Namoi River may be threatened by Whitehaven mining

This is the Namoi River. It runs through farming land, and is a short distance from the Leard State Forest where Whitehaven and Idemitsu plan to fell more than half of the trees to construct a series of open-cut coal mines. Learn more about Leard State Forest and the...

Tree sitter blocks path of the coal companies’ proposed new rail line

Young man in tree sit on banks of Namoi River preventing clearing for coal railway near Leard State Forest The blockade of Leard forest to prevent it being cleared for the Maules Creek coal mine project has lasted for seven days and continues this morning with a...

57-year old Susie Russell blockades coal mine railway construction

Woman blockades coal mine railway construction, stops bulldozer felling old River Red Gum tree 57-year old Susie Russell has become the latest protestor to risk arrest at the ongoing blockade to protect Leard State Forest from being cleared for Whitehaven’s Maules...