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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose and Josh Taylor

NSW push to stop climate protesters livestreaming on Facebook labelled ‘profoundly anti-democratic’

A bucket wheel dumps soil and sand removed from Newcastle coalmine
Newcastle coalmine. Climate protesters halted a coal train destined for Newcastle port in April this year. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Civil liberties advocates have lashed the New South Wales Labor government’s attempts to stop climate activists from livestreaming protests on Facebook.

Members of Blockade Australia staged and streamed protests across the country this week, including along a train line that services the Newcastle coal port.

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