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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.
Climate activists in ACT and WA turn up the heat on NAB
16 Nov 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
13 Nov 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
9 Nov 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
7 Nov 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
4 Nov 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.
