Antinuclear

Critical nuclear issues in Australian States today

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• South Australia.   With BHP Billiton’s lackeys, (Mike Rann and Kevin Foley) gone, South Australian Labor and Liberal  politicians are squirming around, trying to make themselves look different, more “open”.  At the same time, new Premier Jay Weatherill and Liberal’s Isabel Redmond, are kow-towing to BHP Billiton, with a pretty farcical Committee study of the Roxby Downs Indenture Bill.  Among other extraordinary gifts to BHP, The Bill will give away

Olympic Dam land freehold to BHP, thus exterminating any possible Native Title claim.          The Committe  has been pushed into agreeing to let the Conservation Council have a say.  VIDEO: Conservationists to have say on mine (7pm TV News SA)        

• Western Australia.  While Julia Gillard stated that there will be no discussion at CHOGM about Australia selling uranium to India, behind the scenes at CHOGM, such discussions are going on, with Labor Party people involved, as well as, of course, Tony Abbot.  India lobbies for Australian uranium,  .http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2574653.ece
• Also in Western Australia – Walkers Against Uranium mining end their 1400 km marathon, and join in protest with other social justice activists
• Northern Territory.  Let us not forget that the struggle continues, to prevent a radioactiev waste dump on Aboriginal land at Muckaty. The traditional owners’ legal action is continuing.
• New South Wales. The rich suburb of Hunters Hill is, quite reaonably, fed up with hosting radioacive uranium wastes. But the working class Western suburb of Kemps Creek doesn’t want it dumped there. No thank you. The NSW government is in a dilemma –   nobody wants their radioactive waste!

October 28, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews