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XR SA Rebels challenge government ‘right to cause harm’
Dec 17, 2021
No penalties for civil disobedience actions drawing attention to Sussan Ley’s High Court appeal and NAB fossil fuel support
Extinction Rebellion blockade Exxon Mobil depot in Yarraville, Melbourne
Dec 13, 2021
Locked on rebels urge others to join non-violent direct actions and civil disobedience.
XRWA Grandparents lock-on protest at Woodside HQ in Perth
Dec 12, 2021
Woodside's 'gas led recovery' will make the $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project the most polluting fossil fuel project ever approved in Australia.
Melbourne Groups Rally for all Life and Habitat
Dec 11, 2021
Led by a giant burning, animated koala, an alliance of community groups marched slowly through central Melbourne.
Star Wars themed action at NAB HQ “We are calling it what it is: evil”
Dec 09, 2021
Extinction Rebellion visited the Melbourne headquarters of National Australia Bank (NAB) to highlight the bank’s status as climate criminals who have joined the ‘dark side’.
XR Tasmania Invites Hobart Shoppers To Step Right Up To A Planet Clearance Sale
Dec 01, 2021
XR skeletons came out to play in Hobart on the corporate-driven ‘Black Friday’ festival of consumerism.
Blockade Australia Activist sentenced to 12 months in prison for Newcastle Coal Port Actions
Nov 24, 2021
Coal is killing us. We do not consent to the destruction of our life support systems. Now, for demanding life, they’re jailing us.
Police Stop Protesters from entering Carbon Capture AGM and Symposium in Torquay
Nov 22, 2021
Climate groups and coastal communities came together on Victoria's Great Ocean Road on Monday to confront gas companies with the real truth behind carbon capture and storage.
Climate activists in ACT and WA turn up the heat on NAB
Nov 15, 2021
XR Rebels occupied the Canberra City NAB, 'greenwashing' and graffitiing the bank's windows, accompanied by street theatre and fossil fuel wraiths. NAB branches in Perth were visited by WA activists including the XRWA Drum group and 'Say No to Scarborough Gas'.
Pile of shit dumped at Federal Finance Minister’s office after failed COP26 summit
Nov 12, 2021
Extinction Rebellion activists have dumped an enormous pile of shit outside the office of Federal Finance Minister Simon Birmingham in South Australia.
Sydney rebels pour scorn on NAB’s new policy greenwash
Nov 09, 2021
NAB's updated oil and gas policy allows it to continue funding expansion of the fossil fuel industry, in spite of pledging to 'measure itself against' the global goal of net zero emissions by 2050.
Global Day for Climate Justice marks the mid-point of COP26
Nov 07, 2021
A burning koala in a mock funeral procession in Naarm/Melbourne was one of many climate actions and protests across the world.