- Wild Rivers -

Here is a selection of my publications. Click on the title to view the whole text, or chose a category on the left.

  • Holmes a Court and sons on wild river trip
    13.10.2009
    By: Tony Koch AFTER being roped in by Russell Crowe to save NRL club the Rabbitohs, businessman Peter Holmes a Court has been enlisted by Noel Pearson for his wild rivers campaign. But the Geelong Grammar-educated Holmes a Court has a greater... read more
  • Passionate Eddie leads by example
    10.06.2009
    By: Tony Koch COMMUNITY-owned enterprises set up on Aboriginal settlements ``don't work'' and the way to achieve economic independence is for indigenous people to fund their own small businesses, according to Cape York passionfruit grower... read more
  • Businesses condemn wild rivers plan for Cape
    06.06.2009
    By: Tony Koch NON-indigenous owners of two long-established businesses vital to life in Cape York have joined Aboriginal groups in vocal opposition to the Queensland Government's declaration of wild rivers in their region. The Bligh Government... read more
  • Blooming business in Bligh policy sights
    04.06.2009
    By: Tony Koch ANIMATED discussions about the qualities of Hot Rio Night, Sexy Pink and Caribaea seem somewhat incongruous in a secluded rainforest paddock a couple of kilometres from the centre of Hopevale Aboriginal community on eastern... read more
  • State vetoes Cape York land clearing
    03.06.2009
    A Howard government project to enable Aboriginal people on Cape York to build their own homes has been stalled for more than two years because the Queensland Government is insisting that trees in the vast unpopulated region cannot be cleared. The delay... read more
  • Wild Rivers deal bypassed Aborigines
    11.04.2009
    THE Queensland Government ignored requests to inform Cape York traditional owners about Wild Rivers legislation that will stop the development of Aboriginal land, despite commitments that it would do so before enacting the law. The traditional owners... read more
  • Pearson resigns over `wild rivers' decision
    08.04.2009
    ABORIGINAL leader Noel Pearson has resigned as a director of the think tank he founded to lead the indigenous responsibilities agenda and declared he would return to his activist roots to campaign for land rights. Mr Pearson's departure as director of... read more
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