Rising Tide Actions

The Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile, dodged the release of the final report of the Cole Inquiry this afternoon, to be the key dignitary at the official opening of the Sandgate Rail Flyover.

The Flyover is a key plank in plans to double Newcastle coal exports - its sole purpose being to facilitate a greater flow of coal trains into the port.

On short notice, Rising Tide Newcastle crashed the party, calling for a Hunter Valley Coal Inquiry. To which the Honourable Deputy Prime Minister replied: "Get stuffed!"

The politicians celebrating the launch of the Flyover showed the true colours of state and federal governments on climate change, despite the recent posturing.

This story originally appreared on the Climate Independent Media site. Several members of Rising Tide Newcastle attended the Anvil Hill Action Camp and the event described below.

Friday 6th October, Muswellbrook: People from five states today delivered a pledge to the office of Centennial coal to “take whatever action necessary” to stop the proposed Anvil Coal Mine. Today is the closing day of public submissions for the controversial coal mine proposal, that has attracted international criticism for it’s climate change impacts.

On the 20th and 21st September about one hundred coal mining and related companies descended on Gunnedah, to plot the massive expansion of coal mining in the Gunnedah Basin. The conference was titled “The New Coal Frontier”.