Rising Tide, rising backlog. Coal protests too big for Zero Tolerance, police & courts
A total of 156 people were arrested during the Rising Tide protests, which closed the world’s biggest coal port at Newcastle. Wendy Bacon was one of them.
Civil Disobedience
Climate protesters arrested outside Parliament, banned from the grounds
Hundreds of climate protestors disrupted the last sitting week of the Federal Parliament on Wednesday, with 24 of them arrested, two spent the night in custody, the rest released on condition they stay away for two years. Wendy Bacon reports.
Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’
Despite draconian anti-protest laws, the world’s biggest coal port was closed for four hours, 170 protestors were charged and climate demonstrations will continue. Wendy Bacon reports.
Rising Tide climate ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling
The NSW Supreme Court has issued orders prohibiting a major climate protest that would blockade ships entering the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle for 30 hours. Despite the court ruling, Wendy Bacon reports that the protest will still go ahead.
Newspapers, free speech and activism in Sydney since 1969
John Kaldor's first public art project was Wrapped Coast Little Bay in 1969. In this piece, I reflect on the social context of those times.