Kimberley Updates

Christmas announcement no present for the Kimberley - December 24, 2008

The Premier, Colin Barnett, has announced James Price Point, 60 Kilometers north of Broome as the Governments’ preferred site for a massive LNG Industrial development.

The Broome shire council, Indigenous residents, the local, national and international community, church representatives, tourism operators, celebrities like Missy Higgins and Jack Thompson and environmental groups have been speaking loudly and clearly opposing the development of a liquid natural gas (LNG) hub anywhere on the Kimberley Coast.

Kimberley 'National Emergency' declared by environmental groups as WA Premier flags imminent announcement - December 14, 2008

The 'Barnett bulldozer' approach to industrial development in the unspoilt Kimberley region continues to trample over environmental and community concerns. As a result environment groups have been forced to declare a Kimberley 'National Emergency'.

Australia the movie launch draws attention to Kimberley threats - November 24, 2008

As the spectacular and pristine Kimberley region is showcased to the world via Baz Luhrmann's film 'Australia', environmentalists, tourism operators, local industry, and many of the area's local Indigenous and Non-Indigenous residents are concerned that the region is in danger of being lost to future generations.

Kimberley gas hub site - submit your public comment - October 31, 2008

The Kimberley region of northern WA is one of the most unique and intact natural and cultural environments in the world. It is a region that to date has been spared the worst of the industrial age and this is reflected in the fact that there have been no recorded plant or animal extinctions in the north Kimberley, in stark contrast to most of the rest of Australia.

The future of The Kimberley is being decided right now - October 23, 2008

WA’s unique Kimberley region is now the focus of major state, national and international conservation concern and action. The planned development of the Browse Basin gas field threatens to open the floodgates to other large-scale developments. These development plans could wreak havoc in one of the last large unspoiled marine and coastal environments on earth.

The Mitchell Plateau Region (north Kimberley) – Under threat - July 24, 2008

The Mitchell/Lawley Rivers Region (Ngauwudu) is a distinct landscape in the north-west Kimberley: a landscape of beauty and diversity that is absolutely unique. Both the environmental and cultural values are of World Heritage significance - and both are currently under threat.

WA’s pristine Kimberley marine environment under threat - May 18, 2008

Just as research is shedding more light on the extraordinary natural values of the Kimberley marine and coastal environment, including as a breeding ground for humpback whales and its extensive fringing coral reefs, the threats to the area from the development of massive offshore gas fields ('Browse Basin') are coming to a head.

Nature of the North - May 21, 2008

A landmark study that details the environmental significance of the North, how this tropical environment really works, and shows the pathways forward to develop the North in ways that work for people and country.

Crunch time for the Kimberley - June 11, 2008

Years of neglect and mismanagement have created major environmental problems for the Kimberley region of northern WA, but even bigger threats are now looming over the region, in the form of plans for large scale gas, mining and agricultural industrialisation.

Don't flush the Fitzroy! - April 01, 2005

Members of The Wilderness Society staged a sit-in on toilets on the steps of Parliament House to send a strong message to politicians against transporting water from the Fitzroy River to Perth.