Monday, January 10, 2011

Rivers and urban-based ideologues

Now we have Brisbane flood alert as Wivenhoe threatens to spill over after Wild rivers legislation in which the Indigenous people 'forgotten' in Wild Rivers because of Bligh's callous land grab
"The gazettal of 13 rivers under the Wild Rivers Act was, I believe, a last-minute, backroom deal between the team lead by Bligh and adviser Mike Kaiser, and the Wilderness Society. The Queensland public has also been misled about this matter. These gazettals could be seen as a pay-off by the Labor Government to the greens who delivered them preferences and seats. For the Wilderness Society's urban-based ideologues, the gazettals are prized acquisitions, easy pickings from the Aborigines."

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