Tag Bentley
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Bentley a victory but the war continues: filmmaker
The story behind the Bentley Blockade, which effectively chased the coal-seam gas industry out of the northern rivers, will be the centrepiece film at the upcoming Byron Bay Film Festival's 10th closing gala on October 22 .
October 3, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
CSG fighters celebrate – Metgasgone?
Story & photos Cloudcatcher Media News spread quickly across the northern rivers yesterday that the NSW Government had offered Metgasco $25 million to abandon their remaining PELs in the area. An impromptu gathering of community members and gasfield activists converged... Read More →
November 3, 2015 | Eve Jeffery | 9 -
Back to frocks against fracking
Harking back to Frocks on the Frontline from the Doubtful Creek and Bentley blockades, the Knitting Nanna’s hosted Frocks Back on the Frontline yesterday at the Eltham hall
October 19, 2015 | Eve Jeffery | 0 -
Metgasco warned: ‘Use it or lose it’
Ballina MP Tamara Smith has called on the state government to either buy back or cancel Metgasco’s license to drill for coal seam gas in the northern rivers. The call follows an announcement from miner AGL that it was divesting its CSG assets in Western Sydney and the Hunter Valley.
July 7, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 7 -
The gentle folk of Bentley reunited
Celebrating the day that Metgasco and a huge cohort of police was sent packing, the folk of Bentley and their supporters gathered at the Bentley Hall on Saturday for songs, dance, speeches of warning and hope.
June 15, 2015 | Eve Jeffery | 0 -
Appeal to bring Bentley Blockade to the big screen
Local filmmakers are launching a crowd funding appeal to help bring the story of the Bentley Blockade to the big screen. They want to create a feature length documentary that tells the story of the blockade and the social movement that led to it.
May 19, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 9 -
CSG opponents prefer political fix over blockade
Anti-gas activists are prepared to revive a blockade at Bentley but would prefer to work with politicians to ban coal seam gas mining from the area.
May 1, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 4 -
Police must respect Bentley protesters: Greens
As newly elected Ballina Greens MP Tamara Smith took tea with the Knitting Nannas, her party has called on NSW police ato respect the right of citizens to peacefully protest against Metgasco's plans for the region.
April 29, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Thanks for showing up
Last year was momentous locally and nationally as the people’s fight against unconventional mining escalated and battles were won and lost.
January 2, 2015 | Eve Jeffery | 0 -
Dance video features the protected hills of Bentley
Lismore musician/filmmaker Tom Avery has followed up the recent release of his documentary Ocean Music with a dance video set at Bentley, and a reggae music clip showcasing Lismore’s colourful street art.
November 4, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Grassroots group in search for independent candidate
A grassroots movement is making its presence known across the northern rivers by asking a simple question. Can you hear us? The question is directed at politicians at both state and federal levels.
September 9, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Bentley farmers abandon meeting with ‘deaf’ bureaucrats
In an Echonetdaily exclusive, reporter Simeon Michaels gained access to a closed meeting on Tuesday between around 40 Bentley landowners and government departments who tried to allay fears over gas mining expansion. This is what happened.
May 15, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 7 -
Here & Now #54
Her dad walks next to her, his shoulders stooped under an invisible weight. He smiles but it's a melancholy one. The future is uncertain. And the future is all we have for the kids. The pair disappears into the general store.
May 15, 2014 | S Sorrensen | 1 -
Federal MP, mayors bolster Bentley blockade
Federal Richmond MP Justine Elliot visited the Bentley community blockade yesterday in the latest show of support by politicians in the region for anti-gas protesters who now face legal threats by the local council to close down their camp.
April 25, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 9 -
Meet the Bentley farmers the govt demonised
Despite recent name-calling by energy and resources minister Anthony Roberts, there is nothing extreme about Jim Hewitt, who runs the last dairy farm in Bentley. He is a man of few words but he is speaking up now to save his land and his livelihood.
April 22, 2014 | Eve Jeffery | 5 -
Here & Now #50
I live in a shack under the cliffs – not too far from Kyogle, not far enough from the proposed gas wells at Bentley.
April 17, 2014 | S Sorrensen | 1 -
We will never allow gasfields on north coast
On Monday, people from all over this country are gathering at Bentley to defend the region from coal seam gas (CSG).
April 3, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
‘Don Page’ joins Bentley protests – almost
Since the minister for the north coast couldn’t be enticed to Metgasco’s planned gas-well site in person, some of his constituents made sure he put in some ‘face time’ by donning masks featuring his smiling visage.
March 20, 2014 | Chris Dobney | 5 -
Pilliga CSG contamination sparks north coast water fears
Fears that drinking-water supplies on the northern rivers could be contaminated by toxic chemicals if coal-seam gas (CSG) production was allowed to go ahead have been heightened by the contamination of an acquifer near a CSG project in the Pilliga Forest.
March 10, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Protesters not threatened by council’s tough talk
Gasfield Free Northern Rivers say they are not fazed by calls from Richmond Valley Council for them not to block roads during Metgasco’s planned gas testing at Bentley next month.
March 7, 2014 | Chris Dobney | 5 -
Bentley crash death: driver faces court
The driver of a vehicle in which a woman died in the early hours of yesterday morning has been refused bail to appear at Lismore Local Court today on multiple charges.
March 7, 2014 | Chris Dobney | 1 -
Digging in for the Battle for Bentley
Farming families stretching back generations, landowners, locals and supporters who don’t want the Bentley area turned into a gasfield say they will fight for the very land that provides them food on their table. Aussies Against Fracking Bentley Fundraiser#1
February 24, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Bentley blockade ramps up
Civil disobedience has reached a new level at the blockade of the Bentley test gas well, with the construction of a substantial barricade overnight at the entrance to the property.
February 20, 2014 | Chris Dobney | 6 -
Here & Now #41
There's something about how Kooris sit in a car. They look so comfortable, like they belong. Kooris do belonging well. It looks like they could sit there forever.
February 13, 2014 | S Sorrensen | 4 -
Step removal leaves slippery slope at Bentley
Anti-CSG protesters at Metgasco’s gas test well at Bentley were greeted by a strange sight yesterday morning. Last week volunteers built a small set of steps on sloping a roadside verge adjacent to the site to ensure better comfort and... Read More →
January 31, 2014 | Chris Dobney | 3
