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William Ton

Sydney climate protester enters plea deal

Emma Dorge says the courts are a "violent mechanism" the state uses to repress protesters. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A Sydney climate protester who halted freight trains by suspending herself above a rail line has had her most serious charges dropped after agreeing to a plea deal, her lawyer says.

Emma Dorge was arrested in March after participating in one of a series of unauthorised actions by environmental protest group Blockade Australia to disrupt a freight line to Port Botany.

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