photo credit: sigmaman In Revenue Sharing – A Piece of the Pie John Cutfeet says: I recently heard an Elder say that we, as the First Peoples, were given resources by the Creator from which we can make a living. He said, “God gave us resources to use from our lands. Our people did commercial fishing where we sold fish … Read More
FHOG Disease Spreads to Fiji
photo credit: Just a Temporary Measure Australia’s disastrous first home owners grant has spread in principle to both the US with an $8000 tax credit (rumoured to soon be ‘boosted’ to $15,000) and now to our Pacific cousins in Fiji with a handout. Sure the American’s are giving a tax credit, ensuring that only those with enough savings can get … Read More
Free Trash of Freeport
Renegade Economists Podcast 108 As broadcast on www.3CR.org.au 30/09/09. Subscribe to the podcast. Free Trash of Freeport: We finish off our climate friendly policy overview, then interview Nick Chesterfield (Manukoreri) and Nicholas Taylor (Outcrop) to discuss the immense wealth and destruction flowing from West Papua’s $40bn Freeport mine. Photo – Freeport’s tailings, thanks SkyTruth. Key Articles: Red River: The blacklisting … Read More
PNG Carbon Goldmine Concern
photo credit: backpackphotography Today’s Age report on Carbon Cowboys Riding High THE Australian at the heart of Papua New Guinea’s carbon trading rush is entrepreneur and racing identity Kirk Roberts, who is believed to have convinced many tribal groups to sign their rainforests up for future use as carbon credits. Mr Roberts, who runs his carbon operations through a company … Read More
Greenwash to wedge politics
photo credit: corvidmagic The world of pass-the-buck hit home with Rudd’s cop out yesterday. It’s too hard for us, let’s ‘leave it to Obama to sort it out in Copenhagen’. Perhaps Obama has given the ALP a get out of jail card with the Democrat’s Waxman-Markey Bill beginning it’s long path through Congress. The US seems to be moving towards … Read More