Environmental ‘failings’ spark Gladstone port probe as dolphins depart by: GRAHAM LLOYD, ENVIRONMENT EDITOR From: The Australian February 16, 2013 12:00AM Four giant liquefied natural gas processing facilities are being built on Curtis Island in Gladstone Harbour. Picture: Vanessa Hunter Source: The Australian AUSTRALIA’S most environmentally controversial project, the $33 billion expansion of Gladstone port...
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Beware the makers of Spin – They work to a method.
We don’t know if marketing guru and propagandist Toby Ralph knows much about wind farms. But he certainly knows how big companies bulldoze small communities. Speaking on The Gruen Planet recently, he referred to the following template companies use to counter community opposition. 1. Forge local relationships 2. Understand local concerns 3. Create local opinion...
AFA Feb 2013 Newsletter OUT NOW!
AFA NEWSLETTER OUT NOW! The latest February 2013 Newsletter is available for viewing on our website and facebook page. Articles by Sue Arnold – CEO of Australians for Animals include: THE FIGHT FOR THE REEF GOES TO CANBERRA There’s a lot happening...
DOGS CAN DANCE !
Oh this is so worth watching ! An incredibly talented dog and his beautiful young owner. http://www.familytiez.com/video/gin.htm
Australians for Animals November 2012 Newsletter
Our November Newsletter is now available for download as a PDF from our website. www.australiansforanimals.org.au or you can click this direct link to view the Newsletter… https://www.australiansforanimals.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/afa_nov2012_newsletter.pdf
BELUGA WHALE TALKS – INCREDIBLE STUFF
Talking beluga whale named Noc is revealed Beluga whale kept at US research foundation learned how to make human sounds that fooled divers, according to study guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 23 October 2012 09.00 BST Listen to Noc the Beluga whale warbling in a human voice, several octaves lower than typical whale calls Link to this videoA...
US NAVY WILL NOT LONGER USE DOLPHINS AS MINE SWEEPERS
ROBOTS REPLACE DOLPHINS AS MILITARY WEAPONS. Huffington Post. The US Navy is reportedly planning to replace its last military dolphins with robots. In an exclusive interview with BBC Future<http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121108-final-dive-for-us-navy-dolphins>, the navy said it would replace its highly trained pod of sea mammals with cheaper electronic alternatives. The Navy has used dolphins in missions to help...
LIVE EXPORT TRADE – HELL ON EARTH
Gandhi said:- “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”. PM Julia Gillard told the Pakistani PM :- ” I explained to him that Australians are distressed to see these acts of cruelty and I want the matter investigated.” Oh really Julia ? How...
GILLARD AND O’FARRELL – URANIUM FAN CLUB
In yet another sign that Australia no longer has a democracy, Ms Gillard is in India selling uranium to the Indian government for ” peaceful purposes” in spite of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Australians are totally opposed to mining uranium in this country. Nor has the issue that India has not signed...
DUGONGS IN REAL TROUBLE
Dugongs are dying in Gladstone Harbour according to reports we’re receiving from a number of sources. Animals are being hauled out of the water, dead or dying and the authorities are busy covering up the huge mortality which is directly connected to the dredging. The dredging is impacting Rodds Bay Harbour, a dugong sanctuary. What...