At least 57 people were arrested in protests Sunday at the eastern Australia port of Newcastle. The action, attended by 1,500 to 2,000 people, reportedly shut down operations at the world's largest coal port for part of the day. In a tactic seen often during protests of Shell's arctic drilling campaign in 2015, activists in kayaks blocked the harbor entrance, while others blocked a railroad bridge. Unlike past actions at Newcastle, there were no reports of commercial vessel traffic attempting to pass through the blockade.
