The court issued an order deeming the planned protest at the Port of Newcastle from November 22 to 24 an unauthorised assembly after police moved to deny organisers a permit. Video via AAP.
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00:00Rising! Tide! Rising! Tide! Rising! Tide! Rising! Tide!
00:04Look, we're really disappointed in this decision today.
00:07We're disappointed that NSW Police has used taxpayer resources to mount a challenge against
00:12the right to peaceful protest, particularly for a community-centric organisation such as ours.
00:19In NSW in particular, not only do we not have a state-based charter that protects the right
00:25to protest, which is one of the most important democratic rights, but we also have a continuation
00:33of NSW Police dragging members of the public
00:37to court when they want to exercise that very important right to protest.