Danny Lim | |
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| Councillor of the Municipality of Strathfield | |
| In office 13 September 2008 –8 September 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Residence(s) | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Former councillor and electrician |
Danny Lim (born 1944) is an Australian activist and former politician. He is known for wearing political protest signs on a sandwich board.
In 1963 Lim moved from Malaysia to Australia, where he began work as an electrical technician. [1]
In 2008, Lim was elected to the of the Strathfield Council as the lead candidate for an independent ticket, which received 13% of the vote. [2] Lim ran on the policy of "openness, transparency, accountability and morality" in the council, and refused to get paid for his time in office. [3]
During the 2016 Federal election, Lim ran for the Australian Senate and received 0.01% of the vote in New South Wales. [4] He also ran as an Independent for the Legislative Council in the 2019 New South Wales election, gaining 644 votes (0.01%). [5]
Lim was a background actor in the movie Three Thousand Years of Longing. [6] He played a storyteller, with his dog Smarty, attempting to squash the bloodlust of a tyrannical ruler.
Lim's infamous court case over the use of an offensive word on one of his signs was featured in the award-winning short documentary You Can You Cvn't.
Lim features on the album cover of Sticky Fingers Lekkerboy album. [7]
Lim was featured in a cameo in season two of Australian teen drama Heartbreak High. [8] Lim also had a cameo in the 2024 film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and attended the premiere in Sydney. [9]
In 2015, Lim was fined $500 for offensive conduct after publicly wearing a sign which labelled the then Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott a 'Cunt'. [10] A GoFundMe campaign by supporters raised enough money to cover the fine within less than an hour. [11] The court ruled that the word 'cunt' is not always offensive when said in public compared to countries like the United States and that the fine would have constricted his right to political communication implied in the Constitution. [12] Due to this ruling, he was not fined. The case was seen by law professor Luke McNamara as a step towards protecting civil liberties. [13]
Lim was arrested for offensive behaviour at Barangaroo in January 2019. [14] This was due to a sign which included the word 'CVNT' which was previously ruled by the courts as legal. He has since commenced legal action against the charge and the police officers who arrested him. [15] A rally was held to protest the arrest which was reportedly attended by approximately 300 people. [16] The case was later dismissed on 30 August 2019. [17]
On 22 November 2022, he sustained injuries during an arrest in the Queen Victoria Building, leaving him hospitalised. This arrest was later discontinued. [18] On 24 November 2022, he was released from St Vincent's Hospital with "a plan in place for ongoing monitoring" after suffering bleeding on the brain. [19]
Lim was taken to hospital in April 2023 after an altercation with a security guard at Barangaroo. [20]
On 22 September 2023 Lim was assaulted at Strathfield train station in Sydney by a 66 year-old man while advocating for the 'Yes' voice referendum vote. [21] He was treated and taken to the Concord Repatriation General Hospital where he received a CAT scan and was later reported to have an eye bleed injury. [22] [23]
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