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Samantha Lock

Government crackdown on port protest 'unprecedented'

Protesters are barred from areas such as Horseshoe Beach under the Port of Newcastle exclusion zone. (Jeremie Canavesio/AAP PHOTOS)

A sweeping exclusion zone surrounding a shipping channel to the world's biggest coal port is unprecedented overreach and a threat to democracy, climate protesters say, vowing to continue to rally against the terminal.

The NSW government has issued an order to organisers on Friday night, declaring a wholesale exclusion zone around the Port of Newcastle during a planned protest from November 22 to 24. 

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