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FREEDOM OF SPEECH STIFLED BY MINING COMPANY IN AUSTRALIA

COLLIS THORP | 04.09.2003 09:23 | Ecology | Globalisation

A MINING COMPANY ATTEMPTING TO MINE A RARE FOREST IN AUSTRALIA STOPPED THE AIRING OF A 14 MINUTE DOCUMENTARY BY COMMUNITY GROUP FRIENDS OF THE TUART FOREST.

PLEASE SIGN ON-LINE PETITION;  http://www.petitiononline.com/bdec6280/petition.html


TO VIEW THE VERY INNOCUOUS VIDEO GO TO:

 http://members.iinet.net.au/~kimred/nes/news/0309.htm

CABLE SANDS, A SUBSIDIARY OF JAPANESE MULTI NATIONAL NISHO IWAI(RESPONSIBLE FOR TRASHING PNG RAINFOREST) HAS THROWN EVERYTHING THEY HAVE INTO MINING 141 HECTARES OF THE TALL TUART FOREST AT LUDLOW, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. LESS THAN 2000 HECTARES REMAIN ON THE PLANET. VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY GROUP, FRIENDS OF THE TUART FOREST, HAVE OPPOSED THE MINE SINCE 1987, THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO DECIDE ON THE ISSUE IN 2 WEEKS.

THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECISION IS AT:  judy-edwards@dpc.wa.gov.au

JUST A FEW E-MAILS FROM OVERSEAS COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

SAVE THE LUDLOW TALL TUARTS - NO MINING!

COLLIS THORP
- Homepage: http://www.wafa.org.au/articles/ludlow/ludlow_tuart.html

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De Beers' remnants

04.09.2003 10:24

Does anyone know for sure that this is a Japaneese pig operation alone?

It is widely known that DeBeers' mining interests relocated mainly to Austrlia from their Southern African pigsties and are operating worldwide (especially in Columbia) under various new names.

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