On 11th of December 1931 the Statute of Westminster became law giving complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada).
“We are in a race against time to document this invaluable cultural heritage.” Traditional Owner Brenda Garstone
With this document Australia adopted an Act of the British Parliament which set out as law the independence of the governments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Eire and Newfoundland.
Australian Michael Quinn composed Scottish Highlands. He is joined in SM2 by James Morrisson on drums, with support from the Redland Sporting Club Pipe Band and the beautiful voice of Melissa Pilkington on lead vocals.
Westminster appears to be entirely comfortable with a tariff-free deal with a country whose standards – chemicals harmful to bees and aquatic ecosystems, the use of paraquat, no review period whatsoever for pesticides – fall way short of our own.
” Employment, the prosperity of rural areas and our high standards should not be jeopardised for the sake a headline-grabbing deal.” Martin Kennedy President NFU Scotland
“How inselbergs and their surrounding plains formed has long been a hot topic in tropical geomorphology.”
An international team of archaeologists, geographers, ecologists, and computer scientists has mapped the probable “superhighways” that led to the first peopling of the Australian continent some 50,000-70,000 years ago.
“The SAMI survey lets us see the actual internal structures of galaxies, and the results have been surprising.”Professor Croom
A giant raft of pumice is helping to sustain Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
