My Health Record – Opting out
UPDATE, 15th November 2018 – Concerns still remain, and the date has been put back again until January 31st 2019 A huge amount has happened since we posted this overview …
News
20 years in jail
This isn’t just a dramatic headline. We wish it was. No, in actual fact it is referring to penalties that citizens could be faced with for nonviolent actions of peaceful …
Art and protest – If a tree falls
Eloise joined our team this year, and writes about her experience as an invited artist, to Tarkine in Motion This year I attended Tarkine in Motion, ran by the Bob …
Family friendly organising
Building a bigger, better movement – Barriers to participation The climate movement has a problem. If you were to put a stereotype on it, its white, middle class, university educated, …
To facebook or not – 7 tips for risk management
The news from Cambridge Analytica has many people up in arms #DeleteFacebook has been a source of debate and discussion. But here is the thing – the horse has bolted. …
Climate Justice Legals Network – LAUNCH
Exciting times! We have been doing this work informally for many years – providing activists with information and legal resources for being involved in safe, peaceful protest. From brand new …
Being an ally on Jan 26 and beyond
NOTE: This was written in 2018 so the event links are out of date and some excellent recent commentary hasn’t been added. Though much of the information remains relevant, the …
Beeliar – one year on
We recently returned to the area that the community defended as part of the campaign to defend the Beeliar Wetlands from the Roe Highway extension. Here are some personal reflections …
SOS! Planetary emergency
It was great to see Students of Sustainability back in full force in July 2017. Held in the politically active community of Newcastle that hosts the worlds largest coal port …
Lawyers network launched
Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS) launched our lawyers network with Amnesty International on the 30th May 2017. CounterAct supports and works with MALS and has found our work increasingly overlapping in …