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Newcastle: activists blockade coal terminal in response to Copenhagen failure

Submitted by takver on Sun, 20/12/2009 - 1:18pm

Forty climate activists have closed down the rail line into the world's biggest coal port this morning, (Sunday December 20) protesting the failure of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen to produce a just, effective, and legally binding treaty.

Twenty five of the diverse group - aged from 19 to 86 years and including a Buddhist priest, and an elected local councillor - are occupying a rail bridge in Newcastle, Australia, and refusing to leave. They have hung large banners reading "Greed wrecked Copenhagen: Now it's up to us all", and "You could have done something great."

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Brisbane: Coal 1, Planet 0 - time to take action on climate

Submitted by takver on Sun, 20/12/2009 - 1:11pm

Friends of the Earth Brisbane have taken action to highlight the climate failure in Copenhagen with banner drops in Shopping Malls and on bridges along the Brisbane River on Saturday 19 December, and imploring community members to take action.

Banners were hung from Victoria, Goodwill and Kurilpa Bridges, inside Queens Plaza shopping centre, in Indrooroopilly and in Ashgrove.

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Fascist meeting in Sydney disrupted

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 09/10/2009 - 1:37pm

Last Friday (October 1) a crowd of over 70 people made it clear to a far-right gathering in Sydney that fascists are not welcome and that they will not be able to meet undisturbed.

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Switch Off Hazelwood Photographs

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 17/09/2009 - 9:27pm

Photographs of direct action Switch Off Hazelwood, held on September 12th-13th by Rafael Moreno.

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Photos from the Hazelwood Demonstration

Submitted by corvus on Mon, 14/09/2009 - 1:21pm

A good day for everyone - except maybe the horses.

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3 minute sustainability film challenge-->>Future Shots

Submitted by JANE on Fri, 11/09/2009 - 5:00pm

Young Victorians challenged to have their say for a sustainable future.

The Future Shots Sustainability Film Challenge is now open. www.futureshots.com.au

If you are living in Victoria and aged 21 and under, Future Shots invites you to create a short film (three minutes or less) that answers the question Sustainability: What’s it all about?

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Another G20 Trial - Sydney Activists face County Court in Melbourne

Submitted by peter on Tue, 14/07/2009 - 8:41am

The trial of two Sydney activists began in the Melbourne County Court today. Tim and Sunil are facing two counts each of aggravated burglary, which can carry a 25-year jail term, for allegedly walking into offices on ‘Corporate Engagement Day’ two and a half years ago with nothing more than glitter and water pistols. They each also face two counts of criminal damage and and unlawful assembly for the same incidents, which were part of protests against the G20 meeting in Melbourne in November 2006. They are fighting extremely serious charges for what was a benign and fairly standard action.

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Catholic workers arrested blockading military's road to perdition

Submitted by fightfirewithwater09 on Thu, 09/07/2009 - 8:09pm

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Australian Catholic Workers, Jim Dowling and Ciaron O'Reilly were arrested this morning while blocking a major military access road to the Talisman Sabre 09 exercises being held at Shoalwater, central Queensland, Australia. Along with seven other anti war activists, the pair blockaded the road for over and hour and a half, and prevented more than a dozen US Army Jeep Troop carriers from entering the area.

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Animal liberation offices raided by police

Submitted by kimk on Thu, 07/05/2009 - 6:47pm

Forwarded from the Wildlife Protection Society of Australia

Last week the offices of Animal Lib NSW were raided by Federal and State police. All documents relating to their kangaroo campaigns were seized and confiscated, including computer hard drive contents.

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Activists occupy Hazelwood power station in Earth Hour direct action

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 30/03/2009 - 2:01am

"Switch off Coal and Switch on Renewables" was the very clear message being sent to State and Federal Governments this Earth Hour by community climate activists who occupied Hazelwood Power Station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley on Saturday March 28.

View the video - http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/bento/videos/Hazelwood.m4v/view
Switch Off Hazelwood Blog - http://switchoffcoal.wordpress.com/

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