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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.
Rebellions of One across Australia highlight the inadequacy of COP26
4 Nov 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
2 Nov 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
2 Nov 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"
27 Oct 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.
Extinction Rebellion and supporters set up tents on Parliament House lawns
25 Oct 2021
Extinction Rebellion are occupying the lawns at the front of Parliament House demanding politicians quit their #COPout on climate action. They plan to stay and are appealing to others to join them.
Adelaide peak hour traffic blockaded with giant tripod
25 Oct 2021
Extinction Rebellion activists erected, scaled, and locked on to a massive bamboo tripod in Adelaide’s CBD, blocking westbound traffic at the intersection of Flinders Street and King William Street.
