Updating my recent post about the strains on Aboriginal-green relations in the Kimberley and Cape York, Noel Pearson's brother Gerhardt has signed a letter supporting the Queensland Government's proposal to put Cape York up for World Heritage Listing.
The Kimberley Land Council's recent decision to accept a $1.5 billion deal with Woodside to allow development of a natural gas hub at James Price Point on the Kimberley coast north of Broome is a worrying development for the Australian conservation movement.