Across the country people are ready to show the coal seam gas industry - and our governments - that we will not allow our water, land and health to be jeopardised for short-term greed.
It started with town hall meetings: just a handful of locals 'locking the gate' against mining companies taking over their land. But with so much of our country now under threat from dangerous coal seam gas mining and fracking, this movement is growing week by week. Already, thousands of locals have marched against local CSG projects in Sydney and across the eastern seaboard.
This Sunday it goes national, with dozens of community events around the nation, all organised by grassroots local groups.
It will take all of us - each and every one - to stand up for our land, our water, our farmers and our communities. So bring the kids, pack water, snacks and sunscreen, and we’ll see you there:
www.getup.org.au/sunday
It comes down to our people power versus huge corporations who don't blink at lying to get their way.
This week, a Fairfax reporter uncovered that the mining industry’s own "we want CSG" ad features an employee of one of their multinational consultants, posing as a supposedly independent environmental scientist. Despite the deep corporate profits paying to put a positive spin on a poisonous practice, new research finds the majority of Australians hold negative views about coal seam gas extraction.
Yet bad PR alone won’t stop it. Right now, power is so weighted in favour of big mining companies that Australian farmers can't even legally stop coal seam gas extraction on their own land. Independent MP Tony Windsor has had to introduce a special bill just to allow the federal government power to veto projects on especially sensitive areas – and Labor and Liberal have yet to say whether they’ll even support it.
This we know: it will take all of us doing what we can to stop this madness. Stand up on Sunday at a special community event near you.
What: Katoomba rally & Gasland screening
When: 11:15am, Sunday 16th October
Where: Echo Point, Katoomba
Need to know: Walk from Echo Pt to Carrington Park for a rally, followed by a screening of Gasland. All welcome!
For more info and to RSVP, click here!
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