I'm with Pericles. A jolly good stunt. It's time to rethink our priorities and decide what sort of a world we want to live in before it is too late... Except it's already too late to stop warming below a 2 degree rise. Surely no one really wants to live in poisonous air, as in China due to all that Australian coal they're burning they? Or am i silly to think that?

Here's an interesting analysis:

http://castancentre.com/2013/01/14/the-whitehaven-hoax-ratbag-act-or-legitimate-protest/

Yep, those self funded retirees, who have a mixed fund portfolio over which they have little or no daily control of their savings, who live on a fixed income, are no burden to the Australian taxpayer and who lost thousands through this 'harmless stunt', will really think this little turd is a real hero.

The Greens really have no moral compass.

Climate change has nothing to do with this: show me one single peer reviewed study that says that fraud is no longer a crime as long as you have good intentions. Can't find any? Gee what a surprise.

Moylan's 'just cause' defence won't stand up in court. He did the crime and he should pay the fine (assuming he's found guilty which seems kind of a no-brainer).

Cheers,

Tony

Oh dear, Julie dear, have you been watching Dirty Business to see who the frauds really are?

How can OO publish this crap by the coal industry supported IPA anyway?

Don't they get enough platforms already to spew out their nonsense.

Unlike the mining industry all the members of the Greens and other environmental groups in Australia are Australians.

Who is this ridiculous woman to support foreign destructo industry above the rights of Australian citizens not to be polluted out of existence.

Wow, Poirot.

>>Here's an interesting analysis...<<

1700 words of constant hand movement. On the one hand this... on the other hand...

All to reach a simple conclusion, one that I fully agree with:

>>Overreactions by States to non violent actions create injustice, and turn just laws into unjust ones<<

Or, as Alexander Pope so eloquently put it 1735, "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?"

If ASIC, ANZ and Whitehaven have a modicum of common sense, they will simply keep their heads down until it blows over, which shouldn't be too long.

But, to ensure that he doesn't get the impression that he has escaped scot-free, the police might be persuaded that instead of prosecution, they could instead simply make Mr Moylan sweat for a while - e.g. by retaining his laptop "for further examination". A scrutiny that might or might not turn up a little light pornography, or perhaps a list of email contacts who, they solemly inform Mr Moylan, "may or may not be contacted as a part of our investigations".

That will ensure that he not only thinks twice about breaking the law in future, but that his friends - those that are left after the interviews - are also highly likely to dissuade him from doing so.