http://earthfirstjournal.org/merch/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/05/EFN-Beltane-2016-small.pdf
.. the Leard Forest Alliance, which is made up of FLAC and 17 other groups, has been using
direct action on what seems like a daily basis to resist the expansion of a coal mine in New South Wales’ Leard State Forest. They are the first coal mine blockade camp in Australia’s history, but these folks are no amateurs.
Inside Leard State Forest are over 8,400 acres of nationally-listed and critically endangered Box-Gum Woodland, which houses over 25 hollows per acre—hollows that take over a century to form and are roosting ground for Corben’s long-eared bat and the yellow-bellied
sheath-tailed bat. Also in the forest are 396 species of plants and animals along with habitat for 34 threatened species and several endangered ecological communities.
Together, Boggabri, Maules Creek, and Tarrawonga coal mines would destroy much of the forest, including almost 3,000 acres of the Box-Gum Woodland.
more at
http://frontlineaction.org 
