Save the Kimberley

WGAR News: Minister, Protect the Burrup with World Heritage Listing: Greens Senator Scott Ludlam

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 26/06/2013 - 1:54pm

Newsletter date: 27 June 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: World Heritage push for world’s oldest rock art
* Greens Senator Scott Ludlam: Minister, Protect the Burrup with World Heritage Listing
* Saffron Howden, SMH: Population weighs heavily on ancient Aboriginal rock art

* Greens MLC Robin Chapple: Local Aboriginal Jobs Sacrificed in Shoddy Government Contract Deal

* Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation: New hope for the Yindjibarndi people
* Ben Leahy, Pilbara Echo: Yindjibarndi sign land access with Rio Tinto

Geography: 
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Rio Tinto
Gerry Georgatos
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
WA
YAC
JPP
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation
north of Broome
FLNG
Burrup
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam
The Stringer
Premier Barnett
World Heritage Listing
Aboriginal rock art
Saffron Howden
Greens MLC Robin Chapple
Aboriginal Jobs
Rio native title deal
Ben Leahy
Pilbara Echo
gas onshore
Offshore Energy Today
Peter Kerr
Kimberley Land Council
compulsory acquisition of JPP
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - World Heritage push for world's oldest rock art
Greens MLC Robin Chapple - Local Aboriginal Jobs Sacrificed in Shoddy Government Contract Deal
Ben Leahy - Pilbara Echo - Yindjibarndi sign land access with Rio Tinto
ABC News - Barnett under pressure to abandon processing gas onshore

WGAR News: Wide ramifications for EPA decisions from trial: David Weber, ABC [JPP gas hub case]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 10/06/2013 - 2:48pm

Newsletter date: 11 June 2013

Contents:

* ABC: Chief Justice reserves decision in gas hub case
* David Weber, ABC: Wide ramifications for EPA decisions from trial [JPP gas hub case]
* ABC: Greens call for EPA to explain board behaviour
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* ABC Mildura - Swan Hill: Fighting for land nothing new for Aboriginal elder
* ABC Mildura - Swan Hill: Were Aborigines Australia's first 'squatters'?
* Audio Boo: Fighting for land nothing new for Murra Wurra Paakintji woman

Geography: 
Brisbane
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
London
indigenous
aboriginal
indigenous rights
Mabo
native title
Land rights
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
WA
JPP
EPA
north of Broome
Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud
CAAMA
NITV News
Chief Justice
gas hub case
David Weber
Aboriginal elder
Audio Boo
Murra Wurra Paakintji woman
Indigenous claim
Lake Victoria
Northern Territory nuclear waste dump
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Senator Scullion
Pam Reilly
Gail Mabo
Yothu Yindi frontman
ABC - Chief Justice reserves decision in gas hub case
ABC - Greens call for EPA to explain board behaviour
ABC Mildura - Swan Hill - Fighting for land nothing new for Aboriginal elder
Audio Boo - Fighting for land nothing new for Murra Wurra Paakintji woman

WGAR News: Woodside Decision a Great Outcome: The Directors of Save The Kimberley

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 2:05pm

Newsletter date: 10 May 2013

Contents:

* The Directors of Save The Kimberley: Woodside Decision a Great Outcome
* YouTube: Thank you - for uniting to stop the gas hub! - TheWildernessSociety
* WA Today: James Price Point land acquisition likely
* Greens Senators Scott Ludlam and Rachel Siewert; WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple: The emperor needs to let go of James Price Point
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The Gas Wars
* Tracker: Woodside backs floating LNG for Browse
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

Geography: 
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Amnesty International
Gerry Georgatos
James Price Point
gas hub
Save the Kimberley
Woodside
WA
north of Broome
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam
Browse
The Stringer
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
land acquisition
Floating LNG
The Wilderness Society
WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple
Gas Wars
Aboriginal activist
Rodney Dillon
Bryan Andy
YouTube - Thank you - for uniting to stop the gas hub - TheWildernessSociety
WA Today - James Price Point land acquisition likely
Greens Senators Scott Ludlam and Rachel Siewert - WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple - The emperor needs to let go of James Price Point
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - The Gas Wars
Tracker - Woodside backs floating LNG for Browse
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews long-time Aboriginal activist Rodney Dillon and Amnesty International's Bryan Andy

WGAR News: New CLC chairman warns mining companies he will renegotiate royalties!: CAAMA Radio

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 27/04/2013 - 10:44am

Newsletter date: 28 April 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA Radio: New CLC chairman warns mining companies he will renegotiate royalties!

* Robin Chapple MLC, WA Greens: Birriliburu IPA declaration ceremony [IPA: Indigenous Protected Area]

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Woodside & Government will not pay $1.5 billion
* Robin Chapple MLC, WA Greens: Broome ratepayers left in lurch by JPP halt
* NIRS: Broome should get benefits without gas hub: Mitch Torres
* ABC Video: Celebrating the end of James Price Point but floating a future for Browse

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
James Price Point
gas hub
Save the Kimberley
Woodside
WA
JPP
north of Broome
Browse
CLC
Mitch Torres
CLC chairman
mining companies
mining royalties
Robin Chapple MLC
IPA - Indigenous Protected Area
WA Greens
Broome ratepayers
Robin Chapple MLC - WA Greens - Birriliburu IPA declaration ceremony
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Woodside and Government will not pay
Robin Chapple MLC - WA Greens - Broome ratepayers left in lurch by JPP halt
NIRS - Broome should get benefits without gas hub - Mitch Torres
ABC Video - Celebrating the end of James Price Point but floating a future for Browse

WGAR News: Muckaty nuclear waste dump update April 2013: Nat Wasley, Ohms Not Bombs

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 23/04/2013 - 4:34pm

Newsletter date: 24 April 2013

Contents:

* Nat Wasley, Ohms Not Bombs: Muckaty nuclear waste dump update April 2013
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Mitch Torres about James Price Point proposed gas hub development
* Zebedee Parkes, Green Left: Kimberley win strengthens anti-gas campaign
* DesignBuild: Federal Government Pushes for Floating LNG
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* Other articles

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Muckaty
Nuclear waste dump
gas
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
Kimberley
James Price Point
gas hub
Save the Kimberley
WA
north of Broome
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Mitch Torres about James Price Point proposed gas hub development
Zebedee Parkes - Green Left - Kimberley win strengthens anti-gas campaign
DesignBuild - Federal Government Pushes for Floating LNG
Nat Wasley
Mitch Torres
Zebedee Parkes
Federal Government
Floating LNG

WGAR News: "We have won and it is over - the project is dead": Hands off Country on the Kimberley

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 18/04/2013 - 2:12pm

Newsletter date: 18 April 2013

Contents:

* Hands off Country: "We have won and it is over - the project is dead"
* Respect and Listen: NIT - A Kimberley victory
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Barnett can't walk away from important Kimberley investments
* Ryan Emery, NITV: James Price Point gas hub too expensive: Woodside
* SBS Radionews Audio: Woodside abandons James Price Point gas hub
* SBS Radionews Audio: Reaction to scrapping of WA gas hub plan
* NIRS: New designs for James Price Point to be explored
* YouTube: Woodside JPP Pullout

Geography: 
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
gas
Kimberley
James Price Point
gas hub
Save the Kimberley
Woodside
WA
JPP
north of Broome
Hands Off Country
Browse
Traditional Owners
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
Kimberley investments
Premier Barnett
Kimberley’s Aboriginal peoples
WA Greens MLC - Robin Chapple
land acquisition
Kimberley environment
campaigners
No Gas campaign
Greens Leader Christine Milne
We have won and it is over - The Project is dead - Hands off Country on the Kimberley
Ryan Emery - NITV - James Price Point gas hub too expensive: Woodside
SBS Radionews Audio - Reaction to scrapping of WA gas hub plan
Peter Robertson - New Matilda - How We Stopped James Price Point Gas Hub
Greens Leader Christine Milne - Greens congratulate James Price Point campaigners
ABC - Indigenous gas deal should be honoured - Bergmann
The Stringer - Premier Barnett apologises to Kimberley’s Aboriginal peoples
WA Greens MLC - Robin Chapple - Barnett to strip Woodside Browse lease

WGAR News: Legal action threatened by Indigenous groups against the CSG industry: The Wire

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 08/04/2013 - 1:29pm

Newsletter date: 9 April 2013

Contents:

* The Wire Interview: Legal action threatened by Indigenous groups against the CSG industry
* Tracker: Gas firms accused of sacred site damage
* Tracker: Sacred sites 'destroyed by Qld gas plants'

* Herald Sun: NT land owners tour Spanish nuclear dump
* Tennant & District Times: Muckaty mob on tour
* Media Release: Nuclear waste in the spotlight, Muckaty in the frame: Red dirt exhibition raises red flag in Canberra
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
gas
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
James Price Point
gas hub
Save the Kimberley
Woodside
WA
sacred site
north of Broome
uranium mine
Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance
WANFA
CSG industry
Indigenous groups
gas plants
Spanish nuclear dump
Muckaty mob on tour
Walmadan JPP
Walmadan camp guide
Traditional Owners
Browse LNG
Browse workers camp
Twiggy
Tracker - Gas firms accused of sacred site damage
Tracker - Sacred sites destroyed by Qld gas plants
Herald Sun - NT land owners tour Spanish nuclear dump
Tennant & District Times - Muckaty mob on tour
Melinda Wilson - YouTube - Many Hands - Many Hearts Say NO GAS at Walmadan JPP
Hands off Country - Singing Country in the Song Cycle
KimberleyDirectAction - Launch of the NEW Walmadan camp guide to Country
Community & Culture
Media Release - Sad day for WA as state's first uranium mine approved

WGAR News: Federal Government green light uranium mining for WA: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 2:49pm

Newsletter date: 5 April 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Federal Government green light uranium mining for WA
* The Wire Audio: Safety concerns over uranium mine
* Background to the Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA)

* Deborah Ruiz Wall, New Matilda: Welfare Or Gas Money In The Kimberley?
* The Stringer: Legal action commences on EPA's approval for James Price Point Gas hub
* Hands off Country: Shake Your Head in Disbelief
* Ingetje Tadros: Pelican corroboree - welcome to Seashepherd in Walmadan
* News re Floating offshore gas processing

Geography: 
Perth
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
deaths in custody
uranium mining
aboriginal
legal action
gas
Aboriginal imprisonment
James Price Point
Walmadan
Save the Kimberley
WA
Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance - WANFA
The Kimberley
north of Broome
FLNG
Deborah Ruiz Wall
WA Government
Corroboree
uranium mine
Floating offshore gas processing
youth suicide
Newhouse
The Wire Audio - Safety concerns over uranium mine
Deborah Ruiz Wall - New Matilda - Welfare Or Gas Money In The Kimberley
Hands off Country - Shake Your Head in Disbelief
Ingetje Tadros - Pelican corroboree - welcome to Seashepherd in Walmadan
News re Floating offshore gas processing
NITV News - Calls on WA government to take action on youth suicide
Tracker - WA kids brutalised in adult jail - Newhouse
NIRS - Legal action for Hakea juvenile detention

WGAR News: Aboriginal Community Controlled Health vital to closing the gap: NACCHO

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 24/03/2013 - 4:55pm

Newsletter date: 25 March 2013

Contents:

* NACCHO: Aboriginal Community Controlled Health vital to closing the gap

* Mary Micallef, For the ISJA Melbourne Team: What’s the cost of imprisonment?
* Alison Thorne, ISJA Melbourne: Launch of John Pat 30
* National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody! Remember John Pat
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* CAAMA: Walpiri lawman talks about saving his culture!

* NITV News: Indigenous women gather at UN to stop domestic violence

Geography: 
Global/International
Melbourne
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
UN
deaths in custody
aboriginal
National Day of Action
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Aboriginal imprisonment
James Price Point
gas hub
Save the Kimberley
domestic violence
Woodside
north of Broome
Closing the Gap
NACCHO
Quitline
Calma
Indigenous women
Walpiri
CAAMA
John Pat 30
Remember John Pat
cost of imprisonment
Monsoonal Vine Thicket
Mary Micallef - For the ISJA Melbourne Team - What’s the cost of imprisonment
Alison Thorne - ISJA Melbourne - Launch of John Pat 30
National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody - Remember John Pat
CAAMA - Walpiri lawman talks about saving his culture
NITV News - Indigenous women gather at UN to stop domestic violence
NITV News - Quitline not a political football says Calma
Hands off Country - Woodside planning drilling in Endangered Ecological Community Monsoonal Vine Thicket
Greens' Show Points to Gas Hub Rejection - Media Release

WGAR News: Arnhem Land Traditional Owners call for an end to fracking: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 22/03/2013 - 2:24pm

Newsletter date: 22 March 2013

See:

WGAR News: Protect Arnhem Land Campaign: Respect and Listen [Northern Territory - NT, Australia] (25 Jul 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/24/wgar-news-protect-arnhem-land-campaig...

WGAR News: Background to the Protect Arnhem Land Campaign, Northern Territory (NT), Australia (28 Jul 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/28/wgar-news-background-to-the-protect-a...

Contents:

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
fracking
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
north of Broome
Burrup
Cape York
Rock art
gas and oil exploration
Arnhem Traditional Owners
WA EPA
World Heritage protection
Another year stronger - Campaigners vow to continue opposition to Muckaty proposal
Solidarity - WA election sends message to Gillard-and The Greens
causes - No Dredging at James Price Point - Protect Whale nursery and Migration Routes
NITV News - Cape York elders push for World Heritage protection against mining
Alex Bainbridge - Green Left Video - Wilfred Hicks: Why we stand up for the Burrup
NITV News - NT tribes oppose shale gas and oil exploration
ABC - Traditional owners burn Arnhem Land fracking plan
ABC Radio National Breakfast - Concern over fracking in Arnhem Land
NIRS - Arnhem Traditional Owners oppose fracking on Country
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - JPP whale study shows WA EPA greatly underestimated development impact