Protestival - Roxby Downs 2020
Scomo’s announcement today of fast-tracking #BHP expansion at Roxby Olympic dam is the fast-tracking of the destruction of country, and water theft! There has been no proper consultation with traditional owners and incomplete environmental assessments. Using Covid as an excuse is a total sham…A message from Uncle Kevin Buzzacott ” When the country hurts we […]
Lizards crew sending out a message of love and respect in these confusing times ..stay safe and stay tuned for updates as the world evolves through this immediate crisis we will continue to plot and scheme for the revolution ahead and desert adventures to prevail. Dates will be reassessed and informed decisions will be made […]
Join us for a Lizard Movie Night featuring videos from the previous Lizard Protestivals, Flash mob dance session, screening of the underground cult classic ‘Too Deadly’ and info about our upcoming desert adventures!Gold coin donation or Pay as u feel.. snacks available.. or join us o FB for a watch party Thursday, April 23, 2020 […]
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Advertiser: Anti-uranium protesters Desert Liberation Front to rally outside Olympic Dam again Jordanna Schriever, The Advertiser March 28, 2016 10:19pm ANTI-URANIUM protesters who want to shut down the Olympic Dam site are planning a “party at the gates of hell”, four years after a similar event forced police to send 500-plus officers to monitor the […]
Arabunna elder Uncle Kevin Buzzacott has invited participants at the Lizard Bites Back to visit his country today, to witness first hand the impacts of BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine on the mound springs in the Lake Eyre region. The mound springs are integral to the desert ecosystem and sacred to the Arabunna people, and […]
Arabunna elder Uncle Kevin Buzzacott will be putting BHP Billiton on notice this weekend, asking for a guarantee that the company cease and desist operations within two years, and pay damages for decades of health and environmental impacts. The water bill alone totals $1.27 billion at the current commercial water rate of $3.36 per kilolitre […]
The Lizard Bites Back Shut down the nuclear fuel chain where it starts MEDIA ADVISORY Tues 28th June 2016 Post-nuclear apocalyptic zombie mine workers have crawled from the depths of Olympic Dam to warn the residents of Adelaide that radioactive mine tailings and nuclear waste dumps are forever… When: Tuesday 28th June 2016 Where: Malls […]
The Lizards Bites Back music and arts festival and protest camp will take place at the gates of the Olympic Dam uranium mine (or close by) from the 1st – 3rd of July this year. The “protestival” will include a variety of musicians and artists from around the country, mobile artworks, workshops on nuclear issues, […]
The Lizard Awakening- Fundraiser party for Lizard Bites Back Hip-Hop, Reggae, Dancehall, Phat Beats, Breakcore and more! Secret Squat Location to be announced on the day! Melbourne! 9PM-6AM SAT 21st of May 2016 DJ Wasabi, Rachel By the Stream, Kodiak Kid, Ras Crucial, Joe Dubs, Bassmumma, Indigo Rising, Sista Sara and more exciting acts to […]
Media Release ‒ 29 April 2016 The federal government has announced that the Flinders Ranges has been selected as the preferred site for a national nuclear waste dump. The land was nominated by former Liberal Party Senator Grant Chapman and his nomination has been endorsed by the Liberal government in Canberra. Adnyamathanha Traditional Owner Regina […]
MEDIA RELEASE 12th February 2016 Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (www.anfa.org.au) Traditional Owners vow to fight nuclear proposals ahead of the Royal Commission’s draft report Ahead of Monday’s release of the draft report of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission, SA Traditional Owners are once again voicing strong opposition to proposals for expanded uranium mining […]
I am Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, Arabunna elder and peacemaker from Lake Eyre, South Australia and president of ANFA (Australian nuclear free alliance) I have said so many times that we need to close BHP down.We need to close down their industries and destruction operations throughout the world as soon as possible. BHP has a […]
The Adnyamathanha Camp Law Mob are a group of Adnyamathna people who meet regularly to discuss issues relating to our land and culture. The Camp Law mob share this message on behalf of all Adnyamathanha people and other South Australians who are opposed to any further expansion of the nuclear industry. We have taken part in […]
The Federal Government has released the shortlist of six sites for the location of a national radioactive waste dump. Three of these sites are in South Australia. Friends of the Earth Adelaide is cautious about the Federal Governments genuine commitment to a voluntary site nomination and selection process. “The test will be how the government handles […]
MEDIA RELEASE THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE: THE APPEARANCE OF BIAS
Yesterday was the last official day of the Lizards Revenge Music and Arts Festival of Resistance at the Olympic Dam Uranium mine, where over 500 protestors have gathered for the past week. Dr Helen Caldicott visited the Lizards Revenge to run a workshop addressing health issues relating to uranium yesterday afternoon. She pointed out that […]
Protestors at the Lizards Revenge Music and Arts Festival of Resistance closed the road to Olympic Dam Uranium Mine this morning for four hours. At approximately 8:30 am a car decorated as a giant lizard was parked on Olympic Way, blocking the road opposite the protest camp. Two protestors locked themselves to a truck heading […]
A light-hearted game of cricket near Roxby Downs was disrupted today at 1:15pm as police moved in to arrest the players, who are camping near the Olympic Dam uranium mine as part of the Lizards Revenge protest festival. Police and off-duty miners were invited to join the game, but cricketers were instead bowled over by […]
Activists call for “Breakfast not Bombs” as police defend what BHP-Billiton aims to make the largest uranium mine in the world.
The Lizards Revenge protest festival is today challenging BHP Billiton to a “Great Debate” on the question: Should the Olympic Dam mine expand? “After today’s disputes over the festival’s lizard mascot, the focus needs to return to the real issues of the proposed expansion of the mine,” said festival co-organiser Izzy Brown. An invitation has […]
An estimated 400 people marched to the gates of the Olympic Dam uranium mine today, marking the first day of the Lizards Revenge music and arts festival of resistance. The overkill of police escorts did not dampen the festival atmosphere, and despite road blocks preventing access to the camp site forcing vehicles to be escorted […]
Protestors continue to gather for the Lizards Revenge music and arts festival at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam uranium mine. The event officially begins today and is scheduled to run for the next five days. The event will open with a welcome to country. At 11.00 am Uncle Kevin Buzzacott will be holding a press conference […]
The Lizards Revenge music and arts festival and protest camp will take place at the gates of the Olympic Dam mine (or close by) from the 14th-18th July 2012. The festival will include a variety of musicians, bands and artists from around the country, a solar powered sound system, wind powered cinema, mobile artworks and […]