http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/3972/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2012/03/22/qld-election-commitment-to-nature-reserves <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Sometimes they really do act like they own the entire country. </p> <p>The mining industry, under billionaire magnate Clive Palmer, is trying to establish an open-cut coal mine called China First in the Bimblebox Nature Refuge – a privately-owned area of Central-West Queensland. Not only is it private land, but as the name suggests, Bimblebox is already a protected nature reserve under state and federal law. <strong>Only it turns out, the law protects Bimblebox and other areas like it from everything <em>except</em> mining. </strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/china-first-mine">China First mine</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/clive-palmer">Clive Palmer</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/bimblebox-nature-refuge">Bimblebox Nature Refuge</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/election-24-march-12">election 24 March 12</a></div></div></div> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:21:02 +0000 Anonymous 5620 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal