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Traditional owners vs Adani’s Carmichael mine
Adrian Burragubba, a Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) elder visited Brunswick Picture House recently to provide an update on their long running campaign to protect their lands and sacred Doongmabulla Springs in the Galilee basin impacted by Adani’s open-cut coal mine. Adani’s contentious project was initially approved by the Federal Environment Minister in 2014. The Stop…
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Gwalia House: Not yet saved
Once our heritage is gone, it’s gone. This is one of the many urgent warnings in response to the acceleration of buyback demolitions across Lismore over the last two months. On Sunday 2nd August, over 100 community members came together on the lawns of Gwalia House in Lismore for a community rally to demand: Stop…
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Yaibal Mumbala. Flowing water
This is the objective of the Nimbin Water Collective: that the natural flow of the springs, creeks and rivers continues in a healthier and vibrant manner is the life-blood of our region and communities. Indeed, following the months of steady soaking, the water table is high and surface waters saturate the landscape. By contrast, when…
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Flood mitigation at what cost?
Residents cut off by floodwaters at Websters Creek in March 2017. Photo: Saras Salvadore
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Leave it in the ground
Gazing over the wide expanse of South Australia to the West, imagining the day(s) of the nuclear blasts. Those First Nations people residing unprotected in the Region reportedly felt the impacts physically and mentally. Sickness and fear. First the white cloud, then the black mist creeping through the sandhills, through country. Some died in the…
