More than 600 kayakers paddled into Newcastle Harbour for Rising Tide's 'Paddle for the Planet' protest against coal exports, with no arrests and a light police presence, after the NSW Supreme Court dismissed police attempts to block it. Rising Tide's Joe Hallenstein calls Albanese 'hypocritical' over coal approvals, and Greens MP Sue Higginson says the Mount Pleasant coalmine extension, defying a High Court ruling, faces a parliamentary debate, with a larger protest planned for February 2027.