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Good news for Abbott's Booby?

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Subject: Good news for Abbott's Booby?
From: Rebecca Boulton <>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 10:03:56 +0930
Check out the story in the guardian for your headline :)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/reprieve-for-abbotts-booby-after-christmas-island-mining-expansion-ruled-out

On 1 June 2018 at 08:57, friarbird43 friarbird43 <>
wrote:

> Dear all,
> Good news for Abbott's Booby? The way the story positions the reader one
> would think that there is no good news!
>
> One of the things that disturbs me about this story is the way it is
> reported. [Even on the ABC]. ALWAYS the [traditional short term] economic
> argument is emphasised over the environmental.
>
> The headline, "Christmas Island facing economic collapse as mine expansion
> rejected to save famous red crabs" - clearly suggests that everyone should
> consider this a terrible outcome. The environmental / biodiversity value is
> reduced to 'those red crabs'.
>
> If we consider that mining continues until the whole island is gutted, at
> the end of the day the miners will still lose their jobs, the island would
> then face an economic crash but only after all eco tourism assets have
> safely been destroyed. I assume the journalist would then be happy with
> that option....
>
> I want the headline; 'Huge Win - Christmas Island is protected forever!"
>
> good birding,
> Ken Cross
>



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