Monday, May 14

Undeniable show of force


Local residents marching along Bounty St in Lismore

IT was the day the protest against CSG mining came to town.

And they came in their multitudes - families, friends, people in wheelchairs, kids on scooters, babies in prams, men on stilts, a bloke (we think) in a koala suit and dogs, dozens of dogs.

They came to Lismore to march the streets and let everyone in their path know that they believe CSG mining is a danger to the environment, to people's health and to the Australian way of life.

Under police supervision, they marched from Riverside Park down Victoria St, into Market St, then all the way into the CBD along Molesworth St.

They turned into Woodlark St, then Keen St and down to Conway St, where they headed back from where they came.

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