Saturday, May 8, 2010

DARWIN AND BURMA

The Larrakia Trade Training Centre Bulletin of April , delivered free far and wide, made this memorable quote: Inpex and Total have a strong track record of social responsibility to the communities where their projects are located world wide , and are particularly loyal in recognizing the Traditional Owners of the land. They could immediately see the benefits such a facility would bring to Darwin by shaping a new generation of skilled tradesmen and women .Through the Larrakia Trade Trading Centre , Inpex and Total will make an important contribution to the social and economic sustainability of the Darwin community.

[ Little Darwin previously pointed out that the French oil company Total is involved in energy projects with the brutal, illegal Burmese regime which includes a pipeline made by forced labour. Prime Minister Rudd recently called on China to re-examine its involvement with the Burmese regime which did not result in the obvious local angle follow up by the Darwin media .]

The financial newspaper , Les Echos, reported that Total had recently been accused of paying bribes to Iraqi officials to gain access to oil supplies ; the Sydney Morning Herald of April 6 ran a story headed TOTAL CHARGED WITH GRAFT IN IRAQI OIL FOR FOOD PROGRAMME.

The NT News has today carried a report that the Burmese National League for Democracy, headed by Aung San Suu Kyi, has been dissolved by the illegal regime. The energy and spin still continues as does the oppression of the Burmese .