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George Monbiot, darling of the grass roots climate movement, has this week ruffled some feathers amongst the activists he professes to admire. He made a scathing attack on the leftist organisers of the Kingsnorth climate camp, that in his own words was amongst “the most inspiring events I’ve ever witnessed. I am awed by [...]

This month QLD Premier Anna Bligh has announced plans for three new coal mines, a 500k rail link and the first new coal port for 25 years to be sited at Port Clinton in Shoalwater Bay.
The project represents a 40% increase in coal exports from QLD, already the world’s biggest exporter of coal. [...]

on monday i went along to the may day rally in brisbane. i was on my own and at a bit of a loose end because i didn’t think which union i would walk with and forgot that i was no longer in the ‘in’ (A) crowd. so i joined the stolen wages crew, and [...]

Invasion Day drew around a thousand people in Brisbane despite the blazing heat.

Murris, friends and supporters of the first Australians were joined by people from all over the country, including a big contingent from the Sydney Koori community and Lex Wotton, the man charged with inciting the 2004 riot on Palm Island.
The crowd shouted a [...]

This year I had the privilege of being invited to speak on behalf of the BHP Shareholders for Social Responsibility at the BHP Billiton AGM, the world’s biggest mining company, in Brisbane.
And while it some of it approached sleep-inducing, my eyes were nonetheless open wide by the end of it.  Technologically the experience was stunning. [...]