Despite Transport for NSW (TfNSW) having secured a 97-hour
exclusion zone over the navigable waters of Newcastle Harbour, this
Minns government-backed attempt to stop climate defence group
Rising Tide from staging The
People's Protest of the World's Largest Coal
Port on that waterway this weekend has been lifted by the
NSW Supreme Court as its application was illegal.
The imposition of the zone was a drastic measure to prevent a
protest that had not been authorised by NSW authorities, as instead
of accepting the required Notice of Intention to Hold a Public
Assembly or a Form 1, which must be lodged seven days prior to an
event, NSW police commissioner Karen Webb earlier
had that same court strike down the notification due
to safety concerns.
