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May 4: antidote to uranium lobby’s lies about tax benefits to South Australia

text-nuclear-uranium-liesAUSTRALIA’S URANIUM EXPORT REVENUE IN PERSPECTIVE  YELLOWCAKE FEVER Exposing the Uranium Industry’s Economic Myths , Australian Conservation Foundation ““…..In an assessment of the Olympic Dam royalties regime enshrined in South Australia’s amended Roxby Downs  Indenture Act, journalist Paul Clearly wrote in The Australian in October 2011 that the regime “has robbed  the state’s citizens and all Australians of the opportunity  to share in the profits of what will become the world’s  biggest mine”.

He added that the agreement “will  unfortunately stand as a sad and enduring indictment of  the weakness of our state governments when it comes  to negotiating with powerful mining multinationals”….”. http://www.acfonline.org.au/sites/default/files/resources/ACF_Yellowcake_Fever.pdf

May 4, 2013 - Posted by | General News

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