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Luke Costin and Duncan Murray and Kathryn Magann

Church minister, 97, arrested in major port blockade

United Church Minister Alan Stuart was among protesters detained after the Newcastle Port blockade. (HANDOUT/ALEXANDER HOBBS)

A 97-year-old minister is among more than 80 people arrested after a blockade of a major Australian coal port continued beyond an agreed deadline.

Groups of protesters had been taking turns paddling into Newcastle Port's shipping lane since Saturday morning in action planned to last 30 hours.

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