Plans for the outdoor venue were approved by Newcastle City Council last year. It comes almost a year after the container box entertainment venue Stack Newcastle closed to make way for new ...

during a climate protest over the weekend. Protesters formed a "blockade" in the water at the Port of Newcastle on Sunday, the third day of a mass flotilla and protest. They were calling on the ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Newcastle over the past few days for what activism group Rising Tide has called "the people's blockade" of the world's largest coal port. The police operation ...

Two protesters have faced Newcastle Local Court after being charged in relation to the weekend's blockade at the Port of Newcastle. Naomi Hodgson and Andrew George were both granted bail.

They were ordered to stay at least 5 kilometres away from the Port of Newcastle. Two were released without charge, organisers said, and the status of four was unknown. NSW Police on late Saturday ...

NSW police have arrested 170 people for allegedly defying directions not to enter the shipping channel in Newcastle Harbour. The Port Authority temporarily paused shipping movements for several ...

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce slams the 170 Port of Newcastle protesters who were arrested after creating a flotilla to stop ships from entering. “This was the protest to make people poorer,” Mr ...

The group first hit the waters with surfboards, kayaks and boats on Friday for a three-day demonstration at the Port of Newcastle. Three people were charged on Saturday after allegedly remaining ...

The NSW Government placed an exclusion zone on the port to stop protesters before the move was overturned in the NSW Supreme Court late Thursday. Protesters take to the water at the Newcastle Port ...