![]() If ever we needed to get a sense of the scale of the Indian Ocean it has been through the media coverage of the tragic and bizarre search effort that has been required to locate Malaysian flight MH370. This is one of the largest oceans on the planet yet it is one of the least explored. Now here we are on the edge of the Indian Ocean and that magnificent ocean laps our shores all up the west coast. I was blown away by what we were told and I live here! It was such an exciting way to showcase our State. My point is this, we were able to showcase Perth as a hub of innovation, of research, of technology, of creativity. Of course, we went to Sandalford Winery for the koalas and the wombats, and made it a wonderful end to a very long stay. It all fell into place how the research and scientific endeavour we are doing in one part of Western Australia was going to support the economic drivers of the mining and resource sector in another part of Western Australia. But once we've got the Big Data capacity that comes from the SKA, they will be able to take on the world. Yet it was when we were at Woodside that it all fell into place because Woodside told us that when we get the Big Data required to support our Square Kilometre Array, it will support their. We had a session on the Square Kilometre Array on the Thursday and it is always so esoteric when you hear about the universe in this context and we want to learn more about time and what has happened in the past and black holes and all this – it is all so up there. The next day we were on a plane and up to the Pilbara – Mt Whaleback, BHP's massive iron ore mine, we went to Rio Tinto's operations, we went to Woodside's Pluto Plant, Northwest Shelf and flew them back on Friday night and Saturday out to Rio Tinto's operations at the airport where we truly see some extraordinary technological innovation with the remote trains. We then had a function at Government House which was generously provided by His Excellency Malcolm McCusker. We then went to the Fremantle Maritime Museum and heard from Senator David Johnston, the Minister for Defence, and he spoke about our defence capability and particularly our focus on naval capacity. It is such a powerful way of demonstrating what a large continent we are for a start, but that we are not a country that looks only north and east, we also look north and west. Later that day we went down to Cottesloe Beach and had a session from the West Australian Government and as they looked out over that magnificent beach, I said "Next stop, Africa -that's the Indian Ocean". I wanted them to see what drives the Australian economy and you don't get that from Canberra! It coincided beautifully with UWA's "In The Zone" conference and so I turned up with my 80 friends to fill the front several rows of the conference to hear from Chancellor Michael Chaney, the Premier and others. Recently I invited the Canberra Diplomatic Corps, that is the foreign Ambassadors and High Commissioners from all the missions resident in Canberra, over to Western Australia. Brazil is the world’s largest Catholic country and the church remains highly influential despite falling membership.What a delight it is to be back in Perth on a beautiful winter's day looking out over our magnificent Swan River and celebrating a real achievement here in my electorate of Curtin at UWA in Australia's Indian Ocean capital city. The comments are likely to increase pressure on Brazil’s government to rein in deforestation. threaten tribal Indians and others who depend on (the Amazon),” said Bishop Guilherme Antonio Werlang in launching the church’s annual Lent campaign to mobilize followers on issues of social concern. “We cannot ignore deforestation by loggers who violate the country’s laws and. REUTERS/Paulo SantosīRASILIA (Reuters) - A senior Roman Catholic bishop criticized Brazil’s government on Wednesday for energy and agriculture policies that he said were destroying the Amazon forest and threatening the livelihood of local populations. A senior Roman Catholic bishop criticized Brazil's government on Wednesday for energy and agriculture policies that he said were destroying the Amazon forest and threatening the livelihood of local populations. ![]() Logs cut from virgin Amazon rainforest lie ready to be fed into one of the nearly 1,200 ovens used to make charcoal for use in iron smelters and for home use, just outside the town of Ulianopolis in Para state July 5, 2007.
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