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Coal is hazardous to health: Residents blockade coal trains in north Queensland

Submitted by takver on Wed, 28/07/2010 - 1:42pm

Residents of the town of Collinsville, west of Bowen, have just finished a two day blockade of the train line that is used for transporting coal from the Bowen Basin to the Abbot Point coal terminal in North Queensland. The residents are angry about a proposed increase in rail traffic and the adverse health impacts on residents from the increase in vibrations and coal dust emissions, and the problem of delays for emergency vehicles in a town bisected by the rail line.

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Conservationists halt logging in Tasmania's Weld Valley

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 26/07/2010 - 8:48pm

On sunday night fourteen forest activists walked into the Barnback Creek area in Tasmania's Weld Valley to protest continued logging of threatened old growth forests. At least one person is pole sitting locked on to forestry equipment.

"Huon Valley Environment Centre is calling for an immediate end to logging of high conservation value forests, urgent protection is vital. We are loosing critical endangered species habitat and forests of immense value," Huon Valley Environment Centre's Jenny Weber said.

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European Climate Exchange website hacked

Submitted by takver on Sun, 25/07/2010 - 3:29am

In a protest against carbon trading as a method for acting on climate change, on Friday, July 23 at just before midnight, the public website of the European Climate Exchange (ECX), the leading marketplace for trading CO2 emissions in Europe, was targetted by hacktivists of the autonomous tech collective *decocidio* (#?).

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Climate activists protest Julia Gillard over ALP climate change policy

Submitted by takver on Sat, 24/07/2010 - 7:36pm

ALP policy on climate change action has been strongly criticised by environment and climate action groups with protests at Julia Gillard's climate change policy launch in Brisbane, and protests at Julia Gillard's Werribee electoral office and her Melbourne Treasury Place office.

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Thousands rally in West Papua: Reject special autonomy, demand referendum on independence

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sat, 24/07/2010 - 5:34pm

International news agencies have reported on the mass rally in Jayapura, capital of Indonesia's Papua province on July 8th. Thousands of people joined a long march, walking 17 km from the MRP (Majelis Rakyat Papua – Papua People's Assembly) to the DPRP (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Papua – Papuan Provincial Legislature), rejecting the Special Autonomy granted by Indonesia in 2001 and demanding a referendum on West Papuan independence and an internationally-mediated dialogue with Jakarta.

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International day against multinational corporations - 22 July 2010

Submitted by peter on Thu, 22/07/2010 - 9:02pm

Joanne Dateransi from Bougainville was one of the speakers at a rally organised by LASNET at the State Library of Victoria as part of a worldwide day of protests against the ever-growing pernicious influence of multinational companies. She spoke chiefly about the history of mining giant Rio Tinto’s operations, and opposition to attempts by the company to resume mining.

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electionWIRE on YouTube! Young Australian voices on the 2010 election

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 22/07/2010 - 3:20pm

Vibewire and YouTube team up on electionWIRE to bring fresh video reporting to the Australian federal election

electionWIRE on YouTube is calling citizen reporters to report the election their way.

It’s Election Time! The airwaves are buzzing with politics. Who will win? What do the parties and candidates represent? Who cares?

Today, Vibewire Youth Inc announces the launch of electionWIRE on YouTube, a dedicated channel for young Australians to have their say and to report the news of the Federal election their way.

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New video on May Day 2010 asylum seeker passport action

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sun, 18/07/2010 - 9:27am

Juice media have produced an excellent 10 minutes documentary on the May Day 2010 asylum seeker solidarity action that saw members of Melbourne indigenous community offer passports to asylum seekers stuck in Indonesia and Christmas Island.

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Previous indymedia article on the action here.

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Replace Hazelwood NDA – Belgrave Protest

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sat, 17/07/2010 - 4:15pm

As part of the July 17th National Day of Action calling for the shut down and replacing of Hazelwood Power Station in Latrobe Valley , Australia’s dirtiest, 40 people gathered outside the office of Victorian ALP Cabinet member James Merlino’s in Belgrave. Uniting under the call that “renewable is doable” the group demanded the closure of Hazelwood and its replacement with 100% Renewable energy as laid out in the recently released Beyond Zero Emissions Report. Its time for this privately owned carbon spewing monstrosity to go!

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Prime Minister avoids climate protest and talk of climate change

Submitted by takver on Thu, 15/07/2010 - 7:54pm

The missing words at Julia Gillard's first address as Prime Minister to the National Press Club was "climate change". Outside the building Climate activists from Rising Tide Newcastle had dumped a ute full of coal at the entrance. The protesters called on the Gillard Government to announce a climate change policy that addresses Australia's principal source of greenhouse pollution - coal.

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