Kimberley protesters clash with elders
The protesters state they have been subjected to abuse by gas hub supporters and one woman has complained to police that she was assaulted during a confrontation between both sides.
Aboriginal protester Janet Cox stated she stopped a Kimberley Land Council automobile carrying elders on Tuesday to ask them what they were doing coming there to “destroy and sell the land” to oil company Woodside.
She states her leg was caught under the KLC car when it moved forward and she would have been run over if there had not been other people there helping.
Mrs Cox stated she was one of many Aboriginal families who did not sign the gas hub agreement because she felt it was not right to sell.
“I have to leave the country as it is, for future generations.”
A spokeswoman for the KLC stated on Wednesday that elders were stopped by protesters on the road to James Price Point and an Aboriginal worker from the Environment and Cultural Heritage team was abused and threatened.
“The old people that were in that car are some of the most senior Jabirr Jabirr traditional owners,” she said.
“This on-going threatening behaviour, especially towards the elderly, is just appalling.
“Protesters continually hurl racial slurs at us. This is shameful and the continued threats by protesters is disrespectful and inexcusable,” she added.
James Price Point is where a Woodside Petroleum-led consortium plans to build the gas precinct, after signing off a deal with the KLC and the West Australian government in June.
The deal has divided the Aboriginal community and triggered on-going protests on the road, where protesters at times lock themselves to machines to block access to Woodside’s trucks and contractors.
source : www.wabusinessnews.com.au
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