“This process shows the right checks and balances are in place to protect groundwater, however, anti-coal activists have begun a misinformation campaign to twist the truth."
The cleaners were Sri Lankan and Nepalese nationals, aged between 19 and their early 20s at the time. They were in Australia on student visas and post-study work visas.
Originally from Karnataka, India, Asha has been working in Indigenous Affairs for the last 15 years and has worked across all levels of SAC, from grassroots through senior management.
There are currently 1,022 women in the AFP’s sworn (police and PSO roles) workforce (making up 23.9% of the sworn workforce), and 2,108 women in the unsworn workforce (making up 61.6% of the unsworn workforce).
Over the past nine months, nearly 160 packages were detected and referred to the joint operation set up to target criminal syndicates shipping contraband into the state.
The community was forced to flee their homes along the river bank during the devastating flash floods in 2014, leaving behind permanent homes and belongings as they escaped to safety to higher grounds.