Greens’ Dr di Natale calls for Australia to commit to Nuclear Weapons Convention
Dr di Natale said Australia must commit to an international Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC) by no later than 2015.
ALP stormwater cash splash for Melbourne, Sydney Morning Herald, August 6, 2010 – “………Greens Senate candidate for Victoria Richard di Natale has used the 65th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings to call for an end to nuclear weapons.
Dr di Natale said Australia must commit to an international Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC) by no later than 2015.”Sixty five years marks the year of retirement. Today the Greens are asking Australia to commit to retiring nuclear weapons,” he said….. ALP stormwater cash splash for Melbourne
Hiroshima children plead for nuclear disarmament
VIDEO MillionPleas A reminder of the real significance of today: 65 years since Hiroshima August 6, 2010 –, by Croakey Today is an important day. And not because, as some people are saying, the election campaign has finally become interesting.Thanks to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons for reminding us of the day’s significance.
The first pleas come from Japanese children at the Hiroshima Peace Park together with one of the survivors of the original nuclear attack. Join them at http://www.millionpleas.com.” MillionPleas
A reminder of the real significance of today: 65 years since Hiroshima – Croakey
Australia ‘inactive’ on Nuclear Disarmament
“At the May 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, Australia was noticeably inactive, failing to walk the talk, merely aligning itself with the United States……..
Hiroshima Day – and still 23,000 loaded weapons! « Darren Churchill: Australian Democrats Senate Candidate for the ACT 6 August, 2010 The Australian Government is playing games on the issue of nuclear disarmament says the Australian Democrats’ lead Senate candidate in the ACT, Darren Churchill Continue reading
Australia offers lukewarm support for action on global warming
The tiny island of Kiribati, which is already being swamped by rising sea levels, will host a meeting of “countries vulnerable to the impact of climate change” in a bid to forge a unified voice on the matter ahead of the Cancun summit.
Australia supports Pacific Is on climate, Sydney Morning Herald, NICKY PARK August 5, 2010 Australia supports its Pacific island neighbours when it comes to climate change and wants to see “fast-track financing” dedicated to the cause, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says. Continue reading
Russian fires re-ignite Chernobyl’s radiation danger
Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said heat from fires in the Bryansk region, which already has nuclear contamination from the Chernobyl disaster more than 20 years ago, could release harmful radioactive particles into the atmosphere.
Russia fires pose nuclear threat, death toll hits 50 | Reuters, 6 August 2010, Emergencies Ministry warns of nuclear threat By Amie Ferris-Rotman MOSCOW, – The Russian government warned on Thursday that the country’s deadliest wildfires in nearly four decades posed a nuclear threat if they are not contained, as the death toll rose to 50 and the blazes continued to spread. Continue reading
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