6 things that won the #VicGasBan
Today it was finally announced by the Andrews Labor government that a permanent ban on unconventional gas is to be legislated in Victoria. It is a huge and significant announcement …
Harvesting resistance
On the first weekend of November 2015 a significant event took place on a farm near the small town of Breeza, NSW. More than 500 people gathered for the Liverpool …
Civil disobedience in the public interest
It’s a challenging process to write a submission for a parliamentary inquiry that seems so likely have a forgone conclusion. The committee that is examining the tax deductible status and …
it is alive
Whew! After nearly 18 months since we first discussed it, we are so thrilled to say that our Legals Handbook is alive! And has been released into the wild. Much …
Honouring the rebel
There is this strange feeling in my gut. It’s like a mix of old pain from long ago, and too much caffeine, and an uneasy churn. And it tastes brittle …
Spring into action
Haven’t written for a while – between a well earned break and launching back into a hectic time, we’ve been a bit remiss. There is some great movement around the …
Don’t frack with them: Seaspray 1, Rinehart 0
The little room was overflowing so we moved. Packed up chairs and shuffled them into the basketball auditorium. It was a pretty good turnout for a tiny town like Seaspray, Victoria …
Building alliances against big coal
From a farming community and a small base camp, the campaign to save Maules Creek and the Leard state forest in New South Wales, from being turned into a massive …
Nana’s lock down parliament
We were really happy to support a great action at Parliament House in Canberra on the 21st June. We headed from Melbourne with a contingent of folks from Quit Coal …