WGAR News: Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

Last updated: 27 April 2014

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The Stringer: Woodside dumps gas hub
http://thestringer.com.au/woodside-dumps-gas-hub-2/
12 Apr 13: "An emotional Phillip Roe spoke of both his joy at the news that Woodside has decided to sink the James Price Point (Walmadany) gas hub proposal. "We are celebrating, we are overjoyed, we gave up so much of our time and fought a long battle. I gave up my job to save Country. I did it for my people, for my father’s legacy, for everything he taught us," said the Goolaraboloo Law Boss, Phillip Roe. "We are celebrating, we are here in numbers and we will gather at Walmadany tonight to celebrate but I don’t trust that it is fully over. ... " said Mr Roe."

WGAR News: Woodside pulls out of Kimberley gas hub: The Wilderness Society (13 Apr 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/13/wgar-news-woodside-pulls-out-of-kimbe...

WGAR News: WA Supreme Court rules James Price Point approval 'illegal': The Wilderness Society (23 Aug 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/22/wgar-news-wa-supreme-court-rules-jame...

WGAR News: Government concludes acquisition of controversial gas hub land north of Broome: Natalie Jones, ABC News (14 Nov 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/13/wgar-news-government-concludes-acquis...

WGAR News: Law Boss Joseph Roe and Premier Colin Barnett at odds over Walmadany: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer (20 Nov 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/19/wgar-news-law-boss-joseph-roe-and-pre...

WGAR News: Save the Kimberley: What Compulsory Acquisition Really Means (26 Jan 14)
[scroll down page] http://www.indymedia.org.au/2014/01/25/wgar-news-fight-for-land-rights-a...

WGAR News: James Price Point Aboriginal cultural leader passes away: ABC Kimberley (1 Mar 14)
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/02/28/wgar-news-james-price-point-aborigina...
"Contents:
* ABC Kimberley: James Price Point Aboriginal cultural leader passes away
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens express 'deep sadness' over loss of Goolarabooloo law man
* ABC Indigenous: Greens pay tribute to Broome Indigenous leader
* Andrew Burrell, The Australian: James Price Point campaigner Mr Roe dies ... "

WGAR News: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Senior Law Boss, Walmadany campaigner Mr Roe has passed away (9 Mar 14)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2014/03/08/wgar-news-muckaty-no-solution-for-syd...

WGAR News: Sovereign Union: Tribute to Mr. Roe written by Mark Jones from Save The Kimberley (27 Apr 14)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2014/04/26/wgar-news-new-test-for-depression-in-...

Contents:
* Kimberley Campaign web-resources
* Recent Kimberley Campaign News (16 May 2012 - 27 April 2014)
* Kimberley Campaign Petitions
* Kimberley Campaign Videos

* KIMBERLEY CAMPAIGN WEB-RESOURCES:

Save The Kimberley: What’s at Stake? Culture and Traditions Under Threat
http://www.savethekimberley.com/whats-at-stake/country-culture/

Save The Kimberley: Law Below the Top Soil, by Dr. Peter Botsman - a concise history of the flawed proposal to develop Browse Gas at James Price Point
http://www.savethekimberley.com/2012/10/11/law-below-the-top-soil-just-r...

Online Save The Kimberley Book: Kimberley at the Crossroads - The case against the gas plant
http://www.savethekimberley.com/2012/09/19/kimberley-at-the-crossroads-p...

Sovereign Union: Walmadan Tent Embassy (James Price Point)
http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/walmadan-tent-embassy-james-p...
[James Price Point, north of Broome, Kimberley Region, WA]

Goolarabooloo - Where is it?
http://www.goolarabooloo.org.au/where-is-it.html
"The Goolarabooloo Community is located just north of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia."
[North of Broome, Kimberley Region, WA]

Facebook: Goolarabooloo and Lurujarri Heritage Trail
http://www.facebook.com/Goolarabooloo

Hands off Country:
http://handsoffcountry.blogspot.com.au/

Greens Mps: The Kimberley - Too Precious To Lose
http://greensmps.org.au/kimberley

The Wilderness Society - The Kimberley
http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley

Environs Kimberley
http://www.environskimberley.org.au/

Save The Kimberley: Wilderness. Culture. Heritage
http://www.savethekimberley.com/

Respect and Listen - Kimberley:
http://www.respectandlisten.org/kimberley.html

Save The Kimberley is on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-The-Kimberley/146254135411987

Facebook: Broome Community No Gas Campaign
https://www.facebook.com/BroomeNoGas

Broome Community No Gas Campaign: Timeline of the Proposal
http://www.broomenogas.org/thehub

Australian Conservation Foundation - ACF: Protecting our Kimberley
http://www.acfonline.org.au/be-informed/northern-australia-nuclear/prote...

Operation Kimberley Minimbi:
http://www.seashepherd.org/kimberley-miinimbi/

Kimberley Campaigner - Background
http://www.kimberleycampaigner.com/about/history/

Kerrianne Cox:
http://www.kerriannecox.com/news.html

Respect and Listen: Save the Kimberley - Thinking of Walmadan (Christmas Eve 2011)
http://www.respectandlisten.org/kimberley/save-the-kimberley.html

* RECENT KIMBERLEY CAMPAIGN NEWS (16 MAY 2012 - 27 APRIL 2014):

WGAR News: Sovereign Union: Tribute to Mr. Roe written by Mark Jones from Save The Kimberley (27 Apr 14)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2014/04/26/wgar-news-new-test-for-depression-in-...

WGAR News: Hands off Country: 21st Century Maja (Law Man): 24 April 1966 - 26 February 2014 (21 Mar 14)
[Hands off Country website includes the name of an Aboriginal elder who has died]
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2014/03/21/wgar-news-muckaty-legislation-hits-tw...

WGAR News: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Senior Law Boss, Walmadany campaigner Mr Roe has passed away (9 Mar 14)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2014/03/08/wgar-news-muckaty-no-solution-for-syd...

WGAR News: James Price Point Aboriginal cultural leader passes away: ABC Kimberley (1 Mar 14)
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/02/28/wgar-news-james-price-point-aborigina...
"Contents:
* ABC Kimberley: James Price Point Aboriginal cultural leader passes away
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens express 'deep sadness' over loss of Goolarabooloo law man
* ABC Indigenous: Greens pay tribute to Broome Indigenous leader
* Andrew Burrell, The Australian: James Price Point campaigner Mr Roe dies ... "

WGAR News: Save the Kimberley: What Compulsory Acquisition Really Means (26 Jan 14)
[scroll down page] http://www.indymedia.org.au/2014/01/25/wgar-news-fight-for-land-rights-a...

WGAR News: ... (8 Dec 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/12/09/wgar-news-protecting-manuwangku-mucka...
"Contents: ...
* Melissa Fyfe, SMH: Kimberley Aborigines' fight for James Price point is now against WA's Premier
* Melissa Fyfe, SMH: Kimberley gas hub fight back on as Colin Barnett digs in"

WGAR News: Law Boss Joseph Roe and Premier Colin Barnett at odds over Walmadany: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer (20 Nov 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/19/wgar-news-law-boss-joseph-roe-and-pre...

WGAR News: Goolarabooloo: Looking after Country! We are the Goolarabooloo people (20 Nov 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/19/wgar-news-law-boss-joseph-roe-and-pre...

WGAR News: Rick Wilkinson, Oil & Gas Journal: James Price Point site to serve as potential offshore supply base (20 Nov 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/19/wgar-news-law-boss-joseph-roe-and-pre...

WGAR News: Government concludes acquisition of controversial gas hub land north of Broome: Natalie Jones, ABC News (14 Nov 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/13/wgar-news-government-concludes-acquis...

WGAR News: Ben Collins, ABC The Drum: Indigenous empowerment is being able to say no (14 Nov 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/13/wgar-news-government-concludes-acquis...

WGAR News: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: JPP acquisition brings Kimberley industrialisation closer (14 Nov 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/13/wgar-news-government-concludes-acquis...

WGAR News: Vanessa Mills, ABC Kimberley WA: James Price Point will be developed: Premier Barnett [Featuring Premier Colin Barnett] (14 Nov 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/13/wgar-news-government-concludes-acquis...

WGAR News: Glen Klatovsky speaks at Aboriginal Support Group: What is happening in the Kimberley? (3 Oct 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/10/02/wgar-news-glen-klatovsky-speaks-at-ab...

WGAR News: Glen Klatovsky speaks at Building Bridges about the Kimberley Gas Hub: For and Against (3 Oct 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/10/02/wgar-news-glen-klatovsky-speaks-at-ab...

WGAR News: German Language: Rettet die Kimberley Kampagne - Artikel fuer Amnesty International Rundbrief 2013 (3 Oct 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/10/02/wgar-news-glen-klatovsky-speaks-at-ab...

WGAR News: The Lurujarri Heritage Trail: Jenita Enevoldsen, Marine Campaigner, The Wilderness Society (12 Sep 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/09/10/wgar-news-the-lurujarri-heritage-trai...

WGAR News: Goolarabooloo: Looking after Country! (12 Sep 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/09/10/wgar-news-the-lurujarri-heritage-trai...

WGAR News: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens announce a doubling of Indigenous Rangers and new vision for the Kimberley (12 Sep 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/09/10/wgar-news-the-lurujarri-heritage-trai...

WGAR News: Jon Lamb and Cathy Lewis, Socialist Alternative: A fracking disaster for the Kimberley (12 Sep 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/09/10/wgar-news-the-lurujarri-heritage-trai...

WGAR News: WA Supreme Court rules James Price Point approval 'illegal': The Wilderness Society (23 Aug 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/22/wgar-news-wa-supreme-court-rules-jame...

WGAR News: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Goolarabooloo victory protects future generations (23 Aug 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/22/wgar-news-wa-supreme-court-rules-jame...

WGAR News: Oliver Milman, The Guardian: Environmentalists gear up for legal fights after gas hub declared illegal (23 Aug 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/22/wgar-news-wa-supreme-court-rules-jame...

WGAR News: ABC News: Woodside to use floating LNG technology to process Browse Basin gas (23 Aug 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/22/wgar-news-wa-supreme-court-rules-jame...

WGAR News: Opponents of James Price Point gas project welcome go-ahead for platform: The Guardian (9 Aug 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/08/wgar-news-opponents-of-james-price-po...

WGAR News: Eliza Borrello, ABC News: Mining policy: where the parties stand - Kimberley gas (9 Aug 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/08/wgar-news-opponents-of-james-price-po...

WGAR News: Perth Now: Barnett digs in for onshore Browse gas (9 Aug 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/08/wgar-news-opponents-of-james-price-po...

WGAR News: James Price Point: Victory or Loss?: Arena Magazine Feature [Kimberley Region, WA] (23 Jul 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/22/wgar-news-james-price-point-victory-o...

WGAR News: Philippa Velhinho, Green Left: Greed still threatens Kimberley paradise (11 Jul 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/10/wgar-news-muckaty-traditional-owner-m...

WGAR News: Celebrate the Kimberley in Sydney - 18 July 2013 [Featuring Traditional Owners from Arnhem Land] (11 Jul 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/10/wgar-news-muckaty-traditional-owner-m...

WGAR News: Vicky Validakis, Australian Mining: Battle looms over floating LNG push (11 Jul 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/10/wgar-news-muckaty-traditional-owner-m...

WGAR News: Offshore Energy Today: Australia: Premier Barnett Pushes for James Price Point Gas Precinct Development (27 Jun 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/06/26/wgar-news-minister-protect-the-burrup...

WGAR News: ABC News: Kimberley Land Council welcomes decision to continue compulsory acquisition of JPP (27 Jun 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/06/26/wgar-news-minister-protect-the-burrup...

WGAR News: Wide ramifications for EPA decisions from trial: David Weber, ABC [JPP gas hub case] (11 Jun 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/06/10/wgar-news-wide-ramifications-for-epa-...

WGAR News: No plans for JPP gas hub- but matter still goes to court: Aleisha Orr, WA Today (6 Jun 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/06/05/wgar-news-no-plans-for-jpp-gas-hub-bu...

WGAR News: The Wilderness Society: New Indigenous protected areas announced in the Kimberley (6 Jun 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/06/05/wgar-news-no-plans-for-jpp-gas-hub-bu...

WGAR News: 3CR Community Radio: Earth Matters [Victory at Walmadan, but Premier Barnett indicated he will still compulsorily acquire the land] (29 May 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/05/29/wgar-news-oxfam-report-mocks-native-t...

WGAR News: Woodside Decision a Great Outcome: The Directors of Save The Kimberley (10 May 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/05/09/wgar-news-woodside-decision-a-great-o...

WGAR News: WA Today: James Price Point land acquisition likely (10 May 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/05/09/wgar-news-woodside-decision-a-great-o...

WGAR News: Greens Senators Scott Ludlam and Rachel Siewert; WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple: The emperor needs to let go of James Price Point (10 May 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/05/09/wgar-news-woodside-decision-a-great-o...

WGAR News: Tracker: Woodside backs floating LNG for Browse (10 May 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/05/09/wgar-news-woodside-decision-a-great-o...

WGAR News: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Woodside & Government will not pay $1.5 billion (28 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/27/wgar-news-new-clc-chairman-warns-mini...

WGAR News: ABC Video: Celebrating the end of James Price Point but floating a future for Browse (28 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/27/wgar-news-new-clc-chairman-warns-mini...

WGAR News: Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Mitch Torres about James Price Point proposed gas hub development (24 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/23/wgar-news-muckaty-nuclear-waste-dump-...

WGAR News: Zebedee Parkes, Green Left: Kimberley win strengthens anti-gas campaign (24 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/23/wgar-news-muckaty-nuclear-waste-dump-...

WGAR News: DesignBuild: Federal Government Pushes for Floating LNG (24 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/23/wgar-news-muckaty-nuclear-waste-dump-...

WGAR News: SBS Living Black's Marc Tong interviews Goolarabooloo Elder Phillip Roe (22 Apr 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/21/wgar-news-sbs-living-blacks-marc-tong...

WGAR News: ABC Indigenous: James Price Point compulsory land acquisition continues (22 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/21/wgar-news-sbs-living-blacks-marc-tong...

WGAR News: ABC: Browse decision shelves Broome airport expansion (22 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/21/wgar-news-sbs-living-blacks-marc-tong...

WGAR News: "We have won and it is over - the project is dead": Hands off Country on the Kimberley (18 Apr 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/18/wgar-news-we-have-won-and-it-is-over-...

WGAR News: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Barnett can't walk away from important Kimberley investments (18 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/18/wgar-news-we-have-won-and-it-is-over-...

WGAR News: Peter Robertson, New Matilda: 'How We Stopped James Price Point Gas Hub' (18 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/18/wgar-news-we-have-won-and-it-is-over-...

WGAR News: Zebedee Parkes, Green Left: No Gas campaign bags a win (18 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/18/wgar-news-we-have-won-and-it-is-over-...

WGAR News: ABC: Indigenous gas deal should be honoured: Bergmann (18 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/18/wgar-news-we-have-won-and-it-is-over-...

WGAR News: WA Greens MLC, Robin Chapple: Barnett to strip Woodside Browse lease (18 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/18/wgar-news-we-have-won-and-it-is-over-...

WGAR News: ABC Video: Government urged to abandon gas land acquisition (18 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/18/wgar-news-we-have-won-and-it-is-over-...

WGAR News: Woodside pulls out of Kimberley gas hub: The Wilderness Society (13 Apr 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/13/wgar-news-woodside-pulls-out-of-kimbe...

WGAR News: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens welcome decision to abandon James Price Point (13 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/13/wgar-news-woodside-pulls-out-of-kimbe...

WGAR News: Melinda Wilson, YouTube: Many Hands, Many Hearts Say NO GAS at Walmadan JPP (9 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://www.indymedia.org.au/2013/04/08/wgar-news-legal-action-threatened...

WGAR News: KimberleyDirectAction: Launch of the NEW Walmadan camp guide to Country, Community & Culture (9 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://www.indymedia.org.au/2013/04/08/wgar-news-legal-action-threatened...

WGAR News: Deborah Ruiz Wall, New Matilda: Welfare Or Gas Money In The Kimberley? (5 Apr 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/04/04/wgar-news-federal-government-green-li...

WGAR News: Hands off Country: Woodside planning drilling in Endangered Ecological Community Monsoonal Vine Thicket (25 Mar 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/03/24/wgar-news-aboriginal-community-contro...

WGAR News: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: JPP whale study shows WA EPA greatly underestimated development impact (22 Mar 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/03/22/wgar-news-arnhem-land-traditional-own...

WGAR News: Goolarabooloo calls for protection of cultural sites: The Stringer (18 Mar 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/03/17/wgar-news-goolarabooloo-calls-for-pro...

WGAR News: Broome community calls on Shell to protect burial grounds: The Stringer (12 Mar 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/03/11/wgar-news-broome-community-calls-on-s...

WGAR News: The Stringer: Broome voters send a strong message - don’t build the gas hub (12 Mar 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/03/11/wgar-news-broome-community-calls-on-s...

WGAR News: Promising news for Kimberley, but industrialisation still looms: The Wilderness Society (9 Mar 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/03/09/wgar-news-promising-news-for-kimberle...

WGAR News: Fears raised over burial sites near James Price Point: Tracker (1 Mar 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/02/28/wgar-news-fears-raised-over-burial-si...

WGAR News: "20,000 turn out to save the Kimberley" "A concert and march in the heart of Fremantle" (27 Feb 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/02/26/wgar-news-20000-turn-out-to-save-the-...

WGAR News: Who Gets To Develop James Price Point?: Deborah Ruiz Wall, New Matilda (18 Feb 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/02/17/wgar-news-who-gets-to-develop-james-p...

WGAR News: ABC: Gas hub future unclear after native title dispute (10 Feb 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/02/09/wgar-news-call-for-royal-commission-i...

WGAR News: ACF: New Kimberley parks welcomed but jettison JPP gas hub plans (4 Feb 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/02/04/wgar-news-nt-leader-nova-peris-is-wro...

WGAR News: UN Intervention called for at James Price Point: Hands Off Country (2 Feb 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/02/01/wgar-news-un-intervention-called-for-...

WGAR News: The West: Offshore Browse move hard to stop: EPA (31 Jan 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/30/wgar-news-the-burning-issue-of-deaths...

WGAR News: Broome 'army ready' for war on Kimberley gas hub: Save The Kimberley (30 Jan 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/29/wgar-news-broome-army-ready-for-war-o...

WGAR News: Operation Kimberley Miinimbi Update:
No place sacred as Woodside prepares to destroy burial sites and ancient culture for gas in the Kimberley (28 Jan 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/27/wgar-news-protest-over-land-council-m...

WGAR News: Broome Community No Gas Campaign: Why is the Broome Community opposed to the development? (28 Jan 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/27/wgar-news-protest-over-land-council-m...

WGAR News: SBS Living Black: Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites (27 Jan 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/26/wgar-news-tent-embassy-returns-to-hei...

WGAR News: NIRS: "Sadness and horror" at Woodside's permission to work on sacred sites (25 Jan 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/24/wgar-news-greens-welcome-high-court-i...

WGAR News: Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: Goolarabooloo Law Bosses lift the ante in battle with Woodside over gas hub (21 Jan 13)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/20/wgar-news-200-aboriginal-maralinga-vi...

WGAR News: Woodside given go-ahead to destroy Aboriginal sites at James Price Point: Robin Chapple MLC (19 Jan 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/18/wgar-news-woodside-given-go-ahead-to-...

WGAR News: Wilderness Society takes WA EPA to Court [over proposed Kimberley gas hub] (22 Dec 12)
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/22/wgar-news-wilderness-society-takes-wa...

WGAR News: Premier’s approach ostracising all in the push to develop James Price Point: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert (16 Dec 12)
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/16/wgar-news-premier%E2%80%99s-approach-...

WGAR News: The West: Wide-ranging rally [in opposition to the gas hub at James Price Point] (16 Dec 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/16/wgar-news-premier%E2%80%99s-approach-...

WGAR News: Robin Chapple MLC: WA government bungles Browse land seizure again: Grylls' incompetence reaches new heights (13 Dec 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/13/wgar-news-government-remains-deaf-to-...

WGAR News: Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens say Barnett should abandon compulsory acquisition (13 Dec 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/13/wgar-news-government-remains-deaf-to-...

pindanpost: No Gas at Price’s Point, Broome ... marching across Australia (8 Dec 12)
http://pindanpost.com/2012/12/08/no-gas-at-prices-point-broome-marching-...

WGAR News: 'Alternative Annual Report' reveals risks for BHP Billiton Investors (5 Dec 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/05/wgar-news-1st-brisbane-sovereignty-la...

WGAR News: The West Australian: 1400 public submissions on James Price Point [North of Broome, WA] (5 Dec 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/05/wgar-news-1st-brisbane-sovereignty-la...

WGAR News: SBS Living Black: WA Approves James Price Point Gas Hub (25 Nov 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/24/wgar-news-abc-fortescue-accused-of-ri...

WGAR News: Tracker: Environmental approval granted for controversial gas hub [James Price Point, WA] (22 Nov 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/21/wgar-news-the-wire-call-for-indigenou...

WGAR News: Greens Rachel Siewert: JPP [James Price Point] protection relies on Minister Burke as the WA Government greases the wheels of industrialisation (20 Nov 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/20/wgar-news-mining-deal-bombshell-forte...

WGAR News: "Activists shut down Woodside rigs at James Price Point" Broome Community No Gas Hub Campaign (13 Sep 12)
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/14/wgar-news-activists-shut-down-woodsid...

WGAR News: Greens Christine Milne: James Price Point Senate Question (13 Sep 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/14/wgar-news-activists-shut-down-woodsid...

WGAR News: Greens Rachel Siewert: WA Govt must ensure social, cultural impact of JPP [James Price Point] development is examined (13 Sep 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/14/wgar-news-activists-shut-down-woodsid...

WGAR News: Greens Rachel Siewert: Obligation now lies with Burke to protect James Price Point (13 Nov 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/12/wgar-news-council-stops-darug-nation-...

WGAR News: Greens Rachel Siewert: Senate misses chance to protect Kimberley dinosaur prints (24 Aug 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/01/wgar-news-what%E2%80%99s-a-group-of-a...

WGAR News: Tracker: WA gas hub proponents try to sway Brown (17 Aug 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/08/17/wgar-news-international-day-of-the-wo...

WGAR News: "Bob Brown: why I’m leading the Sea Shepherd to the Kimberley" Crikey (28 Jul 12)
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/28/wgar-news-bob-brown-why-i%E2%80%99m-l...

WGAR News: "James Price Point is simply too valuable to be given over to industrialisation" Greens (20 Jul 12)
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/20/wgar-news-james-price-point-is-simply...

WGAR News: Gerry Georgatos: Woodside and the shire of Broome taken to the Supreme Court by Elder (30 May 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/30/wgar-news-ampilatwatja-community-lead...

WGAR News: Gerry Georgatos: Police amassing at James Price Point (16 May 12)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/16/wgar-news-brisbane-city-council-to-tr...

Australian Humanities Review: Politics, Protest and Performativity: The Broome Community’s ‘No Gas on the Kimberley Coast’ Campaign
http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-November-2012/mu...
Issue 53, Nov 12: "In Broome, Western Australia (WA), 5 July 2011 is now known as Black Tuesday. At dawn on that day I found myself standing on the red dust of Manari Road amongst some 250 Broome locals, singing songs from Jimmy Chi’s musical Bran Nue Dae in the face of 100 gathering riot police. It was a pivotal moment in an extraordinary, and continuing, campaign." By Kathie Muir

Tracker: Kimberley
http://tracker.org.au/?s=kimberley

National Indigenous Times: save the kimberley
http://www.nit.com.au/component/search/?searchword=save%20the%20kimberle...

The Conversation: james price point
http://theconversation.edu.au/search?q=james+price+point

SBS: kimberley gas
http://www.sbs.com.au/search/?query=kimberley+gas

SBS: kimberley
http://www.sbs.com.au/search/?query=kimberley&category=sub_wna

* KIMBERLEY CAMPAIGN PETITIONS:

Hands off Country: Tony Burke is called upon to call a Public Inquiry
http://handsoffcountry.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/tony-burke-is-called-upon...

change.org petition: Petitioning Tony Burke: Tony Burke: Protect sacred Aboriginal burial grounds in the Kimberley
Petition by Teresa Roe, Broome, Australia
http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-burke-protect-sacred-aborigin...

The Wilderness Society Petition: Protect the heritage values of the Kimberley and Stop the Gas Hub!
https://secure.wilderness.org.au/cyberactivist/cyberactions/11-07-kimber...

Conservation Council of Western Australia: Protect the Kimberley and Prevent More Carbon Pollution
http://ccwa.org.au/content/protect-kimberley-and-prevent-more-carbon-pol...

causes.com : No Dredging at James Price Point/Protect Whale nursery and Migration Routes
http://www.causes.com/actions/1735089-no-dredging-james-price-point-prot...

Care2 petition site: Please Save The Kimberley and Humpback Whales:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/47/please-save-the-kimberley-and-the-whales/

* KIMBERLEY CAMPAIGN VIDEOS:

- Videos

YouTube: Save the Kimberley 'Oz Island - Who Speaks for Me'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdGEjbPuYGg
6 Apr 12: "The Kimberley is under threat,help save the Kimberley 'Say No to gas plant in James Price Point'"

YouTube: Save The Kimberley (Pt. 3 MAPTIME Jazz Interview 7-11-11)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD0-CuPH1mM&list=PL33683B3F66FE9B69
15 Jul 11: "Mitch Torres, Aboriginal filmmaker and director, and Mikuak Rai, activist and musical artist, are interviewed by Wanique Shabazz of WRFG 89.3 FM Atlanta about the resistance that indigenous Australians are putting up against the imposition of an oil complex being built on their sacred lands. Please share this 3-part interview so that others, worldwide, may become aware of this situation. We must let the Australian government and the multinational oil companies know that this disregard will not and cannot be tolerated any longer. This is the true meaning of the 2012 shift...uplifting each other and harmonizing with the Ancient-Future ways of Universal Wisdom and Oneness."

YouTube: Broome Families Say NO.mov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHtk0TIUFsE
8 Jul 11: "This video gives a voice to Broome Families, please watch it. "Mr Barnett, Woodside, Shell, Chevron, BP, BHP this is the voice of the families of Broome who do not want the proposed Gas Hub at Walmadan-James Price Point - we want you to look at the other alternatives that are viable: Piping to the Pilbara or the off shore processing floating hub." Mitch Torres

YouTube: Broome Police fly in riot squad to break up manari road blockade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r34uDl8EqCY&list=UUGO3SjYf7ObjfqyjA2k9a6g...
5 Jul 11: "What begun as an inspiring peaceful protest by indigenous people and the broome community to block woodside workers from continuing the destruction of james price point (Walmadan),escalated into an aggresive scene by the afternoon. On the morning of the 5th of July 2011 woodside pressured the police into assisting them to carry out their 'lawful' duties, to clear pristine wilderness land in endangered bilby habitat, along the Lurujarri Heritage trail and within culturally sacred sites (burial grounds), without consent from traditional owners, permits or approvals from the government."

YouTube: The Wilderness Society Kimberley TV advertisement - say no Kimberley gas plant!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4qOxQhRN_o
24 Mar 10: "The Wilderness Society has combined with Traditional Owners and the local Kimberley community to produce a powerful 30 second TV ad. The commercial highlights the importance of the Kimberley environment and the threat of proposed industrialisation at James Price Point near Broome. Filmed onsite and featuring Indigenous Traditional Owner Neil McKenzie, the ad is designed to encourage action and will be crucial in combating Government and industry spin that presents the proposed development as a done deal."

YouTube: Save the Kimberley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzcCGPx-AyM
18 Mar 08: "Industrial threat to the Kimberley"

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Comments

BIG THANKS to the National Indigenous Times and its very special journalist Gerry Georgatos in exposing the FMG hand in dividing the Yindjibarndi and then in keeping up the coverage - because of this mainstream media got the guts to run with a story not looking too pretty for Andrew Forrest and FMG!
Conflicting information, interests and land owners dog FMG

Fortescue Metals Group has had its East Pilbara iron ore operations caught in disputes over conflicting information, conflicts of interest and the authority of traditional owners.

Transcript
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: One of Australia's richest iron ore miners, Andrew "Twiggy Forrest", is embroiled in a bitter dispute with local land owners over a multibillion dollar project in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Mr Forrest's company, Fortescue Metals Group, has long boasted of providing jobs, training and opportunities to Indigenous people. But now it's accused of exploiting divisions in Aboriginal communities, buying the support of traditional owners, and pressuring consultants to write favourable reports. Tonight, an insider who worked with Fortescue for more than a year gives his account of what went on. Bronwyn Herbert reports from Perth.

BRONWYN HERBERT, REPORTER: Billionaire miner Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest has always prided himself on helping Aboriginal people.

ANDREW FORREST, MINING MAGNATE: I have one message I give, and I've been giving this ever since I became a businessman - the more you know Aboriginal people, the more you love them.

BRONWYN HERBERT: But for more than two years he's been involved in one of the most bitter fights with Indigenous people over his company's latest multibillion dollar development in the east Pilbara. It's a project to mine more than $100 billion worth of iron ore which lies below the red dirt.

MICHAEL WOODLEY, YINDJIBARNDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION: We read your agreement, we understand your agreement, and - to be frank with you - it's crap, right?
Read the whole story here:
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3637169.htm