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…