National Indigenous Television (NITV) up and running on SBS4

 

News, movies, current affairs and much more

as National Indigenous Television goes to air

at midday each day on SBS4

at Channel 34.

Skinner: Now I'm Health Minister It's Not A Dumb Idea

The Northern Star asked a hard question which resulted in more than a petticoat showing on 11^th December:

“STATE Health Minister Jillian Skinner has been forced to defend a cost-cutting proposal to allow single-crew ambulance cars to transport patients to hospital during her visit to the Northern Rivers today.

The new proposal will allow single-crew ambulance cars currently in use to transport willing and able patients.

Ms Skinner said such cars were staffed by senior paramedics and often first on scene, but currently unable to transport any patients, even those with light injuries.

She stressed that the move would enable a more efficient use of resources without compromising patient care….

Mr Hayes also labelled the proposal as a backflip by Ms Skinner, since in 2010 she called a similar proposal by then Labor Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt as "one of the dumbest"…. “

Denmark is not a good global citizen and no friend of the whale

 

WDC Exposes Illegal Sale Of Whale Meat In Denmark

WDC has revealed evidence from its recent undercover operation in Denmark which clearly shows whale meat from Greenland on sale commercially in Denmark.

A WDC team found the minke whale steaks and blubber openly available to buy at a tourist shop in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, thus putting Denmark in breach of European Union (EU) laws which ban EU Member States from the killing and commercial sale of whales.

Ironically, the revelations by WDC also come just as Greenland has threatened to impose its own quotas regarding the number of whales that it will hunt for ‘local nutritional needs’ in 2013.

The sale of these whale products in Denmark also contravenes International Whaling Commission (IWC – the body that regulates whaling) regulations, and also those of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

Earlier in the year, a separate undercover investigation by WDC revealed that Greenland (a Danish overseas territory) had been actively undermining the IWC ban on commercial whaling by selling whale meat to tourists visiting Greenland from whales that are allowed to be killed only for the nutritional needs of local aboriginal people.

This latest undercover operation by WDC in Denmark itself clearly shows that this form of illegal commercial whaling has now extended into mainland Europe and makes a mockery of Greenland’s requests to hunt more whales to feed native Greenlanders……2012-12-10

Coal Seam Gas: A David & Goliath confrontation for Northern Rivers communities

 

Much has been written about plans to establish coal seam gas production wells on the NSW North Coast.

 

One mining corporation exploring for gas in the Northern Rivers, Metgasco Limited, has recently been offered a production licence for its Casino project.

 

So how big is Metgasco and how small are the individual land owners who are likely to feel the impact of these coal seam gas wells?

 

Well, one could look at the estimated size of Metgasco's gas reserves or total value of shares issued and compare this with the property value of someone living next door or near to one of its drilling wells.

 

However, visual images often tell the story better than words…….

 

Home belonging to a Metgasco director and shareholder:

 

 

Home in general vicinity of Metgasco’s exploration site at Glenugie: