Clouds Creek
@cloudscreek.bsky.social
Meredith Stanton - Koala, greater glider and local forest guardian.
#SaveCloudsCreek and Nymboida River forest habitats in the #KoalaPark b4 it's too late!
#SaveCloudsCreek and Nymboida River forest habitats in the #KoalaPark b4 it's too late!
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Clouds Creek
@cloudscreek.bsky.social
· Sep 12
Glider Reviver! We did it! 🥳 🙏 ☮️ 💚
Clouds Creek Greater Glider Sanctuary is protected from logging!
420 days of dawn vigil to hear the #GreatKoalaNationalPark announcement with a moratorium on logging across 176,000 hectares! Congratulations forest defenders and koala lovers!
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Clouds Creek Greater Glider Sanctuary is protected from logging!
420 days of dawn vigil to hear the #GreatKoalaNationalPark announcement with a moratorium on logging across 176,000 hectares! Congratulations forest defenders and koala lovers!
🐨🌳 🥰
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Wendy Bacon & Tracey Carpenter two of six Knitting Nannas arrested @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade last weekend in Newcastle.
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Wendy Bacon & Tracey Carpenter two of six Knitting Nannas arrested @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade last weekend in Newcastle.
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Hundreds took to the water intending to be arrested at #RisingTide but police used discretion to arrest or not, and to cherry-pick which charges to lay. Investigative journalist and Knitting Nanna Wendy Bacon with her wrap of @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade.
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
Rising Tide, rising backlog. Coal protests too big for Zero Tolerance, police & courts - Michael West
156 people arrested during the Rising Tide protests, which closed the world's biggest coal port at Newcastle. Wendy Bacon was one of them.
michaelwest.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hundreds took to the water intending to be arrested at #RisingTide but police used discretion to arrest or not, and to cherry-pick which charges to lay. Investigative journalist and Knitting Nanna Wendy Bacon with her wrap of @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade.
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
#FreedomOfInformation #FOI #auspol
#FreedomOfInformation #FOI #auspol
✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: End Government Secrecy
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. But the Labor Government’s proposed changes to freedom of information laws threaten ...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
#FreedomOfInformation #FOI #auspol
#FreedomOfInformation #FOI #auspol
Forestry Corporation posts another multi-million-dollar loss in native forest division
echo.net.au/2025/12/fore...
Forestry Corporation lost $85 million over 4 years...
‘Taxpayers are paying an exorbitant cost to subsidise private sawmillers to log native forests.’
#nswpol #EndNativeForestLogging
echo.net.au/2025/12/fore...
Forestry Corporation lost $85 million over 4 years...
‘Taxpayers are paying an exorbitant cost to subsidise private sawmillers to log native forests.’
#nswpol #EndNativeForestLogging
Forestry Corporation posts another multi-million-dollar loss in native forest division
The Forestry Corporation’s loss of $32 million from its hardwood logging operations last year, coupled with their ongoing failure to honour wood supply agreements, shows that logging public native for...
echo.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Forestry Corporation posts another multi-million-dollar loss in native forest division
echo.net.au/2025/12/fore...
Forestry Corporation lost $85 million over 4 years...
‘Taxpayers are paying an exorbitant cost to subsidise private sawmillers to log native forests.’
#nswpol #EndNativeForestLogging
echo.net.au/2025/12/fore...
Forestry Corporation lost $85 million over 4 years...
‘Taxpayers are paying an exorbitant cost to subsidise private sawmillers to log native forests.’
#nswpol #EndNativeForestLogging
141 arrested including youth at Newcastle coal port blockade
www.echo.net.au/2025/12/141-...
#risingtide #phaseoutcoalgas
www.echo.net.au/2025/12/141-...
#risingtide #phaseoutcoalgas
141 arrested including youth at Newcastle coal port blockade
Police on Sunday were reporting 141 people arrested at this year’s coal port blockade protest in Newcastle.
www.echo.net.au
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
141 arrested including youth at Newcastle coal port blockade
www.echo.net.au/2025/12/141-...
#risingtide #phaseoutcoalgas
www.echo.net.au/2025/12/141-...
#risingtide #phaseoutcoalgas
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BREAKING‼️ Greenpeace have scaled and blocked a coal ship bound for Newcastle today for #RisingTide, deploying a banner with a message to Labor 👉🏼 “Phase Out Coal and Gas”.
www.greenpeace.org.au/news/greenpe...
www.greenpeace.org.au/news/greenpe...
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
BREAKING‼️ Greenpeace have scaled and blocked a coal ship bound for Newcastle today for #RisingTide, deploying a banner with a message to Labor 👉🏼 “Phase Out Coal and Gas”.
www.greenpeace.org.au/news/greenpe...
www.greenpeace.org.au/news/greenpe...
Those naughty Knitting Nannas sure are legends!
#RisingTide
#RisingTide
5 Nannas aboard a tinnie first to break through the police line at Newcastle Harbour. Ship about to enter the harbour turns back …. we turned the ship around! #RisingTide #ClimateAction
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Those naughty Knitting Nannas sure are legends!
#RisingTide
#RisingTide
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Oops‼️ This coal ship TURNED AWAY due to the #RisingTide disruption of the world’s biggest coal port ✊🏽💚✊🏼
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Oops‼️ This coal ship TURNED AWAY due to the #RisingTide disruption of the world’s biggest coal port ✊🏽💚✊🏼
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Nannas standing with First Nations Tiwi and Timor Leste in their battle to protect Country (Land and Sea) to stop Gas expansion disaster. Building communities of hope at The People’s Blockade #RisingTide #KnittingNannas #SeoofNations
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Nannas standing with First Nations Tiwi and Timor Leste in their battle to protect Country (Land and Sea) to stop Gas expansion disaster. Building communities of hope at The People’s Blockade #RisingTide #KnittingNannas #SeoofNations
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Jonathon Dykyj originated from Central Queensland and knows first hand the boom and bust impact on communities from their rover-reliance on coal and gas. He's now a local Newcastle parent and was one of the swimmers arrested at #RisingTide this afternoon. Thanks Jono!
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Jonathon Dykyj originated from Central Queensland and knows first hand the boom and bust impact on communities from their rover-reliance on coal and gas. He's now a local Newcastle parent and was one of the swimmers arrested at #RisingTide this afternoon. Thanks Jono!
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Mina Bui Jones is a resident of the Hunter Valley region that is overly reliant on the boom and bust of coal prices. She was arrested this afternoon with #RisingTide, demanding a 78% tax on coal exports to help fund a just transition away from the dangerous fossil fuel economy 💚
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Mina Bui Jones is a resident of the Hunter Valley region that is overly reliant on the boom and bust of coal prices. She was arrested this afternoon with #RisingTide, demanding a 78% tax on coal exports to help fund a just transition away from the dangerous fossil fuel economy 💚
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Newcastle Port now closed to coal ships! Wish we had drone footage of 5 Nannas in a tinny breaching 100m exclusion zone in an ‘exciting back &forth with police boats’. (Observers report). No arrests. Harbour authorities closed the port to coal ships. @risingtideaus.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Newcastle Port now closed to coal ships! Wish we had drone footage of 5 Nannas in a tinny breaching 100m exclusion zone in an ‘exciting back &forth with police boats’. (Observers report). No arrests. Harbour authorities closed the port to coal ships. @risingtideaus.bsky.social
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"Thousands gather in Newcastle Harbour as Rising Tide flotilla blocks coal exports" #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
"Thousands gather in Newcastle Harbour as Rising Tide flotilla blocks coal exports" #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
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Champions‼️ Thousands of protesters including Greens leader Larissa Waters have gathered for the annual climate protest/festival in world’s largest coal export port 💚👇🏽
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Champions‼️ Thousands of protesters including Greens leader Larissa Waters have gathered for the annual climate protest/festival in world’s largest coal export port 💚👇🏽
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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This is civil disobedience‼️ We've asked 'nicely' for decades. Disobeying institutions that abuse power to deliberately harm those less powerful is a vital tenant of a healthy democracy. There is still time to join is at #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is civil disobedience‼️ We've asked 'nicely' for decades. Disobeying institutions that abuse power to deliberately harm those less powerful is a vital tenant of a healthy democracy. There is still time to join is at #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
Please SIGN: 240 NGOs, Indigenous peoples and grassroots movements are uniting against the TFFF. Together we say: our forests are not for speculation, our lives are not collateral. Stand with this global alliance. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
Rainforest protection is not a profit machine: Stop the TFFF!
The COP30 World Climate Conference in Brazil saw the launch of the new Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) to finance conservation. Yet instead of addressing the causes of deforestation, the TFFF...
rainforest-rescue.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Please SIGN: 240 NGOs, Indigenous peoples and grassroots movements are uniting against the TFFF. Together we say: our forests are not for speculation, our lives are not collateral. Stand with this global alliance. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing
Ken Henry
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
Ken Henry
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing
Ken Henry
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
Ken Henry
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding
Georgina Woods
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
Georgina Woods
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding
Georgina Woods
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
Georgina Woods
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
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🥳 HUGE shout-out to everyone travelling to the Blockade from outside of Newcastle! There's info on how to get there from your local hub in the Guide docs.google.com/document/d/1... see you there comrades! 🎉🌊
The People's Blockade 2025 GUIDE [PUBLIC]
The People’s Blockade Guide 2025 Make history as we escalate for the climate Protest Camp: Thur Nov 27 - Tue Dec 2 Protestival: Flotillas + Festivities: Sat 29 + Sun 30; Climate Concert: Sat 29 If yo...
docs.google.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🥳 HUGE shout-out to everyone travelling to the Blockade from outside of Newcastle! There's info on how to get there from your local hub in the Guide docs.google.com/document/d/1... see you there comrades! 🎉🌊
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The Deputy Mayor of #Gloucester will be with us, among thousands - hope you’re also joining our climate defence protestival this weekend in #NewcastleNSW.
www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/912032...
www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/912032...
Why I always take part in Rising Tide's protest: deputy lord mayor
Opinion | 'If we give up, our collective failure will negatively impact everyone and everything'
www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Deputy Mayor of #Gloucester will be with us, among thousands - hope you’re also joining our climate defence protestival this weekend in #NewcastleNSW.
www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/912032...
www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/912032...
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Wilcox being brilliant again. What a woman.
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Wilcox being brilliant again. What a woman.
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Rising Tide Protestival is underway. These Nanna faces do the talkin’. (See the red line on the ship? It shows the ship is empty if visible. The load of coal is heavy, the red is underwater, the ship is full of
Coal. Off to offload its Scope 3 emissions elsewhere. Not our concern, they say.)
Coal. Off to offload its Scope 3 emissions elsewhere. Not our concern, they say.)
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Rising Tide Protestival is underway. These Nanna faces do the talkin’. (See the red line on the ship? It shows the ship is empty if visible. The load of coal is heavy, the red is underwater, the ship is full of
Coal. Off to offload its Scope 3 emissions elsewhere. Not our concern, they say.)
Coal. Off to offload its Scope 3 emissions elsewhere. Not our concern, they say.)
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News from the Nannas on day one of the Rising Tide Protestival knittingnannas.org/2025/11/28/r...
Rising Tide Blockade Day 1
Thursday 27 November: Nannas arrive at Rising Tide Blockade, Labor makes a deal with the Greens, watching coal ships coming and going in Newcastle coal port.
knittingnannas.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
News from the Nannas on day one of the Rising Tide Protestival knittingnannas.org/2025/11/28/r...
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Citizen scientists act to prevent destruction of endangered Glider Habitat
A citizen scientist has taken direct action in an effort to protect habitat critical to the endangered Greater Glider, amid growing tensions over native forest logging east of Armidale.
A citizen scientist has taken direct action in an effort to protect habitat critical to the endangered Greater Glider, amid growing tensions over native forest logging east of Armidale.
Citizen scientists act to prevent destruction of endangered Glider Habitat
A citizen scientist has taken direct action in an effort to protect habitat critical to the endangered Greater Glider, amid growing tensions over native forest logging east of Armidale.
www.netimes.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Citizen scientists act to prevent destruction of endangered Glider Habitat
A citizen scientist has taken direct action in an effort to protect habitat critical to the endangered Greater Glider, amid growing tensions over native forest logging east of Armidale.
A citizen scientist has taken direct action in an effort to protect habitat critical to the endangered Greater Glider, amid growing tensions over native forest logging east of Armidale.
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World’s best climate-smart farmers under threat from science cuts
Australian farmers have been confirmed as the world’s leading climate-smart producers in the same week the Government moves to cut the CSIRO scientists that help them do it.
Australian farmers have been confirmed as the world’s leading climate-smart producers in the same week the Government moves to cut the CSIRO scientists that help them do it.
World’s best climate-smart farmers under threat from science cuts
Australian farmers have been confirmed as the world’s leading climate-smart producers in the same week the Government moves to cut the CSIRO scientists that help them do it.
www.netimes.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
World’s best climate-smart farmers under threat from science cuts
Australian farmers have been confirmed as the world’s leading climate-smart producers in the same week the Government moves to cut the CSIRO scientists that help them do it.
Australian farmers have been confirmed as the world’s leading climate-smart producers in the same week the Government moves to cut the CSIRO scientists that help them do it.