Former Labor leader joins other ex-ALP leaders, Indigenous elders and scientists in calling on federal government to protect Indigenous rock art on Western Australia’s Burrup Hub
Kim Beazley co-signed a letter comparing the battle to save the Murujuga cultural landscape to that of the Hawke government’s decision to save the Franklin River in Tasmania.Kim Beazley co-signed a letter comparing the battle to save the Murujuga cultural landscape to that of the Hawke government’s decision to save the Franklin River in Tasmania.
The letter, also signed by Indigenous elders, scientists and crossbenchers, said the LNG plant could lead to 4.3bn tonnes of CO2 once the gas was exported and burnt, and this impact on the climate would be “several times greater than the combined savings expected from all climate policies introduced by the Albanese government from now until 2030”.
Beazley was a senior minister under Bob Hawke, deputy prime minister under Paul Keating, and the Labor leader for nearly eight years between 1996 and 2006. The letter he signed is dismissive of assessments of the Burrup Hub undertaken by Woodside and the WA government, describing them as “parties with declared interests in the ongoing proliferation of industry on the Burrup”.
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