Northern Rivers Guardians

Nimbin Environment Centre
Put the date in your diary ……

Protect the Kalang Headwaters –
In solidarity with the Gumbaynggirr Protectors, The Bellingen Environment Centre and Friends of Kalang
The Nimbin Environment Centre
presents
a movie night and information session

Thursday October 31st doors open 5.30pm

Birth & Beyond, 54 Cullen St, Nimbin

Campaign Updates by Anastasia Guise

Chai and Refreshments

Entry by donation

Enquiries Anastasia 0413907014 or NEC 66891441

Hi NRG people,

Please consider going to this event : 30th anniversary dinner at New Leaf on the 27th September. Tickets are available at CEC and New Leaf, flyer attached. Caldera Environment Centre is a flagship for the environment of the Tweed.
Happy birthday, CEC

Sledge

CEC 30 Years Celebration

Dear Stop Adani Tweed followers,

Please know that Council is going to vote on implementation of our “Adani Free Zone” this Thursday, April 19th. The Yes side needs our presence!

Please come at 4 pm to the foot of the stairs at Tweed Shire Council in Murwillumbah , for about half an hour of demonstration and music. Wear something red, or a Stop Adani t-shirt if possible. We would then go into the gallery as observers. During the Community Access part of the evening there will be presentations by Sophia Fletcher and myself on behalf of the Stop Adani movement. The Council meeting agenda will start at 5:30. Our item of interest is No. 19 on the agenda. You should feel free to leave if you feel that you have run out of time!

If you need to contact me about this by phone, I am at 0409181473 .

Please also see below a message from the Brisbane branch of Front line Action Against Coal (FLAC) about going to the occupation site. You can join a group or go independently, but it’s a good idea to do the training first!

From Barry Firth on behalf of Stop Adani Tweed

Stop Adani Tweed is a project of Caldera Environment Centre

Tired of feeling powerless? Feel you should do something to defend the environment for the future? Northern River Guardians, Nimbin and the North Coast Environment Centres are putting on a training day for non violent direct action ( aka NVDA) at Murwillumbah on Saturday March 10th.
Activists who have had success at stopping coal seam gas, slowing the advance of damaging mine projects, and creating National Parks where native forests are protected, etc will share knowledge. The participants will learn skills which will help them be effective and at the same time keeping them safe from aggression and free of violent responses in themselves and others. We invite all those who want to learn or to share to attend.
Direct Action to protect native forests from logging is likely soon. The NSW government should take responsibility to protect our common wealth, but instead proposes a system of self-management for the logging industry. Logging at Limpinwood of a key link in the system of flora and fauna reserves which is a corridor for wildlife has stopped briefly, but is likely to resume in March. We want to be ready.
The extraction of fresh water from Tweed sources and dangerous transport by heavy vehicles may need direct action to be stopped. Fossil fuels company ( such as Adani and SANTOS) are still trying to get their way through corruption of our political processes.
Come and learn techniques that might be useful .
Attendance is free. Gather at the rotunda in the park opposite Sunnyside Shopping Centre at 10 AM. Please bring protection from the sun, something to sit on, and food if you wish. Local shops are close at hand. We will have a lunch break about 12:30 and finish about 3 PM.
See you there.
Scott Sledge
NRG President

Be part of #StopAdani: A Mighty Force!

Dear NR Guardians
Apologies for the late notice but there is a STOP ADANI rally in Brisbane TOMORROW, Tuesday Feb 13. Full details below the note from Stop Adani Brisbane:

WHAT: A noise protest to #StopAdani on day one of Queensland Parliament
WHEN: Tuesday 13th February 8.45-9.00am
WHERE: Outside State Parliament, George St, Brisbane

BRING: Your friends, pots and pans to bang on, whistles, instruments — whatever you can muster to make sure the politicians hear us loud and clear.

WEAR: #StopAdani red!

Hi All, 

You may already know that Stop Adani Brisbane and other orgs are hosting a big NOISY rally on Day 1 of Queensland Parliament next Tuesday 13th February. 

We’d love your help promoting it to your members so we can get a huge turnout. They had 300 in Canberra yesterday with people travelling from as far away as Coffs Harbour to be there. Could we get 300 in Brisbane? Would certainly send a strong message to kick off the year.

It would be fantastic if you could share this Facebook event on your personal and group page.

If you have a database of supporters it would be awesome if you could email them and let them know? All the details are below.

Let me know if you need anything else.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Cheers, Moira

Stop Adani Brisbane
0450 944 114

Make some noise to Stop Adani: 1st day of QLD Parliament

On the first day of Queensland Parliament for 2018, join us to make some noise to #StopAdani!

Adani has taken some big blows – the $1 billion taxpayer loan to Adani is out, 28 global banks have said no, major partner Downer is gone. But this company is determined and will stop at nothing to forge ahead with the mega polluting coal mine.

Whilst the Queensland Government have vetoed funds to Adani directly, they are currently considering handing over public money to coal rail company Aurizon to build the railway instead.

We must tell Premier Palaszczuk: “Keep your promise of no public funds to Adani’s dangerous mine: rule out the Aurizon loan!”

Bring out your pots and pans and your noisemakers as we take part in a special “cacerolazo” (traditional spanish noise protest) to make sure our elected leaders hear us loud and clear — we aren’t going away until Adani is stopped once and for all!

Let’s make sure they see our movement, hear our demands (and our pots and pans!) and feel our power from the first moment the Parliament sits!

Dear Guardians

hope you can make it to what looks like a great night, and the beginning of an important campaign with the launch of Stop Adani Tweed – invite friends and print/pass on the poster if you can ?

Dear friends
Northern Rivers is front and centre in what is set to be Australia’s biggest people-powered campaign since stopping Tasmania’s Franklin Dam in 1983. The Stop Adani Tweed, Byron and Lismore groups have joined over 2 million people worldwide to oppose the biggest coal mine in Australia’s history, Adani’s Carmichael project in Central Queensland’s Galilee Basin.

Northern Rivers is the only region in Australia to achieve coal seam gas-free status. Stop Adani Australia has asked us to rise up again and establish a Northern Rivers Adani-free zone. They say if it can be done anywhere, it can be done here. This would send a resounding message for the rest of Australia to follow. It is only through people power that this mine will be stopped.
You are invited to the Stop Adani Tweed campaign launch and the screening of ‘Guarding the Galilee’, a documentary film that takes us inside the fight to stop Adani coal. Hosted by award-winning actor Michael Caton, the film features farmers, dive instructors and boat operators all concerned about the impacts that Adani’s Carmichael coal mine would have on water resources, climate and the reef.

Also participating in the programme are keynote speakers Mandy Nolan (local comedian, artist, journalist and conservationist) and Tony Barry (renowned TV and movie actor, environmental, indigenous rights and political ‘actorvist’). Local singer/songwriter Sophia Fletcher’s musical performance will include her original song ‘Mine Games, a Message to Adani’. The audience will be invited to join a Q&A session, with expert panelists including recently retired NSW Environmental Defenders Office CEO and environmental lawyer Sue Higginson.

WHERE: Regent Cinema, Brisbane Street, Murwillumbah
WHEN: Wednesday, 13 December [7-9pm with delicious food by Khanthaly and drinks for sale and live music between 6-7pm]
If you wish to book your ticket online, go to http://www.trybooking.com/337282 or RSVP to diceileen@gmail.com . For more information go to https://www.facebook.com/Stop-Adani-Tweed-1982858885325813/ . Attached is a flier with details of this event.

If this mine goes ahead it would open up a coal resource that, if burned, would double Australia’s carbon emissions. Each year 60 million tonnes of coal would be transported along a 388km rail line to a new coal export terminal at Abbot Point on the doorstep of the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef, with an estimated 500 extra coal ships travelling through this area. GetUp has reported that in 2011 a ship carrying Adani coal sank off the coast of Mumbai, devastating beaches, tourism and marine life and Adani did nothing to clean up the mess for five years.

The foreign-owned Adani mine is a local issue. It is our home, our farm, our family, our business, our kids, our grandkids and our Great Barrier Reef that will be affected by the climate change legacy this mine will bring. We can expect more extreme weather events such as the recent floods if we continue to unleash carbon pollution into our atmosphere.

In October thousands of people (including a large gathering at Cabarita Beach) partook in a national day of action to send a strong message to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani that they do not want this fossil fuel-intensive and destructive coal mine. As a result of local ‘Stop Adani’ activism, Tweed and Lismore Councils have resolved that civil construction tenders disclose any involvement they have with the Carmichael mine and that a policy position be considered on trading with entities that provide services to this mine. Byron Council has resolved not to award contracts to companies involved with the Adani mine, and not to contract or engage in services under any existing contract with Downer EDI Ltd or its subsidiaries until they publicly renounce any involvement with the mine.

Please come along to this event, bring your family, and invite your friends. Learn more about what’s at stake and what we still need to do to STOP ADANI.

Looking forward to seeing you for what promises to be a wonderful evening!

Kind regards
Lynette Dickinson
On behalf of Barry Firth
Spokesperson for Stop Adani Tweed
Phone: 02 6676 0615
Mobile: 0413 752 450
Email: diceileen@gmail.com

Hi everyone

You are invited to attend the Tweed Shire Council Community Access session at the Council Chambers, Murwillumbah Civic & Cultural Centre, Tumbulgum Road, Murwillumbah from 4.30pm until 5.15pm tomorrow, 26 October.

Singer/songwriter Sophia Fletcher will be giving a performance during this session to support an important motion (Agenda Item 10) being tabled by Mayor Katie Milne at the meeting which follows this session regarding Council’s stance on very significant matters relating to the Adani mine.

We encourage you to stay until her motion is presented and voted on.

PLEASE WEAR RED so Councillors know you support Katie’s motion.

WE NEED TO FILL THE GALLERY AND MORE !!!!! to show the conservative Councillors that they MUST support Katie.

This is short notice so please urgently spread this message wide to all friends, family and supporters in order that the event is a huge success.

Please see attached photo of recent National Day of Action at Cabarita.

The following is a brief version of Sophia’s CV. Attached is her photo:-

Sophia Fletcher is a passionate, soulful musician who takes the listener on a journey through the musical world of freedom and joy, balanced with sorrow and injustice. She is a heartfelt animal and environmental activist. She has sung and danced since a child, being greatly encouraged by her father. She is a singer/song writer, medical herbalist and naturopath. She has travelled and lived abroad for over a decade, as a professional dancer, teacher and choreographer, also singing in other languages; Greek and Spanish. Her love of music propelled her to pick up a guitar a couple of years ago, and she has never looked back. Her new album “Nature of Truth” is available through her website at www.sophiamusic.com.au.

Hope to see you there.

An opportunity to get inolved in discussion about public transport in our region, the need for rail services to accomodate a growing population of residents and tourists, and having great bike paths without destroying existing rail infrastructure.
Hear from speakers including Katie Milne, Tweed Shire Mayor,
Dr Mehreen Faruqi NSW MP, and Geoff Reid from the Northern Rivers Railway Action group. Plus a screening of our film – Bringing trains back to the Northern Rivers and a special guest.