Antinuclear

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 Walk away from uranium Mining: UPDATE, Marcus Atkinson, 7 sept 11,  The last week has been amazing and we have come out of the dirt road walking being led through country by Kado Muir and many visits on the walk from other local Traditional Custodians from the area.

 We are now in Leonora and have been welcomed by many here … The country here has been some of the most beautiful country that I have ever seen in my life. It is hard to belive that BHP, Toro and other companies want to destroy this country for uranium mining. The impact of other mining in this area is very evident around us and it is easy to see the mines that have just been abandoned. Uranium is such at different substance with its long life of radioactive materials that will poison the land for a thiusand generations to come..

We have already witnessed the tactics of these companies and have heard from the Traditional elders how their perants and uncles & Aunties stopped them from mining uranium here decades ago and how much passion and strength there is in the communities here to stop it from happening again..

We need to understand that this country is something very special that the people here have been fighting for and will continue to fight for. We must all come together and stand with the people from this area to not allow the Government and uranium mining companies to come in and push their weight around. At the end of the day they will destroy this land to send the poision over to another country for use in Nuclear power and weapons..