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Sami ‘development’ …

Illustrations for Professor Ninis Gunhild Rosquist, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography:
‘I have collaborated with Sami reindeer herders during the past 10 years with focus on climate impacts and as their adaptation to the effects of climate change is hampered by the cumulative effects of land exploitation it’s a challenge to communicate/illustrate the full impact.’ These two illustrations contrast the present developing situation (above) and the same scene pre-‘development’ and before increasing impacts from climate change (below).

An earlier post on the Sami is here.

Moving on …

‘Protesters at a government-backed housing project in Adelaide’s north have condemned the way Aboriginal ancestral remains have been treated at the site, after what the premier conceded was “one of the largest findings of this type” in the country.’ The remains of at least 29 people have been uncovered in a burial ground across the site. A good overview from the ABC here.

Poisoning the waters …

The Opposition’s ‘No’ campaign is scratching scabs on un-healed wounds. “A no vote would mean that ill will, prejudice and sheer bastardry had won.” – Jack Thompson. Noel Peterson, asked about the future of reconciliation efforts if the referendum failed, he replied: “It’ll die. It’ll be dead.”

The ‘No’ campaign is paternalistic dreaming, a dead weight shackled to the failed old ways…

Um …


Indigenous voice: Coalition digs in on ‘lack of transparency’ claim despite Labor releasing legal advice.

HEART-less …