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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Jordyn Beazley

Climate activists to plead not guilty en masse under NSW’s controversial anti-protest laws

Rising Tide activists
Rising Tide climate activists attempted to blockade the Port of Newcastle in November 2024. Many were charged under anti-protest laws. Photograph: Dean Sewell/Oculi/The Guardian

More than 100 climate protesters will plead not guilty to offences under New South Wales’s controversial anti-protest laws, with campaigners claiming it could become the largest climate protest defence case in Australia.

Last year, 173 people were arrested after they allegedly entered the Port of Newcastle on kayaks and rafts to blockade the coal port – the largest in the world.

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