Showing posts with label Media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media. Show all posts

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Media Giants face off in the Courts

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Alan Jones speaking out at a Rally against big Mining.
 
 2GB's Alan Jones has long been a media icon who has gone into bat for the 'ordinary bloke' as its termed, he likes to see a fair go for all.  He is a man who lends himself to the fight against the huge corporate push that is creating the nightmarish and sometimes tragic situations for our farmers here in Australia and in particular the farmers of the Darling Downs area.

Jones has been outspoken on development on the Darling Downs because of the damage caused from various projects being given the green light in the area where it is clearly corrupt because the children are sick with bleeding ears and nose etc. 

Wagner's are up to their proverbial necks in development on the Darling Downs and that makes them a natural target for Jones.   The Airport situation at Toowoomba and the gas and coal mining have been firmly on his radar.  Wagner corporation are clearly a part of the mining push that has destroyed my beloved Darling Downs with the building of such an airport to service the likes of Toowoomba.  If it were not for mining then this airport would be a veritable white elephant structure build in military air space.  

The Downs is the resting place of my Grandparents on both sides of my family and in particular my own father and mother is buried on the banks of the Condamine River at Killarney and at Warwick respectively and I was born on the Darling Downs myself and during my life I have spent many happy hours just cruising in the absolute beauty of the area.

The Wagner Quarry that has been named in the inquiry into the deaths of local people due to a dam wall collapse of an illegal dam attached to the Wagner Quarry outside Grantham during the 2011 Grantham flood.   The truth of the circumstances were the subject of much controversial radio as Alan Jones made no bones about letting ordinary people understand the situation where the Wagner corporate conglomeration figure in this tragic picture.  How powerful are they  as to walk free from incarceration for cold blooded murder. 

Now its Newscorp against Fairfax Media because its Jones against Wagners and WAGNERS are seeking to be compensated for the comments by Jones. 

Personally I think that Wagners are a protected mob.  They have penetrated MILITARY AIRSPACE and no one gets to do this.  So how were they able to do this to favor the FIFO Mining workforce? So it is almost a conclusion drawn for us who hold the power reigns in Queensland if not all of Australia.  What big mining and powerful corporations want - they get! 

For More details of this interesting case  head over to this blog for more details on the clash of the Media Titans. 

http://itsnotnormalisit.com/category/wagner-defamation-case/

https://itsnotnormalisit.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/click-here.pdf

https://itsnotnormalisit.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/need-to-click-here.pdf


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Saturday, September 12, 2015

"How we are absolutely conned by Flat Earth Media"


Sharyl Attkisson shows how “astroturf,” or fake grassroots movements, funded by political, corporate, or other special interests very effectively manipulate and distort media messages.

The FAKE GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENTS is something I have always said is happening and this is what has become known as controlled opposition.

READ MORE at Collective Evolution





Friday, February 13, 2015

"Media Impotence" is thrust into the Limelight.

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Flag bound horse rider from Grafton NSW at Parliament House

"They Came For The Abbott Spill, And Missed The Only Real Story In Town" By Amy McQuire from the New Matilda


Canberra often has an air of unreality about it. But it's only when a circus comes to town that the media's impotence is really exposed. Amy McQuire reports.  

Read the Complete Article here at the New Matilda.com


It was the "Cock Up" that wouldn't go away.   The two words, "Cock up and impotence"  is the norm  in Canberra.  I am referring to the endless talk fests and useless policies which get legislated.

During the past couple of months, Canberra's old Parliament house lawns, the site of the original 1974 Tent Embassy has been home for hundreds of indigenous Australians.  Some people have camped on and off since its inception in 1974.  

This latest influx are people who want "answers".  They are Sovereign people's who have had their entire lives monitored and ruined by many levels of uncaring, unhelpful, disjointed government.  This never ever ceased and for some it is a nightmare as long as their living  memory serves them.
The Genocide has continued for this nations Aboriginal people.  The desert  communities that are closed due to the basic services being turned off is a  new edition to the already numerous chapters of  the 'Book of Madness' this government appears to take its cues from.

Abbott is the most frightful Prime Minister to date, the polls prove it.  This is not just my opinion here.  The world thinks he is a goose and reports often on this.   So, here we have the complete commercial media reporting on the said  goose and around the corner appear a very vocal, gigantic contingent of flag waving, banner holding indigenous Australia's.

Megaphones in hand, this serious bunch of people (sovereigns) were in Canberra representing themselves and the elders and custodians of hundreds of aboriginal nations across this land.  (been there for months)

Oh what a shock this must have been for the lame stream media circus and their performing clowns. (hosts)

I found that part the most humorous.  'Genocide' is never funny.   Lame stream media definitely are. 

They simply had no idea this enormous group were 'InSitu' in Canberra.  The media were very obviously completely unaware of basic facts.  No one had told them that a few hundred meters away, just down the road down the tree lined avenue from their sterile O.B. space, was a makeshift city swelling by the hour of aboriginal people who want justice and who want media air time. 

It goes without saying that media doesn't report on these issues.  This time they had absolutely no choice, they had to.

Clive Palmer's interview on the 'Abbott Liberal leadership Spill' is drowned out by hundreds of protesting aboriginal people.  Koch and Sam were in shock and Karl Stefanovic proved he is a liar,  promising the protestors he would speak with them at 11.00 when he got 'off'.   Got off being the operative word here, he did the deed and disappeared. He subsequently vanished into thin air minus talking to anyone and this was clearly a media ploy to buy peace by Channel Nine. 

This story of surprize was beamed across the planet. The rest of the world laughed out very loud (lol) as they saw the real truth unfold.  Frenzied reports were posted across media as the Australian commercial media and illegal Australian parliament were caught with their pants down and their hand on 'it'.
“The Stolen Generations never stopped. It’s a continuation. They just changed the language of it".    ~ Debra Swan ~

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Images @ Eminpee Fotography - flag bearing horse rider

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Media Stories of the Cold Fraccs of Csg in Australia

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Great Artesian Basin coal-seam gas ‘risk’

The Australian, 7 November 2014

The Frack Files

Danny Chivers, New Internationalist magazine, December 2013

Groundbreaking Report Calculates Damage Done by Fracking

Ecowatch.com, 3.10.13

Harvard fracking study rings methane alarm bells in Australia

Peter Hannam, SMH, 27.11.13

Bridge Out: Bombshell Study Finds Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Production Far Higher Than EPA Estimates

Joe Romm, Think Progress, 25.11.13

Crude Solution

60 Minutes, Channel Nine, 15.08.13

Alan Jones interviews Dr Richard Denniss

Alan Jones Breakfast Show, 2GB, 5.7.13

Alan Jones interviews Barry O’Farrell

The Alan Jones Breakfast Show, 2GB, 20.06.13

Alan Jones and guests discuss CSG and Offshore Petroleum Act

The Alan Jones Breakfast Show, 2GB, 19.06.13

Alan Jones interviews Tom Marland (Qld lawyer)

The Alan Jones Breakfast Show, 2GB Radio, 19.06.13

Cotton growers voice concerns over CSG

ABC TV, 7.30 New South Wales, 21.06.13

Test your bores, landholders in gas fields advised

James Nason, Beef Central (online publication), 21.06.13

Water Contamination from Fracking: Jessica Ernst Releases Groundbreaking Report

Damien Gillis, TheCanadian.org, 20.06.13

Well of Truth

GetUp and Aquarius Productions - filmmaker Richard Todd

Mining’s contribution / Water a priority

Gloucester Advocate, Dr Richard Denniss and John Ross - 1.05.13

Is the coal industry economically worthless?

Renew Economy (online publication), 1.5.13

More risks than benefits in CSG

Australian Financial Review, 4.4.13

Risky Business

Aljazeera TV 11.1.13

Meet the Frackers

ABC TV, Foreign Correspondent, 28.2.12

LNP elder calls for investigation of CSG whistleblower claims

ABC National Radio, AM Program with Tony Eastley, 2.4.13

Alan Jones discussing “Gas Leak!”

2GB Radio, 2.4.13

Four Corners – “Gas Leak!”

ABC TV, Four Corners, 1.4.13

Gas Drillers bring in the Heavy Hitters

New Matilda - 6.2.2012 - Calliste Weitenberg.

Energy use sucking up a precious resource

SMH - Paul Sheehan - 9.1.2012

The Coal Seam Gas Rush

ABC News Online - 13.1.2012

CSG company failed to report saline spill

ABC TV - 7pm News - 13.1.2012

Katter’s Qld leader joins CSG protest

Ch.Nine News - 13.1.12

‘Fountains’ of methane 1,000m across erupt from Arctic ice

Daily Mail (U.K.) Online - 13.12.2011

Media Release from Lock the Gate Walgett

Media Release - Lock the Gate Walgett

‘Corruption’ alluded to at CSG hearing

Southern Highland News - 12.12.2011

Doco reveals farmers’ coal fight

ABC TV NEWS - 17.11.2011

State opposition talk tough on CSG

The Land - 17.11.2011

US implicates fracking in pollution

Aust. Financial Review (AAP) - 9.12.2011

Warning on CSG impact ‘ignored’: report

The Australian - 2.12.2011

Resources veteran takes aim at CSG ‘cowboys’

The Australian - Anthony Klan - 5.12.2011

Coal-seam gas boom puts pressure on governments

The Australian - Editorial - 2.12.2011

Gas projects left under a cloud

The Australian - 2.12.2011

Concern builds over chemicals left behind

The Australian - Anthony Klan - 2.12.2011

Serious errors made in CSG: Heffernan

ABC TV - Lateline Business - 30.11.2011

CSG explorer takes blind NSW farmer to court

AFR - Financial Review - 29.11.2011

Government shuts down parliament to avoid Coal Seam Gas Moratorium Bill Vote

Media Release - Jeremy Buckingham (Greens) - 28.11.2011

Dirty Money – Matthew Benns

ABC Brisbane - Evenings with Steve Austin - 24.11.2011

Bill calls for moratorium on CSG mining in NSW

Alan Jones - 2GB radio - 24.11.2011

Report finds CSG water dumped in Qld river

Australian Financial Review - 24.11.11

The seam old story springs a leak

SMH - Paddy Manning - 19.11.2011

Quest for coal

Today Tonight - Channel 7 news

Win for gas blockade as Santos pulls back

SMH - Ben Cubby - 15.11.2011

Underground “Fossil Water” Running Out

National Geographic News - 6.5.10

Alan Jones speaks to Senator Bill Heffernan about coal seam gas mining

Radio 2GB - Alan Jones - 11.11.2011

Grappling with science and sceptics

SMH - Ben Cubby - 12.11.2011

Test Drilling For Gas Worries Mid West Residents

ABC TV - 7.30 W.A. - 12.11.2011

CSG makes Lib ‘a radical activist’

The Australian - Paul Cleary - 7.11.2011

Great Barrier Grief

ABC TV - Four Corners - 7.11.2011

Alan Jones speaks to Gundi Royle about coal seam gas.

Radio 2GB - Alan Jones - 4.11.2011

Energy analyst turns up heat on new gas projects

SMH - Paddy Manning - 28.10.2011

Landowners undermined by companies

ABC TV - 7.30 NSW - 4.11.2011

No royalties for five years

The Singleton Argus - 4.11.2011

English tremors blamed on fracking

Sydney Morning Herald - 3.11.2011

Chris Hartcher on mining on farm land

Alan Jones - 2GB radio

Thousands rally against CSG mining

ABC radio Sydney - 16.10.2011

Keep the gas in the bag

SMH - editorial - 14.10.2011

Land users shout loud against ‘legalised theft’ by miners

SMH - 13.10.2011

Alan Jones steps on the gas at Gunnedah forum

Northern Daily Leader - 13.10.2011

Benefits of switch to CSG may not be all they seem

SMH - Paddy Manning - 8.10.2011

Australia is selling off its inheritance, says James Dines

Herald Sun - 30.9.2011

Protecting our farmland

Alan Jones, on radio 2GB - 5.10.2011

Coal approval at what price?

Newcastle Herald - 7.10.2011

Coal seam gas will be ‘essential’ for NSW

SMH - Ben Cubby - 6.10.2011

CSG can’t possibly win farmers’ hearts and minds

North Queensland Register - 29.9.2011

Count on resource boom, but not all its benefits

The Australian - 28.9.2011

Gas Inquiry Hears Widespread Concern

New Matilda - 26.9.2011

Is coal-seam gas worth the risk?

The Australian - 24.9.2011

Mining on farm land

Alan Jones - 2GB radio - 23.9.2011

Coal Seam Gas traumatising farmers

ABC Country Hour - 22.9.2011

Coal seam gas sucks up water

Newcastle Herald - 22.9.11

Talk of no toxicity case

Daily Telegraph - Tracy Spicer - 20.9.11

Oil, gas licences ignite demands for overhaul

SMH - 19.9.2011

Coal seam gas mining story on 7 News

2GB radio - Alan Jones

Coal seam gas under renewed pressure

Lateline - ABC TV - 29.8.2011

Carcinogens found in CSG project

SMH - 28.8.2011

Coal seam gas moratorium support

Prime 7 TV News - 26.8.11

Palmer blasts ‘poisonous’ coal seam gas industry

ABC News - 28.8.2011

Protesters gatecrash mining conference

ABC TV NEWS - 18.8.2011

Put brakes on CSG, Windsor urges

news.com.au - 17.8.2011

Heffernan calls for no-go farmland zones

The Land (and AFR) - 16.8.2011

Alan Jones comments on protecting our land

Alan Jones on 2BG radio - 15.8.2011

Debate rages over coal seam gas plans

ABC radio - AM - 2.8.2011

Landholders unite against coal seam gas companies

Financial Review

The cold hard fracks

Sydney Morning Herald - Olivia Newton-John - 31.7.2011

CSG mining causes cancer, experts warn

SMH - 18.7.2011 - Petrina Berry

Rural inhabitants up in arms over wanton destruction

The Australian - Heather Brown - 16.7.2011

Fresh food for rural discontent

The Australian - Graham Lloyd, Enviroment Editor - 9.7.2011

Era of the ‘blackboot’ brigade

The Sunday Courier Mail - Daryl Passmore - 6.3.2011

The impact of coal mining in Queensland

Alan Jones, 2GB radio - 16.6.2011

Fertile plains under frack attack

Sydney Morning Herald - Leonie Lamont - 18.6.2011

Group plans to fight mining exploration

ABC TV news - Saturday, June 11, 2011

Greens and farmers fight mining land grab

The Australian - Heather Brown - 28.5.2011

Gates shut in the gas lands

The Australian - 28.5.2011 - Graham Lloyd (Environment Editor)

EPA investigates coal seam gas leak in Sydney

ABC TV news - 27.5.2011

Fracking’s toxic recipe

Business Spectator - Barry Estabrook, Salon.com 20.5.2011

Australia’s agriculture under threat from mining

Radio 2GB - Alan Jones, 20.4.2011

Coal seam gas: a sleight of hand?

Dr Shearman - ABC - The Drum, Opinion

Mine Threat to Artesian Basin

The Australian - Asa Wahlquist

Coal seam groundwater concerns

ABC Environment 22.03.2011

Get this right or we all lose

Queensland Country Life - 10.03.2011 - Letter from Anne Bridle

Gas seam mining

ABC radio - Mornings, with Angela Owen 10.03.2011

Four Corners – The Gas Rush

ABC TV - 'Four Corners' - 21.2.2011 Reporter - Matthew Carney

Coal seam gas report points to chemicals ban

SMH - Business Day - Alexandra Smith - 3.2.2011

Not enough known on CSG: experts

Queensland Country Life - 8.1.2011 (Bronwyn Farr)

Media release from Drew Hutton

Flood waters creating massive pollution from mine sites across Queensland

Fracking for coal gas is a health hazard

Doctors for the Environment Australia - 2.12.2010 article by David Shearman

Federal cave-in on gas restrictions

Courier Mail - 3.12.2010

Peak body warning on CSG

Sydney Morning Herald - 3.12.2010

Will the boom in gas drilling, ruin the country’s water?

CSG plans approved despite red flag

Queensland Country Life, 23.11.2010

Land use fury takes another steep turn

Queensland Country Life - 18.11.2010

Concerns over Queensland’s coal seam gas project

Cathy Van Extel, ABC Radio National, 4th November 2010

Methane danger in CSG, scientist says

Brisbane Times, 10.08.2010

Downs farmers challenge CSG water claims

Queensland Country Life

60 Minutes – “Undermined”

Ch. 9 - 14/5/2010

The greatest environmental threat?

ABC interview re coal seam gas - on 19/4/2010

Xenophon concerned about Artesian Basin

Timothy McDonald, ABC World Today, 21/09/09

Farmers in N.W fire up as Feds give nod to artesian sales

Lucy Knight, The Land, 26/06/2009

Alarm over auction of artesian basin water

Marian Wilkinson, Environmental Editor, SMH July 4, 2009June 2009  
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

AGL should consider what happened at Bentley!

 My friend Chris Sheed who is the president of the Manning Clean Water Action Group affectionately known as McWAG has been instrumental in getting the truth out there about the filthy toxicicity of the CSG Mining industry.

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Chris Sheed head of Manning Clean Water Action Group

This type of mining has many names now and I believe this has been done to confuse the already confused masses, and so another name is Tight Sands Fraccing or the Hydraulic Fracturing of the Coal Seam to shake the gas free from the spaces in the permeable rock deep underground.

Chris made a statement to the ABC media from McWag and he covered the fact that AGL should be concerned about their project because of Metgasco's License suspension of their Mining License showed that the Office of Coal Seam Gas were serious about enforcing this where companies were proven to have no social license to proceed.  Further to this he made these statements...
"I think anytime where you have strong community opposition to a project that project cannot be said to have a social license".

"There is some scientific data on social license which is sort of a hierarchy of community acceptance."

"Where you have active protests there is really no social license as has been very clearly demonstrated at places such as Bentley."

"Any attempt by the AGL on four approved test wells will be met by resistance similar to that at Bentley."

"A number of groups have committed to taking non-violent direct action in the event that the state government grants approval to AGL to start fracking the four wells for which they have sought approval to fracc."

"It is highly likely that Gloucester will become a focus of anti coal seam gas activity because it is one of the icons that we do not want to see destroyed."
AGL continue to say they have fully consulted with the community, but we know their consultation has been flawed and in the form of bribery to schools and hospitals and clubs.  The local school children were embroiled in a recent scandal where AGL used these children's images in an advertisement with out permission and it was filmed on school property.  The Local Chill Out Festival which is sponsored by AGL is another carrot waving affair that is sent to blind any opposition and its an old and tried and true method.  GIVE  THEM MONEY...  money they think is the key to getting their way. 

Money maybe the key to most but luckily there are still people who have not as yet reached this level of insanity and petty maddness caused from greed and still see things for what they are.  I take my hat off to Chris because I could not have said any of it better.   This is what makes him worthy of his OAM in my book.  He is a man that will stand up for truth and justice for people and the Earth.

ABC media story

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

“Coal seam methane gas exploration and extraction should be ordered to cease immediately,”

~ Graeme Gibson ~ Hunter Valley Protection Alliance vice-chairman

People in the Hunter Valley are outraged by the recent contamination of the Pilliga.
The Maitland Mercury ran a Poll Monkey Poll and the results were phenomenal. 
94.4%  voted No   and only a tiny 5.6% voted Yes to Coal Seam Gas Mining.

Graeme Gibson said news from the Pilliga was a particular concern to him when interviewed by the Mercury newspaper.  The news of the EPA fine of $1500 has been seen as a joke by the people of Australia and they want more justice than this because the water is at risk.

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Gloucester NSW
“AGL, it’s time to move on,” Mr Gibson said emphatically."
“You clearly cannot now, and will not be able in the future, guarantee the safety of the fresh water aquifers upon which the vineyards rely to maintain their international reputation.”
I shared the poll as widely as I possibly could to get people to vote and tell the real story of the people and what they want on this issue of water.  Thanks to Peter for his help on this matter because with out him I would not have seen this poll perhaps.

Contaminating aquifers is a treasonous thing to do and our prime minister has openly participated in treasonous activities known to poison the people. 

If you want to read more please go to the Maitland Mercury and view this for yourself because the results are quite clear indeed.

 
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Wednesday, January 08, 2014

REBELLION is GETTING CLOSER especially in QLD and NSW!


The Eureka Stockade was a protest against unfair and oppressive behaviour by the government of the day and ironically it was the government against miners.  




LETTER TO THE GLOUCESTER ADVOCATE Re AGL UPSTREAM GAS

I WISH to express my extreme displeasure and disappointment at the draft conditions of consent for the expansion of Yancoal’s Stratford coal mine as presented in council’s December business paper. However, I will say that I am not surprised.

 Photo: CONFRONTATION is what scares people / there are so many that say they dislike CONFRONTATION  well .. i got news for them!  YOU WILL DISAPPEAR REAL QUICK as you are an easy mark for them!   GET WITH THE PROGRAM... get on the REAL and see what is going on is GENOCIDE right before you very eyes here in AUSTRALIA!!!

After meeting with Department of Coal Seam Gas representatives and hearing their statements that they believed that there were no legitimate health or other concerns to be had with the extractive industry, it does not surprise me that the ministerial staff chose to ignore this council and the people of Gloucester with our legitimate concerns.  

It became clearer to me when one of them stated that he had worked for the mining industry in Queensland.  
 
The facts are that they are still working for the mining industry, only it is our taxes that are paying their wages.

Rest assured, I do not blame the mining companies, to them it is business, they promise the government of the day bribes in the name of royalties and the government makes it happen. 

It is as simple as that. To them our ratepayers are just cannon fodder who must suffer for the greater good of all.  

I do not believe that the last government is any better than the present one.  
This State government just has not been in power long enough to become as useless and incompetent as the last one. But give them time. 

So as I see it, the common denominator is the departmental staff that work for the politicians. 

Governments come and go, ministers come and go, but the bureaucrats stay in their jobs forever. And it is them who influence.  

Watch a few episodes of ‘Yes Minister’ and you will understand what I mean. 
The conditions of consent are an insult to everyone who worked on them and everyone we represent.

They have not only ignored our concerns but have pandered to their masters and actually made the conditions weaker than they were before.  

To have this mine in our shire will actually cost each and every ratepayer in the degrading of our roads and bridges without just compensation; homes near the mine will lose value without just compensation; there will be increased noise, dust, and disturbance on the health of our community without just compensation. I was raised in the Victorian city of Ballarat, the city that gave birth to the Eureka Stockade.  
They seem to have reconciled their differences.  Now the government and the miners have joined forces to exploit the farmers and citizens of this country. 

I would like to quote Mark Twain who visited the Victorian goldfields in 1895. Following his visit, he said of the Eureka Stockade:

“By and by there was a result, and I think it may be called the finest thing in Australasian history. It was a revolution - small in size; but great politically; it was a strike for liberty, a struggle for principle, a stand against injustice and oppression ... it is another instance of a victory won by a lost battle. It adds an honourable page to history; the people know it and are proud of it. They keep green the memory of the men who fell at the Eureka stockade.”
And another by Peter Lalor the leader of the rebellion who said:  
“We have the ability to create the future. Will we create it in the image of nature or the image of the devil? We are only David’s fighting goliaths. But in this fight we should never tire. We must fight till victory or to death. Soon the day may come when we are forced to take matters into our own hands. But fear not. We know that for everyone of us that are silenced another will stand up to take their place to fight for the glory of nature.”
We have crossed the Rubicon, there is no going back now, and we must use all within our legal power to insist that the citizens of Gloucester get a fair deal from the forced imposition of mining in our shire. 

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

ASX / MEDIA RELEASE ASX Code: MEL 2 October 2013

Metgasco plans to recommence gas exploration in
Northern Rivers NSW
Metgasco (ASX:MEL) today advises the following:
Metgasco Limited (ASX: MEL) is pleased to announce today that it is initiating plans to
recommence gas exploration. The company plans to drill the Rosella-1 conventional gas well in
its exploration permit PEL 16 located in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.

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Commenting on developments, Metgasco’s Managing Director, Peter Henderson, said that
today’s announcement reflects positive regulatory and political developments.
“Six months ago, Metgasco suspended field operations when the NSW government announced
major changes to regulatory and administrative procedures. Like Metgasco, major industry
 players also chose to suspend activity in NSW at that time. However, recent regulatory and
 
political developments, particularly since the September Federal election, have encouraged
Metgasco to initiate the activities necessary to enable field operations to recommence”, added
Mr Henderson. 
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Metgasco participated in the successful NSW Energy Security Summit on 26 September 2013,
at which the serious gas shortages facing NSW consumers over the coming years were given
extensive media coverage. Major energy users, farming community representatives and other
stakeholders joined gas explorers and producers in reviewing the very disturbing forecasts of
steep gas price increases in all eastern states.
There was strong acknowledgement at the summit by key stakeholders that price increases and potential gas shortages could only be mitigated by additional supplies of gas. In particular, the NSW Resources and Energy Minister, the Hon Chris Hartcher MP, expressed support for NSW gas explorers to pursue new gas supply sources to help moderate the inevitable gas price increases faced by NSW gas consumers. 
He also made clear to stakeholders that the NSW government’s tight environmental requirements were to remain.  In order to successfully complete exploration drilling, Metgasco will be working with the regulators and conducting a community consultation program to ensure that environmental concerns are addressed and the environmental objectives of the NSW government’s regulatory regime are satisfied, and the community is aware of the Company’s operations.
Following the recent Federal election, the new Federal Industry Minister, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, has initiated processes to facilitate dialogue between gas explorers and farming groups in order to bring about a resumption of gas exploration and development in NSW. This work is greatly valued. Mr Macfarlane is supportive of the gas industry and is working to harmonise and simplify regulations across state and federal boundaries. Metgasco strongly supports the need for smart regulation based on sound science.
For over 10 years Metgasco has operated successfully in the Northern Rivers region and has
enjoyed the strong support of the majority of landholders and community members with whom the Company works. Over this period, 300 landholder agreements have been put in place, and over 50 wells drilled. Polls conducted by the Richmond Valley Council also show community support for the natural gas industry.
The Rosella-1 exploration well is to be drilled to a proposed total depth of 2,100m on a site 12
km to the northeast of Casino. The well is a commercially high risk well that will test the non-CSG, conventional gas potential of the Greater Mackellar structure. 
The prospect is interpreted to cover an area of 260 km² and hold a potential mean volume of 1,304 BCF of gas in place,comprising an estimated 456 BCF in the Ripley Road sandstone and 848 BCF in the Gatton sandstone. The primary objective is the Ripley Road sandstone which was tested in Kingfisher-1 at an initial rate of 3MMcf/d. The well will also test the thick sequence of gas bearing strata in the Gatton sandstone which had low permeability in Kingfisher-1, together with the deeper Basal Bundamba Sandstone (a lateral equivalent to the Laytons Range Conglomerate), Ipswich and Nymboida Coal Measures which were below the total depth reached in Kingfisher-1.
If successful in encountering gas, it is likely the well will be tested to assess gas production potential. Metgasco does not currently plan to conduct hydraulic fracturing of the well. However, in the event that it is later determined that hydraulic fracturing has the potential to increase the economic potential of the well, provision will be made for later well re-entry and fracture stimulation. This would be similar to the Kingfisher-1 discovery well where a limited 3m interval was fractured to stimulate gas flow in 2010.
The Company is committing to carry out the preparatory work over the coming months. A final commitment to drill the well is to be made when a suitable drilling rig has been identified regulatory permits are in hand, and discussions with key stakeholders have taken place. 
There must also be a continuing expectation that the regulatory and political environment will continue to improve, providing stability and support. With confidence restored, the support of key stakeholders and the timely receipt of approvals, it is anticipated that the well will be drilled in the first half of 2014, depending on rig availability.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Natural Cures Not Medicine: Kraft Mac & Cheese Warning Label Published by NY Times

Natural Cures Not Medicine: Kraft Mac & Cheese Warning Label Published by NY Times

Kraft Lable
What’s considered the most respected newspaper in the world today published the Kraft warning label that a Food Babe reader found in the UK on an imported US box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. I want to thank the NY Times for investigating and broadcasting this label to the world and millions of Americans in their newspaper and online for everyone to see.

This is a huge victory in food awareness!Given all the media coverage since March, it is now becoming blatantly apparent that there are serious concerns with the ingredients in Kraft Mac & Cheese. Everyone who reads the NY Times today will see the 2 warnings:

Warning #1:

This Product May Cause Adverse Effects On Activity And Attention In Children (This warning label is required because The US version of Kraft Mac & Cheese has artificial food dyes yellow #5 and yellow #6 which are proven to be linked to hyperactivity in children.)

Warning #2:

GMO Declaration: Made from genetically modified wheat. (May contain GMO) (This warning label is required because the US version of Kraft Mac & Cheese contains GMOs.)
Kraft is backpedaling

There was quite a bit of speculation about this label last week. Many people on the internet questioned if it was real and where it came from. According to the report in the NY Times we can now conclude the following: We know that Kraft does not label, distribute or export the US version of Mac & Cheese officially. (To echo my quote in The NY Times, I find it extremely bizarre that Kraft had no knowledge of their products being sold and widely available in one of the largest retailers in the world (Tesco) and are trying to pass this off as a black market supply.)

Kraft has confirmed they do not use GMO wheat. (However, no one to my knowledge has tested the product to verify this 100%, which is important considering the contamination of GMO wheat in Oregon. Kraft customer service confirmed use of other GMOs in their products.Given all the public statements that Kraft has made to the media about this label so far – they have not attempted to refute one important fact – Their product “May Cause Adverse Effects On Activity And Attention In Children.” This is truth they can’t deny.

Tesco who sells the US version of Kraft Mac & Cheese in their “World Foods” section confirmed the label is placed on by the distributor – Innovative Bites. The case is still not solved. THERE IS STILL A MAJOR QUESTION UNANSWERED. No one has been able to get in touch with distributor Innovative Bites (including me) to find out why they used the words “made with genetically modified wheat” on the label.

Lynne Galia, the spokeswoman I met at Kraft headquarters when I delivered thousands of signatures, has still not responded to me directly. She will not answer my emails or my phone calls. She will gladly talk to the NY Times and other news agencies, but not to me or the other 290,000 people I represent who signed a petition asking Kraft to remove artificial food dyes. I find it bizarre that Kraft wouldn’t genuinely want to answer basic questions about their product – especially after I posted this concerning information that could have health implications to millions of people and children.How can we continue to trust a company like Kraft that is more concerned about making greedy business decisions to keep their market share and paying their executives millions of more dollars year after year, while neglecting enormous public outcry regarding their flagship product?


How can we continue to trust a company that continues to not take responsibility for their product containing petroleum based dyes and GMOs? How can we continue to trust an American company that reformulates their products without harmful ingredients to our friends overseas but not to us?


How can we continue to trust a company that ignores 290,000 people and is scared to have a basic civilized conversation? 
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I want to leave you with a clarification note I received from Flo (who is definitely a hero for finding this label!) She would like to share her unedited thoughts about Kraft Mac & Cheese here:


“I’ve been eating Kraft Macaroni and Cheese for a long time now and have grown to enjoy the product, much like many others I’m sure. However with these recent discoveries of the yellow dyes and their effects as well as the GM wheat and GMOs, I’ve become very concerned. I have continued to eat Kraft macaroni and cheese in moderation knowing the effects it may have, however I’m certainly considering stopping if the ingredients aren’t changed. I’m worried about the long term effects it may have and really hope that Kraft can find a way to alter the ingredients, making them safer and healthier, without it having an effect on the taste of the product. Mainly, I’m concerned that children around the world may be eating this without knowing the effects it could have. Also, I would like to thank the New York Times for publishing the photo and not dismissing it as fake.”~ Flo Wrightson Cross


If you haven’t already, please sign this petition, continue to vote with your dollars, and spread this knowledge about Kraft with your friends and family.

Prevention is the best cure.