Opinion: Newcastle Doesn’t Need Rising Tide – or Net Zero Nonsense This week, something strange happened. A Liberal Senator, Maria Kovacic, stood side by side with Newcastle Councillor Callum Pull to demand Newcastle reject Rising Tide’s protest permit. On that narrow point, they’re dead right – this group of eco-extremists needs to be shown the door. But let’s not get carried away. While Kovacic deserves credit for recognising that Rising Tide is a liability, she still parrots the same tired net zero fantasy that got us into this mess in the first place. She wants to save emissions, I want to save sanity....