The IEU has a history of supporting social justice campaigns, including those that protect the rights of First Nations people. On the weekend of 12-13 October, the IEU, along with other unions, farmers and community-based organisations stood with the Gomeroi people in their opposition to Santos’s Narrabri Gas Project and the Hunter Queensland Gas Pipeline.
The Picket the Pipeline convoy travelled from Narrabri to Newcastle along the 400-kilometre route of the proposed Hunter Gas Pipeline. Community gatherings and rallies were held in Gunnedah, Scone, and Singleton.
The event concluded at Civic Park, Newcastle, where Gomeroi elder Suellyn Tighe said, “This fight is a David-and-Goliath fight and we, the Gomeroi nation, are fighting against deep pockets, fossil-fuel companies whose only drive is the bottom line.”