Progress from the Start of Save Our Macleay River

by | 14 Dec 2018 | AACSGaM, Habitat

In 2013, a group of consultants made several recommendations to Government about how to deal with the arsenic contaminated tailings from a processing facility at Urunga. One option presented was to truck 30,000M3 for storing and possibly processing to Hillgrove, on...

Book Launch: ‘Locked On!’

by | 5 Dec 2018 | AACSGaM, Event

Friday 7th December, 5.30 pm Reader’s Companion, 149 Beardy St Mall This event launches Marty Branagan’s illustrated novel ‘Locked On! The Seventh and Most Illegal in the Hitchhiker’s Guide Trilogy’. It’s a fictionalised account of the Leard Forest blockade against...

The Future is Not for Sale

by | 5 Dec 2018 | AACSGaM, Climate, Event, Stop Adani

Concerned members of our community who are angry at the news this week that ADANI will be proceeding are invited to join a march to give voice to your concern.  The Reef, Queensland’s Artesian Water, the climate, the traditional owners, the environment, our young...

Spring into the Pilliga 2018

by | 31 Oct 2018 | AACSGaM, Event

hosted by the Pilliga Pottery and the Wilderness Society from 6pm on November 2 to 2pm on November 4, 2018 Gather amongst the birds and wildflowers in the iconic Pilliga forest and connect with the growing movement to protect forest, farms and water from coal seam...

The results are in: Narrabri wants renewable energy

by | 22 Oct 2018 | AACSGaM

The North West Alliance and Lock the Gate conducted door-to-door surveys in Narrabri from July to September knocking on 2,300 doors and collecting survey responses from 840 people. The results of the survey show overwhelming positivity in Narrabri towards renewable...

A historic opportunity: support National Parks in NSW

by | 16 Oct 2018 | AACSGaM

This week, the Liberal-National Government will introduce the National Park Estate (Reservations) Bill 2018 to Parliament. This Bill will add a small amount of land to the national parks system, much less than what has been identified as critical for conservation....

October Leard Pilliga Tour

by | 16 Oct 2018 | AACSGaM, Event | 2 comments

Hi, Places are available for all tours. An all wheel drive vehicle is preferable as the unsealed roads can be potholed and corrugated. It is advised to fill up in Narrabri on the way to the Pilliga town ship, before starting the tour, and again on returning to...

We need a Stop Adani Armi!

by | 26 Sep 2018 | AACSGaM, Event

Adani have illegally started work, cut the cost of their rail line in half, and say they have locked in the funding they need for their coal mine. Adani is more determined than ever. The majority of Australians don’t support Adani, yet our new Prime Minister is a big...