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Media silence on land grab for uranium

Pilger: Breaking the Australian Silence by John Pilger 06 November 2009 Pacific Free Press “I would like to talk about this silence: about how it affects our national life, the way we see the world, and the way we are manipulated by great power which speaks through an invisible government of propaganda that subdues and limits our political imagination …..In Australia, we are trained to respect this censorship by omission………………

In the 1970s, Aboriginal communities were granted comprehensive land rights in the Northern Territory, and John Howard set about clawing back these rights with bribery and bullying. The Labour government is doing the same. You see, there are deals to be done. The Territory contains extraordinary mineral wealth, especially uranium. And Aboriginal land is wanted as a radioactive waste dump. This is very big business, and foreign companies want a piece of the action.

It is a continuation of the darkest side of our colonial history: a land grab

Where are the influential voices raised against this? Where are the peak legal bodies? Where are those in the media who tell us endlessly how fair-minded we are? Silence.

Pilger: Breaking the Australian Silence

November 8, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, secrets and lies, uranium | aboriginal, antinuclear, Australia, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, secrets and lies, uranium