Antinuclear

STOP URANIUM MINING IN NEW SOUTH WALES!

Stop O’Farrell’s U-Turn    NO uranium exploration in NSW        NO to nuclear – renewable energy now!
Rally 12:30pm, Wednesday Feb 22 
NSW Parliament House, Macquarie st Sydney

Supported by: National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) NSW, Nature Conservation Council NSW, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Beyond Nuclear Initiative, Yellowcake Road Collective.

Liberal Premier Barry O’Farrell has introduced legislation to overturn a ban on uranium mining in NSW that has existed for 26-years.

O’Farrell has no mandate for this. The issue was not raised at the last election and he was publicly supporting the ban until just two months ago.

A 2003 Senate Inquiry into the uranium mining industry in Australia found a “pattern of under-performance and non compliance” and all operating mines in Australia have a disastrous history of leaks, spills and license breaches. The Senate report concluded that the uranium industry in Australia had to change to protect the environment and its inhabitants from ‘serious or irreversible damage’.

Uranium is the asbestos of the 21st century. Past governments could plead ignorance of the effects of asbestos but today’s politicians know the serious health impacts from radiation. It is an unacceptable risk to workers and the community.

Uranium fuels nuclear weapons proliferation and there is no solution for the intractable problem of radioactive waste.

In the shadow of the first anniversary of the continuing Fukushima nuclear crisis – which was fuelled by Australian uranium – we need to move away from this controversial and contaminating industry, not open the door to more environmental and community threat.

Opposition to uranium runs deep in NSW. Demand a renewable energy future and stop the Liberal’s U-Turn in it’s tracks.

Contact : Natalie Wasley, Beyond Nuclear Initiative, 0429 900 774    Beyond Nuclear Initiative
www.beyondnuclearinitiative.com
0429 900 774

February 19, 2012 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized | Leave a comment