Anti-mining protestors in the Leard State Forest are breaking camp to move to a better place.
The camp was forced out by the corrupt Narrabri Shire Council. They used the excuse of it being a fire hazard and have now managed to have the state government has change laws to suit the mines by saying it is now illegal to camp longer than two days in a state forest with out a permit.
This will not help people at all and it is people these forests are for not big corporations to make money from. The old camp had been in place for over 500 days and Narrabri council does this sort of behaviour to stop the protest! and now there are attempts to blame each other for this trouble.
The protests are ongoing and it is to stop Whitehaven's plans to build a major mine in the area. Whitehaven have ideas of being in
full production by the middle of next year and remove 13 million tonnes
of coal per year.
Images @ Eminpee Fotography
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