Wikileaks reveal Martin Ferguson’s hypocrisy over uranium sales to India
The Resources, Energy and Tourism Minister, Martin Ferguson, has told the US embassy in Canberra that ”a deal to supply India with nuclear fuel could be reached in three to five years”…….
WikiLeaks | Labor government’s secret uranium talks with India, Sydney Morning Herald, Philip DorlingFebruary 10, 2011 THE federal Labor government has secretly canvassed the possibility of uranium sales to India while publicly asserting that it cannot allow such exports as long as Delhi maintains a nuclear arsenal outside the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
The Resources, Energy and Tourism Minister, Martin Ferguson, has told the US embassy in Canberra that ”a deal to supply India with nuclear fuel could be reached in three to five years”………..
Asked by the Coalition foreign affairs spokeswoman, Julie Bishop, whether he had discussed with a foreign government the possibility of a deal to sell uranium to India within the next few years, Mr Ferguson did not respond directly and instead reaffirmed the government’s support for the US civil nuclear co-operation agreement with India.
However, a ”sensitive” US embassy cable passed to WikiLeaks reveals that in November 2009, the US ambassador, Jeffrey Bleich, reported to Washington that Mr Ferguson had said an arrangement to sell uranium to India could be concluded within a few years.
His remarks were made in a meeting with Mr Bleich and the US deputy chief of mission, Dan Clune, on November 27, 2009.The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism deputy secretary, Drew Clarke, also attended.
In a subsequent cable to Washington, Mr Bleich reported that Mr Ferguson had expressed the view that the expansion in uranium mining in Australia reflected ”a shift in willingness to consider nuclear energy”……..
Earlier in 2009 a senior BHP Billiton manager, Barry Hewlett, told the US consul-general in Melbourne that India was ”a potentially massive market” for the company’s Olympic Dam uranium mine.As opposition leader, Mr Rudd committed Labor to oppose the Howard government’s decision to consider uranium sales to India…..WikiLeaks | Labor government’s secret uranium talks with India
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