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Vigils for George Bender This Week Vigils for George Bender This Week
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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
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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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NEW BOOK – CLIMATE FIRE AND HUMAN EVOLUTION Dr Andrew Glikson
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NEW BOOK – CLIMATE FIRE AND HUMAN EVOLUTION
Inbox x Andrew Glikson ‘Climate Fire and Human Evolution’ With best wishes Andrew 18-10-2015 Reviews… 2:40 PM (1 hour ago) 4:27 PM (1 minute ago) See these new books from Dr Andrew Glikson
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From: Andrew Glikson<Geospec@iinet.net.au>
Date: Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 2:40 PM
Subject: NEW BOOK – CLIMATE FIRE AND HUMAN EVOLUTION
To: geospec@iinet.net.au‘Climate Fire and Human Evolution’ With best wishesAndrew18-10-2015 Reviews Will Steffen, Australian National University”This is a most innovative and challenging book. One of its most interesting features is the explicit use of the stratigraphic record – the timeline of Earth History – to trace (or infer) the evolution of life on the planet (and not just human evolution). The co-evolution of life and the geosphere is fascinating. It certainly gave rise to the inter-discipline of biogeochemistry (the great element cycles of the planet), which in turn has become a key component of Earth System science. Importantly, this book uses the frame of Earth System science throughout, and shows the close nexus between the long-term geological record and Earth System science in its broadest sense.” Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University “Andrew Glikson and Colin Groves’ new book “Climate, Fire, and Human Evolution” traces the fascinating and complex history of the Earth over the past 4 billion years. It explores the fundamental context of the Earth’s climate system, the cycles of carbon, oxygen and nitrogen, and the crucial role of fire, to provide the critical baseline for our understanding of how a single species, Homo sapiens, has changed the atmosphere, oceans and biosphere. The fate of our species, and all the others with which the share this planet, is now in peril from the unintended consequences of our development, and especially our use of energy. I commend this scholarly yet readable work as a vital reference for understanding our past and present, and hopefully, for saving our future.”Victor Gostin, University of Adelaide:”This masterful and overarching book could only have been written by geoscientists that had delved into both the earliest evidence preserved on Earth and into the youngest perturbations of our human-overwhelmed biosphere. Beginning with the earliest Earth systems, the crucial presence of liquid water and the dawn of simple life, the book traces the explosions of Phanerozoic life, interrupted only by several mass extinctions. And so, genetic evolution leads to the cultural evolution of humanity involving the iconic mastery of fire, the agricultural revolution and the explosion of human populations. The accelerating effects of human activities on the ecology and therefore on human health have become the focus of our modern world: the Anthropocene. Finally, this book tackles the perennial question, “Are we alone in this Universe” that involves the evolution of intelligence in the context of randomness or chaos. Congratulations to both authors.”
Hugh Davies, University of Papua New Guinea:”This book is about the Earth, how its systems work, how it has evolved and where it may be heading. ”
“The writing is clear and the sources of information are well documented, making this an excellent resource book for anyone who seeks a clear picture of the evolution of life on Planet Earth, and the forces that control our climate now, and have controlled our climate in the past. The book closes with consideration of the future and some philosophical words about human nature, the present situation, how it developed and how we have responded.”Colin L. Soskolne, University of Alberta “With the continuing accumulation of CO2 in the upper atmosphere now exceeding the 400 ppm worrisome barrier with no sign of a diminishing trend, Andrew Glikson’s extended edition provides a timely and perhaps final alarm. It includes an anthropological dimension by Colin Groves that better contextualizes his message of grave concern and places it ever more firmly where it belongs: on the shoulders of those people who are complicit in promoting, directly and indirectly, the demise of life on Earth.” Dr Andrew GliksonEarth and Paleo-climate scienceANU School of Anthropology and ArchaeologyANU Climate Change InstituteANU Planetary Science Institute Honorary Associate Professor, Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence, University of QueenslandE-mails. Andrew.Glikson@anu.edu.au; geospec@iinet.net.au Ph/fax 02 6296 3853; Mobile 0439085833; P.O. Box 3698 Weston A.C.T. 2611 http://cci.anu.edu.au/researchers/view/andrew_glikson/http://archanth.anu.edu.au/staff/dr-andrew-gliksonhttp://www.mso.anu.edu.au/PSI/PSI_People.htmlhttp://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/earth+system+sciences/book/978-94-007-7331-8 http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/geophysics/book/978-94-007-6327-2http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/earth+system+sciences/book/978-3-319-07907-3
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URGENT: Abyan needs our help Aurora – GetUp!
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8:10 PM (51 minutes ago)to me** Content warning: sexual violence, abortion, abuse **
NEVILLE,
It’s an absolute horror story.
Yesterday evening the Turnbull government chartered a plane and sent Abyan* – a raped, pregnant 23 year old refugee – back to Nauru, without receiving medical care.1
Prime Minister Turnbull wants the nation to believe he’s a new, empathetic leader. That he’s prioritising the safety of women and is concerned about conditions in Australia’s detention camps. But his government’s treatment of this vulnerable, traumatised woman suggests otherwise.
Instead of providing Abyan with the medical care she begged for, the Turnbull government forcibly returned her to Nauru. Make no mistake, this is abuse.
We need to show the Prime Minister that his government can’t get away with it – Abyan desperately needs to be brought back to Australia.
Let’s grow this petition as big as we can to show the Prime Minister that we won’t allow Abyan to be treated this way in our name. Click here to sign the urgent petition to bring her back to Australia.
We’ve been in touch with Abyan’s lawyers. When she came to Australia she was weak, sick and traumatised. She had received no care on Nauru after the violent assault, and had lost 10kg. She was in desperate need of appropriate medical attention, including counselling.
But once again we did not provide for her safety and welfare. Just days after arriving in Australia, Abyan was returned to Nauru, despite begging not to be.
The Australian government’s treatment of Abyan is unimaginable and utterly shameful. We need to band together in an enormous public display of outrage and action, so Prime Minister Turnbull realises he can’t play the “nice guy” while getting away with actions like this.
Abyan desperately needs to come back to Australia for medical treatment. Can you sign the urgent petition to Prime Minister Turnbull, and share it to get the word out? www.getup.org.au/bring-her-back
Abyan’s story is a personal emergency. It’s also yet another outrage in a long line of abuses committed by Australian governments towards refugees and people seeking asylum.
We need to make this huge – for Abyan, and every person like her, who has been so grossly let down and abused by Australia’s devastating policies.
Thank you,
Aurora and Sally for the GetUp team
PS – If we can make this huge, there’s so much more we can do to build pressure on the Turnbull government. The first step is creating a massive public outcry with as many signatures as possible. Sign now and we’ll keep you updated about what’s next: www.getup.org.au/bring-her-back
*Abyan is not her real name; it is the name used by the media and her advocates to protect her identity.
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The John James Newsletter 86
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The John James Newsletter 8617 October 2015If you are neutral about injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, what does the mouse feel about your neutrality?Desmond TutuAlways forgive your enemies; nothing else annoys them as muchOscar WildeInglis, Florida: home to the 1,000th US mass shooting since Sandy HookFour people died on the same day as the massacre at an Oregon community college – but the shooting in the south-east failed to register on the national consciousnessExxon’s Climate Lie: ‘No Corporation Has Ever Done Anything This Big or Bad’To understand the treachery – the sheer, profound, and unparalleled evil – of Exxon, one must remember the timing. Global warming became a public topic in 1988, thanks to James Hansen – it’s taken a quarter-century for the world to take effective action. If Exxon – largest oil company on Earth, most profitable enterprise in human history – had admitted: “Our own research shows that these scientists are right and that we are in a dangerous place,” the debate would have ended. That’s all it would have taken; stripped of the cover provided by doubt that Exxon funded, humanity would have gotten to work. Instead, knowingly, they helped organise the lie, and kept that lie going past the point where we can protect the poles, prevent the acidification of the oceans, or slow sea level rise enough to save the most vulnerable regions and cultures. No corporation has ever done anything this big and this bad.The Problem Of AgricultureAgriculture’s destructive capacity was ramped up by the industrial revolution that accelerated ecological degradation. Production remains high while the health of the soil continues to decline. We have less soil that is more degraded, and we are exhausting groundwater. Contemporary agriculture is dependent on a finite fuel source.Our Food System Is BrokenA greedy elite are controlling every aspect of our food system — from genome to grocery store. They are growing our food on huge monoculture farms, spraying genetically modified crops with chemicals and feeding these crops to factory-farmed animals.- 6 Big Ag giants control nearly 70% of the world’s seed market, much of which has been genetically-modified so they can reap profits on every seed they sell
- 4 global corporations control 75% of all global grain trade
- Top 10 global food processing companies control 26% of the global food marketsAnimal livestock (beef, chicken, etc.) — mostly grown on industrial factory farms — is responsible for 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions, more than the combined exhaust of all motor vehicles worldwide.|http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/agriculture/problem/
Planet Save: The FilmMishka Henner’s Apocalyptic Photos Show Factory Farming Destroying The LandscapeA perspective on uncertainty and climate scienceI realized what people really need is not the tit-for-tat, back-and-forth endless debate, with each side being “right”; they needed to understand that we scientists really don’t know what climate is doing or will do! No one does. We only have degrees of uncertainty.Jewish Mafia Looting Antiquities In Middle East?An Iraqi historian and archaeologist and a director of Syria’s Palmyra Museum both claimed that an “international Jewish mafia” was plotting to loot the Middle East’s most treasured antiquities in an effort to destroy the region’s Arab heritage.Say hello to my cruise missiles:A display of Russian technology revealed the end of the American monopoly over long-range cruise missiles. Pentagon analysts were still working under the assumption their range was around 300 kilometers.Israel Kills Toddler And a Pregnant Mother In GazaSenior Israeli military personnel generally acknowledge that Hamas is not firing the rockets and is attempting to prevent small groups from doing so. While Palestinian violations of the ceasefire are extremely rare, Israel has breached it hundreds of times, according to international monitors.Over 1,300 Palestinians wounded in Last 11 DaysSoldiers and police wounded over 1,300 Palestinians using live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets and internationally banned dum-dum bullets, able to expand internally and cause far more serious wounds.Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in BethlehemThe death of Moataz Zawahra, 28, takes to 29 the number of Palestinians killed in nearly two weeks.Israel Prepares Troops After Most Brutal Day Since Mosque CrackdownIn Gaza, hundreds of Palestinians protested Israeli violations in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank.Significant information has come to light since on the Assange storyShould Australian households quit the grid?it is pretty much accepted that the energy system will change so dramatically in coming years. It will move from a centralized grid, to one where at least half of all demand is supplied – and stored – locally.Russian Report Alleges Ukraine Shot Down Malaysian AirlinerDutch reports that the firm conducted two full-scale experiments recreating the crash, which give “conclusive” results, that the missile used was fired from eastern Ukraine but from an out-of-date model no longer in use by Russia.The Historic City of SodomDid Russia’s Intervention Derail Turkey’s Plan to Invade Syria?There’s no way to overstate the Obama administration’s destructive role in Syria. The US has funded, armed and trained the bulk of the jihadi hoodlums that have ripped the state apart and killed nearly one quarter of a million people. Now that Putin has decided to put an end to Washington’s proxy war, the US is planning to add fuel to the fire by air-dropping pallets of ammunition and weapons to their fighters in central and eastern Syria. The editors of the New York Times derided the program as “hallucinatory.”http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/15/did-russias-intervention-derail-turkeys-plan-to-invade-syria/On Building Armies (and Watching Them Fail)A story of failure – now being repeated in Afghanistan and Syria.After the US toppled Saddam Hussein’s government in April 2003, Bremer dissolved Iraq’s military, deciding to replace Saddam’s 350,000-man army with a lightly-armed border protection force that would start with 12,000 troops and eventually peak at around 40,000. Bremer’s plans imploded as an insurgency blossomed from the roiling mass of well-trained Iraqi military veterans he had ushered to the unemployment line. A bloodbath ensued and never ended, even as the US built what eventually became the 930,000-man strong Iraqi security forces.Mexico: how the ‘migrant oasis’ for would-be border crossers became a Mafia trapWhen the US ramped up security after 9/11 the town became a hub for remoter desert routes. Then la mafia moved in, bringing kidnapping, extortion and death. Organized crime groups routinely extort, kidnap and kill migrants, turning the town and surrounding desert into a high-stakes gamble. One roll of the dice gets you into the US. Another leaves your bones bleaching in the sand.Mexico’s migration crackdown escalates dangers for Central AmericansLast year’s wave of unaccompanied children migrating to the US helped spark a crackdown in Mexico, forcing people to take alternative routes north where they face armed robbers, corrupt officials and sexual violenceGarnaut, CEFC push hydrogen to make Australia into a renewable power-houseBy creating an export industry of “solar fuels” to northern Asia that would rival the coal and gas export industries.“Australia will be the world’s lowest cost source of renewable energy”
