The arrest was made at Doubtful Creek outside Kyogle. This is the site of one of Metgasco's PEL's. There has been a large protest mounted here before the surface area was even prepared for the compound area.. All of the protesters are determined, some of who are well practiced from the previous two and half months at the drilling site on the Avenue Road at Glenugie in the Grafton Shire.
Really, the government has shown itself to be doing dodgy deals all over the shop when it comes to mining and its starting to fall apart at the seams. Every bit of this smells of corruption. When a huge percentage of the Clarence River area said no, they were not going to sit down and take this and they have followed this No through with effective non violent direct action at both sites.
NVDA is effectively costing the Metgasco company. This is reflected in a drop in their share price. Today their shares were sitting at 14.5cents each. There are a lot of people who are planning a party when the price drops to 14cents.They are going broke but in the mean time we cannot take the pressure off. These corrupt money hungry companies stop at nothing to get what they want and stoop to the gutter to achieve their bottom line.
Lock you gate folks and stand up for your God given rights to clean water from our planet.
It appears that Forestry workers lied to the elders the day before, telling them they would return at 8am Instead during ceremony preparation, around 6.30am Police arrived and the arrest was made.This is Bunjalung land now. The time has come for the ancient spirits to communicate with the people into their hearts. Every sign and every symbol counts in this gathering of wisdom for country.
The men are preparing to call their spirit men, the woman are preparing the food. This campaign marks the point where Metgasco have stepped into unknown spiritual territory. What happens to them now is their responsibility. The Ancestral Grandmothers and Grandfathers are very jealous about the water.
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