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Crosspost.
The DBH protest was immediately framed as a violent attack on a family because state governments and police have been trying to present climate protesters as “Extremists” and “Terrorists” for years, now.
In New South Wales, anti-protest laws were passed through with the obvious aim of clamping down on climate protest, with a similar massive increase in punishments for disruptive protest.
Pair this with the flinching trigger-finger Australian media, politicians and authorities have for cruel and excessive punishment, and you end up with Australia as it currently is: a thousand times more concerned about killing climate protest than the climate crisis itself.
A variety of climate groups in Australia should have been the first ones to come out and loudly defend climate protest and enhance the message of Disrupt Burrup Hub, but their silence has been deafening.
Climate protest - particularly disruptive protest - is a vital part of creating vivid pressure in a space where routine, sameness and status-quo familiarity protect ingrained fossil fuel reliance.
The Disrupt Burrup Hub is a direct-action campaign that targets Woodside and other polluters operating at Murujuga on the Burrup Peninsula in North West Western Australia[2]. The campaign aims to bring attention to and oppose Woodside’s Burrup Hub mega-project, which is seen as a disaster for both the climate and the local culture[1]. Woodside plans to expand its Burrup Gas Hub and release billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere[3]. The campaign involves various forms of protest and activism, including forcing the evacuation of Woodside’s headquarters by releasing non-toxic, non-flammable stench gas[4]. Activists are concerned about the destruction of sacred rock and the ongoing development of the Burrup Peninsula[5]. Woodside has threatened to sue the protesters for financial loss[6]. The Disrupt Burrup Hub campaign is part of a larger movement to protect the environment and fight against climate change.
Citations: [1] https://www.disruptburruphub.com [2] https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/how-and-why-disrupt-burrup-hub [3] https://actionnetwork.org/forms/get-involved-127/ [4] https://chuffed.org/project/zyvlzgmp9oky [5] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/03/activist-says-woodside-ceos-safety-was-never-under-threat-by-protest-at-her-perth-home [6] https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/woodside-threatens-to-sue-perth-climate-protesters-for-financial-loss-20230727-p5drln.html
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