Despite past mining activities which has caused significant, cumulative and long term damage to the Georges and Cateract Rivers, companies such as BHP Billiton refuse to mine a safe distance from these precious water resources. A coalition of over 19 environmental organisations has called upon the State Government to mandate a 1km safety zone from NSW Rivers.
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MPI's Executive Director recently came back from a 5-week field trip in Papua New Guinea working with partner groups and visiting communities in the Highlands and the pristine coastal areas of Madang province. Despite the ongoing destruction of such beautiful areas I have been deeply inspired by the strength of the local communities who continue to struggle against foreign mining companies on their lands.
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Turning the Tide is a music project by Australian artists calling for action to address the grave threats posed by climate change in a manner that respects all those who share our planet. Turning the Tide is an initiative of the Mineral Policy Institute in collaboration with the Rainforest Information Centre, Friends of the Earth Australia, Australian Student Environment Network, Australia Youth Climate Coalition, USYNC and UM Records
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A day before their London based Annual General Meeting, Senior Elder of the traditional owners of the country impacted by the Hope Downs mine site has requested Rio Tinto to halt operations and reconsider its proposed mining activities on site. Slim Parker urged the company: "In light of what they have done in the past destroying important sites in the area, they have the opportunity to make amends - they have the capacity today to make the decision not to mine this area at all. Our wish is to protect the scientific, historical cultural and spiritual heritage values of the area, and that they be preserved so everyone can share the significance. I have always maintained that this area should not be mined at all, that it should be preserved. Rio Tinto should halt their operations. The traditional owners, the Fortescue Martidja Banyjima people and the Nyarparli people are united in our desire to preserve this area."
Wiradjuri Traditional Owner, Neville 'Chappy' Williams, has exposed a massive collapse at Barrick’s Cowal Gold Project in Lake Cowal, 45 km north-west of West Wyalong, central western NSW.
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A groundbreaking new report to be presented at the Minerals Council of Australia Sustainable Development Conference in Cairns today is the first comprehensive analysis of Australian mineral production figures gathered since the beginning of the mining industry.
In an Australian first, mining data from as far back as 1829 has been collected and analysed by Monash University academic, Dr Gavin Mudd in conjunction with the Mineral Policy Institute to determine the long term sustainability of a range of Australia’s mineral resources.
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Environmental and Indigenous Rights Advocates call for the immediate halt of construction of the McArthur River Diversion. Protests over the controversial proposal to divert the McArthur River, risking environmental damage downstream and destroying important Aboriginal scared sites have nationalised reached the Sydney head offices of Xstrata.
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7pm Tuesday 22 October 2008
Friends of the Earth
312 Smith Street, Collingwood, Melbourne
Speakers:
Jethro Tulin, Ipili, Papua New Guinea
Neville ‘Chappy’ Williams, Wiradjuri, Australia
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Across the Australian continent, Aboriginal cultural heritage, including burial grounds, significant sacred sites and dreaming tracks continue to be destroyed by the activities of multinational mining companies that ignore or override Aboriginal cultural heritage considerations and violate the traditional laws and customs of the land.
“Mining Sacred Ground’, launching on the 31st of March 2006 is the first stage of a larger project to initiate a national traveling art exhibition highlighting the failures of current law and policy frameworks in protecting the traditional values of Aboriginal land, and to support Aboriginal activists and traditional custodians efforts to protect culture, defend their sacred sites and preserve connections to their land.
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The Hunter Valley can't withstand another coal mine - and the Planet can't survive another coal fired power station!
Join the Anvill Hill Alliance to launch there campaign to end coal mining in the Hunter Valley. 9.30am, 7th of March, NSW Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney.
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