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Climate activists willing to risk fines and jail terms in NSW under tough, new anti-protest laws

New South Wales has introduced tougher penalties in a bid to stop protesters disrupting vital transport links, but climate protest group Blockade Australia says it is prepared to pay the price.

ABC News

Sydney’s week of disruptions: who’s on strike, what do they want and what are the impacts?

Rail workers, teachers and healthcare workers are undertaking industrial action

The Guardian - AU

11 arrested during massive climate protest that brings parts of Sydney to standstill

Activists say this will be a ‘week of resistance’ in Australia’s biggest city

The Independent UK

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Australian data: Greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2021

Australia’s new government has blamed the previous administration’s inaction for an increase in the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year

The Independent UK

Climate change protest throws Sydney traffic into chaos, 11 arrested

Climate change protesters marched in Sydney on Monday forcing police to close major roads in the city centre while morning traffic through the landmark Sydney Harbour Bridge was disrupted after a woman chained herself to her vehicle.

Reuters

Climate protesters arrested in Sydney

Blockade Australia protesters have been arrested in Sydney after marching through Sydney's CBD, as the climate activist group threatens a week of action.

AAP

Climate protesters who blocked the Sydney Harbour Tunnel could face up to two years in jail under new laws

Blockade Australia activists face hefty fines and up to two years in years in jail for this morning's protest in Sydney's CBD that caused peak-hour traffic chaos.

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Blockade Australia: how a ‘sharp-eyed hippy’ set off events that cast a harsh light on anti-protest laws

Rights groups worry that the ability to protest is under threat from a suite of new and proposed legislation around the nation

The Guardian - AU

NSW police overreached in treatment of protesters after botched raid, civil groups say

Human rights and environment organisations call for police to act ‘responsibly, with integrity’ ahead of planned climate action in Sydney

The Guardian - AU

Police brace for Sydney climate protests

Police are ramping up their surveillance of Sydney's major roads, trains and ports ahead of planned disruptions by climate activist group Blockade Australia.

AAP

Greens MP calls for inquiry into botched NSW police operation against Blockade Australia

Greens upper house member Sue Higginson says ‘even inconvenient’ protesting plays a vital role in democracy and police was extremeMP calls for inquiry into botched NSW police operation that led to Blockade Australia raid

The Guardian - AU

Who are Blockade Australia, and why are some members facing charges that carry up to 10 years in prison?

Police say they feared for their lives, protesters say they were startled by armed men in camouflage who refused to identify themselves. What happened in Colo on Sunday, and what has it got to do with NSW's beefed-up protest laws?

ABC News

Blockade Australia activists say police carrying out surveillance refused to identify themselves

Protesters admit they surrounded car, deflated its tyres and placed tarpaulin over it, but say they thought officers were trespassers

The Guardian - AU

NSW police ‘feared for their lives’ during raid on climate protesters says assistant commissioner

Police say group was planning ‘extreme forms’ of protest, activists say police actions were ‘insane overreach’

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Fireproof Australia: who are the radical Extinction Rebellion splinter group?

They have blocked major roads, obstructed traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and been denounced by Dominic Perrottet

AAP

NSW protest laws won't stop blockades

Expanded laws and harsher offences for protesters won't stop the blockade movement they've targeted from continuing its pursuit of economic disruption.

ABC News

NSW parliament passes new laws bringing harsher penalties on protesters

NSW's Attorney-General says the laws will target "anarchist protesters", but The Greens say they undermine the right to peaceful protest.

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The NSW Govt Has Shown Its Hand By Detaining A 21 Y.O. Refugee Activist In A Detention Centre

All because he called on them to free refugees and others in detention.

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Climate change activist Maxim O'Donnell Curmi jailed for four months after Blockade Australia protests around Port Botany

A climate change activist is set to spend months in prison after dangling from a crane in Port Botany on Friday.

The Guardian - AU

Veterans’ affairs minister threatened to quit over budget; Australia reports 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Andrew Gee calls backlog of veteran’s compensation payments ‘a national disgrace’; WA teenager among 30 Covid deaths across the country. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Activists dismiss NSW government crackdown on Sydney port protests

State government announces strike force and penalties, while two German nationals will be deported

AAP

NSW protesters risk $22,000 fine and jail

Protesters who disrupt traffic on any bridge or tunnel in NSW could be slapped with hefty fines of up to $22,000 and two years in jail.

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Govt Accuses Climate Activists Of Affecting Regular Aussies As If The Floods Didn’t Just Do That

Do you know what else disrupts traffic and impacts regular citizens? Floods. Bushfires. Climate change.

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