More on Arrow paying for police at Kerry
There’s been a fair bit of discussion surrounding the whole Arrow-paying-the-police arrangement. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe “Legitimating Story”
I recently stumbled on a very useful term: the “legitimating story”. Nerd that I am, I got all excited, because here is a phrase that – in two lonely words – goes a long way towards articulating a...
View Article2012 The Mayan Word
My reasons for choosing to unplug from a disempowering, resource-hungry system, live more in harmony with nature (my own included), and be responsible for my own wellbeing are still valid two and a...
View ArticleCSG – When Brad Hazzard came to town (Casino)
On Thursday April 19, Brad Hazzard, the NSW Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, came to Casino for what was billed as a “forum”. Continue reading →
View ArticlePollies’ survival guide: avoiding difficult questions
Watching pollies and company spokespeople operate at CSG-related “community consultations” and “forums” (fora?) is such an education. After only a few events, I feel qualified to offer this 10-point...
View ArticleCSG Bull*&^% Detection 101
I’ve got so much use out of the term “legitimating story”, that I realised I’d really like to know terms for other ways in which media, miners or politicians try to frame people’s opinions. So I went...
View ArticleEdible oils
Why is our food supply becoming increasingly tampered with? Why are the regulatory bodies - whose job it is to safeguard the public from dangerous food items - actually endorsing them while demonising...
View ArticleCSG – When town came to Brad Hazzard (Lismore)
I’ve just read a couple of media reports about last Wednesday's Brad Hazzard Lismore SRLUP* gathering. What a complete misrepresentation of the meeting! Continue reading →
View ArticlePolice conceal identification at CSG blockade
As local CSG blockades gather momentum, and numbers swell at blockade camps, I’d just like to draw attention to something that happened at the Glenugie blockade, in the hope that by “calling” it, it...
View ArticleA word from the Leard
It's hot, hot, hot at Leard State Forest protectors' camp. I'm slumped in a comfy chair, snatching some down time to watch the bees attracted to the wet hessian on the Coolgardie safe. It's probably...
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Has Arrow Energy bought the Qld police force?
On Thursday, a rather chatty police officer told me something that I found quite shocking. Just spent a couple of days at the community blockade of Arrow Energy’s CSG exploration drill site at Kerry,...
View ArticleArrow paying for police: the legals
This is what the actual legislation (according to Austlii) and police force policies (according to Qld and NSW police force documents) say about arrangements such as the one where Arrow paid for police...
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