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- Environment, Legal
- 07/08/2026
- 12:46
UPDATED – Police drop all remaining 2024 Rising Tide coal protest cases after failed prosecutions
7 August 2026 Update: The court has now completed the mentions and all the charges have been officially dropped New South Wales Police have…
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- Environment, Legal
- 07/08/2026
- 06:00
Police will drop all remaining 2024 Rising Tide coal protest cases after failed prosecutions
7 August 2026 New South Wales Police will drop the remaining charges arising from Rising Tide's 2024 People's Blockade protest, where hundreds of people entered the water at Newcastle Harbour - the site of the world’s largest coal port - to protest coal export and its contribution to climate change. It comes after Climate Defenders Australia, who represented 117 of the arrestees, repeatedly petitioned Police to withdraw anti-protest charges after they failed to prosecute test cases, and were required to pay $73,000 in costs. Arrestee Susan Duncan, an ecologist who lost five friends on Black Saturday, said: “I feel that…
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- Government VIC, Legal
- 06/08/2026
- 15:37
Weakening prisoners’ rights sets a dangerous precedent for every Victorian in custody
Key Facts: The Victorian Government is proposing amendments to the Corrections Act which remove the right of prisoners to one hour of time in the open air each day.This will weakens the legal minimum standards for people in custody, and breach the United Nations Mandela Rules and Victoria’s own Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities. Extended periods of solitary confinement can have extremely serious physical and psychological consequences. This also risks undermining rehabilitation and reintegration into the community.The Victorian Government must withdraw the Corrections Amendment Bill 2026, which removes the right of prisoners to one hour of time in the…
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