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July 18th Press Release Both Christmas Island and Darwin detention centres have been hit by roof top protests. Christmas Island detention centre has been locked down today (Monday 18 July) after up to eleven asylum seekers began a roof top protest last night. It is not known if the asylum seekers are still on the roof.

The asylum seekers in White 1, Christmas Island are protesting against one of the White 1 asylum seekers being held in the notorious high security Red One compound– the so-called “behavioural management unit”.

What a turn out! 100 march to save unburnt forests. The rain poured and the mists moved through the tall forests of Toolangi as residents and conservationists joined in to protect the precious Toolangi Forests form woodchipping. Save Sylvia was launched in order to protect a beautiful piece of unburnt Old Growth forest just 500 metres from Wirra Willa. A popular tourist destination and old rainforest. The forest is a mixture of tree's from the 1920's back to the 1600's. Yes the 1600's!

Media Release 18 July 2011

As the carbon price announcement went live, politicians and polluter lobbies were in a frenzy. Check out this video to make sense of all the noise - and read our FAQs about why the sky won't fall in. If you're looking for other ways to keep momentum building, check out this community letter - it's a great way to keep your neighbourhood talking why about a price on pollution matters.

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Conservationists have today participated in a protest on Hobart's wharf, where a vessel is being loaded for the Malaysian logging company Ta Ann. The protest highlights the ongoing loss of high conservation value temperate forests in Tasmania and the rapacious logging of tropical rainforests of Borneo and destructon of habitat for Orangutan and dispossession of the indigenous Penan people from their ancestral forests and lands.

"Four conservationists have attached themselves to the vessel, we are participating in today's non violent protest to highlight the ongoing loss of high conservation value forests," Huon Valley Environment Centre's Jenny Weber said.

Youtube video | Photos of the action

The mainstream press is prosecuting a farce of a carbon tax “debate”. In the one corner opposing the tax you have climate denialists, middle class welfare recipients complaining about their lack of “compensation” and billionaires such as Twiggy Forest and Gerry Harvery masquerading as “ordinary” Australians. In the other corner are the ALP and the Green’s arguing that the carbon tax is a bold step towards solving climate change and anyone who opposes them is a selfish climate denialist.

The world's forests remove over one quarter of current annual human carbon emissions from the atmosphere each year, the equivalent of about 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon according to the latest published scientific research. An international team of scientists, including from the US Forests Service and the Australian CSIRO, have quantified the greenhouse gas carbon sink provided by the world's tropical, temperate and boreal forests.

On June, 16th 2010 Belgrade 6 anarchists were released and proved innocent (international terrorism) in the lower court. Prosecution than appealed the verdict. secondary court (higher court) on July 1th ruled that there were some processional mistake being done so they reversed the verdict. the trial will now again start on the lower court from the beginning (all witnesses, statements, everything). More informations (English, Italiano, Español)

Food not Bombs kitchen, Brisbane Square, Brisbane CBD, 1pm on Saturday the 16th of July- to voice our opposition to the Talisman-Sabre War Games, 2011.

These military ‘games’ are costing the Australian taxpayer over $100 million.
Who decided that? Not the Australian people.

The games are being held in various locations across Australia including in Shoalwater Bay, part of the Great Barrier Reef region; threatening the areas’ ecology and the existence of more than 25 endangered species.