The protest would have involved activists paddling into the Port of Newcastle on kayaks and rafts to stop coal exports
police has won its legal challenge against a protest planned to blockade coal exports in Newcastle, with the judge citing the interruption to the port as an “imposition”.into the Port of Newcastle on kayaks and rafts to stop coal exports from leaving Newcastle for 30 hours.Port” and was planned to take place in late November.
Justice Desmond Fagan sided with police and issued a prohibition order, saying the evidence showed it was “highly likely, to the point of near certainty” that the protesters had planned to stay beyond the agreed deadline again to draw maximum attention to their cause. “A 30-hour interruption to the operations of a busy port is an imposition on the lawful activities of others that goes far beyond what the people affected should be expected to tolerate in order to facilitate public expression of protest and opinion…,” Desmond said.
Police assistant commissioner Dave Waddell told the court during the proceedings that if this happened the police would arrest the protesters as soon as they entered the channel.
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