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1: Rally To Save Ferry Reserve Foreshore, Brunswick Heads

There will be a gathering at Ferry Reserve Foreshore next Sunday, 27th November at 10.30am to highlight encroachment issues and the impact of road closures by Ferry Caravan Park management. Michele & Sarah will walk, talk, discuss and answer questions about the issues a...
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Posted: 22Nov2011 06:38   Similar items

2: Huge Turnout For CSG Rally At Byron Bay On Sunday 16th October

On Sunday over around 3000 people attended a march and rally protesting against coal seam gas mining in Australia and especially the north coast. The organisers were overwhelmed by the turnout, which included many from Grafton and other districts as well as a large nu...
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Posted: 17Oct2011 11:02   Similar items

3: Lock The Gate First Annual Meeting Held In Murwillumbah

Over the weekend of the 11th and 12th of June, The Lock the Gate organisation held its first annual general meeting and get together in Murwillumbah Civic centre. Lock The Gate is the peak body representing community groups fighting coal seam gas mining in Australia.<...
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Posted: 13Jun2011 07:04   Similar items

4: Huge Crowd For Murwillumbah Coal Seam Gas Rally

A huge crowd turned up for the anti Coal Seam gas rally held at Murwillumbah on Sunday 14th May.

Rally organisers counted around 2300 in the march, but there were many more who stayed at Knox park. We could see the beginning of the march coming down the...
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Posted: 15May2011 11:14   Similar items

5: Big Turnout For Anti Coal Seam Gas Meeting In Nimbin

A big crowd of over 200 people attended a coal seam gas forum held at the Nimbin Bush Theatre on April 26th. The attendance far exceeded the expectations of the meeting organisers. The meeting was organised by the Nimbin Environment Centre....
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Posted: 6May2011 03:54   Similar items

6: Toot Sings To Bring Back The Trains To Byron Bay

On Saturday A rally organised by TOOT "Trains on Our Tracks" sang loudly for the return of trains on the Casino to Murwillumbah Railway. The rally was attended by candidates for the seat of Ballina, Simon Richardson (Greens), Karin Kolbe (Independent) and Thomas George ...
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Posted: 14Mar2011 23:25   Similar items

7: Gaslands Shown At Byron Bay

Dayne Pratsky from the Block the Gate Alliance presented the GASLANDS movie at the Dendy cinema in Byron Bay last night. Local Greens including Greens candidate Simon Richardson were present and had an information table outside the cinema.

With tens of ...
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Posted: 2Mar2011 02:24   Similar items

8: Cate Faehrman And Sue Stock Inspect A CSG Drill Site Near Bentley

VIDEO by NR GREENS

NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann and Greens Candidate for Lismore Susan Stock inspect a coal seam gas exploration drill site in Bentley Northern NSW.

Cate is one of the few politicians to monitor the appalling destructio...
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Posted: 21Feb2011 04:08   Similar items

9: Greens MP Cate Faehrmann Visits Keerong Coal Seam Gas Site

Cate Faehrmann Greens MP visited the Northern Rivers last weekend. One of Cate's activities was taking a first hand look at the coal seam gas drilling at Keerong near lismore.
Addressing a group of Northern rivers Greens and concerned residents, Cate said ...
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Posted: 1Feb2011 05:34   Similar items

10: Coal Seam Gas Issue Is Heating Up

Northern Rivers residents have begun to question the benefits of the MetGasCo Coal Seam Methane project in Casino following recent screenings across the region of the film Gaslands.

MetGasCo responded to a query about the possibility of organic chemica...
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Posted: 9Jan2011 00:07   Similar items