#risingtide — Public Fediverse posts
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Music from the March for Forests yesterday. They were really good. Bonus points because it's the first time the fiddler played with the guitarist and you would not have guessed at all #MarchForForests #BobBrownFoundation #Environment #NewcastleNSW #NewcastleAU #RisingTide #LockTheGate
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From 2023: Explainer: What are your rights to #protest in #Australia?
by Amal Naser
"Which states have criminalised protest and what forms of protest are criminalised?
"#HumanRights organisations have been increasingly critical towards some Australian states over new legislation which seemingly targets #EnvironmentalProtests in the midst of a global #Climatecrisis.
"There are dozens of protest regulations across many states, with five (#NSW, #Queensland, #SouthAustralia, #Tasmania and #Victoria) introducing forms of #AntiProtest regulation most recently. South Australia's new laws, passed just last month, increase maximum fines from $750 to $50,000 along with potential jail time, and were prompted by disruption of an #OilAndGas conference by protestors in early May.
"In the aftermath of protests which sought to block port operations and shut down economic action to draw attention to demands for climate action, the NSW Parliament passed legislation which could see protestors face up to a $22,000 fine and/or prison for a maximum of two years. The legislation targets individuals who block major roads and new tunnels and/or disrupt #port operations in major ports such as #Newcastle and #PortBotany.
"In 2022, Tasmania passed anti-protest laws by way of the Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill 2022 under the guise of protecting Tasmanian workers. Under these laws, any protestor who obstructs a workplace during protests could face up to 12 months in prison, the Human Rights Law Centre reported:
" '…community member protesting the destruction of #OldGrowthForests on a forestry site could face a penalty of over $13,000 or 2 years in prison; and An organisation supporting members of the community to protest could be fined over $45,000.'
"Similar laws were also passed in Victoria. #AntiLogging protestors who 'hinder, obstruct or interfere with timber-harvesting operations' can face up to 12 months in prison and/or a $21,000 fine. PVC and metal pipes which are often used in protest activities are now prohibited in working sites, with additional powers provided to police to search suspect individuals who are 'reasonably suspicious'.
"In 2019, on public safety grounds, Queensland passed legislation which bans locking devices as modes of civil disobedience. These are tactics used to make it difficult for police to remove protestors and are often used by protestors to lock themselves to property and #pipelines to prevent construction of environmentally-harmful projects. Protestors face up to two years in prison and/or a $6,000 fine. It was rationalised on the basis of activists lacing devices with 'butane canisters' and other devices which were harmful for law enforcement. However, there is no evidence of the use of these devices."
Read more:
https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/commentary/explainer-what-are-your-rights-to-protest-australia
#PipelineProtestors #BigOilAndGas #BigLogging #ACAB #RightToProtest #SilencingDissent #ProtectTheForests #AustraliaAntiProtestLaws #RisingTide -
Arrests made as #RisingTide #ClimateChange protesters take to #Newcastle Harbour over #coal exports
"'I strongly support the peaceful protest that's planned here. Consider what the scientists are telling us, look at the agreements we're trying to forge internationally and understand that this is one of the most defining issues of our time." -- #PeterGarrett, #MidnightOil frontman and former environment minister.
By Romy Stephens and Bridget Murphy
November 22, 2024"Activism group Rising Tide says multiple people have been arrested at an anti-fossil fuels demonstration in Newcastle.
"Thousands have attended the multi-day protest, where Midnight Oil front man Peter Garrett delivered a speech and performed.
"The demonstration is expected to continue until Sunday evening."
#Protestival #RisingTideBlockade #PeoplesBlockade #RisingTideAus #Newcastle #NewcastleNSW
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The People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port
#Newcastle #Protestival: November 22-24
Join the full mobilisation: November 19-28
Newcastle & Canberra, #Australia
FMI - https://www.risingtide.org.au/
#RisingTide #PeoplesBlockade #NewcastleNSW #CanberraAustralia #PeterGarrett #NoCoal
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EDIT - It's back on!
HT @abcfeeds
#Australia's Supreme Court prohibits #RisingTide's #Newcastle #coal port protest
"The only public safety issue here is the climate pollution caused by the continued expansion of the coal and gas industries."By Bridget Murphy
November 7, 2024The activism group has recruited the likes of #PeterGarrett for the demonstration, which has been promoted as a "#protestival" designed to block access to the city's harbour.
#RisingTide #BigOilAndGas #CriminalizingDissent #Protest #CivilDisobedience #NewcastleNSW #Australia
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More than 80 protesters arrested for defying deadline in Newcastle port blockade
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-26/dozens-protest-fossil-fuels-in-newcastle-port-blockade/103152474#ClimateChange #FossilFools #NewcastlePort #RisingTide
Note: NSW Police charged 23 pro-#Palestine activists who gathered at Sydney's #PortBotany to protest against the unloading of #ZIM an Israeli-owned shipping company vessel #Calandra last Tuesday.