Japanese delegation debunks coal mine spin at Leard Forest

MEDIA RELEASE from Leard Forest Research Node. Academics and researchers from Japan’s Azabu University have come to the Leard Forest, North West NSW to ground truth statements made by Idemitsu Resources and Whitehaven Coal to the companies’ Japanese financiers. “The...

Open Letter to Narrabri Shire Council

Attention: Narrabri Shire Council An open letter in response to Narrabri Shire Council’s decision to threaten legal action if the Leard Blockade camp does not move by 6 February 2015. Dear Councillors, It has been just over a year since we were moved on from the Leard...

Pocock fronts court over Maules Creek protest

– GUNNEDAH, 04 February 2015: Farmers, Gomeroi Traditional custodians and environmentalists are holding a vigil at 9am today out the front of the Gunnedah Courthouse in solidarity with former Wallabies captain David Pocock. Pocock is facing charges related to...

FiFo Premier in bed with the mining industry

MAULES CREEK, 3 February 2015: This morning Premier Mike Baird flew into the Maules Creek mine site bypassing the local community who last week came out strongly against the scandal plagued project. Last Friday, the Maules Creek community hall was crowded with local...

Preserving Gomeroi grinding grooves lost in translation

-27th Jan Media Release from Gomeroi Traditional Custodians The Gomeroi Traditional Custodians can’t help but respond to Mr Paul Jackson Manager of the Chinese government owned company Shenhua who are wanting approval for three big pits of open cut coal mining in the...

Golden Guitar winner Luke O’Shea and father in Maules Creek protest

Media release 27 JANUARY 2015, Maules Creek Country Music star and winner of three Golden Guitars* at last weekend’s Tamworth Country Music Festival, Luke O’Shea, has locked himself to Whitehaven Coal’s pump that draws water from the Namoi River this morning to join...