The definitive story on the new BHP Billiton Olympic Dam uranium mine
Complete with photos of the region’s dust storms, and videos of David Bradbury’s latest film, videos about water use, videos from Gavin Mudd and Scott Ludlam .
Uranium mine expansion to unleash radioactive dust storms across Australia
http://www.independentaustralia.net/2011/politics/uranium-mine-expansion-to-unleash-radioactive-dust-storms-across-australia/
Independent Australia, 19 Oct 11 Environment correspondent Sandi Keane takes an in-depth look at the troubling implications of the Olympic Dam uranium mine expansion before asking: “Is Occupy Roxby Downs a possibility?”
“….. take-home messages that will haunt you after watching David Bradbury’s new shocker,Wake Up. Filmmaker, Bradbury, is lauded by critics for his superbly made documentaries. With five AFI awards, two Academy Award nominations and countless international film festival prizes under his belt, the horrific consequences of BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam expansion are told in chilling, graphic detail. Invest 12 minutes of your children’s future and watch it….
The Federal Government’s crucial environmental approval of the expansion of BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam uranium mine at Roxby Downs was cynically announced on the eve of the historic Clean Energy Bill’s vote in the lower house — with good reason. To bury it. Last week’s reported sighting of Premier, Mike Rann, in Canberra at the Federal government’s tax summit, signalled a fast-track decision by the Environment Minister was in the wings. A week later, Premier Mike Rann signed the agreement with BHP just days before departing politics on 20thOctober
Rushed isn’t the word for this disgraceful lack of process. For what? So Premier Rann can have his name on a piece of paper and a plaque at the site? Or be catapaulted into the lucrative world of the “pale, male and stale” brigade of political retirees on multinational mining boards? read more at: http://www.independentaustralia.net/2011/politics/uranium-mine-expansion-to-unleash-radioactive-dust-storms-across-australia/
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