Newsletter date: 1 March 2013
Contents:
* The Wilderness Society: Broome takes over Sydney’s Martin Place
* Tracker: Fears raised over burial sites near James Price Point
* YouTube: Christine Milne on James Price Point - AustralianGreens
* YouTube: Rally For the Kimberley, Images Robin Chapple and Red Broome - Red Hand
* Robin Chapple MLC: Greens name and shame our biggest carbon emitters
* Perth Now: Sleeping giants square off in gas wars
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA
* Other articles
* THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: BROOME TAKES OVER SYDNEY'S MARTIN PLACE
- Media Release
The Wilderness Society: Broome takes over Sydney’s Martin Place
Festival for the Kimberley, Friday, March 8
http://www.respectandlisten.org/kimberley/news/media-releases.html
27 Feb 13: "The Festival for the Kimberley will transform Sydney’s Martin Place into the Broome markets, replicating the vibrant atmosphere of Australia’s first truly multicultural society, the stalls, the colour and the entertainment, all day Friday, March 8, from morning to evening. ...
The festival aims to highlight the incredibly multicultural laidback lifestyle of Broome (one of the few places to escape the White Australia policy) and the spectacular Kimberley, which is under threat from industrial development.
The Kimberley ... is now threatened as oil and gas giants Woodside, Shell, BP, PetroChina, Mitsubishi and Mitsui plan to build a gas processing plant on the stunning red cliffs of James Prices Point, a significant Indigenous heritage site and home to the longest chain of dinosaur footprints on the planet. ...
Wilderness Society Kimberley Campaign Manager Glen Klatovsky said: "The Kimberley faces an historic moment. Will it retain its unique social and environmental heritage, or will it become another industrial zone? Some of the key decision makers reside in Sydney’s CBD. Today is a first step in telling this extraordinary story to the people of our largest and most powerful city." ... "
- Event
Event: Fri 8 March 2013: Sydney CBD, NSW
The Wilderness Society Sydney:
Festival for the Kimberley
"STOP PRESS:
Due to a severe weather warning,
Festival for the Kimberley has been
postponed until Friday 8 March, 2013."
"Calling all Sydneysiders: This is your chance
join us for a fun-filled day to bring the stunning
beauty of the Kimberley region to Sydney,
and to stand in solidarity with the people of
Broome against industrialisation as a result of the
planned James Price Point gas hub."
Event details including updated agenda: http://www.respectandlisten.org/kimberley.html
Event details: http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/festival-for-the-kimberley
Event details: http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/kimberley-portal-page/2...
Media Release of 27 Feb 13: http://www.respectandlisten.org/kimberley/news/media-releases.html
WGAR Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...
* TRACKER: FEARS RAISED OVER BURIAL SITES NEAR JAMES PRICE POINT
- News
newsTracker: Fears raised over burial sites near James Price Point
Tracker: http://tracker.org.au/2013/02/fears-raised-over-burial-sites-near-james-...
AFR: http://www.afr.com/p/national/fears_for_wa_aboriginal_burial_sites_E18IR...
27 Feb 13: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: The Australian Greens fear Aboriginal burial sites north of Broome will be destroyed unless the Gillard government stops Woodside moving in heavy machinery near a controversial gas hub site. The Senate was told on Tuesday the energy giant was preparing to move equipment onto sand dunes near the James Price Point site. Woodside’s proposed $30 billion Kimberley gas hub has divided the community. Greens leader Christine Milne urged the government to step in to prevent sacred sites being damaged ... "
* YOUTUBE: CHRISTINE MILNE ON JAMES PRICE POINT - AUSTRALIANGREENS
- Video
YouTube: Christine Milne on James Price Point - AustralianGreens
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5Xj8vruROWE
Greens Senator Christine Milne: http://christine-milne.greensmps.org.au/content/video/christine-milne-ja...
25 Feb 13: "Christine Milne asked Stephen Conroy, representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities a question in the Senate about James Price Point.
Is the Minister aware of the huge public demonstration in Fremantle on Sunday against the proposed gas hub in the West Kimberley in which thousands of people marched in opposition to the gas plan promoted by WA Premier Colin Barnett and federal resources minister, Martin Ferguson?
If he is aware of it, with regard to the imminent decision by Woodside to move heavy machinery into the sand dunes at Walmadany, which contain burial grounds and other sites of enormous significance to local Aboriginal people, can the minister tell the Senate, with respect to Minister Burke's assessment of a section 9 request for emergency heritage protection-which he has now had on his desk for more than 18 months-where it is up to, when it will be completed and when it will be released?"
If interested in info from senate hansard:
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/chamber/hansards/3a4c3452-9...
Kimberley:
senate hansard page 16 (website page 28) to 18 (website 30)
senate hansard page 28 (website 40)
senate hansard page 22 (website page 10)
* YOUTUBE: RALLY FOR THE KIMBERLEY, IMAGES ROBIN CHAPPLE AND RED BROOME - RED HAND
- Video
YouTube: Rally For the Kimberley, Images Robin Chapple and Red Broome - Red Hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6NaWdwDjh9s
25 Feb 13: "Dr Bob Brown addressed the 20 000 strong crowd in Fremantle today, and talked about the Aboriginal songlines, dinosaur footprints, humpback whale freeway and bilby habitats at and near James Price Point, the chosen site for the Gas Hub. We agree with the good doctor that James Price Point is a place that must be protected!"
- Past Event
Event: Sun 24 February 2013: Fremantle, Perth, WA
Concert for the Kimberley:
A concert and march in the heart of Fremantle
The Wilderness Society WA
"Join us in Fremantle on Sunday 24 February 2013
for a free, open-air concert featuring the
John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, Ball Park Music,
special guest Dr Bob Brown, and others."
"This concert and rally is a call to arms for
all West Australians to stand up and protect
one of our finest national treasures,
The Kimberley," says John Butler
Event details: http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/concert-for-the-kimberl...
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/kimberley/save-the-kimberley.html
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/53255
Flyer: http://www.wilderness.org.au/images/concert-for-kimberley-freo
Flyer: http://www.savethekimberley.com/2013/02/12/concert-for-the-kimberley/
WGAR Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...
* ROBIN CHAPPLE MLC: GREENS NAME AND SHAME OUR BIGGEST CARBON EMITTERS
- News
Robin Chapple MLC: Greens name and shame our biggest carbon emitters
http://www.robinchapple.com/greens-name-and-shame-our-biggest-carbon-emi...
27 Feb 13: "The Greens have today named and shamed the state’s biggest carbon emitters in a bid to try to tackle WA’s growing reputation as one of the biggest per capita polluters on the planet. Greens MLC Robin Chapple said Woodside topped the list of the state’s worst greenhouse gas emitters pushing out more than 12 M tonnes a year from its Burrup development, the equivalent of the annual combined carbon emissions of around 4 million cars. ... Mr Chapple said new developments already in the pipeline, including Woodside’s Browse basin LNG, were expected to more than double the state’s current emissions within a decade."
* PERTH NOW: SLEEPING GIANTS SQUARE OFF IN GAS WARS
- News
Perth Now: Sleeping giants square off in gas wars
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/sleeping-giants-square...
24 Feb 13: "Co-locating two LNG projects at James Price Point would "dramatically improve the economics for everyone," the Premier said. "The shale gas resource in the Canning Basin is probably twice the size of the combined offshore reservoirs of both the Carnarvon and Browse basins. Again, while that's into the future probably five to 10 years away that's another strong argument why the State Government wishes to see James Price Point developed." His comments were echoed this week by Mines Minister Norman Moore. ... "
* BACKGROUND TO THE SAVE THE KIMBERLEY CAMPAIGN - JAMES PRICE POINT, NORTH OF BROOME, WA
Last updated: 27 February 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...
* OTHER ARTICLES:
- Video and News
NITV News & AAP: Two cops admit Aboriginal man didn’t punch
SBS: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1741556/Two-cops-admit-Aboriginal-man...
Tracker: http://tracker.org.au/2013/02/two-cops-admit-aboriginal-man-didnt-punch/
27 Feb 13: "Two more officers involved in the prosecution of a young Aboriginal man accused of assaulting police have now conceded he never threw a punch. Corey Barker, 24, was charged in January 2011 ... Constable Lee Walmsley told a Police Integrity Commission (PIC) hearing in Sydney on Wednesday his original evidence had been wrong. ... Senior Constable Ryan Eckersley also conceded on Wednesday that his previous evidence that Mr Barker had punched Snr Const Hill was incorrect."
- Video
SBS World News: A better education not a stolen generation: Langton
Source: Nancia Guivarra, NITV News
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1741552/A-better-education-not-a-stol...
27 Feb 13: "Academic Marcia Langton is denying suggestions that sending more Indigenous students to boarding schools, rather than learn in their own communities, would create a new 'stolen generation'. Last night Professor Langton controversially put forward a plan to close the education gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students by sending them to private, metropolitan schools. The expert in Indigenous education says the Australian education system must stop treating Indigenous students differently from their non-Indigenous peers, ... "
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