this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
48 points (100.0% liked)

Australia

3613 readers
134 users here now

A place to discuss Australia and important Australian issues.

Before you post:

If you're posting anything related to:

If you're posting Australian News (not opinion or discussion pieces) post it to Australian News

Rules

This community is run under the rules of aussie.zone. In addition to those rules:

Banner Photo

Congratulations to @Tau@aussie.zone who had the most upvoted submission to our banner photo competition

Recommended and Related Communities

Be sure to check out and subscribe to our related communities on aussie.zone:

Plus other communities for sport and major cities.

https://aussie.zone/communities

Moderation

Since Kbin doesn't show Lemmy Moderators, I'll list them here. Also note that Kbin does not distinguish moderator comments.

Additionally, we have our instance admins: @lodion@aussie.zone and @Nath@aussie.zone

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Key points:

  • Ninety-nine demonstrators were listed at Newcastle Local Court today over the November Newcastle protest
  • The action stopped exports of coal from the Port of Newcastle, the largest coal port in the world
  • Magistrate Stephen Olischlager says protesters had acted out of genuine concern for the environment
top 2 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[โ€“] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nice to see a judge with a heart

[โ€“] sqgl@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

Magistrate Stephen Olischlager: "[This was] not selfishly motivated".

Unlike the anti-lockdown protests.