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Kakadu Action Group
[edit]The Kakadu Action Group (KAG) was formed in 1987 In Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to campaign against proposals to resume mining at Coronation Hill in the Kakadu National Park region of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Background
[edit]In 1988 BHP proposed mining at Coronation Hill and El Sherana where there was a disused uranium mine from the 1950s.[1]
Groups from environmental, social and indigenous perspectives opposed the proposal. Miners and some economists supported it.
History
[edit]The KAG was set up by Lindsay Mollison at the Melbourne offices of the Australian Conservation Foundation in the suburb of Glenferrie where regular meetings were held.[2]
As well the Group held public meetings to encourage public support for opposition to the proposal.[3][4][5]
Mollison also participated by contributing and rebutting letters to the "Letters to the Editor" of The Age newspaper over the several years.[6][7]
It was being surveilled by the Australian Government with archives of its meetings still held secretly by the Government (due for release in 2026).[8]
Outcome
[edit]The group disbanded after the mining proposal was eventually vetoed at a Cabinet meeting by the then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, in May 1991.[9] Those actions were important in his being replaced later that year.[10]
The disputed area was added to Kakadu National Park as part of its stage 3 inclusions in 1992.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "BHP WANTS CORONATION TO PROCEED". Financial Review. 14 August 1990. Retrieved 4 Nov 2023.
- ^ "KAG Meetings Glenferrie". The Age. 24 Nov 1987. p. 2. Retrieved 4 Nov 2023.
- ^ The Age p. 40 (14 Apr 1989). "KAG: Wilderness Society Meeting, St Kilda". Newspapers.com. The Age. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Kakadu: World Heritage Under Threat (4 Nov 1988). "Kakadu: World Heritage Under Threat". The Age, p. 41. Retrieved 4 Nov 2023.
- ^ Wilderness (14 Apr 1989). "Wilderness: KAG". The Age, p 31. Retrieved 4 Nov 2023.
- ^ "Mining Industry not disadvantaged". Lindsay Mollison. KAG. The Age, p 12. 20 Oct 1988. Retrieved 4 Nov 2023.
- ^ "Kakadu - public puts pressure brakes on mining development". Lindsay Mollison. KAG. The Age, p 12. 1 Oct 1990. Retrieved 4 Nov 2023.
- ^ Kakadu Action Group (KAG), Melbourne, 1987-89 (File 8226) - Box 67. "KAG Files". NLA. Retrieved 4 Nov 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Chan, Gabrielle (31 December 2015). "Cabinet papers 1990-91: Hawke's fight to keep mining out of Kakadu helped unseat him". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 4 Nov 2023.
- ^ "Hawke stands by decision on Kakadu". Nine Entertainment Co. AAP. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 4 Nov 2023.
- ^ "World Heritage Places - Kakadu National Park". Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. 12 Sep 2022. Retrieved 6 Nov 2023.