There was discussion of the issue of property and graffiti and a consensus agreement reached that the area from the turn-off to the base was the only area to be touched. In the main, this agreement was kept. In the Secretariat of the Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition, we have the most extensive set of print media cuttings from every State. There are recordings of TV and radio interviews from that time. Unless Robert Burrowes or anyone else has undertaken that research, most of his assertions about media effectiveness at Nurrungar will remain assertions.
Good theory relies on good analysis of the situation.
The bases question in Australia touches many chords and has done so for twenty-five years. The bulk of the media is owned by the pro-bases lobby and the big business interests. Despite this, we were able to have almost total media coverage from Perth to Cairns. Some media vilified us, for example, the Australian and the Financial Times. Other media were fairer.