Citizen Journo MARGO KINGSTON preview of Tuesday’s action at the #leardblockadeon
Citizen journalist Margo Kingston talks to Paul Bevan about #leardblockade and the hash tag as space for comment from all sides of the debate on the Maules Creek mine in Western NSW. He also speaks to 91 year old Bill Ryan on why he has taken part.
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Citizen Journo MARGO KINGSTON live interview in the blockade with Paul Bevan. Newcastle ABC radio on the #LeardBlockade
Citizen journalist Margo Kingston dropped by the 1233 ABC Newcastle offices, while being embedded with protestors at the Leard State Forest.She spoke to 1233’s Paul Bevan about why she’s set up with protests to report a story mainstream media isn’t covering.
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We shall not be moved – blockaders sing at #Whitehaven coal mine construction gate #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/SWi5RNJ5g8 -
“Almost all of NSW’s prime agricultural land is open to mining or gas extraction.” http://www.theland.com.au/news/agriculture/general/news/who-is-safe-from-csg/2685271.aspx … #leardblockade
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BREAKING: 100 people at #leardblockade begin attempt to halt work on Maules Creek coal mine. pic.twitter.com/HswyTpQXiY -
BREAKING: #leardblockade swells to 100 people, Maules Creek #coal project halted. http://www.lockthegate.org.au/coal_project_blockade_swells …
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Main entrance to #Whitehaven mine construction site blockaded. #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/TBPa54rvn8 -
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#Leardblockade man in tripod at main entrance to #Whitehaven construction site pic.twitter.com/Ea9QoOR7AW -
OPINION: Coal protesters stand firm for future of all by @leerhiannon http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2049084/opinion-coal-protesters-stand-firm-for-future-of-all/ … via @newcastleherald
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Good morning #leardblockade people. Feel the endlessness with the comin’ of the light of day.
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Here’s the Leard Forest Alliance media statement on today’s #directaction at #leardblockade http://www.lockthegate.org.au/coal_project_blockade_swells …
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This is what we gonna do #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/nT4qTqeGZd -
Protesters line at gate of #Whitehaven cosl mine construction site #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/KXYfX8ulN8 -
More than 100 ppl currently blockading four entrances & two sites inside coal mine site nr Maules Ck. http://leardstateforest.tumblr.com/post/74744789936/blockade-of-whitehaven-coals-maules-creek-project … #leardblockade
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Mine workers on the other side of the gate at #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/teSTokUb82 -
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#Whitehaven security blokes join #leardblockade photographers to take video of group photo at blocked gate. pic.twitter.com/VBSLRIatmh -
Today at the Leard State Forest. #Leardblockade pic.twitter.com/OSKlBcPznF -
Hi @MaitlandMercury – 5 Maitland protestors at #leardblockade shutdown of #Whitehaven Maules Creek mine – pics at the hashtag
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Hey @ANZ_AU your branding is all over #leardblockade leard state forest. Sponsoring forest destruction much? pic.twitter.com/lGAIiqZ0Vi -
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#Whitehave security on the phone at blocked entrance to coal mine construction site. #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/0vT5Ewpx1r -
“OPINION: Coal protesters stand firm for future of all http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2049084/opinion-coal-protesters-stand-firm-for-future-of-all/ … via @newcastleherald ”
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@SteveLarsson @GreenpeaceAustP If you’re worried about disrupting people’s livelihoods try tackling climate change. #Leardblockade
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Sharyn Brock, Elands, and Sharyn Munroe, Upper Hunter, block the gate to stop tripod access #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/zgQB1zF0as -
Whitehaven rep has turned up and been turned away from #leardblockade $WHC
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MT “@scoopgeorge: @ANZ_AU Given it’s impossible to stop their marketing letters, they’ve been doing that for a while” #leardblockade
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@margokingston1 Keep the names, faces, and any arrests coming through on Twitter Margo as it seems MSM blackout #leardblockade @abcnews
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@margokingston1 @philYoung17 have you got a band?
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Want to know why #leardblockade is happening? Here is the low-down on coal mining that threatens Leard State Forest: http://leardstateforest.tumblr.com/about-leard-forest …
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.@davidbewart so far drums by Adrian Asher and occasional CD rock. We need a band! #leardblockade @philYoung17 pic.twitter.com/eV9k4RyCO1 -
.@davidbewart Felicity Davis & Robert Byrnes on ukulele compose #leardblockade words to ‘Times they are a’changing’ pic.twitter.com/pIqNXMnR7x -
PHOTO: First image from inside site where #leardblockade is stopping Whitehaven’s Maules Ck coal project construction pic.twitter.com/rQWbBodZi9 -
“@beestydi: @davidbewart @margokingston1 @philYoung17 They could call it “Coal Play”” #leardblockade
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Go the Shazza’s! The planet welcomes brave protectors!
Stand firm for future gens
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Appreciate the efforts of #leardblockade protesters. Important, principled work. Thank you for standing up for the planet & our health.
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#leardblockade first- time Tripoder Surya McEwen, 28, Byron Bay: “I feel good. I stand with the Gomeroi people.” pic.twitter.com/TNpWJSjORb -
Loving my role today… being roving support crew & getting to visit 5 awesome blockade teams at #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/NCVG7V2Jzf -
.@beestydi @davidbewart @philYoung17 Felicity Davis of Bayview in Sydney, wrote #leardblockade lyrics to Bob (cont) http://tl.gd/n_1s059bb
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Grateful for those at the #leardblockade. Wish we had a bit more foresight about taking care of this land.
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@leerhiannon It is #Protectors, not protestors. Protectors of endangered habitat for animals and livelihoods of communities #Leardblockade
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Tripoder Surya McEwen at #leardblockade camp “I feel duty bound to counter biz as usual response to eco catastrophe” pic.twitter.com/pTll95C3HE -
@margokingston1 another community blockade of Rocla Calga sand Quarrie.@GOSFORD_ council,#Gosfordconnect pic.twitter.com/B8hVkjFjAR -
.@ANZ_AU why do u care so little about climate change that you fund #Whitehaven to fell an endangered forest for a coal mine?#leardblockade
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MarketForces campaign of protest against @ANZ_AU funding #Whitehaven to fell a forest for a coal mine http://www.marketforces.org.au/anzs-agm-to-remember/ … #leardblockade
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8.30am blockade at Leard State Forest remains in place, blocking all entrances to proposed site. #Leardblockade pic.twitter.com/kYrTjpy38F -
We shall not be moved – blockaders sing at #Whitehaven coal mine construction gate #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/SWi5RNJ5g8
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Filmmaker Jim Gilronan , Sydney , interviews @leerhiannon at #leardblockade for doco on #climatechange #directaction pic.twitter.com/zGuXjg2X3W -
BREAKING: Cherry picker on its way to attempt to remove Tripoder Surya McEwen, 28, Byron Bay. #leardblockade
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HIGH RES PHOTOS: #leardblockade stops Whitehaven Coal construction with protests at 6 locations in Leard State Forest http://www.flickr.com/photos/leardstateforest/sets/72157640231113804/ …
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Hi resolution photos of today’s ongoing #leardblockade at http://www.flickr.com/photos/leardstateforest/ …
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PHOTO: #leardblockade at the main access gate to Whitehaven Coal’s coal mine site at Leard State Forest nr Maules Ck. pic.twitter.com/s3pFocot9j -
BREAKING: Cherry picker to East Link entrance, police at FLAC #leardblockade camp – there 500+ days. All clear at main entrance where I am.
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RT @margokingston1: “Almost all of NSW’s prime agricultural land is open to mining or gas extraction.” http://www.theland.com.au/news/agriculture/general/news/who-is-safe-from-csg/2685271.aspx … #leardblockade
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Local Tweep Rosemary Nankivell @nocsg at main #leardblockade – profiled dissident Councillor http://nofibs.com.au/2014/01/24/maverick-narrabri-councillor-bevan-oregan-certain-style-country-bloke-leardblockade/ … pic.twitter.com/MeWN4UOLOw -
First MSM on scene @PRIME7Tamworth reporter @freya_cole interviews local farmer Ros Druce at #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/ZaZlKAWhRt -
@margokingston1 @nocsg Didn’t Bevan O’regan head up the “JOH for PM” campaign in north-west NSW ? Maverick would seem a good descriptor.
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@peter124u dunno – I heard he once stood for One Nation! @nocsg
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@margokingston1 @deccles26 @mazt_t no, @INGDIRECTAUS is 100{17ac88c265afb328fa89088ab635a2a63864fdefdd7caa0964376053e8ea14b3} owned by ING Group.
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Narrabri Councillors showdown on eviction of FLAC #leardblockade camp 1230 today http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2049504/councillors-move-to-allow-protesters-to-stay-at-site/ … via @The_NDL
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.@CEO_INGDIRECTAU thanks – I tweeted correction that ING Direct NOT owned by ANZ – hear u have strong sustainability policy #leardblockade
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BREAKING: Large police convoy arrives at main #leardblockade – goes in through side gate to miner’s side of gate pic.twitter.com/ozbZ3cYrDp -
Police Rescue + paddywagons + at least 8 police at #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/yVyZqvtWiP -
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Police outflank #leardblockade – guarding gate nearby. Plan to escort workers through under police guard. pic.twitter.com/URX18r4Chl -
ABC reporter Noni Walsh @noneew on scene at #leardblockade filing print then audio pic.twitter.com/tcwY6PPuVv -
Follow @GreenpeaceAustP & @margokingston1 for live updates as #leardblockade continues today >> pic.twitter.com/0GeVuVFLWw -
Benny Zable, still putting his body out there for the planet #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/l1z7PeIXP5 -
Police side-gate tactic = Tripoder unprotected by #leardblockade gate-sitters, blockaders discuss next move… pic.twitter.com/XzYgF7McYi -
Protesters stop work at NSW mine http://ow.ly/t0Fsl #leardblockade
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BREAKING: Police Rescue drove to protester attached to forest-clearing machinery inside mine site – holding up 13 machines by pole and ropes
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@margokingston1 imagine a world where those taxpayer-funded police are lined up to protect ancient Red River Gums instead… #LeardBlockade
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PHOTO: “Divest from coal before it’s too late.” #leardblockade against ANZ-funded Whitehaven Coal in NSW forest. http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/leardstateforest/12178810393/ …
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Former Coalition figures in demand by lobbying industry – and yes, for #csg http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/former-coalition-figures-in-demand-by-lobbying-industry-20140126-31gux.html … via @smh #leardblockade
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How coal seam gas is changing the face of rural Queensland http://theconversation.com/how-coal-seam-gas-is-changing-the-face-of-rural-queensland-21064 … via @ConversationEDU #leardblockade
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#leardblockade good luck to the crews out there today! Be sure to stay hydrated and avoid sunburn!
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Hope the #leardblockade goes well today. You’re all an inspiration for standing up for our future #auspol #whitehaven
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Abbott’s G̶r̶e̶e̶n̶ Blue Army: “Open For Business”
RT @margokingston1 Police line up at #leardblockade #lockthegate pic.twitter.com/ZtKkhaCUqv -
PHOTO: person up a tripod blocks another of Whitehaven Coal’s access roads into Leard State Forest. #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/fj7haUBpqV -
A 91 year old Kokoda vet among the brave protesters risking arrest at Maules Creek today http://www.flickr.com/photos/leardstateforest/sets/72157640231113804/ … #leardblockade #whitehaven
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Told ABC radio interviewed #Whitehaven CEO after @noneew report. I will tweet Council eviction meeting – @juliemacken on site #leardblockade
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Photo of blockader Bill Ryan, 91, “We can’t afford this with global warming”. #leardblockade Kokoda Trail veteran pic.twitter.com/Plz410TUkU -
Bill Ryan, 91, Sydney, blocking the #Whitehaven gate this morning. pic.twitter.com/ex62IEd9oR -
@margokingston1 my dad and Bill were mates some time ago
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@margokingston1 anyway you are all Legends at #leardblockade for standing up to this vile vandalism of coal mining maggots creating havoc
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Much respect to #leardblockade folk attending from far & wide – esp 91yr old Kokoda veteran Bill Ryan. You LEGEND! #lockthegate #auspol
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Protesters stop work at Maules Creek mine site, again | Mining Australia: http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/protesters-stop-work-at-maules-creek-mine-site-aga#.Uub4_jqJ7Os.twitter … via @ozmining #leardblockade #NSW #mining
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@regnans thanks Reg – I forgot #leardblockade !
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Libby Laird and her family support the blockade at the forest originally named after her family. #Leardblockade pic.twitter.com/fTqryIeIOs -
.@SavageNatPelle yep, Bill is an amazing man – Pic with his son Colin, 65 at #leardblockade camp @WildPolitics pic.twitter.com/9l3o0It0dd -
@margokingston1 @SavageNatPelle @WildPolitics Proof that concern abt this issue transcends generations & political leanings #leardblockade
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@LockTheGate statement – first arrest at today’s #leardblockade Update: one protester arrested so far at (cont) http://tl.gd/n_1s05eks
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#Maules Creek #coal project blockade swells #Leardblockade – Echonetdaily: http://www.echo.net.au/2014/01/maules-creek-coal-project-blockade-swells/#.Uub71IYvD7o.twitter …
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#LeardBlockade steps up a notch with large turnout of protesters halting work on new #coal mine http://www.smh.com.au/environment/water-issues/antimining-blockade-steps-up-a-notch-at-maules-creek-20140128-31jsg.html?rand=1390869348497 … #water #environment
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@margokingston1 I believe Bill Ryan at #leardblockade (legend )and Dad John Leitch from “springville Stn”Narrabri were mates a while back
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UPDATE – New high resolution photos from #leardblockade happening right now: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leardstateforest/sets/72157640231113804/ …
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Absolutely loving the personal stories and photos arising from the #leardblockade today! http://www.flickr.com/photos/leardstateforest/with/12180958684/ …
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#leardblockade is giving Maules Creek community hope “we’re not just collateral damage of the #coal industry” http://www.smh.com.au/environment/water-issues/antimining-blockade-steps-up-a-notch-at-maules-creek-20140128-31jsg.html?rand=1390869348497 …
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@GrampaGeorge6 smh has a story, aap, abc @savegloucester
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@georgefwoods who was arrested – Surya? #leardblockade
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@p_hannam hi Peter – Narrabri Council brought forward eviction meeting – now 1220 today – I hope to live tweet #leardblockade
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.@chookelini @margokingston1 No.Mining companies pay almost no tax and most profits go offshore. Taxpayer subsidy. #leardblockade
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Ann Foo, 32, Perth, arrested – first time Tripoder: “This mine is devoid of environmental and economic logic.” pic.twitter.com/CEM6sKhC0z -
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Iconic photos of the community campaign to save Leards Forest from becoming a coal mine http://bit.ly/1dJKKdN #leardblockade #coal #nswpol
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#leardblockade shuts down ANZ & Whitehaven’s destructive coal mine. 2014 the year of consequences, do we let coal & gas destroy our future?
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At #Narrabri Council for Extraordinary Meeting 2 to evict #leardblockade camp – background http://nofibs.com.au/2014/01/24/maverick-narrabri-councillor-bevan-oregan-certain-style-country-bloke-leardblockade/ … pic.twitter.com/ePSR4kgSrb -
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Mayor Conrad Bolton opens meeting to evict #leardblockade camp. pic.twitter.com/nsHcywZm6W -
Stewart Murray, anti-coal farmer, tells Council to stop “taking a political stance” Gallery applause #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/NXzSkyv2hU -
Tony Pickard, farmer, tells Council banning camping from road reserves will kick-off Aborigines too. #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/AbhlsCsGdD -
Andrew Laird, farmer, tells Council it has no legal power to evict #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/RPPmyHPj81 -
Dissident #Narrabri Councillor Bevin O’Regan – eviction from public land “outside authority” #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/0wjATd7Spr -
Cr Robyn Faber – it’s all about fire risk – things can happen when groups gather – Mayor bans photos #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/LhhEySICGm -
Cr John Tough opposes eviction of #leardblockade – ‘The Protesters are here to help us all, and our children.’ http://nofibs.com.au/2014/01/24/maverick-narrabri-councillor-bevan-oregan-certain-style-country-bloke-leardblockade/ …
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@margokingston1 It’s about ACCIDENTS. #csg #Pilliga a disaster waiting to happen. Scores of gas pipeline explosions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents_in_the_United_States_in_the_21st_century …
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#Narrabri Council votes to evict 8-2. Farmer Ron Campey argues with Mayor – “Santos suckers” – “Put them on your property” #leardblockade
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Bevan O’Regan to@me: “Council cannot legally do it because #leardblockade on public land’ Need a COMPLAINT – none! pic.twitter.com/0zLW3Qm4k8 -
Locals protest o/s #Narrabri Council Chambers after vote to evict #leardblockade #Pilliga camps from road reserves. pic.twitter.com/OeSbxeRbr3 -
@margokingston1 Are any lawyers acting to stay the eviction of #leardblockade if council acting outside their power?
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@margokingston1 That means that one of the councillors who put it forward either sat out the vote or voted the other way!
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@theroirocks no, a Councillor opposed to eviction not at meeting. #leardblockade
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Look at these beautiful people doing our work. #LeardBlockade 2014 “The Time HAS come for People versus Big Coal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTLVq9yMb8I …
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Congratulations to the three people who have been arrested for preventing work on the Maules Creek mine today. Four remain #leardblockade
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Leard State Forest protesters risk arrest if they remain disrupting progress in the #Whitehaven mine #Leardblockade pic.twitter.com/aNiBDsuhQT -
Check out @geeksrulz slideshow on #leardblockade volunteers via @justjjoke – made me cry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTLVq9yMb8I …
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Supporters decide to risk arrest to stay with tripod at #leardblockade. 91 Yr old Bill Ryan among them. #Community
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Getting to the end of the day, but we’re standing strong. #leardblockade
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Banner: “Water is life. Coal is death. You choose.” RT @SimonCopland: Protester slowly being removed. #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/6hN8y2O7Ja -
Drawing a line in the sand with our bodies to say NO to #whitehaven coal at #leardblockade pic by our tripod sitter! pic.twitter.com/WCLa1XJ2LF -
Second try by cherry picker to bring Surya McEwen, 28, down from tripod. #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/lfKjCHUMfS -
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Wonderful machines!The tripods, I mean.
RT @margokingston1: We have contact #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/WLz3uuX7JT
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Down you go #leardblockade Applause for Surya McEwen, 28, Byron Bay. pic.twitter.com/wCx1mdAodI -
Australia’s frontline fight against massive coal – update from #leardblockade. Growing community resistance #climate http://350.org/australias-frontline-fight-against-massive-coal/ …
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Suspended. Surya – “He can’t operate the machine, he’s joining the blockade!” #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/VkA7xFc2OD -
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A heated Narrabri Shire Council meeting this arvo. Protestors not happy about eviction. Catch all the details
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@NoFibs “@broomstick33: Maules Creek coal project blockade swells – Echonetdaily: http://www.echo.net.au/2014/01/maules-creek-coal-project-blockade-swells/#.UucWxnn5k7F.twitter … #auspol @abcnews” #leardblockade
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@zippydazipster @AngelaLoRosso Waste of human resources? Or resource in human waste? Beats turning forests into coal mines #leardblockade
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@margokingston1 interesting, is ‘hands on’ during escort SOP. Was he a flight risk, out there? #leardblockade
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I’m told police asked Bill Ryan to move on. He said noand police ealked away. #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/ZPTnEtzKA7 -
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STATE OF PLAY: 4 arrests, 3 tripods still up. #leardblockade has stopped #Whitehaven work for a day.
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@margotkingston #leardblockade Pity #Narrabri council don’t get it that all these protectors are bringing extra money to their town.
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“@ForrestGumpp: Imperial Japanese Army once also asked Bill to ‘move on’ & he said ‘no’, & they (eventually) walked away 2” #leardblockade
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@margokingston1 Thank you all! Will be up with you all soon! #leardblockade
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@margokingston1 Go Bill Ryan, standing up to big coal to save forests !! If this knee wasn’t broken I’d be right behind you #leardblockade
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Melbourne’s @macavitykat is 26, FirstTime Tripod, Arrested “Not doing anything is giving my consent” #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/rUN66Wedye -
@EigenCat @margokingston1 Burning coal from the mine would rank 75th in the world for total emissions http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/24/this-australia-day-us-underdogs-will-fight-big-coal-to-save-maules-creek?CMP=soc_568 … #leardblockade
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Cleaning up after a successful day at #leardblockade I’m going home. It’s been a privilege. #embedded pic.twitter.com/gbX2evKHsL -
What country, friends, is this? Australia Day memories and #Leardblockade @ladyredjess – No Fibs http://nofibs.com.au/2014/01/26/australia-day-childhood-memories-leard-forest-call-leardblockade-action-ladyredjess-leardblockade/ … via @NoFibs
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#COUNCIL TO EVICT ANTI-MINING CAMPAIGNERS DESPITE OBJECTIONS #Leardblockade http://www.nbnnews.com.au/index.php/2014/01/28/council-to-evict-anti-mining-campaigners-despite-objections/ … via @nbnnews
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#leardblockade miners (and banks) get subsidies to destroy forest then subsidies (work for dole) to rehabilitate @vaughan_k @margokingston1
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The campaign to halt Australia’s largest new coal mine heats up: 100 people have joined #leardblockade @350Australia pic.twitter.com/gcTs5y9pgq -
Today was a big day for #leardblockade. Read about this crucial & inspiring campaign & RT to tell your friends! http://bit.ly/1i5UAMr
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So join the #leardblockade rebels. RT @MalcolmFraser12 Dire signs from a warming world. Climate deniers won’t listen http://wapo.st/1btKEqG
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Dear @ANZ_AU Whitehaven is unethical and poor investment. China capping #coal. Stranded assets? http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/newsdesk/energy/data/endless-rise-chinese-coal-use-slows-significantly-2013 … #leardblockade
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Protesters block coal mine from destroying the ancient Australian Leard Forest http://goo.gl/Kc7UAX #leardblockade pic.twitter.com/TC3NZvNG3B
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