An exclusion zone has been issued ahead of next weekend's Rising Tide protest and festival. Anyone caught in the water faces an $1,100 fine.
Rising Tide members are shocked by news of an exclusion zone in Newcastle Harbour .The NSW government has issued an exclusion zone for Newcastle Harbour ahead of Rising Tide 's planned port blockade next weekend.What's next?abc.net.au/news/nsw-government-cracks-down-on-port-of-newcastle-blockade/104609684Transport for New South Wales has issued an exclusion zone in Newcastle Harbour ahead of a three-day protest next weekend.
Vessel operators must apply to NSW Maritime or police to transit the exclusion zone in specified transit lanes."We met with senior police in Newcastle on Thursday who actually promised us that they would be letting us get into the water, they'd just be protecting the shipping channel," he said. He said the possibility of a large number of kayakers entering the shipping channel was too dangerous and an exclusion zone had been implemented.The 2023 event had what is known as 'form one' clearance, which protects protesters from being charged by police for offences such as obstructing a waterway, but arrests were made after the form one expired.
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