Aussie's freedom of speech, assembly and association are under a nationwide concerted attack. Dr. Colette Harmsen, released on Friday 13/10/23 from her three months sentence in Tasmania and prison for having stood up for the protection of our precious native forests spoke to Sean O'Shannessy on the day of her release about her reasons for taking the actions that got her locked up, her experience of prison and her intentions for future actions for our environment.  In this episode of Environmental as Anything we also speak to a couple of other people who are facing down the threat of some fairly stiff penalties for their courageous and peaceful actions to try to highlight the climate emergency and to persuade governments, in both in Brisbane and in the ACT to do something effective about it. John Wurker from Extinction Rebellion ACT brings us his story as one of the 'APPEA 5', who stood up against the fossil fuel industry headquarters there in Canberra, blocking several of their entrances for a couple of hours and are now charged with "unreasonable obstruction" Sasha Seindl from XR Brisbane, who was part of the 'Parliament 14', the group of citizens who spent three minutes in the gallery of the Queensland Parliament calling for an end to new coal gas and oil exploration and and development and are now facing the possibility of three years in prison for being charged with "Disturbing the Legislature". We also have Lismore as leading legal expert on the defense of the protectors of our climate and forests. Eddie Lloyd criminal lawyer who has been defending environment protectors through the courts and has got a unique perspective on the legal issues not only here but around the country and she joins us to wrap up the show with an analysis of the bigger picture. -------------------------------------------------------------------------> Please support community based independent media and make it possible for us to keep producing high quality environmental current affairs: Share this episode on social media and subscribe to this podcast Please make it possible to keep producing high quality environmental current affairs by supporting the Environmental as Anything show on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/EnvironmentalAsAnything and Like us on Facebook and invite your friends to do the same https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentalAsAnything Email story suggestions to us on: Environmental.As.Anythin@gmail.com (Environmental As Anything is produced on the stolen lands of the Bundjalung Nation) ©COPYLEFT: Environmental as Anything may be reshared and or rebroadcast by any not for profit community media for the purpose of informing and inspiring effective action for peace, justice and ecological sustainability.