NSW: Protesters claim to have shut down Newcastle coal wharf

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2007
NSW: Protesters claim to have shut down Newcastle coal wharf

Two Greenpeace protesters have been cut free by police .. after chaining themselves
to a conveyor belt at Newcastle's biggest coal terminal today.

A 39-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman .. both from Sydney .. have been demonstrating
against what they say is the New South Wales government's plan to expand the Hunter Valley
coal industry.

A Greenpeace spokesman says the protesters' actions shut down Port …