Mining Laws of NSW

  A guest post by local Maules Creek community worker and horse trainer Ann-Marie Rasmussen, who yesterday backed up her words by suspending herself from a tree in the Leard Forest, holding up bulldozers clearing the forest for seven hours.     There is...

Bat Attack! Defend Habitat!

– article w/ Andy Paine & FLAC crew From the 13th to the 18th of February, musicians, mischief makers and earth protectors from around the country converged on Maules Creek for a festival of resistance called Bat Attack. The musicians came from far and wide,...

Continued resistance against clearing

  Leard Forest Alliance Media Release -MAULES CREEK 27th Feb 2015 As Forest clearing continues for the controversial Maules Creek coal mine, so does the fight to stop it. 35 year old fisherwoman Christy Horton has suspended herself from a tree in the Leard State...

Bulldozers stalled again! Communities resist coal

Leard Forest Alliance Media Release -MAULES CREEK 25th Feb 2015 Resistance to Whitehaven Coal’s controversial Maules Creek mine has continued today, with 3 people halting bulldozers from clearing the Leard State Forest. Andy Paine has suspended himself from a...