Afternoon Update: climate protest charges dropped; Hanson’s media attack; and not looking back in anger

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.Good afternoon. Police have dropped charges against more than 100 climate protesters two years after they blockaded the port of Newcastle – the largest coal port in the world.Dr Elizabeth Manning, a neuroscientist from Newcastle who faced two charges, including one carrying a $22,000 fine or two years in prison if prosecuted, said the action against the protesters had been “undemocratic”.Pauline Hanson echoes Trump as she lashes out about ‘fake news’ reporting on lavish London hotelComplainant wants to ‘humiliate’ Alan Jones by revealing intimate details of alleged assaults, defence tells courtMan dies after suspected dog attack at rural property in Sydney suburbHouthi strikes kill dozens in Yemen, officials say, as Saudi Arabia warns of further attacks‘Orange elephant in the room’: Pauline Hanson’s political rise is inspiring racism, inquiry hears Continue reading...