Activists board coal train as Albanese government approves three coalmine expansions – video

Nine climate protesters have stopped a coal train headed to the Port of Newcastle in opposition to the federal government's approval of three new mining projects. Rising Tide, the group behind the move, said in a statement that the three projects - Whitehaven Coal's Narrabri thermal coal project to 2066, Mach Energy's Mount Pleasant thermal coal project to 2058 and Yancoal's Ashton coal project to 2064 - would create 1.4bn tonnes of emissions

Tanya Plibersek approves three coalmine expansions in move criticised as the opposite of climate action'