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Health professionals will be joining climate activists this weekend at the People’s Blockade of Newcastle coal port. They intend to spend 30 hours in canoes on the water, blocking shore access to all coal-carrying ships to the world’s largest coal port, as part of ongoing climate protests there.
The group, which include representatives of Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) and Health on the Frontline (HOFL), will include public health and medical specialists, general practitioners, surgeons, nurses and allied health professionals, from around the country.
Public Health Professor, Dr Linda Selvey said part of the reason for their contribution to the protest action was the health risks associated with coal:
Coal is dangerous for human health. Burning fossil fuels is driving climate change and climate change is a health emergency. We need to respond as we would in any emergency, and we are not.
Retired public health professor, Dr Peter Sainsbury, said climate change “exceeds any public health threat” he has seen in his 40 years as a doctor:
Climate change far exceeds any public health threat that I have seen in my 40 years as a public health doctor. We are running out of time to avert catastrophe. We need to act, in line with the science, immediately.
Both DEA and HOFL said in a statement they support the right to peaceful protest.
20m ago18.39 EST
Man arrested after police stand-off closes NSW north coast highway
NSW Police have charged a man after a police operation closed several roads in the state’s north yesterday.
Police say that at about 8am yesterday, emergency services were called to a private property on the Bruxner Highway, Wollongbar, following a concern for welfare.
At about 2pm, a 45-year-old man was taken into custody by officers from the Tactical Operations Unit.
He was taken to Lismore Base Hospital for assessment before being taken to Lismore police station.
There he was charged with use carriage service to make hoax threat, give false information person/property in danger, and possess prohibited drug.
A further charge of contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO was laid in relation to a separate incident.
He was refused bail to appear before Lismore Local Court later today.
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