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Horizontal Falls: Chapple criticises Premier over copper project
Robin Chapple MLC
Robin Chapple MLC is critical of the Premier for failing to rule out a copper mine at the Horizontal Waterfalls.
You can read his media release here:
James Price Point: Woodside ‘not deterred’ by court ruling
Picture by Rod Hartvigsen
Woodside says it does not expect yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling to halt its works program at James Price Point.
Sydney Morning Herald [read this story]
You can see a full transcript of the Supreme Court decision if you click here.
James Price Point: Court ruling ‘will not affect’ gas hub plans
Picture by Rod Hartvigsen
Premier Colin Barnett says yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling will not affect plans to build a gas hub.
The Australian [read this story]
James Price Point: Compulsory acquisition threat declared ulawful
Phillip Roe outside the Supreme Court today. Photo: The Wilderness Society
Chief Justice Wayne Martin has declared the Premier’s compulsory acquisition notices for James Price Point to be unlawful.
“Any decisions made since the notices to take the Land at James Price Point and extinguish Native Title there, are also unlawful,” said lawyers for Goolarabooloo men Neil McKenzie and Phillip Roe, who mounted a supreme court challenge.
You can read a media release here: more »
James Price Point: New legal challenge
Picture by Rod Hartvigsen
Lawyers for Goolaroobooloo traditional owners are mounting a new challenge to the proposed gas hub.
They said works would disturb an important men’s initiation site.
Sydney Morning Herald [read this story]
A new analysis says Woodside’s Browse Basin gas project would now be more profitable if the gas was piped to the Pilbara for processing.
The Australian [read this story]
Horizontal Waterfalls: Copper mine ‘threat’ to tourism
(c) Martin Pritchard
Green groups say a proposed copper mine would ruin the Horizontal Waterfalls as a tourist attraction.
You can read a media release from Environs Kimberley here:
James Price Point: Goolarabooloo people object to ‘move on’ threat
Traditional Owner Phillip Roe with Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke - Photo: Rod Hartvigsen
Goolarabooloo traditional owners have objected to a call to vacate their protest camp, calling it “disrespectful” and “paternalistic”.
They were responding to reports by police and the Department of State Development that their camps would be dismantled because they are cyclone hazards.
You can read a media release here:
Canning Basin: Oil exploration permits sought
Pangaea Resources is seeking a petroleum exploration permit in the Canning Basin.
The area to be explored includes 6,000 square kilometres in Halls Creek and Derby-West Kimberley shires.
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