Work on Australia's most expensive resources project has been halted because of the danger it poses to Spirit Whales.
Woodside energy Group has been ordered to halt work on a $16b gas project off the coast of Western Australia that, if completed, will power 8.5 million homes for the next 30 years.
But the Federal court ordered work to stop after hearing evidence the area was home to mythical whales.
The Spirit Whales, according to Indigenous fables, tell the fish of the sea what to eat, when to mate and where to migrate.
If the gas project was to go ahead, the Spirit Whales would be endangered. And if the Spirit Whales were killed, none of the creatures of the sea would know what do to.
How do the fish survive in countries without spirit whales?
And Judge Craig Colvin, whilst not confirming or denying that Spirit Whales existed, ruled that Woodside had a duty to consider “cultural harm” caused by their project.
Because the woman is Indigenous.
And evidently Indigenous fantasies must be indulged, as a mark of respect.
So myths and fantasies must be considered in projects.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
1 comment:
How do you kill a spirit? Isn't the point being that you can't.
And where were the spirit whales during the days of whaling when their cuzzies were being harvested left, right and centre?
The fact that Western authorities give credence to this mumbo-jumbo, that even many aborigines would acknowledge is simply a fairy story, is a nonsense and another example of a woke, backward mindset which will happily embrace any minority position regardless of how ridiculous.
It'll be interesting to see what happens if the energy company offers the woman a generous salary to be an advisor and intermediary between them and the spirit whales and ensure they keep out of the way.
They'll probably have to give her a modern, 5-bedroomed, 3-bathroomed, triple-garage "office" right on the beach so she can be close to "work".
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