30 November 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends,
After a successful series of events and meetings in Melbourne, Peter Kallang, Chairman of the SAVE Riversnetwork, and James Nyurang Usang, headman from the Baram, are currently preparing for the last leg of their Australia tour in Tasmania.
In Melbourne, Peter and James were hosted at the Parliament House by Greg Barber MP and Sue Pennicuik MP,two
Victorian Greens Members of Parliament. They give interviews to local
radio stations and met with a number of church and NGO representatives
from Uniting Church, Friends of the Earth, the Australian Conservation Foundation and others who are all very sympathetic with the Sarawak indigenous peoples' struggle for their lands, rivers and forests.
Green campaigners in Australia have meanwhile identified a powerful
leverage to target Hydro Tasmania by asking Australian consumers to
pressure Momentum Energy, a Hydro Tasmania subsidiary,
which is selling certified "green" …