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BHP Billiton Olympic Dam mine expansion in South Australia has received a go ahead from Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke on 10th October 2011. This will create the world's largest open pit mine, over 1km deep, 4.5km long and 3km wide. The export of uranium is expected to increase from an average of 4,000 tonnes per year to 19,000 tonnes per year, and the production of copper, gold and silver also expected to increase. Olympic Dam already consumes an inordinate amount of ground water extracted from the Great Artesian Basin every day - for free. The mine expansion will entail BHP Billiton expanding groundwater extraction and building a 280 megalitres-a-day desalination plant at Point Lowly, northeast of Whyalla on Spencer's Gulf which will impact the only known breeding ground of the giant Australian cuttlefish, prawn fisheries and the sensitive marine environment.

Save Point Lowly | Save the Great Artesian Basin |
Events: National Day of Action against BHP Billiton - Thursday, October 20 - Melbourne Facebook page or Adelaide Facebook page | BHP Billitons Annual General Meeting at the Melbourne convention centre on November the 17th at 10:30am.

As consequence of being busted at Downing St. on Friday morning we were informed, as we we were released from the police station before midnight, that we are banned from Westminster until we report back on Nov 1st. So we missed the anti-war rally in Trafalger Square on Saturday. Here are some great speeches from John Pilger and Julian Assange
Ciaron

Video of John Pilger (journalist & documentary maker) speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQiGJs0fpxU
"For such journalists there are two types of humanity in war.. there are worthy victims and unworthy victims.."

The Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) today asserted that Philippine Airlines (PAL) President Jaime Bautista’s announcement that they no longer acknowledge Gerry Rivera and Bong Palad as union officers exposes union busting as the real aim of outsourcing. “Truly a fish is caught by its mouth. Actually PAL is not just recognizing me and Palad as union officers but 62% of PALEA’s leadership and 70% of its membership who have been illegally lockout and terminated.

Enough - No More Tricks - No More Lies - No More Intervention = As a community we are now making progress to Stand up for our rights for our cultural Revolution - our movement towards self-determination - We Remember the Wave Hill Strike and we are ready to be revolutionary again. Gurindji worker Peter Inverway said: “Our people walked off Wave Hill Station for getting paid in flour, tea and sugar. Now we are getting paid on the Basics Card. We need to continue with this strike action."

Show your support and find out more at: http://www.gurindjifreedomday.com/

Join 20 days of entertainment for Ancient Mother Earth and the New Dreaming, from 10th to 30th October 2011.

Centuries ago you white people chose the path of science and technology. That path will destroy the planet. Our role is to protect the planet. We are hoping that you discover this before it’s too late. - Reuben Kelly, Aboriginal Elder.

We pay our respect by acknowledging the elders, the traditional owners and our ancestors of the land.

Stand Up!

The huge cosmetics chain LUSH has decided to back the Free West Papua campaign.

100 shops across the UK will be displaying a large poster of the Morning Star flag in their window for the next week, and over 50,000 campaign leaflets and postcards have been produced to distribute to members of the public urging them to take action.

A placard featuring a photo of political prisoner FILEP KARMA will also be placed on pavements outside each store, with the tagline "Jailed for 15 years for raising a flag".

S.A.S. Veteran, Priest & Australian and English Anti-War Actvists Arrested Blockading Downing St. - 10th. Anniversary Afghan War!

VIDEO (3 mins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEwd0KfBD7I
VIDEO (15 mins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BUByoxHA0I
PHOTOGRAPHS https://london.indymedia.org/articles/10350

http://traffic.libsyn.com/kaputtradio/depod20111008.mp3

Deutsche Stimmen von Australien - Nachrichten Kommentar mit Wolfi

Heute mit Glosse, Paradoxen, und in 3 verschiedenen studios produziert

17:20 min 128 kbps stereo 15.9 MB

China has often being misunderstood by the Western public due to factual distortion by Western’s journalists and writers. Bruce Gilley, an assistant professor of political science at Portland State University’s Mark O.