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Victorian Labor Party opposes sale of uranium to Russia

The Victorian ALP State Conference on Saturday 19th June passed a Motion opposing export of uranium to Russia.

This is a strong position and an important challenge to the Federal ALP government’s stated support for the Howard – Putin uranium deal that was cut by the preceding Liberal government before the last federal election.

The Motion calls on Federal ALP to accept the findings of a Federal Parliamentary Inquiry by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties that recommended the Russian uranium sales deal should not proceed and placed a set of strong preconditions in its path – conditions that the Federal Labor government are not honouring to date.

June 22, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, uranium, Victoria | antinuclear, Australia, BHP Billiton, nuclear, uranium