Around 100 people attended the sold-out Brisbane premiere of the lively new climate action documentary Walanbaa Ngiiyani/Stronger Together, on May 25, reports Jim McIlroy.
Gomeroi people
The decision puts native title holders in a stronger position when fighting to prevent future fossil fuel projects. Jim McIlroy reports.
A crowd outside the Federal Court聽stood in solidarity with Gomeroi people who are appealing a Native Title Tribunal decision to reject native title, allowing Santos聽to frack in the Pilliga Forest. David Killingly reports.
Knitting Nannas and Friends gathered outside Santos鈥櫬燬ydney office to protest, as the company held its annual general meeting in Tarndanya/Adelaide. Marie Flood reports.
Young Gomeroi leaders led a passionate protest in opposition to Santos鈥 plan to drill 850 coal seam gas wells on their Country in north-west NSW, reports Zebedee Parkes.
As a close blood relative of former minister for the environment Greg Hunt, I am deeply ashamed that he did not do one simple thing: protect Lawler鈥檚 Well.
There were 11 sites sacred to the Gomeroi people in the part of the Leard State Forest in north-western NSW that is being cleared for Whitehaven Coal鈥檚 controversial Maules Creek Mine. Ten have already been destroyed or irrevocably damaged. The last of these Gomeroi heritage sites is Lawler鈥檚 Well.
The battle to save land and water in north-west NSW's Liverpool Plains, from coal and coal seam gas continues to be fought by Aboriginal communities, farmers, local councils and environmentalists.
People in Tamworth, Moree, Narrabri, Boggabri, Gunnedah, Quirindi and Toomelah are fighting coalmining in the Leard State Forest and the Shenhua Watermark coalmine near Gunnedah. They are battling huge coal seam gas (CSG) projects in the Pilliga and gas projects in Narrabri and Tamworth.
More than 600 people gathered on a farm near the small town of Breeza on November 7 and 8 to celebrate the Liverpool Plains "Harvest Festival against Shenhua鈥 in opposition to the proposed Watermark open cut coalmine. They declared they will return to continue peaceful protest at the site if the mine goes ahead.