This podcast brings you an 11 minute recording of three short speeches from the 2024 Rising Tide "Protestival" on Friday 22 November 2024. Recorded by Renee Lees and broadcast on Rights, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains by presenter Merran Maclaren that afternoon.
The speakers in order are 12 year old Frankie Kelly, 21 year old Alexa Stuart and community activist Bev Smiles from Wollar, NSW. Bev's home town. A small Hunter Valley town containing the Wilpinjong coal mine which operates 1.5 kms from the village of Wollar.
The recording was first broadcast on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1 FM on 22 November 2024 by Blue Mountains Unions & Community (BMUC) and presented by Merran Maclaren and podcast by Ann-Maree McEwan. 
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