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Climate activists will take to the water today to protest against fossil fuels at the world’s biggest coal port despite government efforts to crack down on the action, Australian Associated Press reports. The multi-day “protestival” will occupy parts of Newcastle harbour and foreshore with a flotilla, live music and other events revolving around protest and climate.
Former federal minister and Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett will join the live music line-up that will be audible both on land and from the water. It follows a successful last-minute legal challenge by organisers, Rising Tide, to overturn a planned “marine exclusion zone” by the government that would have prevented the protesters from entering the water.
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