Antinuclear

Time to sack Martin Ferguson, Minister For Energy, but only Nuclear Energy

Eisenhower said, in 1961 ” we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex”   Nothing has changed, except that it has got worse.

Australia continues to be USA’s deputy sheriff. And the USA’s government continues to be beholden to the arms industries. In today’s news items, we find that secret government nuclear plans have been developed, from the 1950s to the present . And, conveniently for the government, files relating to these plans have been lost, from the National Archives.

It would be just too simple, and too foolish, to think that the present Labor government has really ditched Howard government plans for Australia as the world’s nuclear waste dump. Though Labor remains publicly opposed to the nuclear fuel cycle coming here, there are plenty of Labor heavies who are salivating at the prospect.

Notably Martin Ferguson, who should surely be sacked. As Energy Minister Ferguson uses his power to sabotage renewable energy, promote uranium mining, and remove mandated emission standards from new coal plants.

The Climate Change conference at Durban>  As far as I can tell, the agreement reached there makes sure that no agreement will be made for several years, and even then, no agreement will be acted upon until 2020 or later.  This result is being spinned as  some kind of winner for climate change action.

On the positive side, the previously politically conservative Australian Red Cross has come out with  a vengeance, joining Red Crescent in a well-planned push for a Nuclear weapons Convention.  It’s pretty clear that governments, in the grip of corporate power, can do little to bring about nuclear disarmament.  But Non government Organisation are becoming organised and influential, world-wide, and their influence will matter. – Christina Macpherson

p.s. also – us whiteys better wake up – the discriminatory Northern Territory Intervention measures will now apply to us too

December 14, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews