Protesters from Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba and the local area camp out at Acland on census night. Picture: Nicki Laws Source: The Australian
FOR one night the Queensland town of Acland lived again.
On Tuesday evening - census night - about 50 people piled into town, lit a fire and filled in their forms by torchlight.
On paper and in person they ensured that Acland remained alive a while longer. For months, Acland has made headlines as the home of the "last man standing". Glen Beutel, the town's lone resident, has been fighting the might of the mining companies, defiantly refusing to sell his 11 properties to New Hope coal, which wants to expand its open-cut mine. Read More
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