June 26, 2014
A number of Christian leaders and 25 people of varying denominations have returned to the Leard State Forest, four of whom have locked their arms to a cross made of pipe to block access to Whitehaven Coal’s controversial Maules Creek project. Many of the group hail...
June 22, 2014
A group of 20 protesters have blocked a main access road to Whitehaven’s controversial Maules Creek coal project this morning. The campaign to save the Leard State Forest has enjoyed a brief reprieve since the destructive winter clearing was halted, but the impending...
June 19, 2014
The battle to stop coal mining in the Leard State Forest is not over; will you come back with some friends to the Leard Blockade? Great things have happened since we last contacted you. We thought we’d sit down, and fill you in on what’s happening with the Leard...
June 14, 2014
The third and last person in an ongoing treetop vigil descended late last night from a 182-hour canopy watch in the Leard State Forest, after learning that Whitehaven Coal had given an undertaking to immediately cease clearing. Sam Cooper, 23, has been up a tree for...
June 12, 2014
In a much anticipated case, Whitehaven Coal gave an undertaking in the Land and Environment Court this afternoon to immediately cease all clearing in the Leard State Forest, pending a full court case in September. It gives credence to calls from environmentalists and...
June 12, 2014
The ongoing tree-sit vigil in a marked area of the Leard State Forest passed its 143rd hour this morning, with 23-year-old tertiary science educator Samuel Cooper taking up residence in the canopy. He is the third person to take up the post to continue the tree watch...
June 11, 2014
Over 30 protestors have rallied out side Whitehaven Coal’s Boggabri office in support of a legal challenge to winter clearing in the Leard State forest making way for the Maules Creek coal mine. the rally coincides with a visit by Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon...
June 10, 2014
From our Leard Forest Alliance partners – Maules Creek Community Council Media Release 10.36AM 10 June 2014 Farmers in court seeking urgent injunction to stop work on winter clearing in Leard Forest The Maules Creek Community Council is applying...
June 9, 2014
Leard Forest Alliance Media Release: 09 June 2014 TREETOP VIGIL REACHES 72 HOURS; ‘UNLAWFUL’ BULLDOZING CONTINUES Veterinary nurse Kate Warren, 23, has taken up residence in a treetop vigil in an area of forest marked for clearing in the Maules Creek mine...
June 8, 2014
In a formidable show of strength, over 100 people, including 92-year-old WWII veteran Bill Ryan, have staged a mass protest at the site of Whitehaven Coal’s controversial $767 million Maules Creek mine project. A group of over 50 entering a newly cleared area of...
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