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Ten Years on the Climate Frontline

PART ONE: A TENT IN A FOREST On August 5th, 2012, Jono Moylan and Murray Dreschler pitched a couple of tents not far from the road in the Leard State Forest, near Boggabri in Western NSW. It was an inauspicious beginning to what would become a long and eventful...

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Defending the right to disobey

Defending the right to disobey

Even when a pre-election budget has the government handing out funding announcements like Santa Claus, for some of us official mail is rarely a welcome appearance in our letterbox. So I didn’t have high hopes when I opened a letter the other day. Inside the envelope...

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Are billionaires the new climate solution?

Are billionaires the new climate solution?

If you can cast your mind back to last week – you know, before the onset of war and the latest horrendous natural disaster – you might remember a brief moment when the news seemed like it could actually deliver us some pleasant surprises. A couple of stories appeared...

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Resisting climate destruction and despair

Resisting climate destruction and despair

After two weeks of world leaders gathering in Glasgow to negotiate a new global climate agreement, COP26 President Alok Sharma stood up to announce the final agreement. Fighting back tears, he said "May I just say to all delegates I apologise for the way this process...

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Cycling for country on the Tour de Carmichael

Cycling for country on the Tour de Carmichael

There was red dirt, blazing sun and road trains rumbling past; as over 100 cyclists gathered at the start of May for the Tour De Carmichael. Cars are pretty scarce there on the corner of the Gregory Highway and Moray-Carmichael Rd, let alone pushbikes. It was a long...

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From Adivasi to Aboriginal land, stop Adani’s destruction

From Adivasi to Aboriginal land, stop Adani’s destruction

On May 12th, Abhijeet Swami and Sam Brown stopped construction on Adani’s rail corridor for seven hours by locking themselves to machinery. Abhijeet wrote this to explain why this acion was necessary. The Adani Group is a source of oppression from Adivasi to...

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2020 – A Year On The Climate Frontlines

2020 – A Year On The Climate Frontlines

Many of us are glad to see the end of 2020 and sick of hearing about it. But a new year, as well as bringing new possibilities, offers us a chance to reflect on what we’ve done. To change the world requires being future focused, but we also need to learn from our...

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Zoom’s not secure: Time to find an alternative.

Zoom’s not secure: Time to find an alternative.

Unfortunately I’ve got some bad news for you all. If you haven't seen it already, popular video conferencing app ‘ZOOM’ has come under fire for lying to us. For the last several years, zoom has claimed the title of secure, end to end encrypted video chats. What’s...

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Happy Valentine’s Day BMD!

Happy Valentine’s Day BMD!

BMD workers going to work on an Adani site near Mt Coolon on Valentine's Day found themselves greeted, not with a bunch of red roses, but by 65-year-old Craig Linn. Craig was chained to a cattle grid, stopping worker entrance to the site. He remained there from before...

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75 year-old Barb locks on at Adani

75 year-old Barb locks on at Adani

Seventy-five year-old Barb Nielsen was so concerned about the impact of climate change that, on January 14, she locked herself to a guard rail outside Adani’s headquarters in Townsville. She was protesting against the company’s new Carmichael coalmine and government...

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FLAC targets monster machine makers

FLAC targets monster machine makers

A well-trained team of FLAC activists recently paid a surprise visit to Hastings Deering in Mackay after hearing that the company was putting together some monstrous machines for Adani’s Carmichael mine. Over a massive site in Mackay’s industrial estate (the scale of...

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Three eco-warriors pass on, but their legacy remains

Three eco-warriors pass on, but their legacy remains

On December 24th, as most of the nation prepared for the traditional week of rest of and relaxation between christmas and new years, something extraordinary happened to the Australian environmental movement. In one 24 hour period, this country lost three of its great...

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