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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Madeline Link

Teenagers arrested after climate protest at Whitehaven Coal's Newcastle office

Rising Tide protests at Whitehaven Coal's Newcastle office

PROTESTERS that busted into the boardroom at Whitehaven Coal's Newcastle office have been arrested after they served a 'cease and desist' order on its plans to build new mines and expand existing ones.

Police arrested five teenagers from the grassroots climate group Rising Tide on Monday after they refused to leave the office - demanding the end of Newcastle coal exports by 2030.

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