BREAKING: Petrina's Emergency Defence trial begins at Perth Magistrates Court.

Petrina pled not guilty after blocking the road leading into Woodside's Burrup Hub with a boat in 2024, on the grounds that her actions were in proportion to the emergency created by Woodside's emissions.

Her trial begins today, which could serve to achieve climate protest rights in Western Australia.

Outside court this morning, Petrina said:

"Woodside's emissions are directly putting us in danger, destroying climate and culture, and we should have the right to stop it.

We only have people power, so that's why I'm here on trial today."

Support Petrina by staying tuned as her trial plays out, and donating to Disrupt Burrup Hub for legal costs.

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Climate activist, @disrupt_burrup_hub campaigner and @socialistallianceoz member Petrina Harley outside the Perth Magistrates Court this morning ahead of her landmark trial to fight charges after courageously blocking the one road leading in and out of the Woodside’s Burrup Hub last year.

Petrina will plead the emergency defence before Perth Magistrates Court, and if found not guilty will secure the legal right to climate protest in Western Australia.

Disrupt Burrup Hub said: “The emergency defence argues that a person who broke the law did so in proportion to a legitimate emergency.

“In this case the emergency is clear: the climate crisis is here, and Woodside’s Burrup Hub —the biggest fossil fuel project in the Southern Hemisphere — IS contributing to climate-related deaths with no end in sight.”

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