No to brown coal exports ... protest at Victorian Parliament House 22 October 09

Environmental groups staged a snap protest at Parliament House today, Thursday October 22, in response to moves by Energy Minister Peter Batchelor to compound the disastrous impact of Victoria's brown coal industry by exporting millions of tonnes of the stuff to India and other developing nations ...

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Extracts from speeches at lunchtime protest on the steps of Victorian Parliament following news that Energy Minister Peter Batchelor is proposing to start exporting Victoria's vast - up to 13 billion tonnes - reserves of brown coal to developing countries such as India.

This video accompanies a report on Melbourne Indymedia - http://indymedia.org.au/2009/10/22/no-to-brown-coal-exports-environmental-groups-protest-at-parliament-house

Other relevant links include a background article in the Age - http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/exporting-brown-coal-puts-dollars-before-the-environment-20091015-gxou.html

and this, also on Melbourne Indymedia - http://indymedia.org.au/2009/10/18/state-government-targets-anti-coal-protestors

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