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Protest at BHP Billiton AGM, Melbourne, 17 November 2011

peter — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:53:04 +0000

Traditional owners and environmentalists descended on the Melbourne Convention Centre on Thursday 17 November for the BHP Billiton AGM. Using proxies, some twenty Aboriginal elders and supporters gained access to the meeting, while others held a protest outside.

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Picket at BHP Billiton Melbourne office - 16 November 2010

peter — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:03:03 +0000

Protests were held today in several centres across the country to mark BHP Billiton's AGM in Perth. In Melbourne, members of Friends of the Earth ACE collective and activists representing the Indigenous peoples of Latin America held banners outside the company headquarters in Lonsdale Street and distributed pamphlets setting out the case against it.

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Protest at BHP Billiton Melbourne office to mark AGM 09 in London - 29 October

peter — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:59:21 +0000

Protesters gathered today at the Melbourne head office of BHP Billiton "in solidarity with communities around the world affected by BHP's mining activities, and to show dissent to the proposed expansion and proposed open pit at Olympic Dam uranium mine" (FoE Media release).

The rally also marked the release in London of an 'Alternative Annual Report':

[Quote from FoE media release]

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