Western Australia’s peak environment group has joined with churches, unions, WA Farmers, lawyers and other civil-society groups to defend the right to peaceful protest.

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has today joined a broad alliance opposing the Government’s proposed laws to criminalise protest activities. Over 30 organisations including, union, political, civil society, faith and environment groups have joined in a move to defend our democratic rights for peaceful protest.  

Members of the Save Beeliar Wetlands Campaign group met outside Main Roads offices today to flag their opposition to a pre-emptive meeting for contractors to build a controversial 6 lane tollway through Perth’s southern suburbs from Muchea to Fremantle Port before the formal environmental approvals are announced. The Roe 8 extension is part of a planned tollway, the 1.6 billion dollar Perth Freight Link which is looming as a divisive project for the state Liberal government whose financial management of the state’s finances has recently been widely criticised.

Leading national and state environment groups have vowed to actively contest today’s decision by Environment Minister Albert Jacob to approve the controversial Kintyre uranium mine proposal in an excised area from WA’s biggest National Park.