January 21, 2014
Gomeroi Elders and community are today demanding that Environment Minister Greg Hunt urgently invoke a 48 hour stay of works order under Section 18 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act in a desperate attempt to save burials sites and...
January 21, 2014
An Extraordinary Meeting of Narrabri Shire Council today voted to commence action to issue fines and/or give notice to protesters to cease camping activities on road reserves without the appropriate approvals. Read the minutes of Narrabri Council’s extraordinary...
January 21, 2014
“The people that have joined this blockade over the last week are standing up for things that matter to our community.” Phil Laird, local Maules Creek farmer. Phil’s family has been in the Maules Creek for six generations.
January 20, 2014
Two young women are currently locked on to excavators at a coal mine construction site on land adjacent to Leard State Forest, near Maules Creek in north west NSW. This lock-on action is currently stopping tree-clearing and construction work along a proposed rail...
January 20, 2014
After maintaining a presence for nearly 18 months, eviction may be imminent for the protest camp perched on the outskirts of Leard State Forest. Narrabri Council announced an extraordinary meeting of Council will be held Tuesday 21 January at 12:30pm. The Mayor of...
January 19, 2014
Young man in tree sit on banks of Namoi River preventing clearing for coal railway near Leard State Forest The blockade of Leard forest to prevent it being cleared for the Maules Creek coal mine project has lasted for seven days and continues this morning with a...
January 19, 2014
Woman blockades coal mine railway construction, stops bulldozer felling old River Red Gum tree 57-year old Susie Russell has become the latest protestor to risk arrest at the ongoing blockade to protect Leard State Forest from being cleared for Whitehaven’s Maules...
January 17, 2014
Watch as the blockaders continue their defence of Leard State Forest against construction work by Whitehaven Coal for its Maules Creek coal mine. Video by Liam Kesteven. (Source:...
January 17, 2014
The Sydney Morning Herald reports: Gomeroi traditional owners say they are devastated after bulldozers began working on disputed land attached to the controversial Maules Creek mine site in northwest NSW. They have accused the Abbott government of failing to act on an...
January 17, 2014
“Millions of litres of water are being wasted in this mine construction site and potentially the health of the creeks and rivers is at stake.” Susie Russell, spokesperson for Leard Forest Alliance. Read the story here.
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