Evil Greenies terrorizing Australia

How long before the vile Greeny Party is deregistered as a Political Party in Australia for terrorist activities in Australia ?



Greens staffer who runs drug dog Facebook page 'Sniff Off' is revealed to be one of the two women charged with defacing Captain Cook statue
By CHARLIE COË and AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS PUBLISHED: 18:48 AEST, 14 June 2020 | UPDATED: 18:49 AEST, 14 June 2020

Xiaoran Shi, 28, and Charmaine Morrison-Mills, 27, charged with defacing statue
Shi works as a part-time staffer in office of NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge
She runs the group 'Sniff Off' campaigning against the use of police sniffer dogs
Arrested near Captain Cook statue in Sydney's Hyde Park about 4am Sunday
Police to allege they found the women with multiple spray paint cans in a bag
Arrests come as protesters globally target statues amid growing racial tensions

A Greens staffer is among two women accused of defacing a statue of Captain Cook in Sydney's Hyde Park.

Xiaoran Shi, 28, and her friend Charmaine Morrison-Mills, 27, allegedly sprayed graffiti on the statue at about 4am on Sunday.

The pair were arrested near the park on College Street with a bag allegedly containing multiple spray cans.

They were charged with destroying or damaging property.

Shi runs the 'Sniff Off' campaign - which calls for an end to police sniffer dogs - in collaboration with New South Wales Greens MP David Shoebridge.


Xiaoran Shi (right with Greens MP David Shoebridge), 28, has been charged with defacing the Captain Cook statue in Sydney's Hyde Park

She also works in his office on a part-time basis.

The 28-year-old has previously been the editor of the University of Sydney's student newspaper Honi Soit, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Mr Shoebridge said Shi was not working for him at the time of the alleged vandalism and declined to comment further as the matter was before the courts.


'I understand that one of the two people charged regarding the incident involved the statue in Hyde Park has part-time employment with my office,' he said.

'They were not engaged in employment at the time of the incident which occurred well outside of work hours.

Both women were refused bail to appear at Parramatta Bail Court on Sunday.

The statue depicts the British explorer whose voyage to Australia in 1770 mapped the country's east coast ahead of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.


Shi's friend Charmaine Morrison-Mills, 27, (pictured) has also been charged with vandalising the statue about 4am on Sunday

For more anti-Australian seditious Greeny activity see


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Greenies - the superior race of human beans. Brainwashed Vegetables on legs ? Who would want to live in a place run by the maniacal Greenies ?


And what does the normal Joe Blow reckon about these rejects ?


Deirdre Ritchie
'Gone with the Wind' sales have skyrocketed. Someone must be happy about this being banned.

Flint John
We are bordering on anarchy. When we tip over the edge, democracy will be dead and the imbeciles who protested and destroyed things will be wondering why we will then be in a police state. Effwits

Kenneth Ullyett
I’m turning 70 next year, all I can say is thank goodness I lived in the best times, hate to think what my kids and grandchildren are going to go through. Our world is in turmoil.

Paul Flynn
I am a white middle-aged man - how many professional agitators have I 'outraged' so far?

Wander Hoen
When we are lead to believe that 3% of the Australian populating Mater More than the 97% it's very confusing.

Peter Dobbie
I’m 76 and have the same thoughts Kenneth

Rudi Oerzman
I'm waiting for the shooting to start in earnest 'over there'. It can't be long, there's just to much bottled up hatred, to many guns and a collapse in law and order.

Kris Rambler
Bloody Leftards Minds Good thing that idiocy always destroys itself, finally ( But collateral damage can be terrible)

Flerida 'Babie Alvizo' Drew The world has gone mad.

David Holmes That’s it in a nutshell!

Robert Valentine Time turn the TV And internet off and go camping for the next 20 years

David Cooper Exactly

Joan Gostelow This is exactly what they look like....ha ha

Billie Bognar
Lets hope sanity returns quickly. That the silly idiots who are running amuck realize that they are being used by the left for a sinister NWO. And then there are the thugs who use this as a time to rob, bash,and burn.

William Dunn Its crazy.

Jim Stutter
99% of these twats have no idea what they are protesting for. They know (been told) it's in the name of racism, but if you ask them what they want (the govt) to happen, they can't tell you because they have no idea.

I watched a black activist being interviewed in America by a black journo on TV, and when asked what they were trying to achieve she said inequality, and when asked what areas of inequality she was talking about, she couldn't answer him. She finished off the interview by stating that racism only happens to black people and that blacks couldn't be racist. Says it all.

Settle Petal
I wonder if the the micro-managers, fusspots, nannies, Karens and dictators of this world will ever wake up to the fact that banning things - books, movies, ideas etc - just makes them more popular...

Carl Smith
Talk about the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing we have a Indigenous bloke running around with a sign Only good cops a dead cop at a black lives matter rally & we have over 1,000's black police women & men through out Australia, please explain?

Judy Moir
I often wonder if a person is half black & half white if both halves hate each other, or if being a lighter shade of brown means they have become equal as we all should be...

Pat Connell White lives matter,after all their the ones paying the taxes to keep the black lives living.

Deirdre Ritchie Well they just showed their hand. Out came one activist talking about 'transphobia and homophobia' What has that got to do with BLM?

Leone Brennan Black lives matter except for the other colours!!!

Milly McDilly Biggest issue is that peeps cant link political gender and trans to BLM and Covid till it s spelled out to them...then it s too late.

Lee Wilde YES, black people are just as racist as white and can be more racist

David Cooper
No white emoji faces, let’s protest until we get black and brown ones.
Oh look, a brown cartoon dog, lets get that banned!

Margaret Barker
I am angry and upset .... everything i have always been so proud of my country for is now been shouted down, belittled, demeaned, vandalised, destroyed, and I am being belittled and written off and called racist because i am white, proud of it, and i don't always observe political correctness! I am so glad i was born when i was!

Sick Diseased Greeny insanity flies into top gear as they prepare to topple statues as part of their push to create a Black Power Movement here in Australia to cause endless mayhem and destruction.


The Greeny NAZI Party with its Führer the hated and despised Adolf Bandt is seizing the opportunity to copy cat the USA Black affair to push their highly destructive anti-Australian agenda here to attack the Australian Society run by old white men which is now clearly a matter of National Security!!


Save Australia from treachery - DO NOT VOTE for the EVIL GREENIES!!!!



Madness is contagious: expect attack on Captain Cook!
AMM 11.06.20. Jacquelin Magnay ' is the European Correspondent for The Australian, based in London.


Captain Cook who circum-navigated the WORLD.

Ms Magnay has been watching the destruction of historic statues by the lunatic reactionaries in reply to the death of black criminal George Floyd in the US—once again proving just how well organised anarchists are to be able to mobilise large groups in major cities in many countries around the world within hours.

That mayhem contagion is sure to be already stirring the local pea-brained mob of bludgers just like it has before with acts of vandalism upon Australia’s historic statues—Captain James Cook in particular! Good people will again suffer various bastards savaging the hand that feeds them! Such mongrels should be held accountable and compelled to pay for all damages!

An activists site urging Britons to “Topple The Racists’’ has identified Captain James Cook statues to be removed across the country.

Topple The Racists, linked to the “Stop Trump Coalition’’ and backing Black Lives Matter supporters, has listed more than 60 statues and monuments around Britain to follow in the ­destruction of the Bristol statue of 17th-­century slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston, which was thrown into Bristol Harbour on Monday.


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 James Cook next in statue protesters’ sights
Source: Jacquelin Magnay, News Corp

The Topple list includes a statue of Cook in the village of his boyhood home of Great Ayton in North Yorkshire.
“James Cook was a colonialist who murdered Maori people in their homeland,” the site says.

There are several British statues commemorating Cook’s exploration in the Pacific, including a large statue overlooking Whitby, where he learned his sea-crafting skills, and in The Mall, in London.

The momentum to destroy and remove historic statues, some many centuries old, has sparked fury in Britain, with commentators saying it was rewriting history and that the achievements of those honoured was not being viewed in the context of their time, and pointing out that many statues being targeted didn’t have anything to do with slavery.

London mayor Sadiq Khan said London had to face an uncomfortable truth about its links to slavery and all London statues and streets would be reviewed; any with slavery connections should be taken down.

This week, a statue of slaveholder Robert Milligan, who owned plantations and more than 500 slaves in Jamaica, was removed from outside the Museum of London Docklands.

On Tuesday, Black Lives Matter supporters chanted “Rhodes, you’re next’’ after gathering outside Oriel college at Oxford University to demand the Cecil Rhodes monument be removed.

Others on the Topple The Racists hitlist includes monuments of Sir Francis Drake at Plymouth, Sir Robert Peel, Christopher Columbus, Horatio Nelson, William Gladstone and Oliver Cromwell.

The Topple The Racists site said of Peel: “He was pivotal in setting up the police forces which maintained British rule in Ireland and a system which led to the poverty, famine and displacement of Irish people.

“Colonialism and racism — in this case anti-Catholic sentiment — are central to British history. Not only that but with the legitimacy of current policing in question, the history of policing, its origins in colonialism and its role in suppressing dissent deserves greater scrutiny.’’


The Cecil John Rhodes statue at the University of Oxford’s Oriel College. Picture: Getty Images

The activists say that sea captain­ Drake should be remembered not for his discoveries but for his contribution to the slave trade with cousin John Hawkins.

They said he attacked native villages and stole human cargo from Portuguese slave ships, transporting the slaves to the Spanish Caribbean.
Oxford University law student Ndjodi Ndeunyema, a former Rhodes scholar, organised the ­Oxford rally on Tuesday after starting the “Rhodes Must Fall” campaign five years ago.

“The glorification of him through his statue remaining here is an affront on the university’s support for movements such as Black Lives Matter,” Mr Ndeun­yema said. “Rhodes is not worthy of veneration or glorification because­ of the racism and sub­jugation he represents.”

Those protesting also knelt in respect of black man George Floyd, who was killed by a white policeman, sparking two weeks of protests across the US and in several other countries, including Australia.


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What do the ordinary people reckon ?

Muphin 11/06/2020, 7:32 am
Isn’t saying ONE colour “black” lives matter RACIST?? What about White, Asian, Chinese, Japanese, Melanesian, Indian, Eskimo, North American Indian, the list is endless, DON’T these coloured peoples lives matter?
Where are these idiots going to get their “Rhodes Scholarships” from???

Lorraine 11/06/2020, 9:08 am
you think they have the ability to be Rhodes Scholars , really lol

TL46 11/06/2020, 7:33 am
I have said for a long time now that ballot papers in State and Federal elections should be issued by the tax office to taxpayers and retired taxpayers only and that they be the only ones allowed to vote. That way the people who fund the Government are the ones who chose the Government.

Theydon Wood 11/06/2020, 9:14 am
We’ve already got tax payer suffrage.
Tax payers suffer while the rest make hay.

Aktosplatz 11/06/2020, 7:42 am
This is what happens with our dumbed down education where even the subject of History has been manipulated and politically changed.
British Heritage is being systemically eradicated with the removal of these statues because of reasons that are outright lies, and that is what the Communists want. Nigel Farage has suggested George Soros is behind all of this.
I’m sure he’s right.

ibbit 11/06/2020, 8:15 am
You have a point about history, but even if it was correctly taught, it would make no difference. The thing that marks the protesters out is a lack of brain power.
They are out there, not because they believe in or have convictions about anything of import, but because they are vindictive, little minded people who just love to take advantage of protests to satisfy their destructive lusts, be that statues or governments.
This is what happens when you break down discipline, respect for people and property, undermine family authority and policing, have courts tell criminals what good people they are.
We reap what we sow is the lesson not learnt.

Pensioner Pete 11/06/2020, 8:07 am
Another nail in the Puzzleduck political coffin should these lunatics get a free ride in Queensland where there are quite a number of statues commemorating Captain James Cook, the recognised as the greatest navigator of all time.

The latest YouGov poll as shown in The Courier Mail today, shows both the ALP and the LNP are being ditched by voters with a swing to the minor parties launching fears of an unworkable Queensland parliament for the next four-year term.

I don’t have a lot of faith in polls as more times than not, they are so far off the mark it isn’t funny, however, PP hopes this is one of the rare poll results being accurate.

Given the local talk out here and elsewhere is about ditching the major parties for One Nation, there are possibilities of a political upheaval coming for Queensland.

wal1957 11/06/2020, 9:34 am
Let’s hope so PP. I refuse to vote for ‘the lesser of 2 evils’ anymore.
As a lot of people have been saying – the choice between labor lite and labor does not encourage a vote from me.
Both Labor and Liberal parties have become captive to the twitterati shrills and sjws. I refuse to vote for either party when they can’t stand by their principles and are so willing to be swayed by the vocal minority, just so they can claim to be woke.

Aktosplatz 11/06/2020, 1:52 pm
I agree with all of what you guys are saying. I despise the LNP. ALP and the Greens. The minor parties are comprised of hard working individuals who have copped a lot of flak for their stance.
They are worth a go.

Maryanne 11/06/2020, 9:07 am
The really big elephant in the room is: WY DO GOVERNMENTS PERMIT THIS MAYHEM? They have police forces supposedly to keep the peace yet they refuse to let them do their job. Crack a few heads. Arrest them and make them pay their fines. Throw them in the clink if they refuse. The silent long-suffering majority would applaud. The ‘human rights’ wankers would scream and appeal to international bodies. Ignore them! Stand up for national sovereignty and legal independence over the wankers’ ‘interdependent’ law.

Lorraine 11/06/2020, 9:25 am
most Labor State Governments rely on the wanker vote to be elected, I think that is your answer Maryanne. and the Liberal States are practicing woke , thinking the mob may vote for them

wal1957 11/06/2020, 9:35 am
Agree with both Maryanne and Lorraine

Soroako 11/06/2020, 10:10 am
Agree 100% with your sentiments Maryanne. But we know that our governments will bend the knee to the noisy minority [aided & abetted by the left dominated media] and allow desecration of our monuments.

The hysteria over the cop murdering George Floyd has been fanned by the left and I’m surprised that we haven’t had a statue of him erected to him so that we can all go pay homage to the life of criminal who served multiple gaol sentences – including home invasion during which he poked a loaded gun into the belly of a pregnant woman.

During the height of the rioting and looting by the sensitive souls who were in mourning for George Floyd a group of black men were in the midst of stealing TV sets from a pawn shop when they were interrupted by David Dorn – a 77 year old former Police Chief. One of the mourners shot and killed Dorn – and one of the mourners thought it would be appropriate to live broadcast his death on Facebook.
The fact that David Dorn was a Black man was of no consequence.


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Meanwhile Black on Black killings in Chicago broke a 60+ year old record last weekend. Chicago has some of the strictest gun ownership laws in the USA and ranks at or near the top of murder rates per head every year.

The USA is on a downward spiral and it can largely be blamed on the push by Democrats buying the votes of the poor and uneducated. As the percentage of Caucasians slides it will get worse.

And the media [including Hollywood] will keeping fanning the flames of resentment and violence.

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It used to be majority rules now it's vocal minority ( thanks to some government funded media) who hold the trump card. About time we cut the BS and get on with these projects.

We don't need to be concerned about what climate change will do to Australia, we have Greens,Environmentalists, Extinction Rebellion and politicians such as Zali Steggle, Sarah Hanson Young , Sharkie, Adam Bandt and others doing great damage to our economic survival. 
Conservatives must push back against this madness.

Why is it that a tiny group of activists routinely have their way at the expense of the community....another example of the smartest people in the room %$%^^&&&* every thing up.

Bill has the real solution. revoke the whole of the federal EPBC Act.



Cut green lawfare to lift growth, jobs, investment
EDITORIAL 12:00AM MARCH 9, 2020


Is Greeny evil worse than the Corona Virus ?

The news that a small coterie of green activists has used environmental laws to delay 28 projects worth $65bn ­ demands effective action by the Morrison government.

The investments include mines, dams, roads, a tourist development, a natural gas project, a salmon farm and landclearing. 

On Friday and Saturday, political editor Dennis Shanahan revealed companies trying to invest billions of dollars have been forced into court for a total of more than 10,000 days (almost 28 years) since 2000. 

At a time when business investment has dropped to its lowest level since the 1990s and Australia is in danger of a recession as a result of the coronavirus, green lawfare is undermining GDP and jobs, especially in regional Australia.

The current review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 led by former Australian Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel should be an important catalyst for reform. Environment Minister Sussan Ley launched it last year to tackle green tape and provide greater certainty to business, farmers and conservation groups. 

Investors and regional leaders, frustrated by green groups tying up projects in litigation, should not miss the chance to speak up. Submissions are due by April 17. Mr Samuel will present a draft report in June and his final report in October.

The review covers the EPBC Act as a whole. But last week, free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs showed that section 487 of that act is especially problematic. It is used by activists, thousands of kilometres from projects, to delay them for as long as possible.

The Abbott government passed an amendment to repeal section 487 in the lower house in 2015. But the Senate blocked the reform. 

The Morrison government, committed to cutting red tape to boost growth, should revisit the issue. ­Resources Minister Keith Pitt is eager for reform, noting people in regional areas are sick of seeing significant projects delayed by court action by activists with no ­connection to their area. 

Senate crossbenchers such as Centre Alliance and One Nation should be persuaded, in the interests of their supporters. Submissions to the Samuel inquiry would be a useful impetus for reform.

As Shanahan reported, the IPA found that the vast majority of lawfare under section 487 inflicted long delays but did not result in substantial changes in environmental controls. 

Of cases under section 487 since 2016, 94 per cent have failed to bring about a ­substantial change to original projects as ­approved by the federal environment minister. Groups that have used the section include the Australian Conservation Foundation, Friends of Leadbeaters Possum, the Bob Brown Foundation and the Wilderness Society.

The Adani coal project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin finally got the green light from the state following Labor’s abysmal showing in last year’s federal election. But the company’s nine-year battle, including 341 days in court courtesy of an Australian Conservation Foundation appeal in 2016, damaged Australia’s sovereign risk profile among overseas investors.

Repealing section 487 would not diminish the legal options open to private landowners and others with direct interests in projects that could adversely affect their interests. But by barring ideologically driven green lawfare by activists, such reform would provide an enduring economic stimulus, especially in the regions where unemployment is a problem.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/editorials/cut-green-lawfare-to-lift-growth-jobs-investment/news-story/7651807d71b4304296de7c39a2f0e55e

Greeny agenda, cripple business, destroy the economy, impoverish the nation, empower a world government, thereby destroying our borders and our way of life.

Act now to stop the shutdown of our country by green activists!
Make frivolous and unsubstantiated claims illegal!

Time to severely limit the greedy activity of legal parasites using and promoting class actions. The ability to launch class actions must require direct financial input from all participants of at least $25,000. Funding of any legal action from overseas must be made illegal.

Just shows what power the Greens have been able to gain, primarily on the ABC and in the media so everyone including the Government are running scared. The Greens represent no more than 10% of the population and yet they are holding the majority to ransom and getting away with it.



Green lawfare putting billions more at risk
DENNIS SHANAHAN 2:09PM MARCH 7, 2020


Resources Minister Keith Pitt. Picture: AAP

Billions of dollars of new investments could be derailed by green activist lawfare, which has so far delayed projects worth $65bn, ­federal ­Resources Minister Keith Pitt says.

He said he would support any move to stop green groups using endless legal claims to delay ­projects. “People in regional areas are sick of seeing significant, job-­creating resources projects constantly delayed by court action launched by activists with no ­connection to their area,” he told The Weekend Australian.

“I will support any move that will stop activists using courts in continuous lawfare against companies that have already passed all state and federal environmental requirements.

“It’s clear that courts are being used to try and cripple companies behind some major projects.”

Mr Pitt was responding to a ­report showing conservation and green groups had used 11 new legal claims in the past four years to tie up seven projects in regional areas, including the $16.5bn Adani ­coalmine in Queensland, a $140m port on Melville Island in the Northern Territory, state government ­forestry schemes in Victoria and a $30m Tassal salmon farm in ­Tasmania.

The new legal claims have ­resulted in the projects being ­delayed for a total of 2600 days at a time when business investment is at its lowest level since the 1990s.

The level of business investment was already a major concern for the Morrison government ­before the summer bushfires and the coronavirus outbreak.

Investors looking at new projects have expressed their concern about the extra costs and delays ­imposed by legal action by green activists.

After the election of the Morrison government, the Queensland Labor government fast-tracked final approval for the Adani coal project in the Galilee Basin.

This followed a nine-year ­approval process and an ­additional 341 days in court triggered by an Australian Conservation Foundation appeal launched in 2016.

Environment Minister Sussan Ley said the estimated average ­approval time for a major project referred under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act was 3½ years.

Cutting approval times could save business more than $300m a year and ensure greater protection for the environment, she said.

“The lawfare that is such a part of today’s environmental landscape can be crippling to ­business as well as to environmental organisations.

“In the past four years, 1401 days have been spent on court cases over ­applications, ­including before the Federal Court and even the High Court,” Ms Ley said.

According to analysis from the free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, legal activism using the federal environ­mental protection act has put $65bn of investment at risk, with court delays exceeding 28 years.

IPA research fellow Kurt Wallace said disruptive litigation from environmental groups using a ­section of the act allowing con­servationists to take companies to court was not leading to sub­stantial changes in environmental controls. “Of the cases under section 487 since 2016, 94 per cent have failed to bring about a ­substantial change to the original project which had been ­approved by the commonwealth environment minister,’’ Mr Wallace said.

The projects include six mine projects, two dams, two dredging projects, forestry and pest manage-ment, a tourism development, multiple road projects, the construction of a pulp mill, a ­desalination plant and a marine supply base.

“Adequate environmental protection can be provided without causing unnecessary delays to companies investing billions of dollars in Australia and I look forward to the outcome of a review of the act,” Mr Pitt said.

“I’m encouraged by the fact that Environment Minister Sussan Ley has highlighted issue of lawfare.”

Ms Ley ordered an ­independent review of the ­environmental laws to be completed by the end of this year.

”All sides of the environmental ­debate concede that the ­complexities of the act are leading to unnecessary delays in reaching decisions and to an ­increased focus on process rather than outcomes,” she said.


https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/green-lawfare-putting-billions-more-at-risk/news-story/e8e8d1db252f6d4379a72633a82d4a0b

The hard core Lefty Reddy is here as well trying to create a Lefty HATE SESSION just like he does in OZ.

All Reddy knows is Lefty HATE because he misses his Socialist handouts.

Just think what a shocking mess Australia would be in now if the Greeny controlled Labor Party had gotten in and RESTARTED the BOATS and flooded Australia with thousands of Illegal Invaders all dripping with Corona Virus and infecting thousands of Australians with their disease!!!

The Corona Virus DEATH TOLL here in Australia would be in the thousands by now!!!!!

Australia certainly avoided a fate worse than DEATH when the voters showed how much they HATED and DESPISED and LOATHED Shifty old Shorty and rallied behind their HERO ScoMo.

Probably by now, the GG would have already dismissed Shifty old Shorty for GROSS MISMANAGEMENT of the Australian economy!!!

Now the functionless union brown noser AnAl has a major problem as his coalition partner the Greeny NAZI PARTY's new FÜHRER Adolf Bushfires Bandicoot is even more HATED and DESPISED and LOATHED than Shifty old Shorty!!!!!!

It is already plainly obvious that the Greeny controlled Labor Party does not have a Snowball's Hope in HELL of winning the next election!!!!


AnAl is beset by problems all unsolvable!!!

Mmmm so Juliar is on here as well!

The evil anti-Australian Greenies are the coalition partner for Labor and they are essentially an extension of the United Nations One World Socialist "Govt" in a Sustainable World as defined by AGENDA 2030.

The Greenies' UN role is to implement the UN AGENDA 2030 here in Australia and one of their goals is to STOP DEAD ANY DEVELOPMENT.

The sooner the evil Greenies are deregistered as a "political Party" the better.

One gets the feeling the Libs are setting up to slam dunk the evil Greeny NAZI PARTY and its FÜHRER Adolf Bushfires Bandicoot!!!! 







Green ‘lawfare’ a $65bn deal hit to projects
DENNIS SHANAHAN 10:15PM MARCH 5, 2020


Anti-Adani demonstrators at the Brisbane Magistrates Court last month. Picture: AAP

Green activists are using a back door on environmental laws to delay an estimated $65bn in projects­ ranging from dams to a salmon farm, with “lawfare” forcing companies into court for more than 10,000 days in total since 2000.

Conservation and green groups have used 11 new legal claims in the past four years to tie up seven projects in regional areas, including the $16.5bn Adani coalmine in Queensland, a new $140m port on Melville Island­ in the Northern Territory, Victorian government forestry and the $30m Tassal salmon farm in Tasmania.

The 11 new cases of environmental groups using secondary legislation since 2016 have resulte­d in seven major projects being delayed in court for a total of 2600 days, as business investment in Australia drops to its lowest level since the 1990s.

According to analysis from the free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, legal activism using the federal environmental protection act has put $65bn of investment at risk, with delays totalling more than 28 years in court.


 
The tactics of activist groups have delayed 28 projects between 2000 and 2019, with an estim­ated value of over $65bn.

The projects include six coal and iron ore mine projects, two dam construction projects, two dredging projects, forest and pest management, a tourism development, multiple road construction projects, the construction of a pulp mill, a desalination plant and a marine supply base.

After the election of the Morrison Coalition government, the Queensland Labor government fast-tracked final approval for the Adani coal project in the Galilee Basin, after a nine-year approval process and an extra 341 days in court after an Australian Conservation Foundation appeal started in 2016.


Former Greens leader Bob Brown. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

In 2017, a Bob Brown Found­ation challenge against a salmon farm in Tasmania, to protect the southern right whale, was dismissed after 237 days in court but an appeal meant another 349 days in court.

According to IPA research fellow Kurt Wallace: “A small group of green activists are using a special legal privilege to delay and disrupt $65bn of investment, which is disproportionately damaging regional Australia.”

He said the disruptive liti­gation from environmental groups using a section of the act allowing conservationists to take companies to court was not leading to substantial changes in ­environmental controls on the projects. “Disruptive lawfare has not led to environmental improvements,’’ Mr Wallace said.

“Of the cases under section 487, 94 per cent have failed to bring about a substantial change to the original project which had been approved by the commonwealth Environment Minister.

“Section 487 has allowed the courts to be used as a strategic tool for environmental activism.


Wilderness Society members and supporters protest against Norweigan giant Equinor’s bid to drill in the Great Australian Bight. Equinor ultimately decided not to proceed. Picture: Wilderness Society

“Green groups, such as the Australian Conservation Found­ation and Wilderness Society, are using legal challenges to delay and disrupt major projects with the goal of restricting investment in the resources sector by raising costs and uncertainty.

“Repealing section 487 would be a massive shot in the arm for investment in regional Australia and create an enduring stimulus for the Australian economy. (It) will not diminish the legal avenues available to farmers and private land owners who wish to take legal action against a mining project that could adversely affect their interests.’’


Matthew Canavan
Disappointing news today. Equinor has announced that it won't be drilling for oil in the Bight. We desperately need to improve our oil security. This century our oil production has fallen off a cliff. We used to be self sufficient but now we rely heavily on imported oil.

Former resources minister Matt Canavan said activists were exploiting environmental laws merely to delay projects.

“Every day that major projects are held up is another day that a desperate Australian family doesn’t have a job,’’ Senator Canavan said.

“Our environmental laws act as a big yellow light slowing everybody and everything down.

“We need laws that focus on protecting major environmental issues, not being an alternative avenue­ for radical green activists to pursue a political agenda.”

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/green-lawfare-a-65bn-deal-hit-to-projects/news-story/37466917469e9bc75cf74f68c51121dd