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Midnight Oil inspires protest against ties to climate criminals
31 Mar 2022
Rebels use ‘burning beds' to block Adelaide traffic outside the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER) office.
Funeral procession for Planet Earth
30 Mar 2022
XR Ballarat added a sombre theme to ongoing Just Stop It actions, on a day of national mourning for Shane Warne, who spoke out about the climate crisis years ago.
Just Stop It: rolling actions stop fossil fuel business as usual
30 Mar 2022
Every generation represented. Everywhere you look. For the sake of all generations.
School Strike 4 Climate calls for action on climate
29 Mar 2022
Students demand that politicians take our future seriously and treat climate change as what it is: a crisis.
XR Vic rebels blockade petrol distribution terminals
28 Mar 2022
Just Stop It. No More Coal, No More Gas, No More Oil. When our governments are failing us, it is the duty of citizens to rebel.
Extinction is Forever. Business as usual = Death
18 Mar 2022
Rebels bring Blinky the Koala to the heart of the Adelaide Fringe Festival, with demands that the government must act now.
Queenslanders count the cost of climate change
17 Mar 2022
Jo sent XR Brisbane/Meanjin this photograph, taken as her family watched the waters rise in Logan.
Federal Court duty of care decision is unacceptable
15 Mar 2022
XR Australia is outraged at the Federal Court dismissal of Environment Minister’s climate duty of care.
Protesters mark Mardi Gras with political rally
5 Mar 2022
For the second year in a row, activist groups including Rainbow Rebellion Sydney staged a counter-protest before the televised Mardi Gras Parade.
Pikachu swarm reminds ‘PM’ about climate emergency
10 Feb 2022
Frances, original Canberra Pikachu: “There is no issue more important than climate change at this election.”
No place for oil and gas companies at SA’s premier sports events
2 Feb 2022
XR SA rebels staged banner drops at the Tour Down Under Stage 2, with lots of support from the public and cyclists.
Australia’s inaction on climate is burning our future
29 Jan 2022
XR rebels took over a busy city intersection in Hobart, Tasmania with a theatrical show of a burning bed.
XR SA Rebels challenge government ‘right to cause harm’
18 Dec 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
14 Dec 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
12 Dec 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
11 Dec 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”
9 Dec 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
1 Dec 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
25 Nov 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
23 Nov 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.