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PROTESTORS STORM BOGGABRI WHITEHAVEN OFFICE

50 people stormed the Boggabri Whitehaven coal office today, in protest of the approval of the Maules creek coal mine.

It comes as the former environment minister Tony Burke’s decision to approve the mine is being challenged in the federal court.

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  1. NBN News should request and receive authorisation prior to entering a place of business and filming for a news article.

  2. Great news..
    this is just the start….
    the are about to RIP down 54 % of LEARD STATE FOREST.. mid october is begins..
    we need the 50 of the activists. trying to show the country how they are going to drain the underground water for 1000 years… (which is THEIR number not ours.. yes the mining companies have actually stated they will use up the water for 1000 Years)
    WE NEED NUMBERS !!!!! we need 500 helpers on horse back, on moto-X bikes.. hikers. rock and tree climbers…
    REMEMBER.. this is a STATE FOREST…. approved to clear 54 % !?!?!?!? WTF ?!!!?
    and spitting out 90 % dirt to get to 10% coal.. piling up 600 M high DUST PILE to blow away…
    draining FARMER’S CROPS !!!!

    laying off 50 mine workers at a time.. with no warning, no back pay, no severance pay, and no way of paying to get home with all their gear or vehicle !!!!!

    PLUS !!! they want to rip up surrounding STATE FORESTS to put a RAILWAY IN !!!!
    BYE BYE TRUCK DRIVING JOBS SOON TOO… not sure if the truck drivers know about the railway… (indpendant company. already hired staff. to take their jobs !?!?!)

    THIS IS MADNESS !!! Gillard only got in cause the mining companies wanted her there.. first thing she did was scrap the mining tax …

    COME ON AUSSIES !!! WE NEED YOU IN LEARD STATE FOREST RIGHT NOW !!!!
    NARRABRI !!!! you should be angry as !!!!!! A once awesome cotton, cow, dairy, sheep .. EVERYTHING… is being SUCKED DRY !!!! and you will all be forced to either move to the city .. (which is the plan of agenda 21)
    OR
    being paying way way more.. for IMPORTED !!! GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD !!! (toxic, deadly, chemical GMOs)

    If that is NOT what you want….
    then a CAMPING TRIP IN LEARD STATE FOREST IS NEEDED .. !!!
    mid october they start tearing the forest down.. 54 % if not approved for more…..

    food . camp site.. cooking area… water…. swiming. toilet. shower.. amazing people..
    come be empowered and see what NBN doenst show you…

    THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! NBN this story was awesome… and you got our real message across.. THANK YOU !!!!!

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