Clearing by coal mining companies in Leard State Forest

The top image shows newly bulldozed trees at Idemitsu’s Boggabri open-cut coal mine in Leard State Forest. The existing mine has already cleared hundreds of hectares of the forest and is currently clearing so that it can expand further into the forest. The bottom...

United we stand

It has been a very slow in the FLAC camp in the last two weeks !!! The wheat harvest has started and finished, all the locals have been flat out   getting the grain off the fields and to the silos, the before the summer storms hit.. It well be good to see these hard...

Camp FLAC 101 ( days )

Hello to all, The last 10 days have been quite bussy, starting with a protest in Tamworth on Monday, telling the Sate Government what we think of the lies and broken promises made by them to get elected !!!....

Day 6 in the Forest

Waking up in the mornings to the natural music of the forest can be a bit disorienting – as if you’re camping in a beautiful location. Then you notice the roars of the machines and remember – yes, we are camping in a beautiful location that is under...