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Tony Smith "Jail time, to make people realise you can't mess with nature. A royal commission is the only way to get to the bottom of it." |
Tony Smith, interview by Mark Merritt |
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Outback Mick & Nugget "They're killing our river.They're not only taking our water.... they're poisoning and polluting it too." |
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Jacqui Pasquale "We don't want to live on a river that's got no water in it." |
Jacqui Pasquale, Wentworth - Interview by Mark Merritt Jacqui Pascale, Wentworth - interview by Cath Eaglesham about the Wentworth to Broken Hill pipeline - Earthling Studios |
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Sarah Moles "I'm watching this space with bated breath, because I know there is more to come, and I can't wait, for a very bright light, and a very, very forensic examination to be made of what exactally has gone on.
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Cathryn Milne "We need a royal commission NOW and a grass roots human movement."
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Cathryn Milne, Mildura - interview by Cath Eaglesham |
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Kelly Norris "Let's fix this together, Australia. Its our country, our people. Let's look after them." |
Kelly from Wilcannia - Interview by Mark Merritt |
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Kevin Davey Remembers the healthy Darling of the old days "We're in trouble, we've got to wake up to ourselves" "We used to get yabbies as big as beer bottles."
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Kevin Davey, Remembers - interview by Mark Merritt |
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Dr. Beryl Carmichael "It's a rights violation of all life forms"
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Beryl Carmichael - Interview by Cath Eaglesham |
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Darriea Turley "What we need to do is stay focused on the health of the Darling River." |
Darriea Turley, Mayor of Broken Hill - Interview by Cath Eaglesham and Mark Merritt |
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Graham Clark "Whatever happened - to the river ? |
Graham Clarke, Barkindji Elder - Interview by Cath Eaglesham |
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Rachael Strachan "They are killing the womb of the basin."
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Rachael Strachan - Interview by Cath Eaglesham & Mark Merritt |
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Dr. Michelle Maloney "Rights Of Nature and Earth Laws wants to shift the current dominant legal system so that it actually respects life"
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Michelle Maloney, Australian Earth Laws Alliance - Interview by Susie Peake Michelle Malony, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, interview by MARK MERRITT - Earthling Studios |
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Sharon Corkery "There's a lot of anger..there's just pure disgust and a lot of sadness - because it's their livelihoods." |
Sharon Corkerey, Tilpa - interview by Cath Eaglesham |
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Trevor Mallon "I even give my dog rain water. That's how bad the river is".
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Menindee Mal, Trevor Mallon - interview by Cath Eaglesham and Mark Merritt |
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Bradley Hardy "The river is our community. Without the river we have no community. We need to come together to fix these things." |
Bradley Hardy - Brewarrina Museum & Fishtraps, interview by Mark Merritt |
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Kate McBride "I've watched in my lifetime, an entire town being destroyed .." |
Kate McBride, Tolarno Station - interview by Mark Merritt |
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Ross Files "When you destroy a river, you destroy all the people on it."
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Ross Files, Menindee interview by Mark Merritt |
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Robert McBride "The Prime Minister must run a Federal Royal Commission, if he doesn't then the Darling River system will collapse and die, as will The Murray.
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Rob McBride, Tolarno Station - interview by Mark Merritt |
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Barry Stone "We out here are looking at total destruction of the outback of New South Wales, total destruction. |
Barry Stone interview by Mark Merritt about Menindee fish kill December 19 |
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Cherry & Don Cullinan Photo - Boat, by a dry Lake Menindee, |
Don & Cherry Cullinan, Wentworth - Interview by Cath Eaglesham & Mark Merritt |
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