January 27, 2014
“It’s about time people understand why all this ‘activist’ action has been taking place in and around the Leard State Forest. It’s sad in this day and age that the people have to stand up and protect the environment simply because the government’s ministers and...
January 14, 2014
Two protesters who locked themselves to bulldozers at a controversial northwest NSW mine have been arrested but activists vow to continue their blockade. AAP, Protesters vow to continue action at mine, 14 Jan 2014 In recent days Whitehaven Coal brought bulldozers into...
December 19, 2013
“I am Fran Wachtel. I am 60 years old. Today I got arrested for obstructing traffic on the Leard Forest Rd at Boggabri. I am not crazy and I am not brave I would just like some of the real world to be left for my grand children and their children.” Fran...
December 19, 2013
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...
December 19, 2013
In any language it’s a victory for protesters..protesters yesterday scored their biggest victory of this week’s sustained campaign of civil disobedience, succeeding in temporarily shutting down a coalmine at Boggabri.
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