March 29, 2016
Willow Tree NSW, 29th March 2016: Coal trains bound for Newcastle from Whitehaven and Idemitsu mines have again been stopped by concerned citizens in an act of peaceful protest against the continuing expansion of coal mines. Environment Officer Anisa Rogers...
March 25, 2016
Newcastle Community members have taken direct action to interrupt coal exports from Whitehaven’s Maules Creek mine this morning. One woman has occupied a coal line, stopping trains from entering the coal export terminal at Kooragang Island in Newcastle.They have...
March 21, 2016
Willow Tree, NSW 20/03/2016 On Sunday peaceful protest, at Willow Tree NSW, halted Whitehaven Coal’s trains from reaching Newcastle Port. Trains were stopped for 5 hours after 33 year old Jamie Dunnit scaled, and occupied, the locomotives pulling the wagons...
March 16, 2016
Willow Tree, 16 MARCH 2016 4:00 pm Brisbane Unionist Scarlett Squire has stopped and occupied a coal train at Willow Tree, halting coal cargo from Whitehaven’s and Idemitsu’s controversial coal mining operations. This action comes as Unions New South Wales threaten a...
March 13, 2016
STUDENTS SHUT DOWN COAL EXPORTS AT WILLOW TREE WILLOW TREE, 13 MARCH 2016: Coal trains have been stopped from Whitehaven’s coal mines between Maules Creek and Willow Tree. Four students from ANU have occupied a coal train. They are demanding that Environment minister...
March 8, 2016
MEDIA RELEASE Women Stand in Unity on International Women’s Day to Save Aboriginal Sacred Site More photos available: http://alturl.com/9nctg Maules Creek, 8th March 2016: United with Gomeroi Women on International Women’s Day, three women, Tash Jones, Clarity “Jen...
March 5, 2016
BOGGABRI, 5 MARCH 2016: This morning one man has suspended himself from a rail bridge over the Kamilaroi Highway, stopping coal trains from the Maules Creek and Boggabri mines, drawing attention to the vulnerability of Lawlers Well. Whitehaven Coal have already...
March 2, 2016
MAULES CREEK 2 MARCH 2016: Today two Gamilaraay men, Paul Spearim and Allen Talbot and a Githabul man, Laurence Miles, have locked on to concrete barrels at the entrance to Whitehaven’s controversial Maules Creek project stopping work. Whitehaven coal are currently...
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