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Live tweet report by Margo Kingston from the #leardblockade

Posted by Tony Yegles | 16 January 2014 | #auspol, #KingstonReports, #leardblockade, Activism, Environment, Front Page | 5

Live tweet report by Margo Kingston from the #leardblockade

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Thu, Jan 16 2014 02:58:57

Live tweet report by Margo Kingston from the #leardblockade

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    MaulesCreek

    MCCC@MaulesCreek
    Coal-fired farce: @MaulesCreek protesters ordered to leave state forest  http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2023536/coal-fired-farce-maules-creek-protesters-ordered-to-leave-state-forest/ … via @The_NDL #leardblockade

    @margokingston1

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    Tue, Jan 14 2014 11:55:32

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    margokingston1

    margo kingston@margokingston1
    @mumdaze I am heading off soon – 6 hour drive

    Tue, Jan 14 2014 14:08:52

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    I’ve hit the road to #leardblockade through Cottan-Bimbang National Park saved from logging by 1990’s blockades. pic.twitter.com/JFxEluTT7K
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Tue, Jan 14 2014 18:04:17

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    Failed taxpayer-subsidised plantation outside Walcha on the road to #LeardBlockade pic.twitter.com/DtEC8j823G
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Tue, Jan 14 2014 18:15:39

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    margokingston1

    margo kingston@margokingston1
    “@adambrereton: Fire bans are being used politically to shut down the Maules Creek coal protest  http://goo.gl/y6j9Bb  #leardblockade

    Tue, Jan 14 2014 18:48:58

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    Fancy meeting you here, @mpbowers – @TheGlobalMail rolls into #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/Amwbj0AWXE
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 00:43:29

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    #leardblockade sunset. More tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/i6TGrHWgcD
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 01:05:23

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    After sunset #leardblockade #hopedieslast pic.twitter.com/q6Kfyvd5NA
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 01:20:13

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    Police #leardblockade niggle tactic – issue defect notices on protesters cars, ‘fly screens need repair on canopy’ pic.twitter.com/kn67MwOZBS
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 13:45:32

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    The heat, the flies – ‘your heart sinks when the sun comes up’ #leardblockade media mouth @georgefwoods pic.twitter.com/azp3ur33Ku
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 14:08:28

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    Police arrive at ‘the Whitehaven access gate’ for rail construction with water & machinery trucks – #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/8l2nJ37xtA
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 14:29:31

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    margokingston1

    margo kingston@margokingston1
    Why break law first time? ‘Human greed destroying national treasures. turning forest & farms into desert’ Ken Brown, retired ANZ employee.

    Wed, Jan 15 2014 14:55:25

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    Armidale’s Ken Brown fined $220 yest. for blocking Whitehaven gate . First time civil disobedience. #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/Pt037Lc3hX
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 14:57:43

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    .@mpbowers reads docos on Whitehaven ‘offsets’ for destroying critically endangered LeardForest #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/FtChNpQ3tm
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 15:12:00

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    Narrabri tourism deletes LeardForest blurb, now ‘enormous coal seam of highest quality a few metres underground’ pic.twitter.com/NwFDVTdiEc
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 15:17:32

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    Tanya Marshall, koala surveyer – Whitehaven no plan to save #koalas when fell the forest for coal #leardbloackade pic.twitter.com/PSCjisnr2t
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 15:49:00

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    Locals opinion piece in @The_NDL We must preserve our natural heritage  http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2020985/we-must-preserve-our-natural-heritage/ … #leardblockade

    Wed, Jan 15 2014 16:09:37

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    Police check in at #leardblockade camp pic.twitter.com/7MEMDxxY0N
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 16:12:33

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    NSW Forestry closed Leard/Piliga State forests to March for alleged fire danger but miners can enter/excavate. Abuse of power #leardblockade

    Wed, Jan 15 2014 16:38:18

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    Protesters – not miners – entering Leard/Piliga state forests = $2,200 fine under NSW Forestry emergency fire risk powers. #leardblockade

    Wed, Jan 15 2014 16:42:37

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    The 2 forests closed to public have not stopped the miners – they are ‘authorised’ to work on despite emergency fire risk! #leardblockade

    Wed, Jan 15 2014 16:55:59

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    “@john_stannard1: @margokingston1 Blockade hypocrisy. Surely machinery more likely to create a spark than human protestor.” #leardblockade

    Wed, Jan 15 2014 17:03:37

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    Can a reporter at imminent @barryofarrell presser ask ? re selective forestry ban on public entering Leard/Piliga forests? #leardblockade

    Wed, Jan 15 2014 17:21:33

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    “@adropex: @margokingston1 And bloody stupid to allow large machinery into fire danger area!” #leardblockade

    Wed, Jan 15 2014 17:23:24

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    Hell Hot under cover in heatwave as activists sweat to save a forest from a coal mine. Fucked world #learblockade pic.twitter.com/AR5OouQjot
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 17:43:21

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    Hell Hot under cover in heatwave as activists sweat to save a forest from a coal mine. Fucked world #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/cjjSPLKoHb
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 17:58:57

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    sunriseoz

    The Sunrise Project@sunriseoz
    Wondering about the #coal mine planned for Maules Creek & the #LeardBlockade stopping it?
    Watch this to learn more:
     http://bit.ly/K4DbaK 

    @margokingston1

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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 19:43:52

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    @PetefromHayNSW the camps are not in the state forest @ozmining

    Wed, Jan 15 2014 20:10:09

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    FLAC (Frontline Action on Coal) camp – how to slow mining in extreme heat? #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/JWMdMZjsOS
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 20:45:33

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    FLAC camp greenhouse to help feed campaigners #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/5AzSxMjOKa
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 20:51:35

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    Namoi river camp #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/Dx9YzYHWNG
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 21:13:17

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    Namoi River heat relief #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/jaXgL5sqwB
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 21:13:50

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    Georgia Simmons diverted from road trip from Melbourne ‘for value, conecting to a good cause’ #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/q7DUOR7VJv
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Wed, Jan 15 2014 21:33:32

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    @janecat60 yeah, challenging #heat #flies

    Wed, Jan 15 2014 22:48:50

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    Sun sets amid rain! Day one on #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/78lHdysaHR
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Thu, Jan 16 2014 00:50:03

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    From the car, incredible dust and rain country #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/uneca35PxA
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Thu, Jan 16 2014 00:52:49

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    Home to base camp. Long day on #leardblockade. Goodnight. pic.twitter.com/spvjoWoTH5
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Thu, Jan 16 2014 00:56:14

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    …and then, full moon rise at #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/BqUkfzzvQU
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Thu, Jan 16 2014 01:05:53

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    Ecstatic drive home – sun on rain sky at #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/1Wz4wYqCQD
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Thu, Jan 16 2014 01:07:42

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    @margokingston1: Full moon rising where I’m sleeping tonight. #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/yCLliFw9Yh
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Thu, Jan 16 2014 01:15:50

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    The sun has set and still this land glows at #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/W6JG51CloL
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Thu, Jan 16 2014 01:25:57

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    Last pic of end of my #leardblockade day – light at dusk in this country is extraordinary. Nice place for a forest pic.twitter.com/L4p57bEomV
    margo kingston@margokingston1
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    Thu, Jan 16 2014 01:30:44

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    @kateemerson88 trucks, cops, miners, so busy in the country these days @georgefwoods @NoFibs

    Thu, Jan 16 2014 01:32:37

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    @Monster58384887 moon behind cloud, palette in sky. Maybe storm coming. Sweating – no heat relief.

    Thu, Jan 16 2014 02:12:25

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    margo kingston@margokingston1
    @44gallondrum never been in this region before – a small forest surrounded my coal mines and farms – hope it can be saved.

    Thu, Jan 16 2014 02:21:06

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