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March 5th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Greens leader Bob Brown will hand back his Living National Treasure certificate if recent recipient Clive Palmer is allowed to build a coalmine in a Queensland nature reserve.
Senator Brown says the 8000 hectare Bimblebox Nature Refuge in central Queensland is at risk from the planned extraction of 40 mega-tons of coal per year form Mr Palmer’s company Waratah Coal.
“It’s full of rare and endangered birds, orchids, animals, reptiles, plant life and it’s a national treasure,” Senator Brown told reporters on Monday.
“We may dispute whether I am, we may dispute whether Clive is but there’s no disputing that Bimblebox is a national treasure and has been recognised as such by the federal government.
“If it goes, I go too.
“I’m not going to stay part of a process that rewards one of the nation’s richest people to destroy a national treasure.”
Senator Brown produced his certificate, awarded to him by the NSW National Trust in 1998, to say he would hand it back in protest if the mine goes ahead.
“I value it but it’s going back to the National Trust if Bimblebox reserve goes,” he said.
Mr Palmer was named one of seven new Living National Treasures last week and is one of the mining magnates at war with federal treasurer Wayne Swan over the minerals resources rent tax.
His company has exploration rights for an area including the reserve but final government approval has not yet been granted.
Waratah Coal plans to build a town of around 2500 people as well as railway and port facilities.
“It’s going to suck 2000-3000 jobs out of manufacturing and agriculture according to … his mine’s own consultants,” Senator Brown said.
“It’s going to export more greenhouse gas emissions when it’s burnt overseas than will be saved by the carbon package.”
The company claims the $8.3 billion project will create 70,000 jobs over 30 years and add $1 billion a year into the Queensland and federal governments’ revenues.
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