Police charge 11 protesters after climate flotilla prevents coal ship from entering Newcastle harbour

Thousands of protesters, including Australian Greens leader, gather for annual climate protest in world’s largest coal export port

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Police have arrested and charged 11 climate protesters after they breached an exclusion zone that covered most of Newcastle harbour during the Rising Tide people’s blockade.

Thousands of people have flocked to the annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. On Saturday, hundreds of protesters, including the Australian Greens leader Larissa Waters, paddled out in kayaks.