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Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
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-Since 1926… Rosemary & Paul – via 350.org Australia
More1 of 28Since 1926…
Inboxx Rosemary & Paul – via 350.org Australia <350@350.org> Unsubscribe
7:45 PM (7 minutes ago)to meThis email is being sent to you on behalf of Liverpool Plains farmers Paul and Rosemary Nankivell, via 350.org Australia. Your details haven’t been shared with anyone.
Hi there,
We’re Paul and Rosemary Nankivell, farmers from the Liverpool Plains in NSW, and we’re writing to invite you to the Harvest Festival against the Shenhua coal mine.
Our family has farmed in this district since 1926 but now our livelihoods are under threat. Shenhua, a Chinese owned mega coal company has plans to dig a 35 square kilometre void just up the road from our property.
Out here on the Plains we aren’t going to stand idly by. That’s why our community has organised the Harvest Festival – to celebrate this great region and show Shenhua and the NSW Government that Australians from all walks of life won’t let this destructive project go ahead.
Will you join us from November 6–8th?
Farming and Shenhua’s coal mine cannot co-exist.
The Liverpool Plains is highly regarded by the agricultural community as one of the top ten most productive agricultural regions in the world. Yet Shenhua and the NSW Government are too concerned about the promise of profits (and even that’s in serious doubt) to consider the damage to surrounding crops and livestock as well as our communities and the climate. What’s more – the impacts on the precious groundwater of the Murray Darling Basin are basically unknown.
That’s why we are inviting folks from across Australia to join us at the Harvest Festival. We’ll take you on tours of the region, talk about how we can work together in the cities and on the Plains to fight this project and demonstrate that enough is enough, this project must be halted for the future of our climate and our communities.
We will defend our country for as long as it takes. And we hope you will join us.
In the words of our youngest son “C’mon….coal is so last century!”
See you on the Plains,
Rosemary and Paul.
350.org is building a global climate movement.You can connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and become a Climate Defender and donate monthly to help 350.org keep Australia’s fossil fuels in the ground.
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UPDATE: This is worse than we feared. Sam R – GetUp!
More1 of 27UPDATE: This is worse than we feared.
Inboxx Sam R – GetUp! Unsubscribe
6:55 PM (28 minutes ago)to me
Environment Minister Greg Hunt has re-approved mining giant Adani’s Carmichael coal mine, and it’s worse than we ever imagined.
Hidden in the approval document is a bombshell that hands Adani the power to change its plans without approval from the Minister.1
This is madness, NEVILLE. Greg Hunt is letting a company with a proven track record of rampant environmental destruction and human rights violations build Australia’s largest coal mine with next to no oversight.
We have to stop this calamity going ahead. For the Great Barrier Reef, for the climate, for our water, and for the Traditional Owners.
Can you chip in now to fight Adani in court?
Our original email is below in case you missed it.
Reference
[1] New conditions for Adani’s Carmichael coal mine weaker than first approval, environment groups say, ABC Online, 19 October 2015
—–NEVILLE.
Terrible breaking news — but we have a plan.
Moments ago Greg Hunt re-approved the Carmichael mine, and we need to fight it in court.
Twelve weeks ago GetUp members helped beat the monstrous Carmichael Mine in Federal Court. It was a historic victory that reverberated across the world.
But Greg Hunt has just rushed through a new approval, and Adani has the all-clear to build one of the biggest coal mines in the world.
This coal mine will devastate our climate, our Great Barrier Reef, and our economy. The mine will spew out more carbon pollution than all the cars, planes and trains in Australia combined.
It will drain 12 billion litres of precious groundwater. It will be built without the free, prior, and informed consent of the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners. It will hold back our economy and lock us into a dirty, polluting, out-of-date mine when the rest of the world is moving on.
Can you help fight this hideous, destructive mine in court? https://www.getup.org.au/carmichael
This is a dumb, cowardly approval, but we had an awful feeling it would happen. So we’ve been working behind the scenes with lawyers and experts to examine it closely. They say a case against the approval could have strong prospects of success.
We’re still working with our movement partners to decide exactly which litigant will take the case, and who will play which roles — we’ll keep you posted with every update. It’s likely we’ll be supporting both environment lawyers and conservation groups, like we did with the Mackay Conservation Group challenging the mine the first time.
But we can only make it happen if we have enough money to afford the huge amount of research, barristers and legal fees we need to fight the coal giant’s mine in court.
We’re confident this can be a strong legal challenge. But if for any reason the case doesn’t get off the ground, we’ll offer you a full refund.
Every contribution gets us closer to raising what we need to finish this godforsaken project once and for all.
We’ve done it before and we can do it again. Can you help us fight Adani in court?
Let’s do this: https://www.getup.org.au/carmichael
For the climate. For the Reef. For our future.
Sam R and Adam, for the GetUp team
PS – GetUp has a strong history of taking on huge targets in court, and winning. In 2010, GetUp made a High Court challenge that helped get 100,000 young people enrolled to vote. Last year, 14,000 GetUp members chipped-in to fight off Greg Hunt’s Abbot Point coal teminal approval, twice. Let’s do it again: https://www.getup.org.au/carmichael
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Just a quick reminder that TONIGHT at 9.30pm on ABC TV, Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation will screen across Australia.
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12:55 PM (1 hour ago)to meDear Neville, Just a quick reminder that TONIGHT at 9.30pm on ABC TV, Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation will screen across Australia.
By all reports, it is a shocking report into the way that poker machines are placing a terrible cost on our society. There is stunning new evidence that pokie addiction functions in exactly the same way as heroin, cocaine or ice. This product has not just been licensed by the State but spread irresponsibly throughout Australia for the profit of the gambling industry, not to mention State Treasuries.
PLEASE help us lift awareness about poker machines by:
1. Watching Ka-Ching tonight and encouraging others to watch it to. You can see and share Ka-Ching’s trailer here.
2. Live tweeting during the event with the hashtag #kaching so that we can contribute a distinctly Christian voice to the conversation.
3. Stay tuned to your inbox for the next steps we can all take as part of an alliance of more than 40 community groups committed to addressing the problem.
Together, let’s pray that real breakthrough comes as a result of this campaign.
Grace & Peace,
Kylie, Jess and all the Common Grace team.
P.S. If you haven’t yet seen this article in the Bible Society’s Eternity Magazine, it’s a great read, full of information and insight like this:
“The problem we have is that [poker machines] are everywhere,” says Ms Keogh. “We’ve got 20 per cent of the worlds’ machines, and five times per capita more than the United States, and it’s really causing a lot of damage.”Ms Keogh says that when it comes to poker machines, the gambling industry continues to talk about “problem gamblers”, casting blame on the user and diverting conversation away from the product itself.“Roughly 30 per cent of people who play [the pokies] end up with a problem. If any other product caused 30 per cent of people to get sick we would actually look at the product rather than blaming the person,” she says.Common Grace
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Vigils for George Bender This Week Vigils for George Bender This Week
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Inboxx Drew Hutton <info@lockthegate.org.au>
10:32 AM (40 minutes ago)to me
Dear Neville, Our movement was engulfed by grief last week when we heard that Chinchilla farmer George Bender had died.
George could no longer find the reserves within himself to fight with Origin Energy and the Qld Government, who were determined to turn his productive cotton farm into an industrial gasfield against his wishes.
George was exceptionally brave and honest. A warm man and a wonderful farmer. He had fought for 10 years to protect his farm and his community from CSG mining. He asked for nothing more than to quietly grow food and fibre for Australia.
We are devastated to have lost him, and heartbroken for his family.
Never again should a multi-national mining giant and a government join together to deprive landholders of hope and take away their rights.
Never again should a family be driven beyond despair by the heavy-handed tactics of CSG companies.
Can you join us at one of these events? You can see the full details here.
This issue has exposed a callous indifference by the Qld Government to the suffering of the people of rural Qld.
The day after the news broke of George’s death, the Qld Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, spent a day with Santos opening their new LNG export plant at Gladstone.
But she refused our request late last week for an urgent crisis meeting to discuss actions that can be taken right now to ensure that this terrible situation never happens again.
Will you join us in telling her that this heartless response is totally unacceptable?
We need everyone, wherever they are, from all around Australia, to ring the Qld Premier’s office this week and demand a crisis meeting and an action plan to stop further harm and suffering in the Qld gasfields.
Please take the time to contact the Premier right now – call 07 3719 7000. Demand that she holds a crisis meeting with Lock the Gate Alliance and affected community members and hears our proposals for urgent reform.
George’s family have told us that George was fighting for all farmers, and that the best way to honour his memory is by fighting for the right of all landholders to say no to mining.
Out of the deepest respect for George, we intend to go on in that spirit.
He will be always in our hearts,
Drew Hutton
President, Lock the Gate Alliance
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Pressure Mounting: Liberal MP demands Turnbull acts on super trawlers
1 of 43Pressure Mounting: Liberal MP demands Turnbull acts on super trawlers
Inboxx Stop The Trawler Crew <stopthetrawler@et.org.au>
4:32 PM (6 minutes ago)to me
Hi Neville
The pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Turnbull to ban factory trawlers. Liberal MP Sarah Henderson is so passionate about the issue that she is organising a rally in Torquay to ban the Geelong Star this weekend.Things are starting to move – let’s turn the heat up!
If you live near Torquay, go along to the rally at 11am Sunday 25th October at Fisherman’s Beach in Torquay. It’s great news that a Liberal MP is taking such a strong stand to protect our oceans and our fisheries for our kids.
We really need the Federal Government to know that ALL factory freezer trawlers need to be banned from our Small Pelagic Fishery, if we are to secure the future of our fisheries and unique marine life. The Geelong Star is the 3rd monster factory freezer trawler to attempt to enter Australia’s small pelagic fishery – but it is the only one that has managed to scrape through. Let’s put a stop to the industrial trawlers once and for all.
So, if you can get along to the rally, take a sign and tell Sarah, the media and others, that we need to Stop ALL Factory Trawlers – Not In Our Backyard – Not Now, Not Ever.
And if you want to see the back of industrial factory trawlers for good, please sign the petition to Prime Minister Turnbull here and share it with 5 friends to turn the heat up.
Thanks for all that you do to protect our oceans!
Bec and the Stop the Trawler Crew
ps. Our Alliance is non-partisan – that means we don’t care what party the politicians are from – Liberal, Labor, Greens, or others – we care if they will stop factory freezer trawlers from decimating our fisheries and killing protected marine life. So, please show support to politicians of any flavour that will take action to protect our oceans and send a strong message to Prime Minister Turnbull that we need his leadership to stop the super trawlers!
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