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Ms Gillard fielded questions from the floor on topics including gay marriage, oil drilling off the Margaret River Coast and the amount of GST revenue that flowed back to WA compared to other states. http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/7557354/pm-ducks-gst-amid-policy-review/
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201007/r597790_3869627.asx
As we watch the worst environmental disaster in US history unfold, it’s worth comparing with our own gusher in the Timor Sea last year. The Montara well leaked uncontrollably for over 70 days before it exploded in a fireball incinerating the rig. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2010/2940808.htm
Another political hot potato facing the Gillard Government as it prepares to release the report into Australia’s biggest ever oil rig spill. http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2940420.htm
Australian scientists warn that rising concentrations of greenhouse gases are dramatically changing the way oceans function. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/18/2930518.htm
ANTI-OIL protesters have gained the attention of the Federal Government after less than a month of campaigning. http://www.margaretrivermail.com.au/news/local/news/general/oil-protesters-up-the-ante/1860308.aspx
SCIENTISTS aboard CSIRO research ship Southern Explorer recently released findings about WA’s unique coastal environment as part of a series of public lectures celebrating the International Year of Biodiversity. http://www.sciencewa.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3063:southern-explorer-discovers-amazing-creatures-of-the-deep-in-sw-seas&catid=195:News&Itemid=200077
Twenty years ago it happened. Well, twenty years and two weeks to be precise, May 30th 1990, during lunch time. In Sixth Avenue New York a flatbed truck pulled up outside the headquarters for Exxon Oil and five men got out. http://www.swellnet.com.au/news/637-a-gulf-of-expectation
THE ecological catastrophe unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico has failed to discourage the Rudd government, which has granted oil and gas explorers permission to drill deep off the Australian coastline. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/counting-the-cost-of-drilling-down-deep-20100611-y3lp.html
The Wilderness Society wants the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to impose tougher restrictions on the shark fishing industry in South Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/11/2924834.htm?site=news
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