The Latest Breaking News from Alexa Stuart

Israel opens fire on aid flotilla as Hunter activist believed taken to Ashdod: protesters

No contact has been made with Zack Schofield and 11 other Australians since they were detained again this week.

Newcastle Herald · May 20

Australia’s ‘protestival’: kayaks, music, a push for climate change action – and the risk of arrest

Fossil fuel protesters are making their annual pilgrimage to the NSW city of Newcastle to draw attention to climate policy failure. Police will be there too, with a ‘zero tolerance approach’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2025

Climate activists to plead not guilty en masse under NSW’s controversial anti-protest laws

Rising Tide campaigners were arrested at Newcastle’s coal port in late 2024 after using kayaks and rafts to protest at facility

The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2025

'We will make our voices heard': court ruling doesn't deter climate protesters

Supreme Court justice says 30-hour coal port blockade is 'excessive'.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 7, 2024

Newcastle climate campaigner named Young Environmentalist of the Year

Alexa Stuart has been campaigning for action on climate change since she was 15.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 5, 2024

Former miner: how and why I helped stop a coal train

If the government won't take action against corporations, the people will

Newcastle Herald · Sep 30, 2024

How the kayaks got loose on the Newcastle Harbour (and what it says about climate protests)

Are protests the right way to deal with climate change?

Newcastle Herald · Nov 30, 2023

Reverend, 97, among 100 arrested as climate protest shuts down world’s largest coal port

Over 3,000 protesters assemble at Newcastle to demonstrate against ‘government inaction’ ahead of COP28

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Minister, 97, off the hook after port blockade arrest

A 97-year-old minister arrested alongside more than 100 activists is resolute in his fight for climate justice after blockading Newcastle Port for 30 hours.

AAP · Nov 26, 2023

Arrests on Newcastle Harbour follow three-day climate protest

Activists refused to leave following the expiry of protest permit

Newcastle Herald · Nov 26, 2023