A 21-year-old activist has been sentenced to three months in jail for disrupting Newcastle's coal port as Blockade Australia vows to continue its protest actions.
Blockade Australia activists say they are "outraged but not surprised" that one of their members has been sentenced to three months in prison for disruption at Newcastle's port. Members of the group have been disrupting operations at the port with actions including suspending themselves from harnesses to block the Hunter rail line for 14 days, adding up to over "100 hours" of disruption, a Blockade Australia spokesperson told SBS News.
We can either sit back and watch the world around us crumble or we can stand up now and put our minds and bodies to work however we can and catch the pieces as they fall." NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley said last week the group's actions are "reckless" and have no place in NSW. "This dangerous behaviour is putting not only the lives of workers and the public at risk, but the police officers tasked to respond.
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