Friday, January 29th, 2010
Anti-gas hub TV ad campaign
A green group has launched a TV ad campaign opposing the planned gas hub at James Price Point.
The Wilderness society aims to air the commercial, which features well-known Aboriginal identity Neil McKenzie, next month.
You can view the advertisement here.
This is the media realease:
TV Ad campaign slams Kimberley gas hub idea
The Wilderness Society (WA) Inc
Joint Media Release
20 January 2010
Media launch: 10.30am, Wednesday 20 January, Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth
To view the ad visit: www.wilderness.org.au/kimberley-tv-ad
For audio grabs visit: http://tweetmic.com/p/rdt8i3wjbnp
The Wilderness Society has joined with Kimberley residents, Indigenous Traditional Owners, local environment groups and professional filmmakers to produce a television advertising campaign highlighting opposition to the proposed LNG industry on the Kimberley coast.
Launched today, the ad will hit WA TV screens in early February.
The Wilderness Society WA Kimberley Campaigner Josh Coates said, “The TV ad’s message is that the Kimberley is a much loved place with great economic opportunities and it should not be ruined by inappropriate industrial development.
“This campaign is necessary to counter government misinformation and bullying surrounding the proposal to build a huge LNG facility at James Price Point near Broome. Both the WA and Federal Governments are trying to force the project through despite all the project’s impacts, risks and economic costs.
“We aim to show this ad nationally as part of our campaign to raise awareness about the threats to the Kimberley and we are seeking public support to allow us to do so.
“If the Kimberley with its unique and world-renowned values can not be made safe from this kind of short-sighted industrial development, then nowhere on the planet is safe.”
The facts are:
1. The James Price Point LNG site has not received either State or Federal environmental approval, nor Traditional Owner consent, nor sign-off from the Browse joint venture partners (Shell; Chevron; BP; BHP);
2. Local residents and tourism operators don’t want it, and over 200 Traditional Owners for the proposed site have signed a declaration opposing the development;
3. Premier Barnett has repeatedly threatened to compulsorily acquire the land at James Price Point if Traditional Owners don’t agree to the LNG plant;
4. Federal Resources Minister Ferguson has threatened joint venture companies they will lose their Browse gas leases if they don’t agree to terms designed to force them to the James Price Point site;
5. If this project proceeds it will inevitably lead to a whole range of other proposals for destructive industry in the Kimberley, including strip mining on the Mitchell Plateau and dams and coal mining in the Fitzroy valley;
6. There are better ways to create more jobs in the Kimberley – including Indigenous jobs, and there are other places for this kind of polluting industry.
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