Picturesque Price's Point

The storm clouds of concern and protest are gathering like the wet season clouds with rain and thunder. You can offer your support to:

wecansavethekimberley@ymail.com

Photos Australia Day weekend at James Price Point.

Hands off country

Unique Untouched Spectacular

This is how the Kimberley is promoted by Australia's North West Tourism see the back of the CEO's business card. The message is simple, preserve and promote the wilderness we are entrusted to look after.
Redhand travelled the road to James Price Point last weekend; the wet season here is truly spectacular.

Transcript:
"You'd think we were crossing the Red Sea."

Hands off country

Bob the Builder 2

Bob the Builder stands up
in absolute solidarity with the people,
he has been swayed.
Unlike the NDT people,
he understands NO.

Stand Up for the Planet, No Gas

It is imperative that we make the connection between gas processing and its detrimental effect on the well being and survival of the planet. Hands off country, Keep gas off the Kimberley coast and STAND UP for the planet.

Barnett will take the land

Yesterday’s edition (16/10/8) of the Broome Advertiser published the following letter in the Opinion page:
“WA PREMIER Colin Barnett in my opinion based on his public attack on the Kimberley Land Council over the Inpex decision is simply playing a well=established race card played by all WA politicians in WA: “kick the blacks”.
The WA Premier’s total disregard for statutory obligations and due process, and the facts of the various interests’ roles in the Inpex Maret Island proposal, hopefully is not a sign of things to come from the State Government.
I recall Save the Kimberley group, Environs Kimberley, Federal Minister Peter Garrett, media identity George Negus, the Kimberley Land Council and the then-WA Government, Derby/West Kimberley and Broome Shire Councils all having a role, yet the Premier chose to single out and attack Kimberley Aboriginal people for stopping the Inpex development.
Premier Barnett, are you advocating that resource development should occur anywhere without the necessary environmental approvals, community stakeholders’ input, and non-compliance with Australian Law, in this case the Native Title Act, and other prescribed regulations?
May I remind you that we live in different times – it’s 2008 not 1968 – and even Aboriginal people have rights protected by Australian common law in 2008. Martin Sibosado Broome”.....end
And yesterday Premier Barnett did exactly that. The Northern Development Taskforce site selection panel report was released but Mr Barnett went further he said North Head was his preference. No consultation, no advice that he’d review the next phase of this grindingly slow process, a strategic assessment which should include advice from EPA (State) DEWHA (Commonwealth) the State will take the land.