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Carly Phillips

Carly Phillips is a primary school teacher who lives in Newcastle with partner Sami and daughter Zena. She has been an environmental activist since her days at Newcastle University where…

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Carly Phillips, who features in chapter five of NINE LIVES FOR OUR PLANET by John Watts, is a primary school teacher who lives in Newcastle with partner Sami and daughter Zena. Carly has been an environmental activist since her days at Newcastle University where she was heavily involved with Rising Tide. She has taken part in many environmental campaigns and has been arrested. She was a vital part of the fight to stop AGL’s coal seam gas plans in Gloucester and more recently has been a co-ordinator with Australian Parents for Climate Action and the Gas Free Hunter Alliance.

Carly Phillips

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