Hub will vandalise the Lurujarri WalkTrail?

Have you walked the Lurujarri Walk Trail? It follows the song cycle through Minyirr Park Broome north along the coast through Quondong and James Price Point and return. The Northern Development Taskforce Site Selection panel have recommended that James Price Point as a possible site for the LNG gas hub to quote:
“............
James Price Point or an area to the north of the Point is recognised as technically
viable for development though not without having some impact on sensitive marine
areas and the pearling and fishing industries. Development would also present
significant pressures and challenges on the tourism infrastructure and the character
of Broome as a tourism destination. In particular, studies into fish aggregation and
whale migration will be critical to establishing whether impacts can be avoided or
minimised. The advantage of a site close to Broome is that it would leave the
Aboriginal lands in the north of the Peninsula free of industrial development. In
addition, shared infrastructure such as the Broome airport would reduce the total hub
footprint.
It is recommended this site be subject to the hub design concept study,
heritage surveys and regional impact studies and considered for a LNG hub........”
The Lurujarri Heritage trail starts at Minarriny (Coulomb Point) and travels south along the coastal dunes following the traditional Aboriginal Song Cycle to Minyirr (Gantheaume Point). The Goolarabooloo community has been assisted with funding since about 1999 to establish the walk as a guided tour. Funding has come from the then Western Australian Heritage Committee and Coastcare funding and has assisted in management and designation of the trail. The walk is open to University students for study purposes as well as for visitors to the area. The guided walk usually takes place in July of each year and takes about 10 days; We have known of overseas visitors come to Broome especially to go on this tour to learn about the stories, history and culture of Aboriginal people and of the natural environment in this area. While the publicised walk trail is a recent invention the song cycle is as old as forever and breaking of the cycle can’t be contemplated. An LNG gas hub at James Price Point or Quondong will do just that. See the map athttp://www.doir.wa.gov.au/documents/Appendix_3_Quondong_Point_to_James_Price_Point_Map_3.jpg

LURUJARRI TRAIL
First posted 17 October, 2008

Broome Shire Council to make decision on gas hub site.

The Shire of Broome has called a Special Council Meeting TOMORROW FRIDAY 7th November, 4.00pm, Council will make a resolution in relation to the Northern Development Taskforce Site Evaluation report on sites for a gas hub on the Kimberley coast, particularly as three of the sites are within the Shire of Broome.

Redhand urges everyone to consider the staff recommendation to Council.
Go to
http://www.broome.wa.gov.au/council/pdf/agenda/2008/20081107sa.pdf

If you wish to comment you can email all of the Councillors go to www.broome.wa.gov.au for email details or attend the meeting at the Shire Administration building in Weld Street, Broome. Anyone in the Public Gallery can ask a question during Public Question Time, you might like to email your questions prior to the meeting to shire@broome.wa.gov.au.

13 days to write your submission to NDT – Help - Urgent

There are 17 days left for you to make your submission to the NDT on the Northern Development Taskforce Site Evaluation Report

BY POST -It must be there by 5.00pm on the 11th November. Now we assume that means delivered, so anyone who lives on the Dampier Peninsula or Gourdon Bay will need to wait for the mail run or drive into Broome to post the submission at the Post Office, that could be up to 200km on a mostly dirt road. But that’s ok you do it all the time. Let’s say 4 days from Broome Post Office to the NDT in Perth. That means it has to be posted on Friday 7th November. You have thirteen days to write your submission. We also assume that submissions must be in the form of text on paper, it would be helpful if we could, fax, send disks or other forms of digital storage, film and so on. Please, if you know people who don’t have access to the internet, “bring them over and tell them what’s going on.” Quote Blu eye

BY EMAIL you have 17 days - send to ndt@doir.wa.gov.au
Here are the guidelines and where to send your submission. From www.doir.wa.gov.au/ndt
Guidelines on preparing a submission
To help the Taskforce analyse your submission:
• Provide a summary of your point or points at the beginning of the submission
• Refer your point or points to the appropriate section of the Site Evaluation Report or recommendations in the Report
• Attach any factual information you wish to provide and give details of the source
All submissions will be treated as public documents, unless marked ‘Confidential’. Non-confidential content in submissions may be quoted in the Taskforce’s final report.

When making a submission remember to include:
• Your name
• Your address
• Your email address
• The date
• Whether you want your submission to be confidential.

All submissions received will be acknowledged.
Submissions should be sent to:
Site Evaluation Submissions
Northern Development Taskforce
Department of Industry and Resources
100 Plain Street
East Perth WA 6004
Alternatively, submissions can be emailed to: ndt@doir.wa.gov.au
Submissions must be received by 5.00pm, Tuesday 11 November.

Northern Development Taskforce (NDT)

October – Colin Barnett announces North Head (Pender Bay) as his preferred siteKimberley region Western Australia.

Northern Development Taskforce (NDT) Site Evaluation Report Part A
Report was released yesterday afternoon for 28 days public comment. Comment closes 11th November, so that includes yesterday, 26 days to go.......
http://www.doir.wa.gov.au/5649.aspx

Premier Barnett put on notice tonight

1971 - Woodside discovers Scott Reef gas field in the Browse Basin 

1979 - Woodside discovers Brecknock gas field


2000 - Woodside discovers Brecknock South gas field 

2005 - Woodside announces Quandong Point as a possible site for its Browse Basin LNG

plant.

2006 - Inpex investigates possible Kimberley sites for its Browse Basin (Icthys) LNG plant

2007 - WA Labor Government establishes Northern Development Taskforce (NDT) to

investigate potential LNG processing precinct sites in the Kimberley.

2007 – Save the Kimberley formed

2008 - Strategic Assessment Agreement signed by WA and Australian Federal Governments 2008 - September – Colin Barnett elected Premier

2008 - October – Hands Off Country blog commences following the first banner protest in

Broome.

Within hours of the announcement of HIS preferred site for the gas hub proposal, Premier Barnett was given a clear message tonight. Installed on the major roundabout coming into Broome, Kimberley, Western Australia and illuminated by an eerie generator light, Premier Barnett is put on notice. We will not give away the Kimberley without a fight.

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