{"id":46640,"date":"2019-05-08T14:14:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T04:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=46640"},"modified":"2022-05-02T12:53:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T02:53:34","slug":"gary-oliver-kuku-yalanji-rainforest-to-saltwater-man-jackthelad1947-reefreport-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/gary-oliver-kuku-yalanji-rainforest-to-saltwater-man-jackthelad1947-reefreport-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Oliver Kuku-Yalanji Rainforest to Saltwater man: @Jackthelad1947 #ReefReport #podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gary Oliver\u2019s ancestors have been looking after the rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef around Mosman in far north Queensland for over 50,000 years. He has served in the Australian army and has extensive public service experience. Oliver is the Greens candidate for Leichhardt, a huge electorate which runs from Cairns up through Cape York to the Torres Strait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gary Oliver marching through Cairns on May Day. Photo: supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I was excited to interview him for the NoFibs<\/em> #ReefReport and I met up with him at the students Climate Strike outside Warren Entsch\u2019s office last Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gary Oliver supports the students on Climate Strike. Photo: supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Key messages<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

“Makarrata”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA truth justice commission has happened in every Commonwealth country except for Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Close the gap.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAboriginal people have had to do more with less.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne indicator is Aboriginal children in care. At the time of the Rudd apology there were 3600 Aboriginal children in care. Today there are about 18,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait children in care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c62,000 jobs are dependent on the reef. We have to protect the reef.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEducation is our third-largest export. James Cook University has a beautiful campus we could expand on that to create jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPublic housing is a solution for poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe students on Climate Strike are the voice of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to enact a Climate Emergency Bill now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to bring (electric) power back into government hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMicro grids are the new sustainable jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo save the reef no new coal mines and phase out coal by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to transition those coal mining communities to new sustainable jobs.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c19.4-billion-dollar package from taxing the three largest companies that currently pay no tax.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere will be more jobs in renewables.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Greens have the strongest climate policy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n
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