Extinction Rebellion activist has chalk message case thrown out by Perth magistrate

Police prosecutors had argued Rosa Hicks aided and abetted other activists by photographing them applying washable chalk paintFollow our news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAn Extinction Rebellion activist whose home was raided by Western Australia's counter-terror police over a chalk message has had the case against her thrown out by a Perth magistrate.Rosa Hicks was one of six arrested after a group of activists used washable chalk paint to write messages on a pedestrian bridge in Perth within view of Woodside's headquarters to protest the company's development of the $16bn Scarborough gas project. Continue reading...