Traditional Owners tell State to ‘back-off’ from threat to forcibly remove them from their lands at James Price Point the Kimberley

BROOME COMMUNITY NO GAS CAMPAIGN

Media Release
November 29th, 2011
Traditional Owners have hit back at WA’s Department of State Development and have said they are being disrespectful and paternalistic in their attempt to remove people from a traditional Aboriginal campground near James Price Point, Broome.

Traditional Owner and Goolarabooloo Law Boss Phillip Roe said: “The State needs to back off. This is like stepping back into the 19th century when people were forcibly removed from their land. We have a right under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, which Australia has signed, to carry out our cultural practices and protect our country.”

Today Gail McGowan from the DSD and Broome Police Superintendent Mick Sutherland threatened to shut down the Walmadan campground as it may be dangerous during cyclone season, and that it is ‘illegal for people to live there”
ABC Kimberley WA - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Walmadan campers have developed a cyclone plan with advice from FESA, including 3 evacuation options, and have downsized the camp significantly.

Walmadan is one of many ancient Aboriginal campsites along the Dampier Peninsula, and is an important site along the Lurujarri Heritage Trail, a reconciliation walk the Goolarabooloo community developed in conjunction with the WA Heritage Council in 1988. It is also the site of the Walmadan Tent Embassy. Phillip Roe, along with other family members, has invited people, many of whom support the Goolarabooloo/JabbirJabbir in their fight against the proposed Browse LNG precinct, to stay at the camp. “Over the past 25 years we have invited people to come and stay with us in our country and learn about our cultural heritage and practices” Phillip said.


Mr. Roe feels the DSD has displayed a lack of cultural respect by threatening to close the camps without properly discussing their issues with him and his community. ‘Our community, the Goolarabooloo, has survived cyclones for tens of thousands of years, and we are very confident we still can. Why are they making an uproar about this camp suddenly? It’s obviously a political move to shut down our community’s opposition to the Browse LNG Precinct”

(Photo: Rod Harvigsen) Traditional Owner Phillip Roe with Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke at Walmadan in August 2011

Woodside in the Kimberley; Exploitation Inc — Antony Loewenstein

Woodside in the Kimberley; Exploitation Inc — Antony LoewensteinWhat I saw on the cur­rent Wood­side com­pound near JPP chal­lenged this as­ser­tion, with count­less bits of bro­ken con­crete in the dirt, air-con­di­tion­ers at­tached with flimsy pieces of rope and leak­ing water. Ev­i­dence for this dam­age is con­stant and in­cludes en­vi­ron­men­tal ex­perts dis­put­ing Wood­side claims.

As we walked around the site, a man ap­peared car­ry­ing a video cam­era—he re­fused to say what he was doing or for whom he worked—and began film­ing us. He dis­ap­peared 30 sec­onds later.

Later, an­other man ap­peared, wear­ing a bright-yel­low flu­o­res­cent Thrifty car rental vest and dark sun­glasses, and a small cam­era at­tached to his chest was flicked on to film us. He re­fused to say what he was re­ally doing (apart from claim­ing he was pro­tect­ing our “safety” near the Wood­side com­pound) or where the footage would be screened or used.

My guides in the area, Damien and David, two men who have spent months at the block­ade at JPP and es­tab­lished a sus­tain­able camp with phone and in­ter­net cov­er­age, said that these kinds of acts—the guards are em­ployed by Hos­tile En­vi­ron­ment Ser­vices (HRS)—oc­curred daily.

Walmadan Country under on-going attacks

Woodsides 'programme' of destruction and attack on country in the Walmadan, James Price Point area (North of Broome WA) is ongoing. The sequence you're about to view shows images taken in areas of recent clearing; within metres of rare monsoon vine thicket. This sequence of images was taken on the 27th of November 2011.

Woodside punished by investors as production forecasts fall short | The Australian

Woodside punished by investors as production forecasts fall short | The Australian

WOODSIDE Petroleum has been severely punished by investors after disappointing the market on its ramp-up plans for Pluto and lower than expected production guidance.

The oil and gas giant yesterday said that production next year might range from 73 million barrels of oil equivalent to 81 million barrels, which analysts said was about 8-10 per cent lower than expected.

Shell's Peat Haulage Has Begun... And Been Disrupted ! - Indymedia Ireland

Shell's Peat Haulage Has Begun... And Been Disrupted ! - Indymedia Ireland

The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy | Naomi Wolf | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy | Naomi Wolf | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Parallels to what we have been experiencing for several months in Broome because of our efforts to protect Country, Community and Cultural Heritage. Many respected long term Broome locals have been arrested, pulled over, searched, bullied, pulled in to be questioned on highly dubious circumstances. Many people have be arrested, convicted or fined on video evidence provided to the police on a daily basis by Woodside’s private corporate mercenaries Hostile/Lockforce Services.



Woodside with the state government’s unlimited support has turned our community into a bunch of criminals with trumped up charges and highly questionable underlining motives and has reaped thousands and thousands of dollars for the state coffers in fines and infringement notices, court costs and trials.

People have been picked up in Country, told they are under arrest, taken back into town in paddy wagons, held for several hours only to be told they are un-arrested and left on the streets to find their own way back to Country. In any other situation this could be deemed as kidnapping.

Particular protectors have been targeted for police attention and Woodside has targeted specific people by demonizing them in their highly prejudice Induction Workshops that are conducted on a regular basis for all workers, contractors and even government agency representatives entering the proposed site .

Woodside has turned our beautiful community of committed people into a bunch of criminals virtually overnight and have filled it with marauding private corporate mercenaries.

No timeline on Yindjibarndi request: Parliament | Tracker

No timeline on Yindjibarndi request: Parliament | Tracker:

In the letter to WA’s Registrar of Aboriginal Sites, Eureka’s principal archaeologist says “misleading information” from FMG may have influenced decisions without the full cultural significance of the area being known.

The letter claims FMG threatened to withhold payment of outstanding Eureka invoices amounting to $70,000 if a report was not edited.

Please note June blog stated:
In a formal complaint lodged to DIA on 9 June 2011, the principal Aboriginal custodian of James Price Point and Elder for the Goolarabooloo Jabbir-Jabbir people- Mr Joseph Roe-provided detailed photographic and video evidence of significant damage by archaeologists and seismic testers working for Woodside. They have been recklessly damaging burial sites, middens and ancient remnant rain forests and have stolen items of Cultural significance. Over the past week, three DIA Officers guided by traditional custodians spent more than nine hours meticulously taking evidence of significant damage done by Woodside contractors undertaking preliminary work for the doomed gas plant.

“The damage started in early May 2011 and continues to this day”, says Mr Roe. “My most important cultural responsibility as handed down to me from my Lulu (late grandfather) is to look after these sacred sites. They’ve never had vehicles driven over them. The actions of these contractors are a painful reality, disrespectful to our culture and our ancestors.”

To date nothing has become of the complaints.

All this damage breaches the WA Aboriginal Heritage Act (AHA) because it
occurred without consent of a Section 18 by the WA Minister for Indigenous Affairs and with the misuse of a Section 16 by Eureka. The Registrar, the Department of Indigenous Affairs (DIA) and the Aboriginal Cultural Materials Committee (ACMC) were informed and have know about the Songline and all the sites contained within, well before the damage.

DIA investigations were put on hold and no feedback about these damages has been received. No action to halt the damage has undertaken, or any attempt to mitigate this damage has been taken by the State or relevant gov departments. Eureka was asked to return all the stolen cultural items to Country by Joseph Roe both in writing and face to face consultations, but nothing has been returned or any correspondence answered. Meanwhile, Woodside can not claim ignorance about the existence of these sites as a defence, because they too, were informed face to face by Mr Roe.

Boyer Lecture One: Our Only Home - Big Idea - 20 November 2011

Boyer Lecture One: Our Only Home - Big Idea - 20 November 2011

Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Geraldine Brooks begins the 2011 Boyer Lecture series with a wry assessment of 'our only home'—the planet and the environmental challenges it presents.

She believes Australia can lead the way on this issue. Not only because this continent accounts for a large portion of the world's natural resources but also because the wilderness experience changes us profoundly as human beings.

A transcript of the first 2011 Boyer Lecture Our Only Home will be available here.

45 Australian species heading for extinction - World - CBC News

45 Australian species heading for extinction - World - CBC News

"The position for the Kimberley is that, at the moment, we are ahead of the extinction curve," he said. "However, if we let things continue unabated, there is little doubt that the same wave of loss of species will occur in the Kimberley as has occurred elsewhere, particularly in southern parts of Australia."

45 Australian species heading for extinction - World - CBC News

45 Australian species heading for extinction - World - CBC News

"The position for the Kimberley is that, at the moment, we are ahead of the extinction curve," he said. "However, if we let things continue unabated, there is little doubt that the same wave of loss of species will occur in the Kimberley as has occurred elsewhere, particularly in southern parts of Australia."

Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world - physics-math - 19 October 2011 - New Scientist

Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world - physics-math - 19 October 2011 - New Scientist

AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.

Woodside illegally blocks access to unallocated Crown Land- James Price Point- The Kimberley - YouTube

Woodside illegally blocks access to unallocated Crown Land- James Price Point- The Kimberley - YouTube

These are the people hired by Woodside to facilitate the illegal destruction of Australia's last remaining wilderness, the Kimberley. They refuse to identify themselves or the company they work for. They are illegally blocking our access to unallocated Crown Land with 2 of their cars, and an illegally locked gate..we have repeatedly asked them to move. They will not. This happens daily, the police do nothing. Ensues a discussion between us and them about the part they are CHOOSING to play by working for some company hired by Woodside. Note when valid and true facts as points are discussed like the dinasour foot prints, their arguments turn personal. They have no come back. It is an interesting and scary insight into their "trust the government" mentality. Anyone whom has studied ANY or just read ANY kind of history about ANYTHING knows the government cannot and should not be trusted. As time goes on and the government pander more and more to corporations whom have more and more influence in decision making about our future we need to fight like lions against this misconception that the government cares for us. Our ignorance is their power. Peace out.

Woodside slumps as results disappoint

Woodside slumps as results disappoint:
Woodside slumps as results disappoint
Brian Robins

Woodside Petroleum shares have fallen heavily after investors reacted negatively to the prospect that its high profile Pluto project may be limited to a single export train, and as exploration results to expand the project continue to disappoint.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/woodside-slumps-as-results-disappoint-20111125-1ny13.html#ixzz1enLMnx00

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The proposed construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) precinct near James Price Point (JPP),
about 60 kilometres north of Broome is likely to impact on all fisheries sectors, including the customary
sector.

MP pushes for Kimberley-to-Murray pipeline - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

MP pushes for Kimberley-to-Murray pipeline - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
A South Australian MP says he will use new-found support from West Australian parliamentarians to lobby governments to pipe water from the Kimberley to the Murray.

The Member for Frome, Geoff Brock, met several WA parliamentarians in Perth last week, including Premier Colin Barnett.

Mr Brock wants $10 billion from water licence buybacks used to pipe 35,000 gigalitres of water annually, rather than let it flow out to sea.

He says a pipeline project would open up central Australia.

Water, water everywhere but not a drop of truth at James Price Point

Woodside's Water Licenses are illegal at James Price Point. No Cultural Heritage clearances, as required under the Act, were obtain either through KLC or the Goolarabooloo/Jabirr Jabirr Claimants.

Woodside have a very bad habit of telling stakeholders conflicting information. They tell the Broome Shire one thing about the number of bores they wish to establish in Country. They tell the Kimberley Land Council another amount, they request licenses from the Department of Water for a considerable amount more and go on to tell the Broome Community something entirely different or nothing at all.Water

Woodside CEO, Peter Coleman's unannounced visit to James Price Point on Friday November 18, 2011.
Please note that there are no Cultural Guides with this party and they have just been walking in Registered Cultural Heritage Sites.
Why did Woodside deny that Coleman was in Broome when questioned by local media? To scared to face the Broome Community? To scared to enter Country? Or to ashamed to face the facts that Culture is still strong in Lurrujarri.

Public servants claim they are muzzled over protests - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Public servants claim they are muzzled over protests - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): Park Ranger

Shaun Clarks says he resigned earlier this year after being told he was not allowed to express his opposition publicly .

"I was given a straight-out no, that I couldn't be involved in any front-line protest action, my face couldn't be seen on camera and my name couldn't appear on any petition," he said.

"I must follow all government direction, in or out of uniform; it was extremely disappointing.

"So, at that point I tended my resignation, very disappointed with the department itself."

The department says the staff code of conduct is in place to ensure it is not perceived to be biased on issue it is involved with.


by pancakenudie on Nov 21, 2011

A previous Broome shire gave approval for a tower to be built near James Price Point for ... 'collection of weather data' ... four months ago all weather data collecting equipment was removed from the tower and its compound, to be 're callibrated' (read - never seen again) .. since then, multiple types of communications aerials have been fitted and used on this tower.

A front end loader was recently used to destroy more country right beside monsoon vine thicket; a very rare and threatened ecological community.

Coal seam gas may not help climate fight

Coal seam gas may not help climate fight:

The federal Minister for Energy, Martin Ferguson, is often criticised but he's right about this: the coal seam gas industry has grown too fast.

We have not done our homework before issuing approvals for this $50 billion-plus export industry - on the possible groundwater and land-use impact, on what to do with the millions of tonnes of salt left over, or the impact on Gladstone harbour and the Great Barrier Reef.

A radioactive path | Greens MPs

A radioactive path | Greens MPs

James Price Point Woodside Gas Development Plan | Broome

James Price Point Woodside Gas Development Plan | Broome: On a social impact front, when Premier Barnett threatened ''compulsory acquisition'' of land on which to build the proposed gas refinery, he invalidated the negotiation process and virtually put a ''gun to the head'' of every traditional owner in the region, rekindling an imperialistic attitude harking back more than 200 years.

This proposal has been sugar-coated as being the saviour to the indigenous people of the region: providing them with a ''last chance'' economic opportunity to secure better housing, health and schooling. These are rights that every Australian is entitled to and they should never be held to ransom in return for a citizen’s land and culture.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/destroying-the-kimberley-to-mine-gas-benefits-no-one-20110816-1ivzj.html#ixzz1ePJD2Kzb

The Pipe The Film

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2011/11/aks_20111113_1035.mp3

‎'The Pipe' on SBS 1 Australia, Tuesday, 22/11/11 @ 10.05pm. See trailer at http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2656425448224 and interview with director Risteard O Domhnaill on ABC radio with Michael Sheriffs: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2011/11/aks_20111113_1035.mp3


The Pipe - SBSONE TV Guide for today www.sbs.com.au

Four years in the making, this program tells the story of the small Irish coastal village of Rossport which has taken on the might of Shell Oil and the Irish State. In 1996, a gas field was discovered right off the coast of Rossport, and Shell wants to lay a pipeline directly through the village. The residents are up in arms, but the Irish government is offering Shell a carte blanche. The villagers fear destruction of the ecosystem, their homes and livelihoods, and all the disastrous consequences that could follow. (From Ireland) (Documentary) M (L) CC Th...

Mining approvals system 'corrupt' | Perth Now

Mining approvals system 'corrupt' | Perth Now
WA'S approvals system for development projects, such as mining, has been slammed as "corrupt" by the former chief of the Environmental Protection Authority.

In a hard-hitting speech Barry Carbon said developers are being "blackmailed" into making financial contributions to secure environmental approvals.

Mr Carbon told the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand that mining companies and other proponents were forced to make contributions sometimes millions of dollars to government agencies before approvals were even considered.

Meanwhile, detailed environmental assessment reports paid for by proponents are not being read by bureaucrats because they are too long, he added.

Mr Carbon said the contributions, called offsets, used to be rare and were demanded by officials to compensate for environmental harm when it was unavoidable.

Thriller 2011 Flash Mob Protest - Western Australia - magicbroome - YouTube

Thriller 2011 Flash Mob Protest - Western Australia - magicbroome - YouTube:



On 31st October 2011, Halloween , members of the Broome Community took to the streets against the State governments plan to compulsorily acquire the coast line around JAMES PRICE POINT.

News | Decmil Australia

Nyimarr Director shares vision for his region

News | Decmil Australia

Decmil Signs Strategic Alliance Agreement with Goolarabooloo Jabirr Jabirr James Price Point Claim Group.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Nyimarr is a commercial entity established by Traditional Owners, the Goolarabooloo Jabirr Jabirr claim group, and is responsible for developing sustainable business for Kimberley communities.

DGL CEO Scott Criddle said signing of the Nyimarr Decmil Strategic Alliance agreement is the culmination of two years’ endeavour by the signatories to establish a working relationship and develop a business model that is both aligned with the culture of the two organisations and is mutually beneficial.

MORE BACK DOORS DEALS, WITHOUT THE PEOPLE, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, NO CONSULTATION, NO FEEDBACK, NO CULTURAL GUIDANCE OR APPROVALS.
They have done a thirty year deal for a project that has the life of 99 years, real smart!

Decmil Signs Strategic Alliance Agreement with Goolarabooloo Jabirr Jabirr James Price Point Claim Group.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Decmil Signs Strategic Alliance Agreement with Goolarabooloo Jabirr Jabirr James Price Point Claim Group.pdf (application/pdf Object)
“Further, the alliance strongly positions Decmil Australia to deliver building and construction works related to projects in the Western Australian Government’s Browse Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Precinct at James Price Point and to assist in the development of strong, economically independent Aboriginal industries“, Mr Criddle said

Murdoch researchers slam gas hub report - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Murdoch researchers slam gas hub report - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

But, in a scathing submission, four scientists from Murdoch's Cetacean Research Unit have questioned many of the report's findings.

"There has been no targeted effort to identify and quantify the abundance of dolphin species ... this is a glaring omission in the Environmental Impact Assessment," the submission says.

"Thus the conclusion that the activities associated with the development of the precinct port area is unlikely to impact these species (humpback dolphin, snubfin dolphin) is unsubstantiated and based on field efforts that were aimed at quantifying humpback whale and dugong numbers only."

The unit's Amanda Hodgson told the ABC that a Murdoch University research team had recorded multiple groups of snubfin, Indo-Pacfic humpback and bottlenose dolphins just north and south of James Price Point during a boat-based survey in July last year.

"The coastal dolphins that we know occur along the Dampier Peninsula include humpback and snubfin dolphins and both of those species generally have small populations, small home ranges and they rely on very specific habitats ... so they can't just avoid the area if they're disturbed by this development," she said.

"The broad conclusions that they've come to are not necessarily supported by the scientific literature."

The report's assessment of the impact on dugongs has also been questioned by the Murdoch team which cited the case of Hervey Bay in Queensland where they say the widespread loss of seagrass from a cyclone resulted in the death and emigration of many dugongs.

Shell taking its time with Woodside

THE ANALYST:

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Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Bevis Yeo

http://www.energynewspremium.net//storyview.asp?storyid=2491592&sectionsource=s0

WITH the restrictions on selling its remaining 24% stake in Woodside Petroleum lifted, just what will Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell do now?

Opinions range from selling the stakes back to Woodside in exchange for equity in some of its LNG projects to an outright sale to a possible predator, with BHP Billiton once again mooted as one of the sharks in the water.

F$$C EM How to get your social licence.

Toby Ralph explains how "community engagement" boils down to ... f**c 'em.

Forge local relationships
Understand community concerns
Create local opinion leaders
Claim the middle ground

Employ local activists as consultants
Marginalise the remainder
The ABC's website lists his clients as including: the Liberal Party, British American Tobacco, the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia and the United Nations.

Reef chief recommends port rethink - Great Barrier Grief (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Reef chief recommends port rethink - Great Barrier Grief (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Queensland's iconic Great Barrier Reef could be put at risk if authorities do not rethink plans to allow massive expansion works at ports along the Queensland coast, an expert says.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority chairman Russell Reichelt has also told ABC TV's Four Corners he warned the Federal Government that huge dredging operations aimed at servicing Queensland's growing coal seam gas industry posed an unacceptable risk to marine life on the reef.

James Price Point marine mammal studies slammed — The Wilderness Society

James Price Point marine mammal studies slammed — The Wilderness Society

James Price Point marine mammal studies slammed

Rare Snubfin dolphin on the Kimberley Coast near James Price Point, Photograph: Simon Allen

Whilst Woodside and the Department of State Development are trying to downplay the impact the proposed James Price Point gas hub will have on marine mammals, a team of independent scientists from Murdoch University took a clear-eyed look into the likely impacts on the whales, dolphins and dugongs. What they found was alarming.

“In general, we find the (Department of State Development’s Marine Mammals Impact Report) report lacks the referencing of peer-reviewed, readily available scientific papers that deal with impacts of human activity on cetaceans and dugongs. This shortcoming means we have very little confidence in the scientific integrity of the report and this is evidenced by the unfounded conclusions reached within”, said the scientists.

Elders feel 'pressure' to sign iron ore deal - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Elders feel 'pressure' to sign iron ore deal - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Ms Wells and Ms Southern had initially agreed to take part in reviewing and assessing these modules as part of their role on the committee.

Two community representatives, Alison Southern and Robyn Wells, today withdrew their support from the Woodside Community Advisory Committee after being told they could not review any material for Woodside's Social Assessment modules unless they signed individual confidentiality contracts that forbid them from discussing the information with any other person.

Ms Wells and Ms Southern had initially agreed to take part in reviewing and assessing these modules as part of their role on the committee.

Ms Southern had already organized assistance from appropriate community members, such as tourism operators, to help review the Tourism module and insisted that honesty and transparency were essential to the consultation process.

Ms Wells said, 'This is no way to conduct a broad community consultation. Woodside are asking us to keep vital information out of the public arena. If Woodside are not able to freely disclose information they cannot expect community co-operation.'

Ms Wells told the meeting she was no longer willing to continue as a community representative under the burden of confidentiality constraints.

A Woodside representative also confirmed at the meeting that the results of a 300 residential household survey carried out in July would not be made available to the public. Ms Southern said that the results of this survey had been eagerly awaited by the Broome community.

I believe that people will now just think that Woodside has plenty to hide. The household survey is probably unfavourable - and the modules will probably contain lots of information about potential adverse impacts that they don't want leaked, at least until they are ready with the spin to "manage the community outrage". These actions (requiring confidentiality agreements and refusing to publish the household survey results) indicate to me that they are more interested in managing the spin, managing the impacts, lessening the bad press etc, than they are in any community consultation.

The Woodside rep Ainslie said there was no legal obligation to consult with the community. While that is true, clearly there is an ethical obligation when Woodside is likely to damage our community and environment forever. Companies will not be able to function unethically in the future - that is one of the things being insisted on within the world wide Occupy movements.

I did not hear at any previous time that the household survey results would not be made public or that confidentiality agreements would be required. The business survey results have been publicly available on EBC website for some time. That was done quite some time ago and even then showed about 45% small businesses not in favour of the gas hub. I suspect this would be a lot more if the survey were done now. What disturbs me is that there is no independant community attitudinal survey whatsoever. There are only social reports done by the proponents - State govt, Woodside and KLC.

At one level I am relieved to be out of a sham process and out of a committee that was clearly not representative of the Broome community. On the other hand some ongoing dialogue would have been desirable. At least Martin from Environs Kimberley is still there - the only one I see with enough courage to stand up to Woodside when necessary.

http://www.ebc.net.au/bsia/index.html#say

State environmental assessors of James Price Point Gas precinct to visit Broome - ABC Kimberley WA - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

State environmental assessors of James Price Point Gas precinct to visit Broome - ABC Kimberley WA - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

By Vanessa Mills

It's the Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA) job to report to the State Environment Minister on whether the development is environmentally acceptable. The EPA Board is coming to Broome to meet with stakeholders and visit the site at James Price Point.

Dear Red, The Kimberley has been the spotlight more than ever with new marine park plans being released side by side with a proposal to copper mine horizontal falls, a new Broome shire council with an indigenous majority and lots of great protests and actions around the country. When you think of our Kimberley seas, do you think of nature safe haven or industrial wasteland? If you chose the former please sign and share out online petition to help protect more than 1% of the most intact tropical marine wilderness areas on the planet! Good news: the latest marine park plan which connects the Kimberley to the Pilbara coast 80 Mile beach – has been released and isn’t half bad with three large sanctuary areas. If you would like to suggest some improvements via a submission– please check out easy guide and help ensure our endemic flatback rookeries are protected. You may already know that Horizontal falls is one of the top tourism destinations of the Kimberley coast – and described by David Attenborough as one of the natural wonders of the world. However, this hasn’t stopped the proposal of a new copper mine on its door step. Check out the latest report update by Murdoch University Cetacean experts on flawed science of the gas hub environmental assessment. Broome update: The Broome shire council now has three elected members who oppose the gas hub, including the deputy shire president, Anne Poelina. The Kimberley blockade has now been running for 150 days, with several more lock-ons and arrests and a recent protestors report announced that over 1000 hrs of work has so far been stopped. Events: click here to find out what is happening around Australia for our Kimberley campaign Thanks for all your support, The National Kimberley campaign team Peter Robertson, Glen Klatovski, Heidi Nore, Jenita Enevoldsen, Pete Cooper, Jaxon Barnes The Wilderness Society Inc. P.S. Check out this powerful short film about the traditional Aboriginal raft-making, featuring the Wiggans: Old Country New Country

Broome Shire investigates Woodside's developments at the proposed LNG precinct site and their lack of planning and development approvals.

The Broome Shire’s Director Development Services personnel will be escorted through the Woodside’s proposed precinct site by Woodside today to investigate several complaints brought to their attention by Joseph Roe. Apparently, the Shire has already raised several planning and development concerns, in correspondence with Woodside and they have been given procedural time to reply to those concerns.