Antinuclear

Australian news, and some related international items

Medical protest against uranium mine

Doctors threaten to leave over uranium mine – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) By Eric Tlozek Nov 20, 2009 group of Alice Springs doctors say they will leave the town if a uranium mine goes ahead in the area. Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by | 1, Northern Territory, politics, uranium | , , , , | Leave a comment

Solar energy shining in Queensland and Victoria

Solar farm thrives in heat ABC News By Chrissy Arthur  Nov 20, 2009 The extreme heat in outback Queensland is proving ideal for the state’s first solar power station. Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by | 1, climate change - global warming, energy, Queensland, Victoria | , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear power uneconomic for Australia

Peak Energy:  Crikey’s Bernard Keane has the next installment of his series on why nuclear power is unlikely to be seen in Australia – 20 Nov 09

To those who say “beaudy nuke”: why should taxpayers suffer? What would it cost Australia to go nuclear? Good question. Excellent question, in fact, because no one really knows. Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by | 1, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, business, climate change - global warming, energy | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Amnesty calls for re-instating Racial Discrimination Act

Australia: government must overturn law which discriminates against aboriginal people Amnesty International 18 November 2009

Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions and discrimination faced by many of the country’s Indigenous peoples, Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by | 1, aboriginal issues, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL | , , | Leave a comment

Climate sceptic rails against “irrational” anti-nuclear movement

Climate change plan coul d”ruin Australia” news.com au AAP November 19, 2009 AUSTRALIA will go broke and become the laughing stock of the world if politicians ignore basic science on climate change, a leading global warming sceptic…..Adelaide University professor of mining geology, Ian Plimer, said

Prof Plimer’s comments came as he delivered the annual Essington Lewis Memporial Lecture honour of a former chief executive and chairman of BHP. He is one of Australia’s most outspoken climate change sceptics and rejects the suggestion that increased levels of carbon dioxide are responsible for global warming. Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by | 1, climate change - global warming, energy, South Australia, spinbuster, uranium | , , , , , , | Leave a comment