Beyond Zero - Community

Mon 5th March 2018BULGA to BYLONG- Locking the Gates This is an audio voyage up the Hunter Valley where brave communities are holding out against climate changing coal expansions.We meet:     Wannarua Elder- Pat Hansson     Ex Miner- Frank Turnbull     Community Leader – John Krey     Local Historian – Stewart Mitchell     Goldman Prize Winner – Wendy Bowman     Veteran Campaigner – Bev Smiles     Bylong Grazier – Peter Grieve AO     Guide at The Drip – Phyllis Setchell     Environmental Justice- Dr James Whelan     Lock the Gates Guides – Steve Phillips and Nic Clyde    The Bulga Community is famous for having taken Rio Tinto to court and won!     The extension of the mine was prohibited by the Supreme Court. Aboriginal sacred places and significant woodlands were protected. But their victory was short lived as the head of Rio made a special trip from London and the NSW Government promptly