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After participating in Extinction Rebellion Australia actions over the years, scientists and academics across many disciplines have launched Scientist Rebellion Australia.

Their message: WE ARE NOT SAFE.

Sign the open letter:

actionnetwork.org/forms/scientis…

Thread ⬇️ ⚡️LIVE ⚡️

Scientist Rebellion is congregating at the southeast side of Princes Bridge, Naarm / Melbourne with a warning for the public:

We are NOT safe!

Governments and companies must stop investing in gas, coal and oil!

#ClimateEmergency

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Minutes out from the #TourDownUnder criterium race, rebels have chucked buckets of black paint and sprawled ‘Dump Santos’ across @SantosLtd HQ.

Our demand: SA Govt must dump Santos as TDU sponsor!

No social consent for climate destruction!

#ClimateEmergency twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 🤨 WHO ARE THE REAL VANDALS?

"Roughly ten years ago @SantosLtd went unpunished after spilling 250,000 litres of oil, narrowly avoiding widespread water contamination in Queensland,” said @XRSouthAus spokesperson Chris Johnson.

abc.net.au/news/2015-10-0…

Extinction Rebellion Australia stands in solidarity with #StopCopCity and @DefendATLForest and extends condolences to Tort’s comrades and loved ones.

One struggle, one fight.

Love and rage,
XR Australia

#JusticeForTort

https://twitter.com/defendatlforest/status/1615774681474154498

We need a borderless, internationalist rebellion against extinction.

We must rebel against those who uphold the toxic system which fuels the climate and ecological emergency.

XR stands with all land and water defenders and against state violence.

democracynow.org/2023/1/20/atla…

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Pedal Rebels are swarming Naarm / Melbourne with a scramble of skeletons and a message for @SantosLtd, sponsor of @TourDownUnder, and @ANZ_au, sponsor of @AustralianOpen:

It’s time to kick fossil fuel sponsorship out of Aussie sport! 🖕

🧵⬇️ @ANZ sponsors the @AustralianOpen and is one of the big four banks funding @SantosLtd, responsible for desecrating sacred Gomeroi Country and cooking the planet.

Santos sponsors the @TourDownUnder. Rebels have protested Santos’ sportswashing all week:

ausrebellion.earth/news/xr-sa-cha…

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Pedal rebels David and Andrew have donned the ‘Dump Santos’ message as they complete the grueling #TourDownUnder Challenge Tour.

They were followed by seven rebels who joined the tour in the final stretches with supporters cheering them on at the finish line.

🧵⬇️ Tour Down Under security stepped out in front of the supporting riders, putting them at risk.

One rebel was dragged off their bicycle and grazed their knee. Their bicycle was also damaged.

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@DanielAndrewsMP wants to hit peaceful forest defenders and scientific surveyors in logging coupes with $21K fines / 1yr jail!

Rebels have joined 30+ groups incl. @Alliance_Forest to demand our right to protect some of the most carbon dense forests in the world!
🧵 WHAT HAPPENED TO DEMOCRACY? 🌳🌿

We call on all Victorian MPs to reject the proposed draconian laws which will increase penalties for citizens wishing to protect forests from VicForests’ often unlawful logging practices.

cc. @DanielAndrewsMP @LilyDAmbrosioMP

#VicGov #AusPol

NSW Police loves nothing more than harassing protesters only to run with its tail between its legs when it gets confronted over it.

@BlockadeAus: ‘WE ARE NOT THE ONES WITH THE GUNS.’

Full statement by our comrades on behalf of the BA network below.

pedestrian.tv/news/nsw-polic… But first:

‘WTF is an unauthorised protest, really? Isn’t the whole point of a protest to be disruptive? Protests by definition should not be state-sanctioned. Australian democracy, everyone.’

Exactly, @pedestriandaily.

🚨 URGENT CALL TO ACTION 🚨

A young @BlockadeAus activist is lost in the Blue Mountains.

He ran into the bush when unidentified men carrying guns appeared at the camp.

That was 9am.
It’s now midnight and freezing.

@NSWPolice refuse to call the @NSWSES to search for him.

⬇️ There’s 40 people in the area ready and desperate to find the young @BlockadeAus activist but police are threatening them with arrest if they search for him.

BA is asking supporters to call the police to request @NSWSES help and to let them search for our missing friend.

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Extinction Rebellion stands in solidarity with our comrades from @BlockadeAus and we condemn the militarised overreach of @NSWPolice.

Unprecedented fires.
Unprecedented floods. Unprecedented repression.

This is ‘Australia’ in climate breakdown.

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smh.com.au/national/nsw/p… Police have alleged the @BlockadeAus activists were “practising and rehearsing” for nonviolent protest.

If so, GOOD.

Prioritising collective care and safety is responsible activism. It’s an expression of nonviolence.

We missed chatter here yesterday because we were on bullshit patrol at @newscorpaus!

Yes, we’re the ones who dumped two tonnes of prime poo on Murdoch’s front door

#NewsCorpse must QUIT THE BULLSHIT and #TellTheTruth about the climate emergency.

Stinky shit ⬇️

THREAD: Extinction Rebels from Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Tasmania coordinated with rebels in the UK and the US for an international day of action targeting media lies.

#NewsCorpse is the Lord of the Lies!

It must #TellTheTruth and reduce its lies of emission to zero!

Sydney ⬇️