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One of Australia's biggest ember export ports volition resume operations connected Monday (December 1, 2025), the larboard relation said, aft climate-change protesters disrupted shipping astatine the Port of Newcastle for a 2nd time connected Sunday (November 30, 2025).
Climate activistic radical Rising Tide, which claimed work for the latest protest, said, “Hundreds of activists paddled kayaks into the shipping lane of Newcastle Harbour connected Sunday (November 30) morning, violating an exclusion zone.”
The port, 170 km (110 miles) northbound of New South Wales State superior Sydney, is the largest bulk shipping larboard connected the eastbound seashore of Australia, a federation wherever clime alteration is simply a divisive issue.
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"Vessel operations volition resume time arsenic scheduled," a Port of Newcastle spokesperson said precocious connected Sunday (November 30), aft wide cargo movements, including alumina bound for Australia's largest aluminium smelter, Tomago, were aborted owed to the protest.
Rising Tide said, “More than 100 protesters were arrested connected Sunday [November 30]. Police did not instantly respond to a petition to corroborate the number, but said successful an earlier connection that 21 radical were arrested and charged with "alleged marine-related offences" astatine the protest.
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Greenpeace Australia Pacific said, “Three of its activists climbed onto a ember vessel adjacent the port, stopping it from operating, arsenic portion of what it said was a peaceful protest.”
"Greenpeace, alongside Rising Tide and thousands of mundane people, are taking actions large and tiny this weekend," Greenpeace Australia Pacific caput of clime and vigor Joe Rafalowicz said successful a statement.
On Saturday (November 29, 2025), a protestation astatine Newcastle forced an inbound vessel to crook back, and constabulary made 11 arrests. A akin multi-day clime enactment occurred past year, erstwhile 170 protesters were arrested.
Coal is 1 of Australia's apical commodity exports, on with robust ore. Australia's authorities has committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse state emissions by 2050.
