As news comes in hard and fast this morning about
Barnett's thugs dragging protesters into cars at James Price Point, it's worth reflecting what we've gotten ourselves into.
- Kimberley Land Grab where our state police are being used to protect Woodside's interests
- Unadulterated corruption and collusion between the state and mining companies.
- The introduction and subsequent cross-pollination of genetically-modified canola into the state's food supply.
- The concurrent sale of our public food assets to Monsanto, of all people.
- Collusion with real estate developers to turn land, which was bequeathed to the state under the condition that it never be developed, into a private canal estate in the middle of Rockingham.
- Consistant attempts on behalf of Police Minister Rob Johnson to remove the presumption of innocence from a wide range of laws: this includes his failed Stop & Search legislation, temporary CHOGM laws as well as a range of traffic and other legislation.
- Failure to ensure that our hospitals and prisons are owned by the community, not sold to profiteering cowboys.
- Consistant disrespect of our state's traditional owners and an utter disregard for everybody else. A perpetuation of imperial mores that belong in the 19th Century.
It's time to fucking go, Colin. Enjoy your cushy retirement job as a "consultant" to Woodside.
