Australia’s new Consitutional Committee – for uranium miners more than for Aborigines?
Noel Pearson,……. increasing his personal wealth through deals with mining companies and rightwing politicians.….. It would also be a very good idea for Marcia Langton and Pat Dodson to inform the Aboriginal people of the purpose and outcomes of their private meeting with Queen Elizabeth II in London 1999. This was a meeting, I understand, organized by the hierarchy of Rio Tinto. How can we place or have any trust in these sorts of people?……
Appalled at the people on the constitutional committee. Indymedia Australia, Commentary by Michael Anderson, last survivor of the four founders of the Aboriginal Embassy and leader of the Euahlayi Nation. Goodooga, northwest NSW, 18 January 2011
I am appalled at the announcement of the people who are to sit on this farcical constitutional committee to consider a proposal for the recognition of Aboriginal people in the Australian constitution… Continue reading
Stuxnet cyberattack so much better than a military strike on Iran’s nukes
If true, it would be the biggest cyberattack yet launched anywhere in the world, outstripping those attributed to Russia and China.
Stuxnet cyberworm heads off US strike on Iran Military option ‘less likely’ after computer sabotage, as Israeli tests are revealed on Natanz nuclear model Ewen MacAskill, in Washington guardian.co.uk, 16 January 2011 The chances of a military strike against Iran this year are receding because of the success of a joint Israeli-US cyberattack on the country’s nuclear facilities, Continue reading
World’s fastest solar-powered car designed by Australian students
Australian students design ‘world’s fastest solar car’ – The Economic Times, 12 Jan, 2011, MELBOURNE: Australian students claim to have designed the world’s fastest solar car which has smashed a Guinness World Record by travelling at a speed of 88 kmph.The car, designed by the University of New South Wales students, smashed the world solar car speed record at the HMAS Albatross navy base airstrip in Nowra. The speed was faster than the previous record of 79 kmph…..Australian students design ‘world’s fastest solar car’ – The Economic Times
1966 nuclear accident in Spain: cleanup needed
Spain has nowhere to store the contaminated soil, which will take thousands of years to lose its radioactivity…………The Palomares crash was the worst nuclear accident of its time,
Spain demands US clears earth from site of 1966 nuclear bomb mishap Obama administration is told to remove Palomares soil contaminated with half a tonne of plutonium ‘without delay’ Giles Tremlett * guardian.co.uk, 16 January 2011 Continue reading
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