[clear]About a year ago the rural electorate of Indi had just about turfed out their local member, Sophie Mirabella in the shock result of the 2013 election. It was a result that not even the most optimistic political punter could have predicted. A huge community surge that wiped out a senior Liberal frontbencher in a […]
Rural Victoria rising up against #csg for #VicVotes, by #Indivotes campaigner @camklose
September 21, 2014
Four minutes to midnight – The Qld Weekly #qldpol: @Qldaah
September 17, 2014
Dredge spoil – From villains to heroes. Four minutes to midnight – The anti-objection laws. Tony Fitzgerald QC lambasts The Courier-Mail labeling it ‘The Craven’. Trend unemployment rises for fifth consecutive month. Cairns Grandmother raided over G20 tickets. . Dredge spoil – From villains to heroes After letters, online petitions, emails, news reports, general condemnation, […]
From winter clearing to spring slaughter: @RobinMosman reports on #leardblockade
September 13, 2014
The stopping of winter clearing of the Leard State Forest for Whitehaven’s massive coal mine may have been just a stay of execution for the threatened species for whom the forest is home. A week before their amended 2014 Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) was due to be legally challenged in the Land and Environment Court, […]
Back to the #leardblockade: report by @RobinMosman
August 22, 2014
Warwick and I are just home again after taking a group of silver-haired oldies from the Blue Mountains Conservation Society to the Leard Blockade. The plan was that our obvious super-respectability and elder wisdom would look impressive on Facebook, and hopefully add more weight to opposition to the clearing of the Leard Forest for coal […]
Only taking it to the streets will stop #csg: Bob Debus to @RobinMosman #Pilliga
August 1, 2014
About three years ago, when I first started to become really aware of the threats presented by coal seam gas mining, I happened to meet up with Bob Debus. Some of you will remember him as NSW’s longest serving Environment Minister. Such was his capability that he typically held 4 ministries at any one time. […]
Still hoping to get arrested before I die: Robin Mosman, 73, reports her adventure at #leardblockade
July 17, 2014
My husband and I have just come back from the Leard Forest Blockade. We went because of a combination of total frustration at the lack of any meaningful action by the Federal or NSW state governments on climate change, and because we were outraged at the NSW Environment Minister’s action in allowing winter clearing of […]
On the turning away: Iris Ray Nunn comments on #leardblockade
July 1, 2014
It is four weeks since I went into the Leard State Forest and witnessed firsthand the widespread destruction of habitat in return for coal. In truth, I am still hurt, still angry. These difficult feelings tear at me because the desecration of our Earth continues – and I am aware that my existence, albeit simple, is still dependent on the wheel-of-harm. So what […]
A love letter to all who fight at #leardblockade from Maules Creek farmer eco-warrior Ros Druce
June 3, 2014
[clear] Maules Ck Local Ros Druce – why I got arrested for first time in my life at #leardblockade. http://t.co/eKFpsssmaW pic.twitter.com/cJ4JJhw9vW — Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) May 6, 2014 Dedicated to all Earth Warriors, past and present, protecting the Leard State Forest As the Leard Campaign strives to save the tiny creatures with no defence against […]
#BentleyBlockade a trigger to taking our country back? @mickdaley1 on the democratic possibilities
May 28, 2014
[clear] Must SHARE! Awesome edit! @parisanddarmin #Pilliga #leardblockade The Emperor Wears No Clothes – #BentleyBlockade: http://t.co/IR9cWn2ort — Meredith Stanton (@CloudsCreek) May 25, 2014 As tents and tripods came down and people figured out how to extract extract several tonnes of vehicles and associated implements embedded in concrete at Gates A, B and C to the farm […]
Australia at #CSG war on home soil: Invoking ANZAC to back #BentleyBlockade and #Pilliga
May 27, 2014
Just after Anzac Day I saw a film clip from the Bentley Blockade near Lismore, where 2000 people had gathered to block access to coal seam gas mining company Metgasco. In a misty dawn they had held their own Anzac memorial service. After ‘Lest we forget’, the camera panned to an older country woman. She […]
