The Wild Rivers Act has been a contentious topic since it was introduced in 2005. Opposition leader Tony Abbott wants it scrapped, but Queensland premier Anna Bligh is standing firm. Crikey intern Cat Wall gets to the facts.
Wild Rivers
Wild rivers — Trojan horse or election red herring?
All political parties should rightly be scrutinised for their indigenous policies, but this needs sophistication and nuance, writes Dr Tim Seelig, Wilderness Society of Queensland’s campaign manager
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Wild Rivers not so “wild”
RMIT Publishing give their say on the Adelaide Review debacle. Plus, Crikey readers weigh in on Wild Rivers, Tony Abbott talking up the virginity and Avatar and China.
Mungo MacCallum: Abbott’s cunning stunt is just a distraction
Tony Abbott’s planned private member’s Bill to override Queensland’s Wild Rivers legislation may be, as his opponents claim, a political stunt, but they can hardly deny that it’s a bloody good one.
Abbott braving the rapids over Wild Rivers legislation
Tony Abbott should spend more time pondering the rest of his days in the wilderness — the political wilderness, that is, given he seems no lover of nature based on his Wild Rivers campaign, writes The Wilderness Society’s Dr Tim Seelig.
Wild Rivers get murkier and murkier
Even the keywords “Crosby-Textor” have had an airing as the Wilderness Society and indigenous groups battle over Queensland’s Wild Rivers Act.
More to Wild Rivers than meets the eye
The Noel Pearson-Tania Major anti-Wild Rivers campaign on Cape York has just reached new depths, but at least the tactics and motivations are becoming more transparent, writes Tim Seelig.
