Cedar Point Ceremony place is now under serious threat.

Cedar Point is near Kyogle Northern New South Wales.  It is located just South of Kyogle, on the Summerland way where the Bentley road, from Lismore, joins Summerland way.

Its a known as an initiation site, a traditional initiation site  of the Githabul / Gullibul original  people/men who were the custodians of the area.   Cedar Point is threatened by mining's little brother - quarrying.  They want to build a quarry on an area that the traditional owners have not given the government proper cultural approval from the real custodians of that area.

The issue has been looming for a few years now but lately a road has been cut into the area and it is now on Red Alert that damage will ensue if this company is not stopped and the truth of the illegal entry sorted out.

Image Phoebe Hoogendyk

From: 'Nimbin Goodtimes' front page article - Jan. 2013 edition.

Githabul make a stand at Cedar Point Githabal spokesperson, Rob Williams Snr, made it clear that the site was too sacred to be mined, inextricably linked to men’s health and essential in resurrecting ancient lore and culture.  He said it was from this site that the Githabal intend to teach their young men language, bring back their songs and ceremonies and communicate with the spiritual guardians of this sacred place.

Rob was adamant that mining was not negotiable. The offense doesn’t stop on site. Rob is aware, and has seen statutory declarations confirming that sacred objects and tools, which belong to the site in- perpetuity, were removed.

The Githabul demand their immediate return. This removal off-country is not only a cultural affront of the highest order, it has directly affected and accelerated the passage and approval of this mining development. The absence of these original artifacts is crucial and taints all processes and assumptions that followed.

Image by Binnah Pownall

30th March 2016 (by Binnah Pownall)

CULTURAL HERITAGE IN DANGER OF DESTRUCTION
...as work has started to prepare for the proposed quarry on a traditional tribal men's initiation site at Cedar Point, just south of Kyogle.
A road has been cut into the hill to gain truck access to the top of the hill where the quarry is proposed.

There is a determined group of people supporting the Githabul people in ensuring this cultural destruction does not go ahead. By rights, the cutting of that road should have at least been overseen by a cultural sites officer.
Scroll down below to catch up on past history.

Please pass this notification onto those who are interested in helping to preserve the all important ORIGINAL CULTURE OF THIS COUNTRY.  Stand by - a meeting will be called soon.

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Triclosan in Toothpaste is a real problem

Josh has the typical TOTAL smile..

Triclosan Found In Colgate Total Toothpaste Linked To Cancer & They’re Still Putting It In There https://t.co/wTtT1NIJMl

— Mrs Bricee (@eminpee) March 29, 2016

U.S Food and Drug Administration - Triclosan - Colgate Total Toothpaste 

 From The Globe and Mail  -

Antibacterial products are more popular than ever nowadays, thanks in part to fears over infectious diseases such as H1N1 and SARS.

But this week, the Canadian Medical Association called on the federal government to ban all antibacterial household products because of fears they cause bacterial resistance.

The motion was proposed by Ottawa family physician Kapil Khatter, who is also president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. He says he can understand the appeal of antibacterial products, but in reality they do more harm than good.

 Read that part again a couple of times.......

"But in reality they do more harm than good."

Source - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/experts-concerned-about-dangers-of-antibacterial-products/article4282875/

 Triclosan was invented over 35 years ago. Its primary use was by doctors and nurses doing surgical scrubs.  This active ingredient has crept into numerous products and is in common use now.  It is said it can decrease the effectiveness of Antibiotics.

Triclosan is appearing in Breast Milk, this shows that there is a noticeable cumulative effect on people if it shows up here.  It is washed down the drain in most households and it does not break down very quickly and hangs around in the environment for a length of time and does some really nasty stuff.  The following statement is from the linked article.

Triclosan can react to chlorine in drinking water and form chloroform, which is a carcinogen. And when Triclosan reacts with light, it can actually form poisonous dioxins.

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Section 25 and 51 Constitution of Australia

The Recognise 'yes' Campaign for the coming Referendum want to aim Section 51 (xxvi) straight at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The amendment proposed is to change the Governments power to making special laws for 'any race' to making special laws just specifically for 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander' people.

This Legislation is already deemed 'Racist' by High Court Judges and now the 'Recognise' panel propose to make the racist law specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander' people.

In the book called "Australia's Trade, Investment and Security in the Asian Century" it is noted how extreme and against humanity the laws of Section 51 (xxvi) of the Australian Constitution is.

“Sections 25 and 51 (xxvi) of the Constitution of Australia are racist and at odds with Australia’s international obligations under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, UN Doc A/810) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).”
(Australia's Trade, Investment and Security in the Asian Century)

Section 51 (xxvi) in its current capacity does not hold the power to make laws for 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander' people.

Section 51 (xxvi) is used to power up the Native Title Act which is a Constitutional conflict and therefore a Constitutional breach.

The Australian Government hold no power to make laws for 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander' people right now that is why the Government wish to amend Section 51 (xxvi).
Sovereign Treaty or no deal!

Recognise the scam
 ‪#‎RecogniseTheScam‬ ‪#‎Recognise‬ is lies ‪#‎VoteNoToConstitutionalChange‬ ‪#‎NoConsent‬
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Vote 'NO' To Constitutional Change

The Medicine Hoop

Healing Circle Pilliga Push Camp

I am born on the lands known today in the world as Australia.  I have connections to the four directions.  Yesterday I spent the afternoon creating with circles which I had created from Wisteria canes I had cut and soaked a couple of weeks ago. 

I wove a beautiful wheel and wove three Australia Eagle feathers to the bottom. These feathers were a gift from Merve who I met a few years earlier at the Glenugie No CSG Protest.  I was so pleased with how it turned out and I hung this on the end of the front awning of my house to blow in the wind and to speak to all the people who pass by under this wheel and to heal those who gaze upon it, it is a symbol of the All.   It encourages us to take care of the Hoop of Life as well as our own personal hoop.  I believe this hoop is known as our Merkaba in other ancient cultures.  

Medicine wheels represent the alignment and continuous interaction of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual realities.

 

The medicine wheel has four divisions and four colors. Those colors symbolize the four sacred directions, the four seasons, the four stages of life, and the four colors of the four original races of people.  

The center is spiritual life, the tree growing from there is the tree of life, the green trees growing are to represent the Mother Earth, the sky is a thunder bird to represent the rain and water. The Medicine wheel is circular because everything in the universe moves in a circular motion. 

Posted by Humano / Human on Tuesday, 8 July 2014

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Oncologists Don’t Like Baking Soda Cancer Treatment Because It’s Too Effective and Too Cheap

 Oncologists Don’t Like Baking Soda Cancer Treatment Because It’s Too Effective and Too Cheap:


Even the most aggressive cancers which have metastasized have been reversed with baking soda cancer treatments. Although chemotherapy is toxic to all cells, it represents the only measure that oncologists employ in their practice to almost all cancer patients. In fact, 9 out of 10 cancer patients agree to chemotherapy first without investigating other less invasive options.
Doctors and pharmaceutical companies make money from it. That’s the only reason chemotherapy is still used. Not because it’s effective, decreases morbidity, mortality or diminishes any specific cancer rates. In fact, it does the opposite. Chemotherapy boosts cancer growth and long-term mortality rates and oncologists know it.

A few years ago, University of Arizona Cancer Center member Dr. Mark Pagel received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effectiveness of personalized baking soda cancer treatment for breast cancer. Obviously there are people in the know who have understood that sodium bicarbonate, that same stuff that can save a person’s life in the emergency room in a heartbeat, is a primary cancer treatment option of the safest and most effective kind.
Studies have shown that dietary measures to boost bicarbonate levels can increase the pH of acidic tumors without upsetting the pH of the blood and healthy tissues. Animal models of human breast cancer show that oral sodium bicarbonate does indeed make tumors more alkaline and inhibit metastasis. Based on these studies, plus the fact that baking soda is safe and well tolerated, world renowned doctors such as Dr. Julian Whitaker have adopted successful cancer treatment protocols as part of an overall nutritional and immune support program for patients who are dealing with the disease. The Whitaker protocol uses 12 g (2 rounded teaspoons) of baking soda mixed in 2 cups water, along with a low-cal sweetener of your choice. (It’s quite salty tasting.) Sip this mixture over the course of an hour or two and repeat for a total of three times a day. One man claims he has found a cure for cancer using baking soda and molasses and actually successfully treated his own disease by using baking soda.
When taken orally with water, especially water with high magnesium content, and when used transdermally in medicinal baths, sodium bicarbonate becomes a first-line medicinal for the treatment of cancer, and also kidney disease, diabetes, influenza and even the common cold. It is also a powerful buffer against radiation exposure, so everyone should be up to speed on its use. Everybody’s physiology is under heavy nuclear attack from strong radioactive winds that are circling the northern hemisphere.
Dr. Robert J. Gillies and his colleagues have already demonstrated that pre-treatment of mice with baking soda results in the alkalinization of the area around tumors. The same researchers reported that bicarbonate increases tumor pH and also inhibits spontaneous metastases in mice with breast cancer.
What is Baking Soda?
Baking soda is a white crystalline solid that appears as fine powder. It is also called cooking soda, bread soda and bicarbonate of soda. Its chemical name is sodium bicarbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate.
Baking soda is different from washing soda (sodium carbonate) although they share the same slightly salty and alkaline taste.
This widely used soda is commonly dissolved in mineral water and used as a leavening agent in baking. It works as a leavening agent by neutralizing the acidic components of batter. The neutralization releases carbon dioxide and leads to the “raising” or expansion of baked foods.
Baking soda has also been used to soften vegetable and to tenderize meat.
As a household chemical, baking soda is used as a cleaning agent. It is included in toothpastes for similar reasons where it serves as an antiseptic, acid-neutralizer, whitening agent and plaque-removing agent as well as a cleaning agent.
Other common personal hygiene products in which baking soda can be found include deodorants and shampoos.
Baking Soda and pH Medicine
The pH of our tissues and body fluids is crucial and central because it affects and mirrors the state of our health or our inner cleanliness. The closer the pH is to 7.35-7.45, the higher our level of health and wellbeing. Staying within this range dramatically increases our ability to resist acute illnesses like colds and flues as well as the onset of cancer and other diseases. Keeping our pH within a healthy range also involves necessary lifestyle and dietary changes that will protect us over the long term while the use of sodium bicarbonate gives us a jump-start toward increased alkalinity.
The pH scale is like a thermometer showing increases and decreases in the acid and alkaline content of fluids. Deviations above or below a 7.35-7.45 pH range in the tightly controlled blood can signal potentially serious and dangerous symptoms or states of disease. When the body can no longer effectively neutralize and eliminate the acids, it relocates them within the body’s extra-cellular fluids and connective tissue cells directly compromising cellular integrity. Conversely when the body becomes too alkaline from too much bicarbonate in the blood, metabolic alkalosis occurs, which can lead to severe consequences if not corrected quickly.
Jon Barron presents a way of looking at pH that opens up one of the major benefits of alkaline water:
Hydrogen ions tie up oxygen. That means that the more acid a liquid is, the less available the oxygen in it. Every cell in our body requires oxygen for life and to maintain optimum health. Combine that with what we know about hydrogen ions and we see that the more acid the blood (the lower its pH), the less oxygen is available for use by the cells. Without going into a discussion of the chemistry involved, just understand that it’s the same mechanism involved when acid rain “kills” a lake. The fish literally suffocate to death because the acid in the lake “binds up” all of the available oxygen. It’s not that the oxygen has gone anywhere; it’s just no longer available. Conversely, if you raise the pH of the lake (make it more alkaline), oxygen is now available and the lake comes back to life. Incidentally, it’s worth noting that cancer is related to an acid environment (lack of oxygen)–the higher the pH (the more oxygen present in the cells of the body), the harder it is for cancer to thrive.
Understanding this is important for two reasons: (1) it reveals one of the primary benefits of alkaline water–more “available” oxygen in the system and (2) it explains why alkaline water helps fight cancer.
How Baking Soda Can Help “Cure” Cancer
Basically, malignant tumors represent masses of rapidly growing cells. The rapid rate of growth experienced by these cells means that cellular metabolism also proceeds at very high rates.
Therefore, cancer cells are using a lot more carbohydrates and sugars to generate energy in the form of ATP (adenosine triphosphate).
However, some of the compounds formed from the energy production include lactic acid and pyruvic acid. Under normal circumstances, these compounds are cleared and utilized as soon as they are produced. But cancer cells are experiencing metabolism at a much faster rate. Therefore, these organic acid accumulate in the immediate environment of the tumor.
The high level of extracellular acidity around the tumor is one of the chief driving force behind the metastasis of cancer tumors.
Basically, cancer cells need an acidic environment to grow and spread rapidly.
Some cancer experts, therefore, believe that by buffering the tumor microenvironment with an alkalizing compound, the pH of tumors can be raised enough to starve them and stop their growth and spread.
Curiously, this rather simple solution to cancer has been proven right.
What is even more remarkable is that there is no need to cook up some fancy synthetic drug to lower the acidity in the immediate environment of the tumor. A simple, commonly obtained compound like sodium bicarbonate will do.
Obviously, it is desirable to deliver the sodium bicarbonate as close to the tumor as possible since its pH-raising effect is needed in the microenvironment of the tumor. Therefore, directly injecting sodium bicarbonate in the tumor site is considered a better solution than oral administration. However, oral sodium bicarbonate is just safer and can be readily used at home.
A 2009 study published in the journal, Cancer Research, is among the first to confirm that the alkalinizing effect of sodium bicarbonate can indeed stop cancer.
By injecting sodium bicarbonate into a group of mice, the authors of the study were able to determine how the growth and spread of cancer tumors were effected by raising the pH of the organ affected by the cancer.
The study results showed that baking soda indeed raised the pH and reduced spontaneous metastases in mice induced with breast cancer.
The researchers also determined that sodium bicarbonate works by raising the pH outside cells and not within cells. This is an important finding because it suggests that sodium bicarbonate does not interfere with cellular metabolism even as it makes the microenvironment unconducive for tumor growth.
Other findings from this study show that baking soda:

• Reduced the involvement of the lymph node on the transport of cancer cells
• Does not lower the levels of circulating tumor cells
• Reduced the involvement of the liver and, therefore, the spread of tumor cells to other organs
• Inhibit the colonization of other organs by circulating tumor cells

The Baking Soda Formula for Cancer
To make the baking soda natural cancer remedy at home, you need maple syrup, molasses or honey to go along with the baking soda.
In Dr. Sircus’ book, he documented how one patient used baking soda and blackstrap molasses to fight the prostate cancer that had metastasized to his bones. On the first day, the patient mixed 1 teaspoon of baking soda with 1 teaspoon of molasses in a cup of water.
He took this for another 3 days after which his saliva pH read 7.0 and his urine pH read 7.5.
Encouraged by these results, the patient took the solution 2 times on day 5 instead of once daily. And from day 6 – 10, he took 2 teaspoons each of baking soda and molasses twice daily.
By the 10th day, the patient’s pH had risen to 8.5 and the only side effects experienced were headaches and night sweat (similar to cesium therapy).
The next day, the patient had a bone scan and too other medical tests. His results showed that his PSA (prostate-specific antigen, the protein used to determine the severity of prostate enlargement and prostate cancer) level was down from 22.3 at the point of diagnosis to 0.1.
Another baking soda formula recommends mixing 90 teaspoons of maple syrup with 30 teaspoons of baking soda.
To do this, the maple syrup must be heated to become less viscous. Then the baking syrup is added and stirred for 5 minutes until it is fully dissolved.
This preparation should provide about 10-day worth of the baking soda remedy. 5 – 7 teaspoons per day is the recommended dose for cancer patients.
Care should be taken when using the baking soda remedy to treat cancer. This is because sustaining a high pH level can itself cause metabolic alkalosis and electrolyte imbalance. These can result in edema and also affect the heart and blood pressure.
One does not have to be a doctor to practice pH medicine. Every practitioner of the healing arts and every mother and father needs to understand how to use sodium bicarbonate. Bicarbonate deficiency is a real problem that deepens with age so it really does pay to understand and appreciate what baking soda is all about.

Sources:
cancertutor.com
phkillscancer.com
drsircus.com
drleonardcoldwell.com
drwhitaker.com

Dave Mihalovic is a Naturopathic Doctor who specializes in vaccine research, cancer prevention and a natural approach to treatment.

Baking Soda Molasses Protocol May Cure Many Cancers

As if Baird ever Cared - He wants PROTECTORS jailed for Seven Years!

Whitehaven Coal

Mike Baird, Premier of N.S.W wants to pass dodgy laws specifically directed to protect his mining mates in N.S.W.  This legislation is not about the people, it is about big money.   The mining which he is backing is killing our water and depleting a source of water these mining companies have no rights to and that is ground water.  None of us can live without fresh water.

Latest news on "Groundwater studies show there is a direct link to this and our Earths magnetic field that protects us from radiation."  Professor Andy Baker quotes

Other recent research has measured how the amount of water stored on land has changed. The researchers did this by measuring changes in Earth’s gravity field, using GRACE satellite data from NASA collected between 2002 and 2014.

The gravity field is affected by the amount of groundwater, as well as water in lakes and rivers, with groundwater being by far the largest of the three. Changes in the amount of this water causes small but measurable changes in the Earth’s gravity field. The data show that water stored on land has increased from 2002 to 2014. 
The Conversation Read in full Here

We cannot let them keep going because this activity threatens the entire planet

People will not take this laying down.  Aboriginal people have had enough and have joined with Farmers who have had enough, young people have had enough, doctors have had enough, and mothers have definitely had enough and I am one of these and I know a lot of other mothers who had had enough four years ago.

This sort of rubbish the Baird government are trying to pass off as necessary legislation would put the likes of David Pocock behind bars.  The man stood up for what he believes in because it appeared to him like it does to a lot of us that the government are just not listening to the people. He is no criminal, he is a world famous Rugby Player.

Rugby star @pocockdavid tackles a mining superdigger at Maules Creek http://t.co/yoTfeSNOiP #Whitehaven #coal #leardblockade #rugby

— Matthew Rimmer (@DrRimmer) November 30, 2014

Sending hundreds of ladies who protect peacefully by knitting off to join the ladies at Mulawa or Emu Plains Prison isn't a good look either and what will any of this prove in the long run? 

I will tell you what I think it will prove.  It will prove in the end to make this situation a more serious and dire one where people put their lives on the line.   Its the plot of a very bad nightmare, ugly things are happening all over because of a few greedy faceless men in mining and politics. 

The revolving door just keeps on REVOLVING for these low vibrating entities.  It is time this time wasting was stopped and we looked after the country like David Suzuki said on Triple J at on the science chat on Mornings on Triple J - he said we have to start seeing Earth as our Mother not something that can be continually exploited.

Bellingen Knitting Nannas

Link to the proposed legislation by Mike Baird can be found by clicking HERE
Links List:

• http://theaimn.com/mining-and-politics-are-joined-at-the-hip/

• http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/131a07fa4b8a041cca256e610012de17/a3f6ecf3f449e614ca257f700015556d?OpenDocument

• https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-biggest-source-of-freshwater-is-beneath-your-feet-53874

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Submission to the Select Committee on Unconventional Gas Mining

On 12 November 2015, the Senate resolved to establish the Select Committee on Unconventional Gas Mining. The committee is to inquire on the adequacy of Australia‘s legislative, regulatory and policy framework for unconventional gas mining including coal seam gas (CSG) and shale gas mining, and provide a final report to the Senate on or before 30 June 2016.
The closing date for submissions is 14 March 2016.

Link to the Parliamentary Page HERE

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Select Committee on Unconventional Gas Mining
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 62773544
gasmining.sen@aph.gov.au

Lock the Gate have given a format from which you can base your submission and its as follows and can be found at their website HERE


HAVE YOUR SAY! Submit to the Senate Inquiry on Unconventional Gas Mining in Australia. THE CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 14th March 2016.

The Senate Select Committee is conducting a review of unconventional gas mining in Australia with a focus on ‘The adequacy of Australia‘s legislative, regulatory and policy framework for unconventional gas mining including coal seam gas (CSG) and shale gas mining…’
This is an historic opportunity to get a national spotlight on the impacts of unconventional gas mining on human health, food production and the environment.
More information on the review, including the full Terms of Reference, can be found here. Public input into the review can be made via email to gasmining.sen@aph.gov.au or at this online submission portal.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 14th March 2016.
The key areas to address in your submission are:

1.     Who you are, why you are making a submission to the Inquiry and what your experience is of the Unconventional Gas Industry.
2.     Detail any information you may have relating to any or all of the items set out in the Terms of Reference (see link above or full Terms of Reference below). We’ve outlined some key points addressing the terms of reference that you may wish to include below.
3.     Provide your name, address and contact details and mark your submission “CONFIDENTIAL” if you do not wish it to be made public.

We encourage you to include some of the following points.

1. Outline the health, social, agricultural, environmental etc. impacts of Unconventional Gas mining, for example:

-          Water and chemical use and wastewater production from Unconventional Gas mining places Australia’s vital water resources at risk from contamination and depletion. (You may wish to include more detail on these impacts from Lock the Gate  referenced fact sheets).
-          Unconventional gas requires large scale dewatering of aquifers, impacting on hydrology and water availability and introducing large volumes of often saline groundwater to surface water systems.

-          Communities living near gasfields in Queensland and the USA have reported serious health effects following the commencement of unconventional gas operations. These conditions include respiratory ailments, nose throat and eye irritations, and neurological illnesses.

(More detailed information on health impacts can be found in the Compendium of Fracking Risks and the New York Public Health Review of Fracking.)

-          Landholders and Traditional Owners don’t have the right to refuse access to mining companies in most Australian jurisdiction. This has created an unbalanced and socially destructive dynamic, causing lasting harm to individuals, businesses and communities.

-          Research into the economic and social impacts of the unconventional gas industry in Queensland has shown that the industry has led to a reduction in community well-being and social cohesion; a deterioration in local skills and infrastructure; few additional local job opportunities; and limited economic benefit to the wider economy.

(More info. on this is available in this Australia Institute paper.)

-          Across Australia large areas of highly productive farmland are under threat from Unconventional Gas mining. This activity has the potential to severely disrupt virtually every aspect of agricultural production and potentially even remove the land from production. Rabobank has listed the risks from Unconventional Gas mining to include reductions in farm productivity, efficiency, land values and credit availability.
-          The rush to exploit CSG in Queensland and convert it to LNG, never previously attempted, has done lasting damage to the water resources and communities of the affected area, and has had drastic negative economic consequences, rapidly driving up the price of gas for domestic consumers and industry and throwing regional economies into turmoil.

1. Call for a national approach (more info. on this available in this ANEDO paper) to the conduct of Unconventional Gas mining that includes:

-          A moratorium on any new unconventional gas mining or exploration until further important research has been completed and proper baselines put in place.
-          Exclusion zones to protect agricultural land, significant water resources, national landscapes and tourism icons, and residential dwellings from unconventional gas exploration and mining impacts.
-          The creation of new legislation to implement the goals of the National Food Plan and to give statutory weight to the Australian Council on Food.
-          Improved Federal environment laws that properly protect water sources, cultural heritage and significant environmental areas.
-          Identification of best practice methods for baseline monitoring of health impacts, water resources, air quality, soil quality, and fugitive emissions.
-          The creation of a Clean Air and Water Act that sets national standards on pollution from unconventional gas mining to protect human health and the establishment of a national Environment Protection Authority.
-          Proper measurement and accounting of greenhouse gas emissions from unconventional gas operations.

1. Call for changes to the regulatory frameworks governing Unconventional Gas mining to address the deficiencies in current legislation, including:

-          Federal legislation to ensure that cumulative impacts from gas mining on nationally significant water resources, natural areas and cultural heritage sites are assessed, prevented and mitigated.
-          Expansion of the EPBC Act ‘water trigger’ so that all forms of Unconventional Gas extraction ie. shale and tight gas, are covered by it, as well as all coal and unconventional coal developments.
-          Banning of “flaring” which releases noxious air pollution and which has been banned in overseas jurisdictions.
-          Require full hazard assessments and compulsory disclosure of all chemicals used in unconventional gas mining, and prohibit the use or production of chemicals that are harmful to human health or the environment.
-          Use of existing federal powers to create national legislation to give landholders, Traditional Owners and communities the right to say NO to Unconventional Gas operations.

Full Terms of Reference
‘The adequacy of Australia‘s legislative, regulatory and policy framework for unconventional gas mining including coal seam gas (CSG) and shale gas mining with reference to:

1. a national approach to the conduct of unconventional gas mining in Australia;
2. the health, social, business, agricultural, environmental, landholder and economic impacts of unconventional gas  mining;
3. government  and  non-Government  services  and  assistance  for  those affected;
4. compensation and insurance arrangements;
5. compliance and penalty arrangements;
6. harmonisation  of  federal  and  state/territory  government   legislation, regulations and  policies;
7. legislative and regulatory frameworks for unconventional gas mining in comparable overseas  jurisdictions;
8. the unconventional gas industry in Australia as an energy provider;
9. the   current   royalty   and   taxation   arrangements   associated   with unconventional gas mining; and
10. any related matter.
    
    MAKE A SUBMISSION and EMAIL IT TO  gasmining.sen@aph.gov.au

My Submission went like this

CONFIDENTIAL"

Committee Secretary
Senate Select Committee on Unconventional Gas Mining
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Dear Secretary of Committee

My name is Mary-Ellen Peters and I am a mother, I am a person who cares and I have a Certificate IV in Community Services 'Welfare'.   I feel qualified to make this submission to you simply because I care about the land and water. The first of these is the future of this country where my children and grandchildren are concerned regarding 'Water'.  Secondly, I feel I am qualified to submit because I clearly understand what it takes for us all to be faring well in 2016 - I received a distinction, I was thorough. 

I am outraged with this industrialization of the bush in NSW and the entirety of Australia because of Unconventional Gas Mining. I am providing this submission to your committee because I am compelled to speak up and draw your attention to various issues here.

The operations by Santos in the Pilliga Forest is of great concern to me.  They have continually sailed very close to the wind with this operation to obtain Coal Seam Gas from an ecologically fragile and precious area for both flora, fauna and most of all the original people who still take part in ceremony there.

I would bring your attention to the fact that a meeting was held in Tamworth in 2013 where over 400 Gamilarraay elders voted unanimously to stop any more mining on their sacred lands.  Just two years later an exclusive group of 40 people have as it appears given the green light.  The other 360 elders were, as it appears, not invited to VOTE.  This is just wrong. 

Those who feel they were fraudulently left out of the process are heart broken and feel they have no where to turn,  you must listen to these voices I speak of.  They are outraged at the corrupt process that has given Santos a loop-hole to move.

When I was at the Pilliga Forest a couple of years ago I was overwhelmed whilst  there to the point I had to sit down and sob because of the emotion that had come over me due to a 'Light Bulb' moment. 

What I had seen in my minds eye was the large drill [Derrick] going into the ground and that it was exactly the same as a filthy criminal giving a person a "Hot Shot" to kill them.  (Hot Shot = Lethal Injection used to kill a person).

I was disabled by this because to me the mining process and the chemicals used in the drilling process are one and the same as giving a 'hot shot'.  I would implore you to attempt to see it how I did so you understand the seriousness to the living Earth.

The Company 'Santos' is clearly not adhering to safe practices.  There have been spills reported and some not reported and some reported late.  This inconsistent reporting  paints a picture of a company flying in the face of any legislation created to protect the people, the land , the water and our way of life in general. This is not building community.

I would ask you to investigate these matters regarding the Gamilarraay peoples lock out of important meetings that have enabled Santos to continue and look like they are doing the right thing.  It cannot be the right thing if 360 other equal stake holders are very unhappy and have not had a voice.

Thanking You

Mary-Ellen Peters
Address, Phone # and Email also supplied

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Anxiety Attacks

I am a fellow sufferer of this most natural of scenarios that give the body a sign that all it not well in your immediate surroundings.  It is almost like ones Merkerba is on overload.

Anxiety is created.  Anxiety is triggered.  Anxiety is suffocating.  Anxiety is induced.  Anxiety is piercing.  Anxiety is lonely.  Anxiety is real.

Merkaba

“Mer” refers to a specific kind of light that was understood in Egypt only during the 18th Dynasty. It was  seen as a two counter-rotating fields of light spinning in the same space, which are generated under certain breathing.

 “Ka” refers to the individual spirit’s interpretation of its particular reality.

 In our particular reality, “Ba” is usually defined as the body or physical reality.

 In other realities where spirits don’t have bodies, Ba refers to their concepts or interpretation of the reality that they bring to them.

 ‘Truth is pure yet fragile and requires delicacy in delivery. There are however times when it needs some diplomatic force to make it register’.  (MERKABA)

Anxiety can come in all different forms.
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The world's biggest source of freshwater is beneath your feet

Andy Baker, UNSW Australia

 

You might not give it more than a passing thought, but groundwater is a vital freshwater resource. In Australia alone, the reserves of groundwater help to earn the nation a steady A$34 billion a year from mining, food production and manufacturing.

But it’s also a vulnerable resource. Worldwide, about 1.7 billion people live in regions where groundwater is under stress, 60% of them in India and China.

US and Canadian researchers recently calculated the total amount of the world’s groundwater and estimated that it is equivalent to a lake 180m deep covering the entire Earth. This makes groundwater the largest active freshwater resource on the planet.

Groundwater is often referred to as a hidden resource, as it is not often seen and is hard to visualise. Water is stored between pores in the rock, or in fractures, known as aquifers. The amount of groundwater at a particular place therefore depends on the local geology. Geological history determines the extent to which a rock is porous and fractured, and therefore whether it can store groundwater.

We still know very little about this precious resource, particularly about how it may be affected by increasing pressure and a warming world. But scientists are starting to figure out the answers.

How do you find out the age of water?

The same research team that calculated the amount of groundwater also investigated its age. How did they do this?

Humans introduced a convenient time signature on the Earth when we started testing atomic weapons. This leaves a time stamp which can be found in water, rocks and living organisms.

By seeing if there was radioactivity from atomic bomb testing present in the groundwater, the researchers could estimate that 6% of this groundwater is younger than 50 years old.

If this water was spread evenly over the continents, then there is just 3m depth of “modern” groundwater spread equally over the continents.

It could be argued that if we use only this “modern” groundwater, then this is sustainable, as we know that it has been replaced (or recharged) by natural processes over the last 50 years. But how quickly groundwater recharges changes over time.

Water has to reach the pores and fractures within rocks, either now or in the past. This means that the amount of rainfall has to be more than the amount of water evaporating from the land surface, and more than the amount of water used by all the vegetation. When this occurs, fresh water can recharge the groundwater from either water “leaking” from the beds of rivers or from rainwater that passes through the soil.

In many parts of the world we know that groundwater recharge varies due to natural climate variability such as El Nino. And groundwater recharge will also change with global warming.

Recharging water: you can’t just plug it in

Other recent research has measured how the amount of water stored on land has changed. The researchers did this by measuring changes in Earth’s gravity field, using GRACE satellite data from NASA collected between 2002 and 2014.

The gravity field is affected by the amount of groundwater, as well as water in lakes and rivers, with groundwater being by far the largest of the three. Changes in the amount of this water causes small but measurable changes in the Earth’s gravity field. The data show that water stored on land has increased from 2002 to 2014.

The increase in stored water on land is enough to affect global sea levels. So although global sea levels are rising due to global warming, over the last few years a decrease in the rate of sea level rise is explained by more water being stored on land as groundwater.

Gravity data can show us where groundwater storage has increased over time: for example, due to large flooding events in the upper Missouri in the US, and Zambezi and Niger basins in Africa. The recharge of groundwater by rivers is important and it is one of the main ways that fresh groundwater is replenished – the other being direct recharge from rainfall.

The gravity data also showed where the land water store was decreasing. These corresponded well with regions of groundwater depletion such as California and the Middle East.

Most importantly, these data identify where groundwater is being affected by natural climate variability, by human over-use (or over-abstraction) and by changes in groundwater recharge due to global warming.

Groundwater and climate

Our research group at the University of New South Wales has considered what the implications might be for the carbon budget when groundwater is abstracted. In our recent paper in Scientific Reports, we show that the harder you pump groundwater, the more organic carbon is brought to the surface.

Organic matter, which is normally found in films on the surface of rock fractures, is mobilised by pumping groundwater. Pumping groundwater can therefore move organic carbon from an underground store to become a surface carbon source. This could, potentially, be released into the atmosphere and contribute to global warming.

We don’t know, but with groundwater over-used in regions affecting approximately 1.7 billion people, we think it’s worth seriously investigating.

Groundwater wells at the NCRIS Groundwater Infrastructure site at Wellington, NSW, Australia Andy Baker, Author provided

Our work is the first of its kind and it has considered only one experimental research site in a fractured rock aquifer. Over the next three years, we will extend this research using a series of bore fields funded by the Australian National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) to better understand the groundwater organic carbon store.

Andy Baker, Professor, Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, UNSW, UNSW Australia

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.

Roman Catholic Church in Australia is at last being accountable.

Cardinal George Pell has agreed to meet with survivors of the Child abuse who suffered at the hands of the Roman Catholic Church and its priests.  I think he is throwing off.  I think he knows much more than he is giving out and he will fall from his blessed grace.  He was the Archbishop.. of course he knew more.   Read more about Pell in the following Guardian article.
 
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2016/mar/02/cardinal-george-pell-testifies-to-the-child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-from-rome-day-three-live

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was a royal commission established in 2013 by the Australian government pursuant to the Royal Commissions Act 1902 to inquire into and report upon responses by institutions to instances and allegations of child sexual abuse in Australia. The establishment of the commission followed revelations of child abusers being moved from place to place instead of their abuse and crimes being reported.

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Third day for God's Deputy on Earth to Testify to the Crown. Old Enemies

The Crown questioning the Vatican.

From the Guardian...

The Catholic Church was more concerned with protecting its own reputation than helping victims of clergy abuse, and had a "predisposition not to believe" children who made complaints, Cardinal George Pell has told the royal commission into institutional responses to sexual child abuse in Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/29/george-pell-church-made-enormous-mistakes-in-dealing-with-paedophile-priests

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Day Two of Cardinal George Pell tesifying in Rome for the Royal Commision.

The time is night time in Rome but here in Australia it is quite early and the Cardinal appeared ruffled to me as I watched him commence his testimony for day two of the Royal Commission into Church based Child Abuse and the Institutional responses which is what Cardinal Pell is testifying about.  He continually says he has no recollection or he was kept out of the loop.

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