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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 · Jun 27, 2022

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 · Jun 27, 2022

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 · Jun 27, 2022

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 · Jun 24, 2022

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 · Jun 23, 2022

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 · Jun 23, 2022

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 · Jun 22, 2022

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 · Jun 21, 2022

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 · Jun 21, 2022

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’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2022