Religious Leaders Block Access to Maules Creek Mine Site

A number of Christian leaders and 25 people of varying denominations have returned to the Leard State Forest, four of whom have locked their arms to a cross made of pipe to block access to Whitehaven Coal’s controversial Maules Creek project. Many of the group hail...

Protests continue at Maules Creek mine site

A group of 20 protesters have blocked a main access road to Whitehaven’s controversial Maules Creek coal project this morning. The campaign to save the Leard State Forest has enjoyed a brief reprieve since the destructive winter clearing was halted, but the impending...

Maules Creek mine battle goes on

The battle to stop coal mining in the Leard State Forest is not over; will you come back with some friends to the Leard Blockade? Great things have happened since we last contacted you. We thought we’d sit down, and fill you in on what’s happening with the Leard...

182-HOUR TREETOP VIGIL ENDS AFTER INJUNCTION STOPS WORK

The third and last person in an ongoing treetop vigil descended late last night from a 182-hour canopy watch in the Leard State Forest, after learning that Whitehaven Coal had given an undertaking to immediately cease clearing. Sam Cooper, 23, has been up a tree for...

COURT INJUNCTION GIVES HOPE TO PROTESTERS

In a much anticipated case, Whitehaven Coal gave an undertaking in the Land and Environment Court this afternoon to immediately cease all clearing in the Leard State Forest, pending a full court case in September. It gives credence to calls from environmentalists and...

Treetop vigil reaches 72 hours; ‘unlawful’ bulldozing continues

Leard Forest Alliance Media Release: 09 June 2014 TREETOP VIGIL REACHES 72 HOURS; ‘UNLAWFUL’ BULLDOZING CONTINUES Veterinary nurse Kate Warren, 23, has taken up residence in a treetop vigil in an area of forest marked for clearing in the Maules Creek mine...