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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox

Police charge 11 protesters after climate flotilla prevents coal ship from entering Newcastle harbour

NSW police said that as of 1:30pm Saturday 11 people had been arrested and charged with alleged marine-related offences.
NSW police said that as of 1:30pm Saturday 11 people had been arrested and charged with alleged marine-related offences. Photograph: Lee Illfield/Rising Tide

Police have arrested and charged 11 climate protesters after they breached an exclusion zone that covered most of Newcastle harbour during the Rising Tide people’s blockade.

Thousands of people have flocked to the annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. On Saturday, hundreds of protesters, including the Australian Greens leader Larissa Waters, paddled out in kayaks.

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