good economics, it's as simple as that !!, get more economists and scientists on board Bob, I know there's allready a bunch there, I allways wonder about they'll show some demonstrators on TV, scaling the walls of parliment house etc...., basically some outragous stunt, then this coupled with a news saturation on all major channels of the incident... See More, only serves to make us out to be the crack pots etc...., sometimes some of these groups, I wonder who's behind some of them ?, evan if some of the people involved have a genuine interest in climate change, some to me anyway come accross as clearly a stunt that undermines the greens reputation....before anyway has a go at me for people demonstrating, I'm just making a point that sometimes these things can do more harm than good, and there are better ways to get people on board of good economic/environmental policy.....

I AGREE BVCP!

and they're still saying Sodra will fund it? hahaha....even less laughable was the bloke in charge getting a 50% pay increase!!!!

absolurely right Lisa!!!!

Good on her. If you pay tax it just gets spent by morons anyway!

I am glad she didn't give up - it is not very often that David beats Goliath!

about bloody time who ever is in charge is as useless as garrett

I'm sure it will take longer than 7 years to get them to pay for it.

Damn oil barons!

and do they take home super crude executive salaries for this also?

This wouldn't happen if you supported nuclear 4GEN energy.

It does exist.........called the Sun. The biggest nuclear reactor in the solar system and it bathes us with it wonderous benefits everyday.
SOLAR power please!

Spot on Charles

NOTICE how we heard nothing from WA Premier Barnett and Federal Minister for smashing and grabbing on the environment Martin Ferguson both of whom have desperately been trying to rob this story of oxygen.
THIS IS precisely the reason why there must be no exploitation of the Browse Basin and no industrialisation of the Kimberley!

Well done Siewart, in your efforts to bring the spill to the attention of the Australian public.
This debacle cannot be left to simmer, then be forgotten, as the oil company and government, drag their feet for an independent enquiry.
We have this bull by the tail, we can't let go.
For the sake of the Kimberley region, we can't let go.
Is it possible to propose that the Kimberley region be listed as a World Heritage Site?

So true Peter, it can't be let go...and excellent idea on World Heritage for Kimbereley...Here, here Ricki!

How many people that are in "THE GREENS" drive oil consuming cars and fly in oil consuming planes, wear clothing made from oil, use oil on their bike and lawnmower, drive on roads made from oil (yes roads are made from oil) use plastics made from oil (computer???) buy their children toys made from plastic????

there is a word for this starting with H!

HHHmmmm, Plastic, that has to be one of mankinds greatest inventions, presently polluting the landscape and oceans, the oil company strikes again.. How many inventions, that could have been used to improve mankinds life on earth, have been bought by the oil companies and car manufacturers and mothballed, so as to ensure peoples dependance on the oil industry and oil based/reliant products.

Imagine if the spill had of been on the East Coast - you can bet Marn Ferguson wouldn't have succeeded in keeping it off the radar then. Out of sight, out of mind.

James Talbot: typical cheap shot from someone who clearly doesn't give a stuff about anything that doesn't involve his own self amusement. We're about demanding the alternatives which the fossil fuel industries - in collusion with supine or capitalist idealogue governments - have actively worked to deny us for over 100 years!