Up to 3,000 people have donned yellow clothing in the New South Wales north coast town of Murwillumbah as they march in protest to coal seam gas mining.
They were joined by about 1,000 protesters in Sydney's inner-west, who formed a human sign spelling out "Stop CSG".
Murwillumbah rally spokeswoman Amanda Shoebridge says comments by the New South Wales Government this week that coal seam gas mining is inevitable failed to dampen the community's resolve.
"People will really, after news like that, dig their heels in and say well 'actually mate, no, no we're not going to allow CSG in here and you don't have social licence to do it, you don't have the approval of the community and it's not going to happen'," she said.
Stop CSG Sydney spokeswoman Jacinta Green says there is nothing to prevent miners exploring the Sydney basin, water catchments and prime agricultural land.
"Not one inch of New South Wales has been left off limits to the coal seam gas industry," she said.
Similar protests are set to be held across the country as part of a national week of action against the CSG industry.
Protesters are concerned state governments are not doing enough to protect the environment from coal seam gas mining.
Murwillumbah rally spokeswoman Amanda Shoebridge says comments by the New South Wales Government this week that coal seam gas mining is inevitable
Is it really?
"People will really, after news like that, dig their heels in and say well 'actually mate, no, no we're not going to allow CSG in here and you don't have social licence to do it, you don't have the approval of the community and it's not going to happen',"
Does the government give a rat's behind about community concerns, and does it even have the power to stop CSG exploration?
Or is it too busy quarrelling about sexism and misogyny!?
Sidelined by the majority? or the powerful minority Icy?
I reckon all we have to do is simply realise that we outnumber them & that they work for us (which is why they BS so much to win our votes in the first place)......we actually can start forcing change by sheer numbers. Never before in history has it been easier to do that....Social Media is now the deadly weapon of the masses & we should use it accordingly.
I have read the whole thread DY, which mainly addresses CSG production, and I see no relevance in this link of yours DY: Four Corners: America's Broken Dreams, Monday, 8.30pm, ABC1 which has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with CSG production.
It is relevant to the post/posts in which I was responding, as for the OP I still maintain they are a bunch of hippies.
Good post? More of an impractical anarchists manifesto, sans research.
"The mining companies are doing us no favours because they can't mine the ruddy stuff without a labour force. They need us, but we don't necessarily need them. "
I suppose we do not need the investment pipeline of $430 billion dollars that the mineral/mining resources sector & services industry have, and when the local labour force is insufficient we will not whinge whe OS labour is recruited, because currently they are "forced" to use our labour.
Oh gosh the big bad rich, pollies, mining companies, anyone but greedy me/us with lots of rhetoric but minimal effort and a 50 billion a year welfare budget.
"As for there being any difference - in Johnny's last year the wealthiest in this country increased their NET wealth by a record 26% while the rest of us went out backwards."
And the top 25% of taxpayers personally contribute 5 times as much personal tax as the remaining taxpayers
I am always convinced by fact/figures/logic, not overblown personal rhetoric without any backing references.
Come the next election start your own party CP, or even invest in the listed rapacious mining companies.
