Rallying against a transition from coal to weapons industry in Muloobinba/Newcastle. Video by Peter Boyle.
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A huge vote against the Labor and Liberal candidates in the by-election for Newcastle lord mayor largely went to independent Gavin Morris. Steve O’Brien reports.
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Hundreds joined a protest against the federal Labor government-supported transition from coal to becoming a weapons industry hub in the Hunter region. Peter Boyle reports.
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Much-loved Australian hip hop group The Herd set off on a national tour to celebrate 20 years of their era-defining third record, The Sun Never Sets. Darren Saffin caught them in Naarm/Melbourne.
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Hundreds of activists will jump on kayaks at the Rising Tide People’s Blockade to demand that Labor end all coal and weapons shipments to Israel. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Rising Tide, the People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port in Muloobinba/Newcastle, is now one of the most iconic climate uprisings in the world. Darren Saffin writes this one will be the biggest yet.
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Zack Schofield, an organiser with Rising Tide, joins Green Left Radio to discuss this year’s People’s Blockade.
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Legal experts are calling on NSW Police to drop the charges against 129 climate activists after the Newcastle local court found four protesters not guilty. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Several hundred people attended climate organisation Rising Tide’s Action Camp at the Addison Road Community Centre. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Turning the Ship, the new Rising Tide film about last November’s People’s Blockade of Newcastle coal port, was launched by 300 people in Gadigal Country/Sydney. Jim McIlroy reports.
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More than 100 people launched the new Rising Tide documentary Turning the Ship. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Palestine solidarity and civil rights campaigners rallied outside the NSW Supreme Court to support the Palestine Action Group’s Supreme Court challenge to NSW Labor’s anti-protest laws. Isaac Nellist reports.