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[9News] Anti-coal activists shut down ports in three states (www.9news.com.au)

submitted 2 years ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/newcastle@aussie.zone

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Blockade Australia started the action with a woman who dangled herself from a rail bridge near the Kooragang Island terminals at the Port Of Newcastle at 7am, launching protests that followed in Brisbane and Melbourne

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[–] Cruxil@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's everyone opinion on protests like this? Imo this gets a decent message out there with pretty minimal impact to anything other than the businesses managing and utilising the port as well as emergency services.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's apparently what people want, everytime protesters shut down roads there's the usual complains from the shock jocks and co:

Oh they're causing trouble for regular people it's just annoying they could have blocked an ambulance blah blah blah

Pretty hard to argue against protests like this though without looking like a corporate lapdog.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Oh they're causing trouble for regular people

The news story I saw about this took that angle anyway 😆