Parliamentary protest coming up: Our Water, Our Land, Our future

With cabinet now considering it's new "strategic cropping land" legislation to protect some farmland from mining and the coal seam gas issue heating up, now is the time to take our voices to parliament.

This demonstration at parliament aims to combine the strength of the farming and environmental movements, to put pressure on the government and stop the reckless expansion of coal and coal seam gas mining.

Join with farmers, environmentalists and concerned citizens to demand
protection of our irreplaceable farmland and environment.

When: 12pm, Wednesday, August 4th, 2010.

Where: Parliament House
George Street, Brisbane.

Contact: Phone: 0413280006
Email: bradley.smith@foe.org.au

UPDATE

We can confirm that  representatives from the Greens and from the LNP have agreed to address the concerns of the crowd. We have an open call to the ALP also, but are yet to receive a response.

We have a rich array of speakers lined up, which will include: 

• Ruth Armstrong (Basin Sustainability Alliance)
• Rob McCreath (Friends of Felton)
• Jo Bragg (Environmental Defenders Office)
• Scott Collins (Western Downs Alliance)
• Drew Hutton (Friends of the Earth)

Morning tea provided from 11am in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens. All welcome!

We will also be joined by the author of the landmark book "Collateral Damage", Tara Meixsell.  Tara will be speaking on the American experience of coal seam gas expansion, and the risks of the industry to Australia.

• Read about Tara's story here.