Down Under, Anglicans back wild rivers law overhaul

The Anglican Church has entered the debate over Queensland’s controversial wild rivers laws, calling for them to be overhauled.

The Archer, Stewart and Lockhart rivers were declared wild rivers in April last year, adding to the six already declared in Cape York and the Gulf of Carpentaria.

The declarations place limits on development along the rivers and their tributaries.

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2 comments on “Down Under, Anglicans back wild rivers law overhaul

  1. AnglicanFirst says:

    ” Very gently but firmly the group let me into a secret. It was all very well to have a covenant, but what if the people have different ideas as to what a covenant may mean? What if you were in covenanting with westerners, whose word could not be relied on? Of what use is a covenant then? Look at the state of marriage in the west. Consider the western capacity to use slippery words. What would a covenant be worth?”
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    Listen up ECUSA leadership!

    These people have ‘got your number.’
    And the statement,
    “Consider the western capacity to use slippery words.”
    seems to be a very nice way of saying “liars.”

  2. AnglicanFirst says:

    Elves.
    Please remove my posting #1.
    It was a mistaken entry.