Water fallout

Article Abstract:

West Australians are protesting a plan to dam the Fitzroy river for the purpose of irrigating cotton fields on Kimberly rangeland. Western Agricultural Industries, headed by private developer John Logan, will sign a deal to conduct a two-year feasibility study on the project. Protesters are against the introduction of a pesticide-reliant crop and the impact on Aboriginal communities. Supporters claim the flow of the picturesque river will not be interrupted.

Australia, Environmental aspects, Environmental policy, Water resources development, Water resource development, Irrigation farming

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Riding the Tiger's Back

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Philip Blenkinsop's exhibition of photographs about the coup in Cambodia during Jul, 1997, and the Myanmar jungle in 1994 portray a part of the world most Australians are not aware of. Blenkinsop feels Asians regard death without Western taboos, but that government suppression of the 1992 riots in Thailand has left scars still unhealed in that nation. In all conflicts, Blenkinsop has seen people living to the fullest.

Exhibitions, Photographers, Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Southeast Asia, Blenkinsop, Philip

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Bran Nue Broome

Article Abstract:

Rock bands such as Midnight Oil performed in July 1998 in the Kimberley town of Broome, Australia, for a gathering of Aboriginal leaders for National Aboriginal and Islanders' Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) week. It was also a celebration of Aboriginal broadcasting for Kimberley communities. Goolarri Media Enterprises celebrated the granting of a television licence and an FM radio licence.

Fairs and festivals, Australian aborigines, Aboriginal Australians

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