Antinuclear

Queensland’s LCP govt backflips on its election promise to keep ban on uranium mining

Environmentalists says LNP reneging on uranium ban agreement THE AUSTRALIAN 17 September, 2012 Cole Latimer Green groups say the Queensland Government has backflipped on its promise to ban uranium mining after opening discussions on the metal’s future on Friday.

QLD mines minister Andrew Cripps opened the floor for discussion last week after the Queensland Resources Council and the Australia Uranium Association called on Campbell Newman’s Government to make a decision on uranium’s future…… ACF spokesperson Dave Sweeny said the LNP has previously pledged to keep the uranium ban in place, The
Australian reports .

“We remind the Queensland government and the LNP they went with a clear commitment to the people they had no intention to expand or facilitate the uranium industry in Queensland,” he said.

We will actively take part in this debate highlighting the costs and consequences both here and overseas,” he said.
“Don’t forget Australian uranium was inside Fukushima (nuclear reactors in Japan) when it melted down. “Rocks from Kakadu are now causing radioactive fallout.”

It comes only days after Australian uranium miner Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) was accused of ‘stealthily’ attempting to mine uranium.

September 17, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, Queensland