Maules Creek protestors step up blockade amid attempts to shut it down

Media Release, 15 January 2014 Protestors today have again blockaded the site of Whitehaven’s controversial Maules Creek coal project in North West NSW, ensuring work is stopped from clearing the forest for construction of rail infrastructure. The project, located in...

“Why we acted up at Maules Creek”

Whitehaven’s Maules Creek project is the biggest new coal mine under construction in Australia. The mine would emit the same amount of carbon pollution annually as the entirety of New Zealand. …And so the time came. The time to do the difficult things. The time to...

Boggabri Coal mine shut down A group of people have shut down Idemitsu’s Boggabri Coal Mine today as part of ongoing protests to protect Leard State Forest and the surrounding Maules Creek community from coal mine expansion. The group is calling on Japan Bank of...

Boggabri Coal mine shut down A group of people have shut down Idemitsu’s Boggabri Coal Mine today as part of ongoing protests to protect Leard State Forest and the surrounding Maules Creek community from coal mine expansion. The group is calling on Japan Bank of...

Locked on to lock ANZ out from funding destruction of farms and forest for coal Two protesters have chained themselves to a truck in a bid to stop construction work at the controversial Maules Creek coal mine project in northwest NSW. “We’re digging in up...