PHOTO: Last weekend’s protest against the Santos gas field drew a large crowd
Last weekend a peaceful protest took place against the drilling of gas wells in the Pilliga Scrub but this time powerful allies walked alongside the local First Nations people.
The protests coincide with a Federal Court hearing, which began on August 9, as the court considers the Gomeroi appeal against last year’s decision of the Native Title Tribunal to allow the Santos Narrabri Gas Project to proceed.
Starting in Coonabarabran, heading in convoy through the Pilliga to rallies within the forest and then at the Santos office in Narrabri the Gomeroi people in Coonabarabran and Narrabri were supported by the state’s peak trade union body…