North West Alliance lobby groups Liverpool Plains Youth (LPY), Wando Conservation and Culture Centre Narrabri, and the Caroona Coal Action Group (CCAG) were among those who took part in the Tamworth Country Music Festival’s cavalcade on Peel Street.

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The alliance’s float was driven by Breeza farmer Andrew Pursehouse, and displayed banners with messages including “No Shenhua”, “No Vickery” and “Save the Liverpool Plains”.

Country music artists Chris McGure, Luke O’Shea and Paul Robert Burton showed their support by joining the farmers on the float. 

LPY member Sarah Sulman said it was great to get back together with other North West Alliance groups to get their message out.

“It was a fun thing to do, and something we needed to do,” Ms Sulman said.

“We need to keep up our appearance.

“It was a mostly positive crowd, but one guy put his thumbs-down at us.”

Ms Sulman recently expressed her “disgust” to the NVI over the news that the NSW government is allowing Shenhua to commence pre-construction works before it has submitted studies on the mine’s impacts to vegetation and groundwater.

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