🚣 Kayaks vs Coal Ships: Inside Australia's Rising Tide Climate Movement
from My First Party Hosted by Owen Miller
Owen and Peter sit down with Nick Willis from Rising Tide — the direct action group that has been blockading the Port of Newcastle with kayaks for three years running, growing from 3,000 to nearly 8,000 participants.We get into: ⚓ The Newcastle blockades — how two people in a dinghy turned around two massive coal ships, and what that actually achieves beyond optics 💰 The 78% fossil fuel export tax — Rising Tide's demand to fund a fair transition for Hunter Valley coal workers, and whether that's rewarding bad behaviour or just good policy 🏛️ Section 214A and the NSW anti-protest laws — Nick is currently facing charges from the 2024 blockade, with test cases already winning in court and costs being pursued 🌍 The ANZ bank campaign — the only Big Four bank yet to rule out funding the North West Australia Pipeline, which would unlock fracking in the Beetaloo Basin and potentially double Australia's annual carbon emissions 🤝 The Gaza-climate crossover — how Rising Tide navigated supporting the Palestine movement while maintaining its identity as a climate organisation 🏗️ Political jujitsu — Nick's argument that government crackdowns on protest actually build movement power rather than suppress it#climate #climateaction #coal #politics #auspol #grassroots #grassrootsmovement #grassrootsmovements #blockade #port
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