Indigenous Conservation Updates
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The road to nowhere - delayed - December 01, 2011
Our campaign to stop the building of the proposed gas hub at James Price Point continues at pace. While the proponents proceed slowly down the path of deciding whether to fund the hub, the project needs a road. Without a road, construction of the gas hub cannot proceed.
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Ngadju fire management for the Great Western Woodlands - November 21, 2011
Ngadju Traditional Owners in the Great Western Woodlands want to put in place a program which aims to develop and enrich the Indigenous fire practises of the region and provide land and fire management for the safety and benefit of the wider community.
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Locating and recording water trees - November 21, 2011
A collaborative project in the Great Western Woodlands will locate and map culturally significant “water trees” in the traditional lands of the Ngadju people, so they might be safeguarded from damage or destruction.
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Stakeholders shortchanged 3.8 million dollars in the Great Western Woodlands - November 27, 2011
Some members of the Great Western Woodlands Stakeholder Reference Group convened to provide feedback on the proposed spending of $3.8 million of state funds have been left feeling frustrated.
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A land use plan for the Great Western Woodlands – stage 1 scoping study complete - November 17, 2011
A report has been produced by Ironbark Environmental for use by the ‘Woodlands Initiative’ to scope out a land use planning process for the Great Western Woodlands. The summary report is available for download.
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Why damn northern Australia? - September 20, 2011
How many hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars is Tony Abbott prepared to pour down the bottomless pit labelled northern development to keep Barnaby Joyce and Bill Heffernan happy? Unfortunately it looks like the sky is the limit following reports that Team Abbott is refloating harebrain schemes to farm northern Australia by damming the rivers of the Top End.
