Canberrans ready to ‘tackle’ the coal problem

The Maules Creek local community and the Leard Blockade camp are joined this weekend by a contingent of 30 Canberrans including Australian Wallabies Rugby Player David Pocock, ANU Professor of Astrophysics Frank Briggs and ANU Philosophy lecturer Bruin Christensen....

Batman returns: Whitehaven Super Digger showdown

-MAULES CREEK 5 November 2014: Batman returned today to shut down Whitehaven’s Maules Creek project. A person dressed as Batman has scaled Whitehaven’s largest excavator, the Hitachi Super Digger. This action comes on the heels of Monday’s report from the UN...

Alliance call on government to stop backing ‘lame horse’ Whitehaven

MAULES CREEK, 4 November 2014: In the second day of Leard Forest Alliance’s (LFA) “Release the Bats” Initiative against Whitehaven Coal two people have locked themselves to a conveyer belt in the Whitehaven-owned Narrabri North underground mine. Serenity Hill, 37, and...

‘Bat’ protesters swarm Maules Creek Mine site

MAULES CREEK, 3 November 2014: Over 80 people have set up separate blockades on and around the construction site of the controversial Maules Creek mine, near Narrabri, in a ramp up of peaceful action to prevent the mine from depressurising the water table, already...