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EPISODE · Dec 14, 2025

The strategy behind the blockade of Australia's largest coal port

from Out of the Blue · host Tessa Campisi & Nick Willis

Climate action group "Rising Tide" has been making waves in the media after successfully turning around 3 coal ships and shutting down operations in the Port of Newcastle, Australia's largest coal port, through non-violent direct action.Tessa Campisi reports on what it was like on the ground at the blockade, and speaks with Nick Willis, a communty organiser with the Naarm/Melbourne hub of Rising Tide, about the startegic frameworks which underpin the movement's activities. Links:www.risingtide.org.auhttps://mykijay.bandcamp.com/https://mykijaymusic.com/homeMusic used in today's episode came from blue dot sessions: www.sessions.blue

Climate action group "Rising Tide" has been making waves in the media after successfully turning around 3 coal ships and shutting down operations in the Port of Newcastle, Australia's largest coal port, through non-violent direct action.Tessa Campisi reports on what it was like on the ground at the blockade, and speaks with Nick Willis, a communty organiser with the Naarm/Melbourne hub of Rising Tide, about the startegic frameworks which underpin the movement's activities. Links:www.risingtide.org.auhttps://mykijay.bandcamp.com/https://mykijaymusic.com/homeMusic used in today's episode came from blue dot sessions: www.sessions.blue

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