Deputy lord mayor condemns his superior for backing Rising Tide 'protestival'

Police and Rising Tide protesters at a paddle out at Horseshoe Beach earlier this month. Picture by Jonathan Carroll

LIBERAL deputy mayor Callum Pull has condemned his superior lord mayor Ross Kerridge's support of Rising Tide's "protestival" at Camp Shortland.

City of Newcastle has approved Rising Tide's "protestival" on its land despite a Supreme Court ruling to block the Newcastle coal port protest.