Friday, August 15, 2008
Steve McIntyre and Climate Fraudit
As is well known McIntyre was the "strategic advisor" to the Canadian oil and gas company CGX unitl 2003. The basic strategies of McIntyre seem straight out of the Exxon handbook on how to handle tricky environmental questions.( see the Exxon Valdez). So what connection is there between the best funded anti environment organisation on the planet and CGX. Extensive googling seems to reveal only one book "The Race for Fisheries and Hydrocarbons in the Caribbean Basin: The Barbados- Trinidad and Tobago Maritime Dispute, Regional Delimitation "by Clifford Griffin that connects the two , and the only oil field connecting the two is one on the Surinum Guyana border. This oilfield was under dispute until late last year.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Feds should take over GHG issues from the States
With ignoramuses like McTiernan in charge of " Planning and Infrastructure" it is time for the Commonwealth to take over on the grounds that they just don't get GreenHouse Gas related issues. It also certainly appears that with the Victorian government with respect to a coal fired power station. Mc T's latest plan is this
1. The railway line to continue to Yanchep
2. The railway line to continue to Bunbury
3. A train line to Ellenbrook
4. A train line to the airport.
Is this a sign of integrated public transport and city planning for Perth ? I don't think so , when energy costs go up an order of magnitude what use will a train to the airport be. This is bizarre middle class welfare of the worst sort.
1. The railway line to continue to Yanchep
2. The railway line to continue to Bunbury
3. A train line to Ellenbrook
4. A train line to the airport.
Is this a sign of integrated public transport and city planning for Perth ? I don't think so , when energy costs go up an order of magnitude what use will a train to the airport be. This is bizarre middle class welfare of the worst sort.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Haiku
Business arising from PerthWorst.
Government grant art
Young white lesbian snatches it
Grog Hoggy misses
Government grant art
Young white lesbian snatches it
Grog Hoggy misses
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Health Minister " Cactus Jim" says Let em eat lead
From factiva : ( Lannie McT you're a darlin ). Magellan metals is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ivernia Inc. , a Canadian company whose C.E.O. and president is the aptly named Alan De'Ath.
1. Fremantle lead exports no threat: MacTiernan
The West Australian, 19 January 2008, 401 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Fremantle Ports will manage lead exports in a similar way to other regularly handled dangerous materials, including sodium cyanide, after controversial miner Magellan Metals gained approval to export its shipments through the city.
3. Fremantle mayor pleads for help to block lead shipments
The West Australian, 18 January 2008, 541 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Fremantle mayor Peter Tagliaferri last night urged the Federal Government to take action to block the export of lead through the port city after the State Government announced it would allow the controversial shipments.
4. McGinty to oppose lead export plan unless safety assured
The West Australian, 8 January 2008, 218 words, JODIE THOMSON and LUKE ELIOT, (English)
Health Minister Jim McGinty will oppose a controversial plan to export lead through Fremantle Port unless its proponents can guarantee the safety of moving 150,000 tonnes of the heavy metal a year through the region.
5. New deadline for Fremantle lead comments
The West Australian, 21 December 2007, 74 words, (English)
Environment Minister David Templeman has granted a two-week extension to make submissions on proposed lead exports through Fremantle. The public will have until January 7 to make submissions on Magellan Metals plan to export lead from its ...
6. Esperance scandal cloud still hangs over lead company
The West Australian, 13 December 2007, 378 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The mining company which plans to ship lead through Fremantle remains under investigation by government authorities over its role in the Esperance contamination scandal.
7. Council fears ignited by plan to transport lead
The West Australian, 11 December 2007, 458 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
A bid by mining company Magellan Metals to export lead through Fremantle is facing stiff opposition from a growing number of shires that line the route from its Wiluna mine to the port, despite the environmental watchdog saying yesterday it ...
8. EPA to decide on lead plan for Fremantle
The West Australian, 10 December 2007, 375 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Environmental Protection Authority is due today to make its recommendations on whether environmental approval should be given for lead to be exported through Fremantle port by Magellan Metals, the company that had a central role in this ...
9. Movement of lead months off
The West Australian, 5 December 2007, 96 words, (English)
A multi-million-dollar pile of lead which has been stored at Esperance Port since the controversial exports were suspended in March, will not be moved for at least four months.
10. New lead fears for Esperance
The West Australian, 30 November 2007, 527 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Local MP says coastal towns residents believe pollution clean-up program in homes has not been good enough Lead contamination fears continue to haunt Esperance residents with one in five tested backyard rainwater tanks recording elevated ...
11. Environmental regulator eludes port lead charges
The West Australian, 8 September 2007, 558 words, JODIE THOMSON and BEN SPENCER, (English)
WAs environmental regulator, which failed to prevent harmful lead dust polluting Esperance, is set to escape punishment as authorities take aim at the lead mining company, transport firm and towns port over their roles in the scandal.
12. Lead report just states what was already obvious <> New era in education should include honesty
The West Australian, 7 September 2007, 550 words, (English)
It is hardly surprising that the parliamentary committees report into the Esperance lead contamination is highly critical of the three main players. It was evident long ago that there had to be serious shortcomings in the handling of lead ...
13. Massive compo bill looms over lead fiasco
The West Australian, 7 September 2007, 766 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The State Government faces a massive bill to compensate Esperance residents after a parliamentary committee found yesterday there had been a litany of failures by government agencies over the towns lead poisoning scandal.
14. Sorry?s not enough, it?s time to fix the failures
The West Australian, 7 September 2007, 526 words, ROBERT TAYLOR, (English)
The Carpenter Government was big on apologies yesterday but light on assuming responsibility for the catastrophe that saw one of the States best- loved tourist towns contaminated with lead through departmental incompetence.
15. Children?s lead levels drop after ban, clean-up
The West Australian, 1 August 2007, 275 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Blood lead levels in Esperance children have fallen after lead exports through the town were suspended and authorities embarked on a widespread clean-up of contaminated sites, Department of Health test results have revealed.
16. Bagged lead trade plan for Fremantle
The West Australian, 7 July 2007, 449 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The mining company at the centre of the Esperance lead poisoning scandal believes putting the dangerous metal in vacuum-sealed bags will make it safe enough to transport 150,000 tonnes a year through Fremantle Ports.
17. We told of our lead fears, say workers
The West Australian, 29 June 2007, 495 words, JODIE THOMSON <> ESPERANCE, (English)
Esperance port workers repeatedly raised concerns about heavy metal dust and inadequate loading equipment but were frustrated by managements slow response, a parliamentary committee was told yesterday.
18. High lead level in kids in Esperance: report
The West Australian, 27 June 2007, 390 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Lead dust from Magellan Metals exports pushed lead blood levels of Esperance children beyond acceptable background limits, a report commissioned by the Department of Health has confirmed.
19. Full report due on tests for Esperance lead kids
The West Australian, 26 June 2007, 338 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Department of Health is expected to release its full report today into isotope testing of children with elevated lead blood levels in Esperance, amid criticism it has taken too long to make the details public.
20. Emails show lead miner gave conflicting advice
The West Australian, 8 June 2007, 386 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The lead miner at the centre of the Esperance contamination crisis gave conflicting advice to the States consumer protection agency about whether its product should be classified as a dangerous good, a parliamentary committee into the ...
21. Dust spills kept from board
The West Australian, 7 June 2007, 481 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Workers twice covered in lead but directors not informed until bird deaths occurred, Esperance port inquiry is told Workers twice covered in lead but directors not informed until bird deaths occurred, Esperance port inquiry is told
22. Port ?tipped off? on dust check
The West Australian, 6 June 2007, 466 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Parliamentary inquiry into Esperance lead poisoning scandal told of email among port workers after DEC warning The States environmental watchdog told the Esperance Port Authority days in advance that it was about to inspect the site, ...
24. Alert raised on port lead dust in 2005
The West Australian, 5 June 2007, 444 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Health Department warned the environmental agency overseeing the handling of lead through Esperance port in late-2005 that tougher licence conditions and more stringent dust monitoring were needed to protect community health.
25. Lead port chiefs face new grilling
The West Australian, 4 June 2007, 354 words, SAM RILEY, (English)
Several senior bureaucrats and the head of the company behind the Esperance lead scandal are set to face a further grilling after they were called to appear this week for a second round of questioning by a parliamentary committee ...
26. Esperance port chief quits amid poison scandal
The West Australian, 31 May 2007, 442 words, TIFFANY LAURIE, (English)
The head of Esperances beleaguered port authority has announced his retirement in the middle of an investigation into the lead contamination crisis.
27. Sealed bag plan to shift Esperance lead exports
The West Australian, 16 May 2007, 378 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Esperance Port Authority is considering a proposal to put 9000 tonnes of stored lead into sealed bags to allow them to be shipped to China.
28. Compo call over port lead scandal
The West Australian, 5 May 2007, 684 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Esperance residents are calling for State Government compensation after a parliamentary committee investigating the lead contamination crisis heard of failures by the port, the mining company and departments involved in the scandal.
29. Port failed to tell of change to lead exports
The West Australian, 3 May 2007, 406 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Esperance Port Authority and lead miner Magellan Metals agreed to change the form of lead being shipped through the port but failed to notify the Department of Environment and Conservation, a parliamentary inquiry into the scandal was ...
30. State "warned of pollution fears in 2005'
The West Australian, 2 May 2007, 356 words, JODIE THOMSON <> ROBERT TAYLOR, (English)
The State Government was warned two years ago about the lack of pollution monitoring, the WA Conservation Council said yesterday, claiming it had raised concerns about understaffing of the Department of Environment and Conservation's ...
31. Esperance inspectors did not enter lead shed
The West Australian, 1 May 2007, 595 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The illegal nature of lead shipments from Esperance, which have poisoned local residents and left hundreds of water tanks contaminated, was not detected by the Department of Environment and Conservation because its inspectors never entered ...
32. Officers face grilling over lead
The West Australian, 30 April 2007, 434 words, JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
Senior bureaucrats from the Department of Environment and Conservation and Department for Planning and Infrastructure will face heavy scrutiny today as a parliamentary inquiry into the Esperance lead scandal holds its first public hearing. ...
33. Esperance inquiry leaves out ministers
The West Australian, 26 April 2007, 381 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
MPs running the parliamentary inquiry into the Esperance lead scandal have no plans to take evidence from the two ministers whose departments are at the centre of the affair.
34. Ministers not on lead probe list
The West Australian, 26 April 2007, 541 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
An inquiry begins next week into Esperance port contamination which triggered mass blood testing of residents MPs running the parliamentary inquiry into the Esperance lead scandal have no plans to take evidence from the two ministers ...
35. Miner wants to ship lead through Fremantle
The West Australian, 11 April 2007, 434 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Esperance lead scandal took a significant turn yesterday when it emerged that the mining company at the centre of the furore was trying to persuade Fremantle Ports to ship its metal.
36. The Esperance lead scandal took a significant turn yesterday when it emerged the...
The West Australian, 11 April 2007, 56 words, (English)
The Esperance lead scandal took a significant turn yesterday when it emerged the mining company at the centre of the furore was trying to persuade Fremantle Ports to ship the metal.
37. Lead scare company looks to Fremantle
The West Australian, 11 April 2007, 50 words, (English)
The Esperance lead scandal took a significant turn yesterday when it emerged the mining company at the centre of the furore was trying to persuade Fremantle Ports to ship the metal. Fremantle Ports confirmed it had been approached by ...
38. Lead probe to view terms of contract
The West Australian, 10 April 2007, 397 words, BEN SPENCER, (English)
Details of an agreement between Magellan Metals, the company at the centre of the Esperance lead poisoning scandal, and the Esperance Port Authority will remain secret until executives are forced to testify before a parliamentary inquiry. ...
39. Legal action hangs over scandal on port lead
The West Australian, 7 April 2007, 435 words, JODIE THOMSON <> JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
The Department of Environment and Conservation faces the prospect of costly litigation over the Esperance lead poisoning scandal after the State Government revealed the agency had failed to realise the port was exporting the metal in powder ...
40. Labor MPs to rule on Esperance lead scare
The West Australian, 5 April 2007, 413 words, JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
The State Government yesterday attacked the Esperance Port Authority over its failure to manage controversial lead exports - and then referred the matter for investigation by a parliamentary committee stacked with Labor MPs.
41. State lashes port over running of lead exports
The West Australian, 5 April 2007, 415 words, JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
The State Government yesterday attacked the Esperance Port Authority over its failure to manage controversial lead exports - and then referred the matter for investigation by a parliamentary committee stacked with Labor MPs.
42. 90 workers laid off as lead crisis hits miner
The West Australian, 4 April 2007, 697 words, JODIE THOMSON <> JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
The fall-out from the Esperance lead-poisoning crisis worsened yesterday when miner Magellan Metals revealed it had stopped work at its Wiluna site and laid off about 90 workers as it desperately tried to find a new way to export its ...
44. Lead exporter looks for new port
The West Australian, 26 March 2007, 493 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The company exporting lead from Esperance is trying to find different ways of shipping it - or even a new port - after the Esperance Port Authority banned lead concentrate in loose form because of health fears.
46. Esperance port bans export of fine lead
The West Australian, 22 March 2007, 435 words, JODIE THOMSON <> JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
Esperance Port Authority has banned any further shipments of fine lead concentrate through the port after the Government said lead poisoning from dust at the facility was almost certainly the cause of thousands of bird deaths.
47. Port's export licence target of Esperance lead probe
The West Australian, 21 March 2007, 446 words, JODIE THOMSON <> ALISON BATCHELER <> JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
The full extent of the heavy metal contamination of Esperance's water tanks began to emerge yesterday after scientists released test results which showed nickel levels up to 4 1/2| times acceptable drinking water limits.
48. Lead stays in shed as fears grow
The West Australian, 17 March 2007, 617 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
A $23 million pile of lead concentrate is sitting in an old shed at the Esperance port as public health fears grow over the death of thousands of birds in the south coast community.
49. Port may cancel lead dust exports
The West Australian, 15 March 2007, 356 words, KIM MACDONALD <> ALISON BATCHELER, (English)
Esperance Port Authority may have to cancel a contract for lead shipments through the south-east coastal port if dust pollution feared to have killed thousands of birds is linked to the operation.
50. Health fears grow over lead at port
The West Australian, 14 March 2007, 890 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Esperance residents urged to have backyard rainwater tested as health fears grow over lead contamination There were new fears about the health of Esperance residents last night, after revelations that lead poisoning may have killed ...
51. Health fears grow over lead at port
The West Australian, 14 March 2007, 891 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Esperance residents told to drain rainwater tanks after raised lead levels found in the wake of mass bird deaths There were new fears for the health of Esperance residents last night after revelations that lead poisoning may have killed ...
52. Bird deaths spark bid to halt lead exports
The West Australian, 12 March 2007, 386 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Angry Esperance residents have called for a halt to controversial lead exports from the coastal town's port after an investigation revealed lead poisoning was responsible for the death of thousands of birds.
53. Iron-clad future
The West Australian, 5 May 2004, 509 words, CATHY BOLT, (English)
The value of mining in the Mid West is set to top $2 billion this year and continue to grow as the region benefits from strong global demand for its existing and emerging mineral exports.
54. Magellan Seeks Partner
The West Australian, 25 November 1998, 227 words, Michael Weir, (English)
A PRIVATE company is chasing an equity partner and financing to help it develop a $50 million lead project near Geraldton. Magellan Metals Pty Ltd, headed by former merchant banker Clive Carroll, hopes to start producing 60,000 tonnes of ...
1. Fremantle lead exports no threat: MacTiernan
The West Australian, 19 January 2008, 401 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Fremantle Ports will manage lead exports in a similar way to other regularly handled dangerous materials, including sodium cyanide, after controversial miner Magellan Metals gained approval to export its shipments through the city.
3. Fremantle mayor pleads for help to block lead shipments
The West Australian, 18 January 2008, 541 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Fremantle mayor Peter Tagliaferri last night urged the Federal Government to take action to block the export of lead through the port city after the State Government announced it would allow the controversial shipments.
4. McGinty to oppose lead export plan unless safety assured
The West Australian, 8 January 2008, 218 words, JODIE THOMSON and LUKE ELIOT, (English)
Health Minister Jim McGinty will oppose a controversial plan to export lead through Fremantle Port unless its proponents can guarantee the safety of moving 150,000 tonnes of the heavy metal a year through the region.
5. New deadline for Fremantle lead comments
The West Australian, 21 December 2007, 74 words, (English)
Environment Minister David Templeman has granted a two-week extension to make submissions on proposed lead exports through Fremantle. The public will have until January 7 to make submissions on Magellan Metals plan to export lead from its ...
6. Esperance scandal cloud still hangs over lead company
The West Australian, 13 December 2007, 378 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The mining company which plans to ship lead through Fremantle remains under investigation by government authorities over its role in the Esperance contamination scandal.
7. Council fears ignited by plan to transport lead
The West Australian, 11 December 2007, 458 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
A bid by mining company Magellan Metals to export lead through Fremantle is facing stiff opposition from a growing number of shires that line the route from its Wiluna mine to the port, despite the environmental watchdog saying yesterday it ...
8. EPA to decide on lead plan for Fremantle
The West Australian, 10 December 2007, 375 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Environmental Protection Authority is due today to make its recommendations on whether environmental approval should be given for lead to be exported through Fremantle port by Magellan Metals, the company that had a central role in this ...
9. Movement of lead months off
The West Australian, 5 December 2007, 96 words, (English)
A multi-million-dollar pile of lead which has been stored at Esperance Port since the controversial exports were suspended in March, will not be moved for at least four months.
10. New lead fears for Esperance
The West Australian, 30 November 2007, 527 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Local MP says coastal towns residents believe pollution clean-up program in homes has not been good enough Lead contamination fears continue to haunt Esperance residents with one in five tested backyard rainwater tanks recording elevated ...
11. Environmental regulator eludes port lead charges
The West Australian, 8 September 2007, 558 words, JODIE THOMSON and BEN SPENCER, (English)
WAs environmental regulator, which failed to prevent harmful lead dust polluting Esperance, is set to escape punishment as authorities take aim at the lead mining company, transport firm and towns port over their roles in the scandal.
12. Lead report just states what was already obvious <> New era in education should include honesty
The West Australian, 7 September 2007, 550 words, (English)
It is hardly surprising that the parliamentary committees report into the Esperance lead contamination is highly critical of the three main players. It was evident long ago that there had to be serious shortcomings in the handling of lead ...
13. Massive compo bill looms over lead fiasco
The West Australian, 7 September 2007, 766 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The State Government faces a massive bill to compensate Esperance residents after a parliamentary committee found yesterday there had been a litany of failures by government agencies over the towns lead poisoning scandal.
14. Sorry?s not enough, it?s time to fix the failures
The West Australian, 7 September 2007, 526 words, ROBERT TAYLOR, (English)
The Carpenter Government was big on apologies yesterday but light on assuming responsibility for the catastrophe that saw one of the States best- loved tourist towns contaminated with lead through departmental incompetence.
15. Children?s lead levels drop after ban, clean-up
The West Australian, 1 August 2007, 275 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Blood lead levels in Esperance children have fallen after lead exports through the town were suspended and authorities embarked on a widespread clean-up of contaminated sites, Department of Health test results have revealed.
16. Bagged lead trade plan for Fremantle
The West Australian, 7 July 2007, 449 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The mining company at the centre of the Esperance lead poisoning scandal believes putting the dangerous metal in vacuum-sealed bags will make it safe enough to transport 150,000 tonnes a year through Fremantle Ports.
17. We told of our lead fears, say workers
The West Australian, 29 June 2007, 495 words, JODIE THOMSON <> ESPERANCE, (English)
Esperance port workers repeatedly raised concerns about heavy metal dust and inadequate loading equipment but were frustrated by managements slow response, a parliamentary committee was told yesterday.
18. High lead level in kids in Esperance: report
The West Australian, 27 June 2007, 390 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Lead dust from Magellan Metals exports pushed lead blood levels of Esperance children beyond acceptable background limits, a report commissioned by the Department of Health has confirmed.
19. Full report due on tests for Esperance lead kids
The West Australian, 26 June 2007, 338 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Department of Health is expected to release its full report today into isotope testing of children with elevated lead blood levels in Esperance, amid criticism it has taken too long to make the details public.
20. Emails show lead miner gave conflicting advice
The West Australian, 8 June 2007, 386 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The lead miner at the centre of the Esperance contamination crisis gave conflicting advice to the States consumer protection agency about whether its product should be classified as a dangerous good, a parliamentary committee into the ...
21. Dust spills kept from board
The West Australian, 7 June 2007, 481 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Workers twice covered in lead but directors not informed until bird deaths occurred, Esperance port inquiry is told Workers twice covered in lead but directors not informed until bird deaths occurred, Esperance port inquiry is told
22. Port ?tipped off? on dust check
The West Australian, 6 June 2007, 466 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Parliamentary inquiry into Esperance lead poisoning scandal told of email among port workers after DEC warning The States environmental watchdog told the Esperance Port Authority days in advance that it was about to inspect the site, ...
24. Alert raised on port lead dust in 2005
The West Australian, 5 June 2007, 444 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Health Department warned the environmental agency overseeing the handling of lead through Esperance port in late-2005 that tougher licence conditions and more stringent dust monitoring were needed to protect community health.
25. Lead port chiefs face new grilling
The West Australian, 4 June 2007, 354 words, SAM RILEY, (English)
Several senior bureaucrats and the head of the company behind the Esperance lead scandal are set to face a further grilling after they were called to appear this week for a second round of questioning by a parliamentary committee ...
26. Esperance port chief quits amid poison scandal
The West Australian, 31 May 2007, 442 words, TIFFANY LAURIE, (English)
The head of Esperances beleaguered port authority has announced his retirement in the middle of an investigation into the lead contamination crisis.
27. Sealed bag plan to shift Esperance lead exports
The West Australian, 16 May 2007, 378 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Esperance Port Authority is considering a proposal to put 9000 tonnes of stored lead into sealed bags to allow them to be shipped to China.
28. Compo call over port lead scandal
The West Australian, 5 May 2007, 684 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Esperance residents are calling for State Government compensation after a parliamentary committee investigating the lead contamination crisis heard of failures by the port, the mining company and departments involved in the scandal.
29. Port failed to tell of change to lead exports
The West Australian, 3 May 2007, 406 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Esperance Port Authority and lead miner Magellan Metals agreed to change the form of lead being shipped through the port but failed to notify the Department of Environment and Conservation, a parliamentary inquiry into the scandal was ...
30. State "warned of pollution fears in 2005'
The West Australian, 2 May 2007, 356 words, JODIE THOMSON <> ROBERT TAYLOR, (English)
The State Government was warned two years ago about the lack of pollution monitoring, the WA Conservation Council said yesterday, claiming it had raised concerns about understaffing of the Department of Environment and Conservation's ...
31. Esperance inspectors did not enter lead shed
The West Australian, 1 May 2007, 595 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The illegal nature of lead shipments from Esperance, which have poisoned local residents and left hundreds of water tanks contaminated, was not detected by the Department of Environment and Conservation because its inspectors never entered ...
32. Officers face grilling over lead
The West Australian, 30 April 2007, 434 words, JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
Senior bureaucrats from the Department of Environment and Conservation and Department for Planning and Infrastructure will face heavy scrutiny today as a parliamentary inquiry into the Esperance lead scandal holds its first public hearing. ...
33. Esperance inquiry leaves out ministers
The West Australian, 26 April 2007, 381 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
MPs running the parliamentary inquiry into the Esperance lead scandal have no plans to take evidence from the two ministers whose departments are at the centre of the affair.
34. Ministers not on lead probe list
The West Australian, 26 April 2007, 541 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
An inquiry begins next week into Esperance port contamination which triggered mass blood testing of residents MPs running the parliamentary inquiry into the Esperance lead scandal have no plans to take evidence from the two ministers ...
35. Miner wants to ship lead through Fremantle
The West Australian, 11 April 2007, 434 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The Esperance lead scandal took a significant turn yesterday when it emerged that the mining company at the centre of the furore was trying to persuade Fremantle Ports to ship its metal.
36. The Esperance lead scandal took a significant turn yesterday when it emerged the...
The West Australian, 11 April 2007, 56 words, (English)
The Esperance lead scandal took a significant turn yesterday when it emerged the mining company at the centre of the furore was trying to persuade Fremantle Ports to ship the metal.
37. Lead scare company looks to Fremantle
The West Australian, 11 April 2007, 50 words, (English)
The Esperance lead scandal took a significant turn yesterday when it emerged the mining company at the centre of the furore was trying to persuade Fremantle Ports to ship the metal. Fremantle Ports confirmed it had been approached by ...
38. Lead probe to view terms of contract
The West Australian, 10 April 2007, 397 words, BEN SPENCER, (English)
Details of an agreement between Magellan Metals, the company at the centre of the Esperance lead poisoning scandal, and the Esperance Port Authority will remain secret until executives are forced to testify before a parliamentary inquiry. ...
39. Legal action hangs over scandal on port lead
The West Australian, 7 April 2007, 435 words, JODIE THOMSON <> JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
The Department of Environment and Conservation faces the prospect of costly litigation over the Esperance lead poisoning scandal after the State Government revealed the agency had failed to realise the port was exporting the metal in powder ...
40. Labor MPs to rule on Esperance lead scare
The West Australian, 5 April 2007, 413 words, JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
The State Government yesterday attacked the Esperance Port Authority over its failure to manage controversial lead exports - and then referred the matter for investigation by a parliamentary committee stacked with Labor MPs.
41. State lashes port over running of lead exports
The West Australian, 5 April 2007, 415 words, JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
The State Government yesterday attacked the Esperance Port Authority over its failure to manage controversial lead exports - and then referred the matter for investigation by a parliamentary committee stacked with Labor MPs.
42. 90 workers laid off as lead crisis hits miner
The West Australian, 4 April 2007, 697 words, JODIE THOMSON <> JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
The fall-out from the Esperance lead-poisoning crisis worsened yesterday when miner Magellan Metals revealed it had stopped work at its Wiluna site and laid off about 90 workers as it desperately tried to find a new way to export its ...
44. Lead exporter looks for new port
The West Australian, 26 March 2007, 493 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
The company exporting lead from Esperance is trying to find different ways of shipping it - or even a new port - after the Esperance Port Authority banned lead concentrate in loose form because of health fears.
46. Esperance port bans export of fine lead
The West Australian, 22 March 2007, 435 words, JODIE THOMSON <> JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
Esperance Port Authority has banned any further shipments of fine lead concentrate through the port after the Government said lead poisoning from dust at the facility was almost certainly the cause of thousands of bird deaths.
47. Port's export licence target of Esperance lead probe
The West Australian, 21 March 2007, 446 words, JODIE THOMSON <> ALISON BATCHELER <> JESSICA STRUTT, (English)
The full extent of the heavy metal contamination of Esperance's water tanks began to emerge yesterday after scientists released test results which showed nickel levels up to 4 1/2| times acceptable drinking water limits.
48. Lead stays in shed as fears grow
The West Australian, 17 March 2007, 617 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
A $23 million pile of lead concentrate is sitting in an old shed at the Esperance port as public health fears grow over the death of thousands of birds in the south coast community.
49. Port may cancel lead dust exports
The West Australian, 15 March 2007, 356 words, KIM MACDONALD <> ALISON BATCHELER, (English)
Esperance Port Authority may have to cancel a contract for lead shipments through the south-east coastal port if dust pollution feared to have killed thousands of birds is linked to the operation.
50. Health fears grow over lead at port
The West Australian, 14 March 2007, 890 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Esperance residents urged to have backyard rainwater tested as health fears grow over lead contamination There were new fears about the health of Esperance residents last night, after revelations that lead poisoning may have killed ...
51. Health fears grow over lead at port
The West Australian, 14 March 2007, 891 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Esperance residents told to drain rainwater tanks after raised lead levels found in the wake of mass bird deaths There were new fears for the health of Esperance residents last night after revelations that lead poisoning may have killed ...
52. Bird deaths spark bid to halt lead exports
The West Australian, 12 March 2007, 386 words, JODIE THOMSON, (English)
Angry Esperance residents have called for a halt to controversial lead exports from the coastal town's port after an investigation revealed lead poisoning was responsible for the death of thousands of birds.
53. Iron-clad future
The West Australian, 5 May 2004, 509 words, CATHY BOLT, (English)
The value of mining in the Mid West is set to top $2 billion this year and continue to grow as the region benefits from strong global demand for its existing and emerging mineral exports.
54. Magellan Seeks Partner
The West Australian, 25 November 1998, 227 words, Michael Weir, (English)
A PRIVATE company is chasing an equity partner and financing to help it develop a $50 million lead project near Geraldton. Magellan Metals Pty Ltd, headed by former merchant banker Clive Carroll, hopes to start producing 60,000 tonnes of ...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
"Cactus" Jim McGinty
In a tribute to "Yes Minister" ( now playing on Ladle it Rationally) the usually unremarkable Jim McGinty provides the following ( from the West Australian 7/1/8 ) :
“Myself, as the member for Fremantle and the Minister of Health, will strongly oppose any exporting of lead through the port of Fremantle that cannot be guaranteed to be safe,” Mr McGinty said today.
“Myself, as the member for Fremantle and the Minister of Health, will strongly oppose any exporting of lead through the port of Fremantle that cannot be guaranteed to be safe,” Mr McGinty said today.
Mr McGinty said the Health Department would be providing advice to the Environmental Protection Authority regarding the plan.
Public submissions to the EPA’s report, which gave initial environmental approval for lead exports through Fremantle in sealed bags and shipping containers, close this afternoon.
“We must be guaranteed of safety,” Mr McGinty said. “Magellan Metals have a shocking track record after what they did to the people of Esperance. I’m not prepared to trust them.
“I want to make sure that we have a system in place before we export lead through any port in WA which guarantees public safety.
“As long as the system is a guaranteed one that will not impact on public safety, I don’t think anyone could reasonably object to it,” Mr McGinty said.
The people of Fremantle will be saying over their dead bodies McGinty,, you crazy , crazy hombre.
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