupt
Their banners are deliberately simple. Drivers have seconds, not minutes. The messages are short enough to register at speed and sharp enough to linger after the traffic moves on. These are not slogans crafted to persuade through comfort, but statements designed to interrupt routine and provoke thought, even if that thought first arrives as irritation.
The Signs
What those signs say varies, but the underlying theme is consistent. They question authority, challenge compliance, and call attention to decisions made without meaningful public consent. Some ask directly, others warn bluntly, and some simply refuse the framing offered by government and media. Together, they form a moving line of questions placed deliberately in the everyday path of ordinary Australians.
Messages commonly displayed include:
- Do Not Comply
- Just Say No
- Still Trust the Government? Why???
- Government Censorship Is Tyranny
- Digital ID Under the Guise of Convenience
- Digital ID Will Enslave YOU and EVERYONE
- Say No to Digital ID
- Did You Vote for Digital ID?
- Zionist Government Occupation
- Reject the Zionist Agenda
- Albo Is About to Inflict Pain Upon You
Each sign is brief by necessity. None exist to comfort. All exist to interrupt.
Who Stands There
Behind the banners are people who did not choose this lightly. Standing roadside week after week requires persistence and resolve. It involves being seen, judged, and often dismissed without explanation or engagement. The Roadside Warriors include parents, tradespeople, gardeners, retirees, former police ex-senior constables, and Air Force veterans. They chose public visibility when private disagreement no longer felt sufficient. For many, this was not a search for activism or identity, but a decision to occupy public space when other avenues for expression appeared increasingly constrained.
How It Started
The Roadside Warriors began during the COVID period, when compliance was enforced not through persuasion, but through mandate. It was during this time that Neil Roberts became a consistent presence, helping to organise and sustain the group. His involvement was not driven by ideology in the abstract, but by direct experience of policy consequences in everyday life.
Bodily Autonomy
Neil worked in the mining industry, a sector where mandates carried immediate and non-negotiable consequences. When COVID vaccination requirements were introduced, he declined on the basis of bodily autonomy. That decision cost him his job. For Neil, this was not a symbolic stand or a political gesture. It was a direct collision between personal conscience and state-endorsed coercion, with real financial and social impact. The roadside became one of the few remaining places where objection could still be expressed openly, without permission or credential.
When It Gets Personal
The issue did not end with employment. Neil has spoken publicly about his son developing pericarditis following COVID vaccination. He refers to the injection as the “clot shot”, language that reflects his belief and lived experience rather than a medical classification. This family experience deepened his concern about coercive health policy and reinforced his view that informed consent had been replaced by pressure and consequence. For Neil, the roadside is not a platform for abstraction, but a place to speak from the point where policy intersects with real lives.
Beyond COVID
For many within the group, COVID was not the end point, but the beginning of a wider realisation. What was justified as temporary emergency power revealed a template that did not retreat when the crisis passed. Systems introduced for health compliance began to mirror proposals for digital identity, online regulation, and centralised control of speech and movement. The Roadside Warriors remain visible because the mechanisms they warned about did not disappear. They evolved, rebranded, and embedded themselves more quietly into everyday governance.
Why This Matters
My own involvement in these issues grew along a similar timeline. What began as concern during the COVID period expanded into a deeper examination of free speech, censorship, and the legal architecture supporting state power. I have spoken publicly at free speech events in Queensland and Western Australia, including the Free Speech Summit in Brisbane:
https://dawnkelly.com.au/the-courtroom-monopoly-a-game-we-never-agreed-to-play-3/
and the Free Speech Forum in Warwick, Western Australia, where I delivered a presentation titled Welcome to WA: The Police State:
https://dawnkelly.com.au/welcome-to-wa-the-police-state-3/
That inquiry has now taken a formal shape through my current action in the High Court of Australia, where I am seeking to invalidate sections 63C and 63D of the Online Safety Act. I have written more extensively about this here:
https://dawnkelly.com.au/the-online-safety-act-and-how-government-is-taking-control-of-the-internet/
Speech and Control
The connection between roadside speech and online regulation is not symbolic. It is structural. When expression in physical public space is tolerated but increasingly marginalised, and expression online is filtered, ranked, removed, or sanctioned, the result is the same narrowing of acceptable discourse. Digital ID sits at the centre of this convergence. Once identity becomes mandatory for participation, speech is no longer merely expressed, it is attributed, tracked, and managed. In that context, the Roadside Warriors represent one of the few remaining forms of speech that is immediate, embodied, and resistant to centralised control.
A Simple Invitation
For those who feel inclined, joining the Roadside Warriors is simple. It usually involves about an hour standing peacefully roadside with a sign, followed by a cup of tea or coffee at a local café. No speeches, no pressure, no requirement to agree on everything. Just showing up, standing quietly, and being present in public space. For some, that hour is enough.
Supporting My High Court Case
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By Dawn Kelly, Founder of the Inner Compass – Guiding you to align with the highest expression of your true self.
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