The first moment Father Peter Murnane knew he was wanted by police was when two officers turned up on his doorstep. Key points: Members of a group called Blockade Australia are facing possible jail time under tough new anti-protest laws 82-year-old Catholic priest Peter Murnane has been charged over the June protests, but he says it is a case of …
In a white-walled room inside a community centre in Sydney's inner west, about 20 people are sitting in a circle. The changes make it an offence punishable by up to two years jail and/or a $22,000 fine if anyone damages or seriously disrupts or obstructs the Sydney Harbour Bridge or Tunnel or "other main roads". Everyone here, the day before …
Radical climate group Blockade Australia has called off its organised protests in NSW. Blockade Australia activist Harley McDonald-Eckersall has moaned about being given a cheese sandwich after her arrest for her part in allegedly causing rush hour havoc in Sydney Vegan animal rights extremist Harley McDonald-Eckersall, 24, raged online after she was denied bail and held overnight in a police …
A man who scaled a 60m-high crane at Sydney's Port Botany during one of several stunts by climate change activists last week has been jailed for four months. Maxim O'Donnell Curmi today pleaded guilty to five charges, including endangering a person on a railway and encouraging the commission of a crime, before Waverley Local Court. It has claimed responsibility for …
