Former Wallabies captain David Pocock is engaged in a pretty stunning act of civil disobedience right now, chained to a digger in a NSW state forest in protest against a coal mine being opened there.
Locked on selfie with 5th generation farmer, @Ricklaird14, protesting Whitehaven’s new coalmine in Leard State Forest pic.twitter.com/VkgIYlZgYu
— David Pocock (@pocockdavid) November 29, 2014
“This is something that’s beginning to impact the community, and will have far greater impacts in the future in terms of the water table, the health implications of living next to a coal mine.”
First ride in a police vehicle with my paddy wagon pal, Bruin. Lock on still in full swing. #LeardBlockade pic.twitter.com/V7KUplvxyu
— Emma Pocock (@emmaawpocock) November 29, 2014