Saturday 9th January 1999


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One of the greatest secrets is a major dam project being developed in the upper reaches of the Dawson river in the Surat basin  in the Nathan Gorge in Central Queensland.

The Au$3 billion project which was "given" to a group of multinationals (collectively called Sudaw) in a clear breach of the normal tendering process in March last year. This just days after the UN decided to change the status of water from a "free staple" to a commodity which could be speculated on. The project is now under fire following a report by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). The report slams the inadequacies of the multinationals own reports on environmental impacts caused by the development of the dam on the reef and a great number of inlets affected by the Dawson river.

GBRMPA executive officer John Tanzer said yesterday that Environment Minister Senator Hill should halt the project.

Meanwhile State Labor Environment Minister Rod Welford said that "the jury was still out" on whether the project would proceed. The project would create about 1,000 jobs and include the construction of four new coal mines, rail links and a power station - all owned by overseas interests.

"Our government will make sure the assessment is thorough, we are not going to sign off prematurely on this project," Welford said. "It has the potential for the local economies but that is assuming the environmental impacts can be addressed."

The GBRMPA report claims that the dam would have "negative" impacts on a range of river and sea species and extend coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef.

Noel Chomsky on the MAI

Here is an extract:

Liberalising the movements of capital worldwide has proved a powerful weapon against democracy and the social contract, much as was anticipated by the framers of the (Bretton Woods) international economic order in the 1940s. Unregulated capital flow can be used very effectively to undermine attempts by individual governments to introduce progressive measures. For instance, any country trying to stimulate its economy or increase its health spending is likely to find this deviant behaviour instantly punished by a flight of capital.

This capital mobility since the Bretton Woods system was essentially dismantled from the early 1970s has led to what some economists have called a "Virtual Senate" of financial capital that is able to decide social and economic policy just because they can shift funds around. The volume of transactions on world finance markets has grown to the point where it is now estimated in the range of $1,500 billion a day. It has also changed in character: whereas 30 years ago about 90% of foreign exchange transactions was related to the real economy (trade and long term investment), by now well over 90% of a vastly greater sum consists of short-term flows, about 80% less than a week in duration, often much shorter, speculating against currencies or exchange rate fluctuations. Markets have become increasingly volatile and less and less predictable and financial crises are occurring with increasing regularity.

Queenslanders basic rights - by Tony Fitzgerald QC

Here is an extract from his speech:

The biggest obstacle now to the development of a human rights culture in Queensland is that, overall, we are a comfortable, complacent community. Our concerns do not usually extend beyond matters which affect us personally. Political parties often promote sectional interests, and sometimes prefer their supporters to the general good. Economic issues dominate election campaigns, and we are encouraged to vote in the manner most beneficial to us individually. There is widespread dissatisfaction with the political system, and indeed increasingly with public institutions. This stems to some extent from the self-interested and adversarial nature of the political process, but more fundamentally from unemployment and other socioeconomic concerns, the rapid pace of change, and a sense of loss of relative advantage in large segments of the dominant white society. Nonetheless, membership of that majority group, which contains the holders of power and influence, generally carries with it a sense of superiority and security in one's rights. Indeed, a significant proportion of the dominant white community majority considers that the major threat to their rights lies in the grant and protection of rights of minorities or individuals who do not conform to the perceived norm.

Scoop:

Here is a copy of the email which got the politically correct jumping up and down like jelly beans in a bottle to nowhere:

Scott,

I thought your readers might be interested in the Email that was posted inter Department by a Logan City Police Officer. As a Police Officer myself I found it quite amusing and typical of Police humour. Unfortunately the Acting Logan Mayor and a number of State Government Politicians did not find it so. The Acting Logan Mayor actually called for the dismissal of the "offending" Police Officer. I find it hard to believe that Politicians would actually use the floor of Parliament to criticise and call for disciplinary sanctions against a Police Officer for such a minor matter. They must have little to do.
Regards
Sender's name removed

OPENING CEREMONY.

The Olympic Flame will be ignited by a petrol bomb thrown by a native of the City wearing the traditional balaclava jeans and no shoes with his moll wearing the traditional bike pants and short crop top with oversized stomach.

THE EVENTS;-
In previous Olympic Games, Woodridge competitors have not been particularly successful. In order to redress the balance, some of the events have been altered slightly to advantage the local Woodridge competitors.

100 metre Sprint.
Competitors will have to hold a video recorder and a microvave (one in each arm) and, on the sound of the starting pistol, a police dog will be released from a cage 10 metres behind the athletes.

100 metre Hurdles.
As above, but with added obstacles, car bonnets, hedges, gardens, fences, walls, train etc.

Hammer throw.
Competitors in this event may choose the type of hammer they wish to use (claw, sledge etc.). The winner will be the one who can cause the most GBH to members of the public within the time allowed.

Fencing.
Entrants will be asked to dispose of as much stolen jewellery, silver and electrical items within 5 minutes

Shooting.
A strong challenge is expected from the men in this event. The first target will be a moving Police Vehicle. In the second round, competitors will aim at a Post Office Clerk, Bank Teller, Console Operator or Video Store Attendant.

Boxing.
Entry to the boxing will be restricted to husband and wife teams and will take place on a Friday night. The husband will be given 15 Heavies at the Logan City Tavern followed by a quick peek in Rogues night club while the wife will be told not to make him any tea when he gets home. She will be wearing bike pants, short crop top and Japanese Riding Slippers. The bout will then commence.

Modern Pentathlon.
Amended to include robbery with Violence, Burglary, U.U.M.V., Arson, Willful Exposure.

Diving.
Competitors will be thrown off the Logan River Bridge at Waterford. The first three survivors will decide the winner.

Men's 50 km walk.
Unfortunately, this event will have to be cancelled as organisers cannot guarantee the safety of anyone walking the streets of Woodridge.

Three Legged Race.
Competitors with three legs will not be permitted to enter this event, however, two heads are permitted.

Gymnastics.
The beam will be replaced by the strip of gutter outside the Logan City Tavern. The event will commence at closing time - we expect some extremely difficult dismounts to be performed on this apparatus. The floor routine will be conducted in the padded cell of the Beenleigh Watchhouse.

Closing Ceremony.
Entertainment will include the Local Torres Straight Islander Dancing, accompanied by the local heroes "Savage Garden". The Olympic flame will be extinguished by local representatives by urinating from the base of the spire in a cascading effect. The stadium will then be boarded up before local athletes break in to it and remove all the copper piping and air conditioners.

Australia, January 1999

The last two days' headlines in the Australian have given a succinct snapshot of the new globalising Australia, and it's a very one-sided snapshot.

Thursday's was: "PS chiefs win 40% pay rise". As an example, the paper gave details of a Mr Moore-Wilson who heads the PM's Department. His salary will increase by $80,000 (yes, 'increase' by eighty thousand dollars) taking him to a nice $300,000. One wag noted that at least the headline was accurate in using the word 'win', because there was no way such an increase could be 'earned'.

Friday's was: "Market hits record high", complete with a colour photo of beaming futures traders. According to the Australian, in 1987 only 18 per cent of Australians owned shares, but now the figure is 40.4 per cent, with "most benefiting from the market's gains". That's nice. Pity about the majority of us losers who used to collectively own public utilities like Telstra.

But I gained a completely different picture of Australia in 1999 from the latest News Weekly (9/1/99). The mainstream media keep pretty quiet about this Australia, because they realise that the increasingly prosperous minority of the 'haves' don't really want to know that a third of men aged 24-45 have income levels so low they can barely keep themselves, let alone a family. A third. No, such knowledge might induce feelings of guilt if the 'winners' realise their good fortune has come at the expense of so many 'losers', and we can't have such old-fashioned notions of guilt spoiling the winners' composure.

Yesterday I was criticized in the Australian (dosn't worry me at all) for objecting to the media's rapturous reports about employment growth in the service industry. "Service 'industry' my foot. Pull the other one", I'd snarled. One of my critics said: "It may have escaped Antonia Feitz's attention, but most of the jobs formerly available to school leavers have been lost to technology."

That critic has been brainwashed. The media endlessly repeat that Australian jobs have disappeared because of 'technology', but that's only part of it. It dosn't really take too much brains to recognize that Australian jobs have also been 'exported'. Australians still wear clothes and shoes, and use matches and brooms, and buy packets of screws and pegs. Once we made these goods, and provided employment for our citizens in doing so. Now we import what is, in the main, inferior rubbish. And increasingly, all that's left for the non-tertiary educated workforce is the service 'industry'.

I trust I do not bore anotd readers in taking the opportunity to say it again loud and clear: service 'industry' my foot. Pull the other one.

Antonia

Intellectual prejudice

Antonia's letter in Wednesday's anotd presented an issue about a "us and them" mentality amongst One Nation supporters towards educated people. Although I haven't seen any evidence of this within my circle of One Nation contacts it wouldn't surprise me that some have such an outlook. I personally believe that any "us and them" mentality that does exist is most likely the creation of the media propaganda machine and those "elites" who have been repetitively labelling One Nation supporters in an effort to intimidate and divide.

I think this "us and them " view might more accurately be described as a conflict with those enforcing political correctness. Unfortunately it would appear from the attacks through the media etc that these enforcers often hold university degrees. An example of the thought control that can happen at universities was related to me by a fellow One Nation member. This person is a lecturer at a university and because of their refusal to indoctrinate the students with the politically correct views of those lecturers who influence thought on campus, they were subjected to a campaign of intimidation and ridicule. It is these PC dictators One Nation is fighting.

Admittedly the PC media etc do control debate and therefore influence perceptions but most in One Nation are aware of this and should therefore look beyond this. I believe many within One Nation see it as Antonia described "...it's a matter of Australians from all sectors of society - trades, professions, businessmen and women, along with the non income-earning unemployed, housewives and retirees- all pulling together for the good of the nation - as opposed to the good of the multinationals."

Peter W

Industry Greed

It's becoming increasingly apparent that industry in it's greed for profits has become very much anti-family. Here's a couple of examples that might influence your shopping lists in the future.

The Pepsi company in Tasmania provided free Pepsi drinks for a Gay function but, when a Christian childrens group ask for similar support for their function they were told that they were not part of Pepsi's target market.

Volkswagen was a sponsor of the 1998 Gay and Lesbian Lifestyle Expo in Sydney. Volkswagen says that the homosexual market "is important to us and is something we want to be part of".

Maybe "family" is not trendy enough and does not have enough disposable income. Obviously greed is blind to want to promote unsanitary, aberrant behaviour.

Peter W

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