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Winter has come for Leard State Forest and her wildlife: my #leardblockade Twitter report
The futility and the joy of the #leardblockade last stand: @margokingston1 Twitter report
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NSW lets hibernating animals die to speed up Whitehaven mine, by a sad @georgefwoods at #leardblockade
[clear] The bitter truth and the bitter cold: chainsaw surgery for the animals of Leard State Forest You can be aware that something is true, without really feeling it, and only come up against your illusions, and your naivety, when your knowledge is made real, and you actually experience the terrible truth first hand. It’s […]
No right to report civil disobedience? Why @margokingson1 pleads guilty at #leardblockade
When I was charged with trespass at the #leardblockade on March 31 (see Getting #leardblockade arrested, WTF is journalism and who’s the extremist: @margokingston1 interview with @dailytelegraph), I sought legal advice on whether I could plead not guilty because of the implied right to freedom of political communication under the Constitution. There is no legal basis for press […]
One #leardblockade rule for Whitehaven, another for Jono Moylan: @larissawaters decries double standards
[clear] Apparently ‘false and misleading’ depends on who you are. Based on the Government’s most recent actions it seems information is only ‘false and misleading’ if it’s provided by someone acting in the public interest to protect the climate – not if it’s provided by a coal mining company with a vested interest in getting […]
#leardblockade news: @GreenpeaceAustP complains to ASX on $WHC failure to inform market on enviro offsets
MARGO: Here is the Greenpeace statement on the release of the independent review of Whitehaven’s environmental offsets and the Government’s decision to close its criminal investigation into whether then companies proposed offsets were fraudulent. Whitehaven’s ASX statement on its offsets clearance is here. Lock the Gate told me this morning it is reviewing the material […]
Climate change civil disobedience and the law: @GriffithElects reports
Anyone planning an act of civil disobedience should make themselves aware of all the possible legal risks they are taking. On Thursday evening, April 10, legal experts from the School of Law and Justice at Southern Cross University and from the Institute of Ethics, Governments and Law at Griffith University, presented a documentary about […]