Occupy Sydney to be Evicted after 560 days by Sydney Council

On June 24th 2013 City of Sydney Council passed a motion to call upon police to evict Occupy Sydney from Martin Place after 560 days of occupation. Occupy has been providing 24 hour assistance for the homeless from a makeshift camp in Martin Place. It has evolved from the earlier Occupy movement which demanded more equality and power for the 99%. Photos of early Occupy Sydney can be seen

here http://occupysydneyphotos.blogspot.com.au/

20th June 2013 homeless people approach Occupy Sydney stall in Martin Place for assistance.

When I visited Occupy Sydney last Thursday evening the client I spoke to on the left informed me that Occupy has made a big difference to their wellbeing and street survival. I've never heard the destitute give ringing endorsements of charity businesses such as Salvos et al so they must be doing something right. Contact them at http://www.occupy-sydney.org/ The full resolution raised by Councillor Forster (sister of Conservative leader Tony Abbot) can be read here

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/145361/130624_COUNCIL_ITEM13.pdf

Aboriginal speakers against mining outside BHP shareholders AGM

Protesters demonstrated outside BHP Billiton's annual general shareholders meeting at Sydney's Darling Harbour Convention Centre on November 29, 2012. Representatives of  Aboriginal communities affected by uranium mining in South Australia gave speeches and a banner was unfurled resulting in 2 arrests. 

Uranium and coal seam mining protestors gathered in Darling Harbour

 

Public Gallery Ejected from last Thursday's Parliamentary Debate

Indigenous Australians are shown the door after the entire public gallery is ejected during last Thursday's travesty of a NSW parliamentary debate on coal seam gas mining. More photos here http://nocoalseamgasmininginsydneyphotos.blogspot.com.au/

The other ad they didn't show about coal seam gas mining

19th November 2011 Occupy Sydney's Anti-Corporate Greed Tour

Outside State Parliament during Anti-Corporate Greed Tour

Police kettling at Martin Place during Anti-Corporate Greed Tour

Tour of Corporate Greed
occupy Newcastle video at http://youtu.be/GfbDErDOGc0
more links at
Jagath Dheerasekara: documentary photographer weblog with link to Meltdown: The men who crashed the world - 4 part series athttp://jagathdeerasekera.blogspot.com/2011/12/meltdown-men-who-crashed-world-4-part.html

Occupy Art - International Day Of Creative Action - Feb 12 (#F12)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Art-International-Day-Of-Creative-Action-Feb-12-F12/346946421987719

see more photos at http://occupysydneyphotos.blogspot.com.au/

Courtroom Drama for Save Our Figs Legal Team

Outside the Land and Environment Court this week tension mounts as Save Our Figs Inc fight to continue their injunction preventing Newcastle council from destroying Laman Street figs. The judgement ruled:
In a democracy, the Court should be slow to countenance refusing interlocutory relief to which an applicant is otherwise entitled because it engaged in peaceful protest in a context where a respondent arguably was behaving unlawfully in its administrative decision - making. (Full decision here)
More at http://savethebogeyhole.blogspot.com/

At the No Coal Seam Gas Stall at Newtown Festival Last Sunday

A busy day getting petition signatures and educating the public at the no gas mining stall at Newtown Festival on the weekend.

Occupy Newcastle!

Occupy Newcastle - Saving Laman Street Figs Calendar A year of struggle in documentary photographs showing part of Newcastle community’s heroic efforts to save our figs. More photos here http://saveourfigsphotos.blogspot.com.au/