Federation and Siren, page-21

Pure comedy , Quote you , These hippies and greens are extremely well-financed , NO most are hopeless bludgers , many living on a benefit , anyway read this this , Quote A bullish Resources Minister Shane Jones strode into Blackball yesterday holding a megaphone, drowning out protesters who were outnumbered by miners 20 to 1, and vowing to kickstart a new mining era, the blackball hall was packed with mining supporters . "My vision is that we change the prevailing mantra about mining to one that doesn’t begin and end with extraction but one that focuses on our mineral needs, economic opportunities, and our ability to deliver on this while benefiting our environment and communities." , "We need to use the endowments that we've been given, we need to profit from them and stop the catastrophisation that every time you put a shovel, a machine, a digger in the ground - you're destroying the sacredness of earth mother. "What is the point of being poor in paradise? You'll still be poor," he said.