Climate change protest halts coal train in Newcastle

A group of people in Newcastle have halted the coal rail line leading into the world’s largest coal export port, saying they would not let trains enter or leave until coal industry leaders committed to winding back coal exports, as their contribution to urgent global...

Coal protest charges against country star Luke O’Shea dismissed

A number of friends who have taken action to save the Leard faced court today. Everyone who was heard today received Sec – 10A with no conviction or fine. Amongst them was Country Music legend, Luke O’Shea and his Dad. Media Release from our alliance...

 1,000 days, 350 + arrests, 4,000 people though camp

From the desk of Murray ‘Muzz’ Drechsler… I heard about the Leard State Forest whilst I had been running mystery dingo tours out to the Pilliga State Forest, looking at the effects of coal seam gas on the area. That it was an open cut coal mine in a...

Summer clearing of the Leard State Forest

Before After A piece on the last 3 weeks of Whitehaven Coal’s Summer 2015 clearing  of the Leard State Forest Grief; The smell of fallen trees; Sweet sap and diesel. With the Milky-way overhead, and a good few k to go, we can already smell the clearing. It is a...

From Maules Creek to Mt Thorley, communities resist coal mining.

Leard Forest Alliance Media Release: From Maules Creek to Mt Thorley, communities resist coal mining. MAULES CREEK 9/3/15 Despite both major parties affirming their commitment to the coal industry, the NSW public continues to show their strong opposition. This morning...

Strong women defend Leard State Forest

As International Women’s Day 2015 rolls on we’ve been reflecting on all the incredible women involved in this campaign – and how we can build more progressive feminist politics on the front lines in Australia.. no hard and fast answers but some great...

Mining Laws of NSW

  A guest post by local Maules Creek community worker and horse trainer Ann-Marie Rasmussen, who yesterday backed up her words by suspending herself from a tree in the Leard Forest, holding up bulldozers clearing the forest for seven hours.     There is...

Bat Attack! Defend Habitat!

– article w/ Andy Paine & FLAC crew From the 13th to the 18th of February, musicians, mischief makers and earth protectors from around the country converged on Maules Creek for a festival of resistance called Bat Attack. The musicians came from far and wide,...