The Federal Government's "intervention" is nothing less than an invasion of Aboriginal lands.

 A desperate grab for the mineral wealth of those lands, which Aboriginal people had been previously granted the rights to under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act.

 Aboriginal Australians, who live in Aboriginal administered communities have had their rights to self determination swept aside at the stroke of a pen, by a desperate Government, with the passing of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act Amendment Bill, 2006.

Some think Immadonjihad is nuts enough to not worry about the following.

2. Israel - God's Timepiece

Analyzing a a Mideast nuclear war

I have been a smoker of the most feared plant in Australia since the 1970s and Goverments in different states usually have a fairly tolerant approach(except the NT) to its sale and use.Since last June 2007 my usual dealer and 2 others that i used to buy from have given up selling marijuana to deal only in ice and other powder forms as there is more money in it and the Law Enforcement Agencies leave them alone, so they tell me.

Its no secret that the Federal Government has, through Free Trade Agreements arranged the sale of oil/minerals/gas/uranium to foreign corporations before its extracted from the ground.Now, the previous Howard Government in its arrogant stance on Aboriginal affairs, couldnt sway the Native people to hand over the land for mining to seal the deal with the Corporations to deliver the g

Making Badlands All Over the World: Local Knowledge and Global Power
By Steve Butler

“And so a remote backwater on the Central Queensland coast finds itself in the sights of the Pentagon’s new global strategy” (Dirty War ). In Seven Versions of an Australian Badland Ross Gibson suggests that badlands are constitutive of community, a necessary evil enabling good to flourish elsewhere.  Bob Hawke’s recent proposal for turning Australia’s “dead heart” into the world’s nuclear waste dump (AM. ABC. 27 Sept. 2005) is a classic example of badland making and a timely reminder of the relevance of Gibson’s book. Closer to my home, on the Capricorn Coast of Central Queensland, several controversies are brewing about the uses to which our lands are put. [1] According to Gibson “Life in Central Queensland is a direct continuation of the systems that formed a new society during the frontier era” (54). He argues: “conflict, coercion and dissimulation defined the ‘community’ . . . rather than the integration and stewardship of the land” (106). The more things change, the more they stay the same: several examples of neo-colonialism threatening to turn more of the Capricorn region into a badland will be cited in this essay to show how “the past produces the present” (2-3). I intend to engage with some of the environmental issues facing the region through a prism of texts circulating in the local culture: films, newspaper articles, letters to the editor, web sites and journal articles, in an attempt to foreground the way that social realities are discursively constructed.

Members of the Northern Territory No Waste Alliance attended the Country Liberal Party (CLP) conference on August 26th, held at Mirambeena Resort, Darwin, to alert the party delegates and passersby that voter concerns around proposed nuclear facilities in the NT are not being adequately addressed.

“We called upon the CLP to fully acknowledge the concerns of Territorians about further development of nuclear facilities. There is strong opposition to the proposed Commonwealth nuclear waste dump yet CLP elected representatives seem to be disregarding the opinion of their constituents and forging ahead with their own grand visions of a Nuclear Territory” stated Nat Wasley from the No Waste Alliance (NWA) , Alice Springs.

Added Justin Tutty from NWA Darwin, “The latest idea by David Tollner to develop a uranium processing facility in the NT would further entrench the Territory in the nuclear cycle, generating more radioactive waste and increasing pressure for development of a waste dump here that would remain dangerous for the next few thousand years”

Added Ms Wasley; “the CLP had the option of sticking to their motto of being “The Territory Party” and throwing out David Tollner’s ridiculous suggestion of uranium processing in the NT. The No Waste Alliance suggested that the CLP also throw out their pro-nuclear politicians who are not adequately representing the interests of their constituents, but unfortunately both Senator Nigel Scullion and MP Dave Tollner were re-endorsed”.

A couple of people present at the action entered the conference room through the conveniently unlocked back door, but were promptly (physically) escorted back outside by one of the party faithful, who proclaimed his right to use “reasonable force” to protect the CLP members from hearing public opinion on NT nuclear issues.

Communities Unite to Oppose National
Nuclear Waste Dump. People in cities across Australia will today target
Parsons Brinckerhoff - the private company contracted to assess the
Federal Government’s proposed sites for a Commonwealth nuclear waste
dump in the Northern Territory.

Actions will target Parsons Brinckerhoff offices in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, and Melbourne on 30th August 2006.

Holly Creenaune, National Convenor of the Australian Student
Environment Network says “Communities surrounding all of the sites
being assessed in the Northern Territory – Hart’s Range, Mt Everard,
and Fisher’s Ridge – are strongly opposed to hosting a nuclear waste
dump for the next few thousand years.

“We don’t want
radioactive waste transported through or stored in our communities.
There is still no safe way to store nuclear waste. The proposed NT
waste dump will be a toxic blight on Australia and a direct threat to
humans and environment for thousands of years.”

Dr Jim Green,
Nuclear Campaigner from Friends of the Earth says, ““Parsons
Brinckerhoff is a key player in the expansion of Australia’s nuclear
industry, providing consultancy to push ahead new uranium mines,
nuclear reactors and waste dumps in Australia.

“New
Commonwealth legislation to override existing NT law and an absence of
public consultation and information raises legitimate concerns that
Parsons Brinckerhoff’s site assessment will be secretive and ignore
social and environmental concerns.”

In Brisbane at 10am,
twenty-five people with colourful props and costumes will assess
Parsons Brinckerhoff offices for suitability for storing radioactive
waste. 348 Edward St, Brisbane CBD.

In Newcastle at 11am,
twenty people will present Parsons Brinckerhoff with a list of demands,
dressed in white radiation protection suits. 55 Bolton St Newcastle.

In Sydney at 9am, thirty people will disrupt Parsons Brinckerhoff offices and deliver demands. 680 George St Sydney.

In Melbourne at 9:30am, twenty-five people will disrupt Parsons Brinckerhoff offices. 457 St Kilda Rd Melbourne.

Actions will also take place In the Northern Territory.

Public site inspection of the Browns Oxide project being pursued by Compass Resources adjacent to the abandoned Rum Jungle uranium mine, Batchelor, NT (only 1 hr out of Darwin)

Local environmentalists today conducted a public site inspection of the Browns mining project at Batchelor.

Mr John Oakley, a spokesperson for the inspection team, says that a lack of public information regarding the activities of Compass Resources around the old Rum Jungle Uranium lease had forced their hand.

“While we understand the EPA has given approval for Compass to develop their Browns Oxide project, the company has yet to fulfil the requirements of that authorisation,” said Mr Oakley.

“The EPA recognised the likelihood of radioactive contamination from any activities near the abandoned Rum Jungle Uranium mine, and so required Compass to consult the public on a Radiation Management Plan.

"But Compass have yet to comply with this requirement, and Batchelor locals are concerned at the level of activity on site.

"The Mining Department tell us Compass have interim authorisation, but they won’t reveal just what the miner is authorised to do.

“We know that Compass are already drafting an application to expand the project, and have plans to mine uranium nearby.

Compass has kicked off preliminary engineering work at its 14.5 million pound Mount Fitch uranium project, with the company anticipating a sharing of infrastructure between the two developments.

“Given the stakes are so high, we decided it was appropriate to come out on site and assess the situation for ourselves.”

Nuclear Industry runs riot:

• Dumping Commonwealth nuclear waste in the Territory

• Mining a nuclear dump at Rum Jungle

• Uranium exploration all over Litchfield

• Expansion of Ranger Uranium Mine in Kakadu

• D.U. bombs, U.S. bases

Time to Tool Up!

Please use the link to sign an online pro-forma submission to Howard's nuclear review

You're invited to participate in Howard's nuclear review.

The task force want public input by
Friday 18 August 2006

With little more than a couple of weeks to go,
you may like to sign this proforma online at :

http://nuclear-review.info/proforma.php

You can modify the proforma, or simply add your personal details and click the Submit button.

Alternatively, if you'd like to develop a personal response to the review,
this website is a good starting point for information gathering,
and includes detailed notes compiled by Dr Jim Green from Friends of the Earth.

http://nuclear-review.info/participate.php

http://www.nuclear-review.info