Western Downs AllianceCSG Protest Rally’s
There were at least 3 protest rally’s against CSG over the weekend, with people turning out on in the thousands as awareness of the risks associated with this industry grows.
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Environment/2011/05/29/Human_signs_against_CSG_619004.html
3000 Illawarra residents and members of the Stop CSG Mining Illawarra group formed a spectacular human banner spelling out NO COAL SEAM GAS at Austinmer Beach, urging the government to enact a moratorium on coal seam gas mining.
Organisers Ashlee Thompson and Rebecca de Gail only started planning the Anti Coal Seam Gas Rally for the Byron Bay area about a week ago after seeing the protest rally planned for Illawarra.
“When we saw the protest down south we thought we should join in,” she said.
Lock the Gate president Drew Hutton was a guest speaker at the rally, and the 1500-2000 protesters linked up to spell out “NO CSG” across main beach.
http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2011/05/30/spelling-out-mining-opposition-beach-protest-byron/
See photos here:http://www.northernstar.com.au/photos/galleries/coal-seam-protest-byron-bays-main-beach/#num=1&id=coal-seam-protest-byron-bays-main-beach
Coal Seam Gas protesters, who it was feared would disrupt the Beef week parade at Casino,were denied entry to the Beef Week Parade, but police did escort the protestors for their own parade, where they carried their signs and flags in a procession which followed along AFTER the Beef Week parade.