Martin Ferguson’s secret deal on nuclear waste dump
Secret $200k nuclear dump contract criticised ABC News By David Coady 22 Oct 09
The Greens are criticising the Federal Government for keeping secret a contract with traditional owners about a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory.
The Greens asked about an agreement between the Northern Land Council, Muckaty Land Trust and the previous Federal Government in committee hearings yesterday.
Senator Scott Ludlam says it involved an initial payment of $200,000 to a small group of traditional owners.
He says the contract is not being made public and the intentions of the Resources Minister, Martin Ferguson, are clear.
“He intends to coercively dump the nation’s most dangerous industrial waste, probably at Muckaty Station in Tennant Creek,” he said.
“They’ve had two years to deal with this situation.
“They’re clearly in violation of commitments they made before the election.”
The Resources Minister’s media advisor says it is the Northern Land Council, not the Government, that wants the agreement kept confidential.
Secret $200k nuclear dump contract criticised – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Australia’s hypocrisy over nuclear disarmament
The Forgotten Nightmare: Global Cooling
By Robin Davis
21 October, 2009
Countercurrents.orgHere in Australia, advocates of uranium mining and export claim that this gives us a more credible voice in the world arena than we would otherwise have. They say our position as the largest source of uranium and the second largest exporter after Canada makes us more effective in preventing nuclear proliferation than we would otherwise be. In other words, by selling the stuff from which nuclear weapons are made, we are helping to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Continue reading
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