Port Botany - 2036

About 400 pro-Palestinian activists last night gathered at the port to protest against the unloading of an Israeli-owned shipping company vessel. 

Activists have been removed from an entry road in Port Botany, as they attempted to block a ship being unloaded. Stating the ZIM cargo ship is being used to transport goods to Israel.     

Protesters waved flags and chanted from the shore, while others yelled from jetskis on the water, in what organisers say is the first step of the campaign against the Israeli shipping line ZIM.

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A security guard helps police make a 120-kilogram cocaine bust at a port in south-east Sydney, leading to the arrest of two Greek nationals.

A magistrate has let a Blockade Australia activist off with a "rap on the knuckle" for a protest on a major freight line in Sydney's Port Botany.

Wenzel Auch used a rope suspension from a rail bridge to block trains on a critical Sydney freight route, with a magistrate today calling  his actions "irresponsible" and "unlawful".

Police in New South Wales say a record-breaking seizure of the drug ice had the potential to be distributed across the country and devastate rural areas.

The Port Authority of NSW confirms all 21 crew members aboard the MV Portland Bay are safe after being stuck off the coast of Sydney since Monday.

A cargo ship and its 21 crew will spend a second stormy night strand off Sydney, after several rescue attempts failed this week.

Poor conditions overnight have thwarted rescue attempts as MV Portland Bay is anchored off Cronulla. Rescuers hope the ship can be towed in to nearby Port Botany once conditions ease, possibly on Wednesday. 

NSW attorney general Mark Speakman says opposition by the Greens to tough new laws targeting activist group Blockade Australia signal the party does not care about the economic health of the state or regular commuters.

The federal government cancels the visas of two German students who were arrested after blocking traffic at Port Botany, in Sydney's south, this morning.

MORNING BRIEFING: Independent MP Gareth Ward is officially banned from visiting any schools in his Kiama electorate after being charged with alleged sex crimes, including against a teenage boy.

NSW Acting Premier Paul Toole wants two German nationals deported for holding climate protests which blocked peak-hour traffic.

For a second day in a row, climate protesters have blocked traffic at an industrial hub in Sydney's south with a man suspending himself from rope in the middle of a bridge.

People fishing illegally in Sydney Harbour, are now much more likely to be netted themselves.

The Federal Court has dismissed an ACCC case that could have paved the way for the Port of Newcastle to develop a freight container terminal and diversify away from coal.

In 1789, a disease tore through communities around Sydney Cove leaving dead bodies scattered along the shorelines. Some think this outbreak was a fire deliberately lit.

NSW Police allege former Broncos player Jamil Hopoate led officers on a pursuit through the streets of Sydney before throwing a backpack allegedly containing 8 kilograms of cocaine over a fence.