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Climate activists face hearing over port blockade

20 October, 2025

The first group of Rising Tide activists faced a local court hearing today, over last year’s blockade in Newcastle.

They’re among 133 protesters who’ve pleaded NOT guilty to several charges – and deny disrupting the shipping channel for the world’s largest coal port.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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