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Holy protests at the Maules Creek mine site have kicked up a notch with the arrest of two religious leaders.
An Anglican Minister has been arrested this afternoon after taking part in a blockade at Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine site.
Minister Byron Smith was arrested at around 3pm after he blocked access to a truck trying to enter the site.
Chair of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, Thea Ormerod, was also arrested.
The two were taking part in a prayer vigil at the site today in protest of the mine’s development.
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