Three days of action to protect Leard State Forest. (Source:...

Media Alert Two People Arrested After Coal Crusher Protest

Media Alert 19 DecTwo People Arrested After Coal Crusher Protest A man and a woman were arrested late yesterday afternoon after a 12-hour protest suspending a banner from the coal crusher of Idemitsu’s controversial Boggabri Coal Mine in Leard State Forest near...

The Northern Inland Council for the Environment have been unsuccessful in challenging the approval for Whitehaven’s Maules Creek coal project.  A recent change to national environmental laws worked in Whitehaven’s favour, The Northern Daily...

On the frontline, protecting Leard State Forest and Maules Creek

“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...

“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...

In any language it’s a victory for protesters

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.

Icons Under Threat: Leard State Forest(Source:...

Icons Under Threat: Leard State Forest(Source:...