The avengers

By Frank Robson
Updated July 28 2014 - 9:08am, first published July 26 2014 - 3:00am
Prepared for action: Police keep a watch on the protest camp's movements. Photo: Nick Moir
Prepared for action: Police keep a watch on the protest camp's movements. Photo: Nick Moir
Brothers in arms: (From left) Andrew, Rick and Phil Laird are sixth-generation farmers fighting against mining in the forest that was named after their family. Photo: Nick Moir
Brothers in arms: (From left) Andrew, Rick and Phil Laird are sixth-generation farmers fighting against mining in the forest that was named after their family. Photo: Nick Moir

An unlikely coalition of protesters is standing in the way of a coal company's efforts to construct a massive open-cut mine in a NSW state forest.

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