An abortion rights march was organised聽by high school students in Newcastle on July 21 wanting the health procedure to be removed from the Crimes Act in NSW.
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The investigation into the death of 36-year-old Wiradjuri woman Rebecca Maher concluded that the police were at fault, but stopped short of sentencing those responsible.
The City of Newcastle Council passed a resolution 鈥淩ecognising there is Global Climate Emergency and the urgent need for real action on climate change鈥 on May 28.
I will happily take any opportunity to wave a red flag in public. My chance to do so this year was on May 1, the International Workers' Day.
Hundreds of people gathered on northern Sydney, Central Coast and Hunter beaches to protest the resumption of seismic testing in early May.
The Socialist Alliance will be running three Hunter-based candidates in the March 23 NSW state elections.
The inability of the Liberal Party to find candidates for Hunter seats for the March New South Wales state election suggests that even its party faithful recognise that Gladys Berejiklian鈥檚 Coalition government is headed for electoral defeat and, probably, a total wipe-out in the Hunter.
A member of the audience at a recent public meeting in Merewether cheekily referred to Newcastle as being run by the Property Council, not the city council.
Zombies raised concerns over climate change on Halloween in Newcastle. The demonstrators sought to raise awareness about the coming 鈥渃limate apocalypse.鈥
Dozens of climate activists sprinted across mountains of coal, swarmed a massive coal loader, locked on to critical parts of the machine and shut down the largest coal terminal in the world, in Newcastle on September 15.
On September 13, Micah Weekes, once a coal miner and now an anti-coal activist stopped a coal train heading into the world鈥檚 largest coal port in Newcastle.
A former scaffolder from the Central Coast, Weekes worked in the coal industry for nearly 10 years. He said he was taking action because of the聽coal industry鈥檚 toxic impact on people鈥檚 health.
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 have to work in the industry to get sick from this. My kids are going to get sick. It鈥檚 already happening. People in my community have reoccurring respiratory illnesses, cancers and tumours.鈥
Newcastle youth Ceder locked on to the side of a coal train in Newcastle, halting all supply heading into the world's largest coal port on September 7. Ceder was later cut loose and taken into police custody. This was the third protest action this week organised by Frontline Action on Coal against Australia鈥檚 coal industry and its contribution to global climate change.
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