Antinuclear

Australia’s controversies uranium, coal seam gas, wind – especially rife in Victoria

Victoria’s Premier Ted Baillieu has been conspicuously absent from hailing the visit of Crown Prince Fredrick and Princess Mary from Denmark.   And no wonder. It’s an embarrassment.

WIND ENERGY As  a leader in renewable energy, and with its thriving wind turbine industry, Danes must find it strange indeed, to be in Victoria – where wind energy is judged as unhealthy, and government seems determined to stall its development, and go all out for fossil fuels (and maybe, later, nuclear)

Over 40 per cent of Victoria is now under licence —        , CoalWatch, allows users to see at a glance which areas of Victorian have been leased to mining companies for the mining of brown coal…….. massive 3,700 sq km lease EL4416 to Dr. John White’s Ignite Energy Resources. Cutting a swathe right across southern Gippsland’s prime coastal and tourism region, it runs the entire length of the spectacular 90 Mile Beach from the top of Wilsons Promontory to the Gippsland Lakes, half circling the towns of Bairnsdale, Sale and Traralgon… http://www.independentaustralia.net/2011/environment/victoria-goes-dirty-brown/

NUCLEAR NON PROLIFERATION Denmark partners Australia in being a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has signed and ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).Denmark now sees Australia now abandoning its role in the Treaty

Uranium sales to India – looking a bit doubtful.  What a pity if Julia Gillard has gone to all that trouble to sell out on Australia’s membership of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty – for a lousy few $billions to foreign owned companies like BHP , Rio Tnto, exstrata –  and now – two hurdles to face:

1. The Labor Party conference will hold a divisive debate on the issue, and the anti uranium members just might win.

2. India’s nuclear power program appears to be coming unstuck. That great “cash cow” of Australia’s uranium boom just might not happen. – Christina Macpherson

November 26, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews