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BellingenNSW<p>SLAPP - wear down and silence critics <br>"Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are a tactic used by companies and wealthy individuals to weaponise the courts against those who stand up or speak out for the public interest. These lawsuits are not about justice—they are designed to intimidate, silence dissent, and suppress public debate." <br><a href="https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2024/10/31/anti-slapp-laws" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hrlc.org.au/news/2024/10/31/an</span><span class="invisible">ti-slapp-laws</span></a></p><p>"Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury. <br>Non-profit said in statement lawsuits like this aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’"</p><p>"Legal sources have said the case is a classic example of a Slapp – a form of civil litigation increasingly deployed by corporations, politicians and wealthy individuals to deliberately wear down and silence critics including journalists, activists and watchdog groups. These cases, even when the entities suing lose, cause significant legal costs for defendants and can have a chilling effect."<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/greenpeace-lawsuit-energy-transfer-dakota-pipeline" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/19/greenpeace-lawsuit-energy-transfer-dakota-pipeline</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicDebate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDebate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SLAPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/StandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a></p>
ApaulD<p>Sign an Open Letter to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> from the new suite of repressive laws proposed by the Victorian government! Our freedom of assemby, expression and association is under threat. Come to the rally on March 19, and sign the letter to defend our human rights here: <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a><br><a href="https://wagepeaceau-beyondwarau.nationbuilder.com/defenddissent" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wagepeaceau-beyondwarau.nation</span><span class="invisible">builder.com/defenddissent</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>"The Burrup Peninsula, <br>in WA’s northwest, known as Murujuga to traditional owners, contains the world’s largest and oldest collection of petroglyphs."</p><p>"Disrupt Burrup Hub claims Woodside’s operations in the area and its proposed expansion could produce billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2070 and damage the ancient artefacts."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/10/climate-activists-fined-over-protest-outside-woodside-boss-meg-oneills-perth-home-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/feb/10/climate-activists-fined-over-protest-outside-woodside-boss-meg-oneills-perth-home-ntwnfb</span></a></p><p>Murujuga, Rock Art, Heritage, and Landscape Iconoclasm, José Antonio González Zarandona &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.pennpress.org/9780812251562/murujuga/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pennpress.org/9780812251562/mu</span><span class="invisible">rujuga/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/expansion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expansion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/burrup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burrup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Murujuga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murujuga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/petroglyphs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petroglyphs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RockArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RockArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/iconoclasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iconoclasm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/disrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrupt</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Pine creek forest defenders singing<br>"One day more'<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuo7ZZ5NZ9A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=xuo7ZZ5NZ9A</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pinecreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pinecreek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MidNorthCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidNorthCoast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSWLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSWLogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BiodiversityCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GumbainggirCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GumbainggirCountry</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters<br>Criminalisation and Repression of Climate and Environmental Protests</p><p>"More than 20 per cent of all climate and environment protests in Australia involve arrests, which is more than three times the global average (6.3 per cent)...Australia's arrest rate was the highest of 14 countries in the global study.It's higher than policing efforts in the United Kingdom (17.2 per cent), Norway (14.5 per cent), and the United States (10 per cent)." &gt;&gt;</p><p>"Australia's political leaders have joined the "rapid escalation" of efforts to criminalise and repress climate and environmental protest."<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/australia-leads-world-in-arresting-climate-environment-activists/104721294" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/aus</span><span class="invisible">tralia-leads-world-in-arresting-climate-environment-activists/104721294</span></a></p><p>Study: Criminalisation and Repression of Climate and Environmental Protests, University of Bristol &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristol.ac.uk/dist/f/1182/files/2024/12/Criminalisation-and-Repression-of-Climate-and-Environmental-Protests.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.br</span><span class="invisible">istol.ac.uk/dist/f/1182/files/2024/12/Criminalisation-and-Repression-of-Climate-and-Environmental-Protests.pdf</span></a></p><p>The Global Warning Report: The Threat to Climate Defenders in Australia <br>"That EDO report warned of "a worrying proliferation of anti-protest legislation in Australia," The "systemic repression faced by climate activists across the country," and the "unregulated political influence of the fossil fuel industry driving that repression." &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.edo.org.au/publication/global-warning-report-the-threat-to-climate-defenders-in-australia/#:~:text=The%20Global%20Warning%20Report%3A%20The,fuel%20industry%20driving%20that%20repression" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">edo.org.au/publication/global-</span><span class="invisible">warning-report-the-threat-to-climate-defenders-in-australia/#:~:text=The%20Global%20Warning%20Report%3A%20The,fuel%20industry%20driving%20that%20repression</span></a>.</p><p>"A 2024 position paper from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders that warned of the growing urgency of the "triple environmental crisis of pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change and the global increase in civil disobedience in environmental activism in response to those crises."<br><a href="https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/UNSR_EnvDefenders_Aarhus_Position_Paper_Civil_Disobedience_EN.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unece.org/sites/default/files/</span><span class="invisible">2024-02/UNSR_EnvDefenders_Aarhus_Position_Paper_Civil_Disobedience_EN.pdf</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/criminalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminalisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Indusrty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indusrty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/externalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>externalities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSWLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSWLogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EDO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDO</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters<br>Criminalisation and Repression of Climate and Environmental Protests</p><p>"More than 20 per cent of all climate and environment protests in Australia involve arrests, which is more than three times the global average (6.3 per cent)...Australia's arrest rate was the highest of 14 countries in the global study.<br>It's higher than policing efforts in the United Kingdom (17.2 per cent), Norway (14.5 per cent), and the United States (10 per cent)." &gt;&gt;</p><p>"Australia's political leaders have joined the "rapid escalation" of efforts to criminalise and repress climate and environmental protest."<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/australia-leads-world-in-arresting-climate-environment-activists/104721294" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/aus</span><span class="invisible">tralia-leads-world-in-arresting-climate-environment-activists/104721294</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/externalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>externalities</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/NSWLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSWLogging</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Criminalising peaceful protesters with draconian laws</p><p>“NSW anti-protest laws are anti-democratic and disproportionate, they also raise constitutional and human rights concerns. They must be scrapped.” </p><p>"The proposed laws will add financial penalties up to $22,000 for people who obstruct trains, on top of two years imprisonment....Earlier this year, the Human Rights Law Centre’s Protest in Peril report found that the right to protest has been under attack by governments and institutions over the last 20 years, with NSW having introduced the most anti-protest laws. These laws have disproportionately targeted environmental defenders and people advocating for action on climate change." <br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/anti-protest-laws-slammed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hrlc.org.au/news/anti-protest-</span><span class="invisible">laws-slammed</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BiodiversityCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Halt all operations in public forests</p><p>"Margo Kingston was arrested on Thursday after locking herself on to machinery at a protest against logging in Bulga state forest in mid-north NSW."</p><p>“I’m taking this action to protect this beautiful and biodiverse forest which is full of koalas and greater gliders,” she said before her arrest."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/10/margo-kingston-arrested-nsw-anti-logging-protest-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2024/oct/10/margo-kingston-arrested-nsw-anti-logging-protest-ntwnfb</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/loggingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loggingIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSWLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSWLogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bulga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bulga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/gliders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gliders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NatureNegative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureNegative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bioNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioNet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/machinery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machinery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MidNorthCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidNorthCoast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/StopNativeForestLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopNativeForestLogging</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>User-pays charges for protests?</p><p>“Adding a financial hurdle to the freedom to protest undermines that very freedom... democracy should not be monetised”.<br>"NSW has enacted the highest number of anti-protest laws of any state, according to a report released earlier this year by the Human Rights Law Centre."<br>&gt;&gt; <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/08/democracy-unions-revolt-chris-minns-palestine-protests-cost-nsw-police" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2024/oct</span><span class="invisible">/08/democracy-unions-revolt-chris-minns-palestine-protests-cost-nsw-police</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Haida people Taking a Stand (roadblock) against old growth forest logging <br>Protecting Mother Earth: Haida Gwaii - Lyell Island Standoff &gt;<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXBI2A8S-xM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=lXBI2A8S-x</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p>"The Stand" delves into the 1985 conflict in which the Haida people defended their old growth forests by forming a human chain to block commercial logging companies on Lyell Island."&gt;<br><a href="https://www.thenorthernview.com/local-news/haida-film-on-historic-clearcut-logging-roadblock-to-premiere-at-viff-7565261" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenorthernview.com/local-news</span><span class="invisible">/haida-film-on-historic-clearcut-logging-roadblock-to-premiere-at-viff-7565261</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/loggingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loggingIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BiodiversityCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSWLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSWLogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/OldGrowthForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldGrowthForests</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>"Our leaders are collaborators with fossil fuel colonialists. This is the source of our communal dread. We act like colonial subjects because, in effect, that’s what we are. A child born now will experience 24 times the number of extreme climate events as a politician born in the 1960s. The IPCC’s latest report states emphatically that to spare the worst effects of climate breakdown there should be no new fossil fuel development." <br>Tim Winton<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/30/our-leaders-are-collaborators-with-fossil-fuel-colonialists-this-is-the-source-of-our-communal-dread" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/sep/30/our-leaders-are-collaborators-with-fossil-fuel-colonialists-this-is-the-source-of-our-communal-dread</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/disrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrupt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateAnxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAnxiety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/livability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/YoungPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoungPeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parenting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Intergenerationaljustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intergenerationaljustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExtremeClimateEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeClimateEvents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Criminalising non-violent climate protesters</p><p>"Emails between fossil fuel lobbyists and lawmakers in Utah, West Virginia, Idaho and Ohio suggest a nationwide strategy to deter people frustrated by government failure to tackle the climate crisis from peacefully disrupting the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure by enacting tough laws with lengthy jail sentences".</p><p>"The findings from dozens of freedom of information requests suggest that the right to peaceful protest is under attack in the US – much like in other major democracies including the UK, Germany, Canada and Australia."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/26/anti-protest-laws-fossil-fuel-lobby" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s</span><span class="invisible">ep/26/anti-protest-laws-fossil-fuel-lobby</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuelIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuelIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GHG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GHG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Environmental defenders jailed</p><p>"In the United Kingdom, participation in a Zoom call that discusses peaceful protest...exposes the participants of the call to the risk of a lengthy prison sentence."</p><p>Daniel Shaw and his co-defendants have been sentenced to spend 4 and 5 years in a prison cell for planning a peaceful protest.</p><p>"The gravity of today’s sentencing decision becomes glaringly obvious when considering the act for which Mr. Shaw has been sentenced: Mr. Shaw participated in a Zoom call that discussed climate change and the organizing of a peaceful environmental protest. This is the factual basis for Mr. Shaw’s conviction and sentence for “conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.”"<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/ACSR_C_2024_26_UK_SR_EnvDefenders_public_statement_18.07.2024.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unece.org/sites/default/files/</span><span class="invisible">2024-07/ACSR_C_2024_26_UK_SR_EnvDefenders_public_statement_18.07.2024.pdf</span></a></p><p>Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25 &gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/18/five-just-stop-oil-supporters-jailed-over-protest-that-blocked-m25" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2024/jul/18/five-just-stop-oil-supporters-jailed-over-protest-that-blocked-m25</span></a></p><p>Protest is the wellspring of democracy – that’s why Labour must repeal the Tories’ draconian laws&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/19/protest-democracy-labour-tories-laws" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">article/2024/jul/19/protest-democracy-labour-tories-laws</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicNuisance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicNuisance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>NSW anti-protest laws criminalise protests</p><p>"Following the sentencing of a climate change protester, civil liberties groups are calling for an urgent repeal of protest laws in New South Wales."</p><p>"The charges come from legislation passed by NSW Parliament in April 2022, which prevents “illegal protesting” on major roads, bridges, tunnels, public transport, and infrastructure facilities. Those who break this law could face a maximum penalty of $22,000, two years in prison or both." </p><p>"In a statement, the NSW Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL), said that section 144G of the Roads Act 1993 (NSW) and section 214A of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) “significantly hinders people’s rights to freedom of movement, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of political communication.” "<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://cityhub.com.au/calls-mount-for-repeal-of-protest-laws-after-climate-protestor-sentenced-to-3-months-in-prison/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cityhub.com.au/calls-mount-for</span><span class="invisible">-repeal-of-protest-laws-after-climate-protestor-sentenced-to-3-months-in-prison/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSWCCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSWCCL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPlaces</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Limiting the Right to Protest </p><p>"The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. But governments across Australia have criminalised people who are peacefully protesting by proliferating a worrying number of anti-protest laws. The right to protest is in peril in Australia."</p><p>"The Protest in Peril report analysed and compiled every single bill across Australia over the last two decades which has impacted upon the right to protest, and has found people’s ability to come together freely and peacefully to speak out on issues they care about is being steadily eroded in Australia."</p><p>"Over the past two decades, 49 laws affecting protest have been introduced in federal, state and territory parliaments. New South Wales has introduced the most anti-protest laws, while South Australia has the toughest financial penalties with fines of up to $50,000 for common protests. These laws have disproportionately targeted environmental defenders and people advocating for action on climate change."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.hrlc.org.au/reports-news-commentary/protest-peril" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hrlc.org.au/reports-news-comme</span><span class="invisible">ntary/protest-peril</span></a><br> <br>Protest in Peril report &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580025f66b8f5b2dabbe4291/t/66839e900f9e01139197fd07/1719901849532/20240703_ProtestInPeril_HRLC-FINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">static1.squarespace.com/static</span><span class="invisible">/580025f66b8f5b2dabbe4291/t/66839e900f9e01139197fd07/1719901849532/20240703_ProtestInPeril_HRLC-FINAL.pdf</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AntiProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a></p>
thejuicemedia<p>The South Australien Government has made an ad about its new anti-protest legislation and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kecnSHmznic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=kecnSHmzni</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p>
Stingray's Badger Friend<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@KarenawokeKaren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KarenawokeKaren</span></a></span> </p><p>I can't believe they won't repeal the anti-protest law, this is the most fascist of legislation</p><p>People were arrested yesterday for *having the potential to cause nuisance* . That's right, no harm done to anyone, and the police in the UK can now arrest you.</p><p>I hate the way my country is governed right now.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SocialistSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialistSunday</span></a></p>
Nicola Paris (ex peacenicsta)<p>Have been too busy working on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> to say hi to new followers and check in over here</p><p>Still getting used to what should get political content warnings so pls advise if this should?</p><p>Unpredecented amount of diverse organisations standing up for protest rights - finally! </p><p> <a href="https://counteract.org.au/millions-raise-voice-for-jailed-climate-activists-anti-protest-laws/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">counteract.org.au/millions-rai</span><span class="invisible">se-voice-for-jailed-climate-activists-anti-protest-laws/</span></a></p>
Blockade Australia<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/conveniencekills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conveniencekills</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a></p>
Alex Kelly<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/ProtectProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectProtest</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> </p><p>Good news!</p><p>Climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco freed from prison while she appeals 15-month jail sentence</p><p>Judge rules Coco, jailed for Sydney Harbour Bridge protest, did not represent a risk to the community</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/13/climate-activist-deanna-violet-coco-freed-from-prison-while-she-appeals-15-month-jail-sentence" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2022/dec/13/climate-activist-deanna-violet-coco-freed-from-prison-while-she-appeals-15-month-jail-sentence</span></a></p>