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XR activists block entrance to Perth oil and gas conference in spectacular protest action
18 June 2021
XR rebels blocked traffic and staged a dramatic demonstration at the Australian Petroleum Production and Extraction Association's annual meeting in Perth this week.
Bega Valley rebels highlight forest destruction for wood-chipping and the climate emergency
17 June 2021
Rebels in a regional Australian town locked down on top of the Federal MP’s office roof, a pile of wood chips was dumped on the office doorstep and another rebel glued themselves to the office door.
National Fuel Blockade
11 June 2021
XR Rebels block fuel supply terminals around the country to demand urgent action on the transition to net zero transport systems
XR Rebels stage the Seige of Santos
4 June 2021
XR Rebels plead guilty to disturbing the peace in protest against gas giant Santos in Adelaide
In a landmark judgment, the Federal Court found the environment minister has a duty of care to young people
27 May 2021
Writing in The Conversation, Laura Schuijers, Research Fellow in Environmental Law at The University of Melbourne reports on the Australian Federal Court's landmark judgement on climate change, marking an important moment in our history.
A Budget Week Like No Other
20 May 2021
The national budget should have addressed the emergency transition we so desperately need - instead it included more of the ‘business-as-usual’ measures that are taking us to the brink of collapse. XR rebels went to Canberra to demand action.
Budget As Usual = DEATH.
11 May 2021
Regular Australians are urgently called to take part in disruptive and nonviolent civil disobedience. Our government continues to commit future generations and our beautiful country to death by failing to act on the climate emergency.
Festival of Civil Disobedience
20 Feb 2021
A program of events, The Festival of Civil Disobedience explores nonviolent civil disobedience as a strategy for system change.
THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD WANT EMERGENCY CLIMATE ACTION, we are here to give it to them
8 Feb 2021
1.2 million people answered the largest global survey on climate change ever conducted. The results are that 64 per cent of people believe that it is an “emergency” and must be addressed urgently, but just 10 per cent believe world leaders are doing enough (1).
Extinction Rebels defended in court over Spring Rebellion 2019 actions in Sydney
12 Oct 2020
Today, 12 October 2020, 12 Extinction Rebels fronted District Court at Downing Centre Sydney, charged with alleged offences including obstructing traffic and disobeying reasonable direction.
National Newsletter #2
5 Oct 2020
Waves of action and a Dead Sea march in Hobart.
Join Sydney’s Rebellion
1 Oct 2020
This October, XR Sydney will hit the streets for Rebellion 2020 with a clear message: WE WANT TO LIVE. Find out how you can get involved.
How to make an impact during lockdown
4 May 2020
Many of us are finding we have more time on our hands right now — here’s how you can make a difference with your downtime.
XR Youth Open Letter UN Summit
24 Sept 2019
XR Youth Australia calls on United Nations to declare Global Climate Emergency and ensure worldwide commitment to carbon neutrality by 2025.
Melbourne Council Declares Climate Emergency
19 July 2019
Extinction Rebellion’s campaigning efforts paid off on the 16th July 2019, as Melbourne City Council followed Sydney and Hobart in declaring a Climate Emergency.
Solstice Protests
4 July 2019
On the longest night of the year, thousands of impassioned citizens gathered in capital cities across Australia, to protest the Adani Mine and call on our state and federal governments to declare a Climate Emergency.
Rebel Reader: Global Climate Strike, QLD museum die-in, Interview with a rebel
29 May 2019
Since the Australian Federal election, Extinction Rebellion Australia has been continuing to grow, organise, and take direct action to draw attention to the climate crisis we find ourselves in, and XR’s proposed solutions.
The “Climate Emergency” trend
17 May 2019
‘Climate emergency’ seems to be a bit of the buzz phrase of the year, but is there actually any meaning behind the words, and will they serve their intended purpose?
Rebel Reader: News about Australia’s Climate Emergency
14 May 2019
In the lead up to the federal election, there’s been plenty of focus on the climate emergency we face in Australia – and globally. Here are some of the stories that have caught our eye.
Climate Emergency declarations: the successes of the XR UK movement
1 May 2019
Brave rebels in the United Kingdom have caused massive disruption in central London during ten days of peaceful civil disobedience, with over 1000 arrests.
