Western Australia’s gas project – a precedent for nuclear waste importing?
Australians seem to be preoccupied with their domestic lives, looking outwards now and then for football, rugby league, royal weddings, blessed popes..
It is a worry that in the bigger picture for this country, hugely important decisions are just not on our radar. An example is the Liquified Natural Gas industry. The maneuverings and manipulations in this might well be the precursor to maneuverings to bring about a nuclear waste import industry.
The background of the LNG development is one of a rushed process, lacking rigourous scientific and environmental study.
The main political players – W.A. Premier and Federal Resource Minister Martin Ferguson both show that their political ambitions and subservience to big corporations are their main consideration. Martin Ferguson’s conflict of interest is apparent.
The LNG project threatens the environment, and the substantial tourism and fishing industries, including existing Aboriginal enterprises.
The deliberate tying of of the location of the gas hub to the proposed ‘Indigenous benefits package’ for Kimberley Indigenous communities makes a mockery of the principle of “informed consent” for Aboriginal people – Christina Macpherson
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Spot on Christina …
What’s needed is some kind of unbiased/non-denominational/no conflict of interest ‘group’ to watch over these issues that affect all of Australia …
A group that had real power to stop this blatant wanton destruction of this beautiful land and it’s ‘used and abused’ indigenous peoples …
We once had such a group. They were called politicians that were to look after all these concerns, but alas something seemed to have happened along the way …
James
PS. Keep up your excellent work and we may just be able to create a new revolution(peaceful of course) towards a REAL sustainable country ….
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