December 24, 2014
MAULES CREEK, 24 December 2014: A man has suspended himself from a rail bridge crossing the Namoi River blocking a coal train being loaded at Whitehaven Coal’s controversial Maules Creek mine from leaving the site. The train blocked at the Maules Creek mine is...
December 15, 2014
Newcastle, 15 December: A peaceful blockade has halted the first train load of coal coming from the controversial Maules Creek coal mine on its way to Newcastle’s Kooragang Island coal export terminals this morning. A group of 22 people met the train this...
December 4, 2014
GUNNEDAH, 4 December 2014: Sustained protest against Whitehaven Coal’s controversial Maules Creek mine in the Leard State Forest continues this morning, as two men chained themselves to a concrete barrel at Whitehaven Coal’s Gunnedah coal handling and preparation...
December 3, 2014
Today, Wednesday December 3, marks the 160th anniversary of Eureka Stockade, the birthplace of Australian democracy. The diggers of Ballarat, stood together in one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Australian history. They stood together under the southern...