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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.
News Corp HQ Blockade in Brisbane/Meanjin
Nov 03, 2021
Extinction Rebellion blockaded the road outside the Brisbane headquarters of News Corp this week. A line-up of speakers, singers, musicians and dancers called out the years of misinformation and denial perpetrated by News Corp.
Rebellions of One across Australia highlight the inadequacy of COP26
Nov 03, 2021
Lone rebels took part in synchronised actions this week in significant locations across Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.
On the first day of COP26, a message to the World
Nov 01, 2021
To symbolise Australia’s Climate Pariah status, and our major parties’ chronic addiction to life-destroying fossil fuels, XR presents two mock politicians literally torching the nation.
XR Rebels blockade ExxonMobil Fuel Depot in Melbourne
Nov 01, 2021
Rebels locked onto a pink boat to prevent the movement of oil tankers for two-and-a-half hours in a climate change protest at ExxonMobil’s Yarraville fuel depot.
Princes Bridge, Melbourne/Naarm "Life Hanging By A Thread"
Oct 27, 2021
As the Morrison Government prepares to go to the Glasgow Climate Talks as a laggard and a wrecker, Extinction Rebellion blocked the Princes Bridge in Melbourne to draw attention to the total inadequacy of current targets.