For more information on program availability and upcoming programs, please visit our support website. "I am not going.This is a list of all the programs currently available to watch on ABC iview. "If they want to come through here they will drag me off here in handcuffs and a paddy wagon," Russell adds, leaning up against the feedlot's fence line. "If I wanted compensation I would have a for sale sign out the front. Russell says any talk of money to compensate would not be welcome. Their only hope is that engineers find the route is unworkable or too expensive when they do their detailed designs over the next 18 months. They say any raised rail embankment could block floodwaters and threaten lives and property. Like Russell, many farmers on the Condamine floodplain are furious about the route chosen by federal Infrastructure Minister Darren Chester. "And these blokes are not taking the place off me." "I've got three boys that want to be farmers, that's what drives me every day of the week. "We have no intentions of getting smaller," Russell says. The key question is: will a track that diverts around any Aboriginal cultural sites be straight and efficient enough for the project?īut Russell says he's determined to ensure the farm, established by his grandfather in the 1930s, remains for his sons. "It gives you an opportunity to look at potential sections where you could move the track around rather than having it go through and destroy something that is fairly significant." Merv says the ARTC should include the results from Aboriginal surveys in its environmental impact statement. "I know it will take a bit of research but in the long run, and I think this is what Australia needs to look at, it's not short-term things, it's long-term things." "There's plenty of scope for them to put a track through that won't interfere with our cultural and heritage sites," he says. Uncle Sonny says while he's OK with the idea, he agrees there must be a thorough survey carried out. The ARTC has told the ABC it will consult further with all of the relevant Aboriginal land councils now that the preferred corridor has been announced. The Pilliga Forest in northern NSW is a place of huge cultural significance for local Aboriginal people. He says it's vital traditional owners are involved in setting the route, and on the ground during construction. Merv says it appears from the preferred route through the Pilliga, the line could run close to this site.ĭespite its somewhat underwhelming nickname - The Scrub - he says he's concerned about exactly where the line will go because there are many other sacred sites in the forest. "There's also a burial associated with this area on the eastern side of the creek." APRIL 2013 AMTRAK EMPIRE BUILDER PUBLIC TIMETABLE Sponsored 20.00 Free shipping Amtrak Coast Starlight Timetable April 29th 2001 Seattle Portland Oakland 17.95 + 5.30 shipping Amtrak Empire Builder Timetable Sept 30th 2001 Chicago St Paul Portland Seattle 17.95 + 5.30 shipping. "Here you'll see evidence of stone-tool manufacturing - core stones, flakes, stone axes, bits of grinding stones, and scar trees with bark removed for cultural purposes," Merv says. Merv is a New South Wales Aboriginal Heritage Officer and a member of the Baradine Aboriginal land council with Uncle Sonny, who is the former chair. The ravages of time have unearthed evidence that this area - known locally as The Cathedral - was a key gathering place of the Gamilaroi people. Ron "Sonny" McGann and Merv Sutherland guide us through the towering pinnacles and canyons carved from the sandy soils of the forest by years of erosion. This is a list of television programmes that are currently being broadcast or have been broadcast on ABC Television's ABC TV (formerly ABC1), ABC TV Plus (formerly ABC2 and ABC Comedy), ABC Kids (formerly ABC 4 Kids), ABC Me (formerly ABC3) or ABC News (Australian TV channel) (formerly ABC News 24) in Australia. It was a key gathering place of the Gamalaroi people. This site in the Pilliga Forest is known locally as The Cathedral. Katrina believes inland rail will be great for Parkes and for nearby families like hers that can benefit from the new business and industry it will generate. The agronomist and her husband Mark have embraced science and innovation as they strive to create a sustainable future for their children, Peggy and Henry. "If that's the case, are we looking at upgrading a road network to facilitate that? … Rather than taking in a high-speed rail option that only benefits rail versus benefitting the whole community with trucks and cars?" Can they do that leg in a faster time at a lower cost than rail?" she asks. "We've potentially got autonomous trucks in the foreseeable future. She's concerned that today's technology may be rapidly overtaken and options other than inland rail have not been properly considered. ( ABC News: Alexandra Blucher)įarmer Katrina Swift is taking a bird's eye view of her crops and the future of the freight industry. The Swift family: Katrina and Mark, with their kids Harry and Peggy.
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