Black Gully Music Festival 2022
10am SAT NOV 9th

Every year Armidale folk gather at Black Gully (behind NERAM) to celebrate community, music and biodiversity
Armidale Vegetable Sowing Guide
This guide shows planting time periods that should allow you to get a crop in Armidale.
Lightbulb Moments
Take control of your electrical use & costs with this Resource Guide Online PDF and Print PDF for welfare agencies to assist clients, colleagues and community.

Pilliga Ultra — 16 October

Register now for this bucket list, life-changing, wild run – choose to run 6km, 20km or 50km – only 100 places available.

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Vale Beth Williams

Photo from Armidale Express, 3 July 2015, ‘Beth still battling three decades on’.

Beth Williams was well known to many of us in full article »

NSW National Party under pressure as ‘Zombie’ PELs come alive in Parliament

Legislation to cancel twelve so-called ‘Zombie’ coal seam gas exploration licences across North West NSW, including in the Upper Hunter, has been formally introduced to full article »

NSW Government mobilises plans to frack for gas in Western NSW

Tights Sands gas mining (unconventional gas) is once again on the agenda after the NSW Government quietly reopened the Preliminary Regional Issues Assessment (PRIA) for full article »

WATCH Forest Defenders: The fight to protect Tasmania’s native forests

Join us for the screening of Forest Defenders: The fight to protect Tasmania’s native forestson Tuesday, 23rd February, from 7pm at 295 Rusden Street, Armidale. full article »

High Court win over Acland coal mine

Fantastic news! On February 3rd — the farming community of Acland in south-east Queensland have won an important victory in the High Court over a full article »

The film Wild Things opens in cinemas on February 4th

The nearest screenings/cinemas to Armidale are:

From 4 February in cinemas –

Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah Star Court Theatre, Lismore Gala full article »

Armidale: Protect Our Future, Not Gas, National Day of Action

We will hold a protest at the truck parking just north of the Northern roundabout from 3-5pm Sat 28th November. Support Protect Our Future, full article »

Ask Lloyd’s to fund our future not Adani

We’re looking forward to seeing you this Wednesday night for our massive online rally calling on Lloyd’s of London to ditch fossil fuels and walk full article »

VIDEO: Wrap vid #FundOurFutureNotGas School Strike 4 Climate

Friday was School Strike 4 Climate’s broadest day of action yet! From small towns to big cities, online and offline, tens of thousands of people full article »

Climate change action stymied by Australian business lobby, UK think tank finds

A UK-based climate think tank has named the Minerals Council of Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the NSW Minerals Council full article »

Wangan and Jagalingou warriors re-establish control of Country to #EvictAdani

“We, the Wangan and Jagalingou tribal warriors have re-established control of access to our Country leading to the Adani Carmichael Coal Mine site to full article »

Armidale NPA presentation to IPC Narrabri Gas Project hearing

Lynne Hosking for Armidale Branch National Parks Association

Monday 20 July @ 3:50 pm

Thank you for the opportunity of meeting with you.

Armidale NPA full article »

Pat Schultz on behalf of AACSG&M objection to Narrabri Gas Project submission

Narrabri Gas Project Presentation. Tuesday 21st July 2020

Armidale Action on Coal Seam Gas and Mining (AACSG&M) objects to Narrabri Gas Project.

I am speaking full article »

THE PLUNDERING OF PILLIGA — Only 40 copies left!

The book ‘The Plundering of Pilliga and Leard Forest and the surrounding farmlands’ is available. It has information about the damage caused to Leard and full article »

Last day to register to speak at The Public Hearing into the Narrabri Gas Project

If you would like to apply to speak at the Hearing of the Independent Planning Commission (IPC) re Santos Coal Seam Gas (CSG) Project in full article »

AACSGaM Presentation to IPC Hearing on Vickery Extension

Dear All, Here is the presentation I just made to the IPC Hearing regarding the Vickery Extension on behalf of AACSGaM. Stay safe, Bea full article »

VIDEO: Stop Vickery Mine Expansion — make a submission

As you may be aware, Groups are preparing to send submissions to the Independent Planning Commission in relation to the Vickery Mine Expansion, which will full article »

Platypus Prophecy Special Episode: Jeremy Buckingham on stopping the Narrabri CSG project

It’s decision time on the Narrabri gas project. Time for action!

It’s happened. The NSW Government officially backed approval of the Santos Narrabri Gas full article »

Quarterly Essay: The Coal Curse

Australia is a wealthy nation with the economic profile of a developing country – heavy on raw materials, and low on innovation and skilled manufacturing. full article »

$300m clean energy fund to back fossil-fuel hydrogen projects

The Morrison government has committed $300 million to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and instructed it to invest in new hydrogen energy projects including those full article »

Narrabri Gas Webinar (RSVP now to avoid missing out)

North West NSW farmers need your help! The most protested project in the history of NSW’s planning system – the Narrabri CSG project – is full article »

Shameful report card should mean ‘no’ to Coal Seam Gas in NSW

The CWA of NSW is today calling on the NSW Government to take the necessary steps to end the Narrabri Gas Project, the only current full article »

Update from the climate frontlines

The climate is heating up around Australia, with drought and bushfires ravaging the country. Climate action is heating up too, responding to the emergency full article »

Global Climate Strike

Friday November 29th Central Park, Armidale

After the extraordinary climate strike in September with 7 million taking part across the world on 20th and 27th full article »