Blockade Australia climate activist sentenced to three months in jail over Port of Newcastle protest
by Jordyn Beazley from Environment | The Guardian on (#6P23F)
Laura Davy, who travelled from Tasmania to take part in a protest at a coal terminal, will appeal prison sentence
A 21-year-old woman who secured herself to a piece of machinery during a climate protest at a Newcastle coal terminal has been sentenced to three months in prison.
The climate protest, which is now in its 14th day and has involved daily actions, was organised by Blockade Australia to call for a change to the economic and political system to achieve meaningful climate action.
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