Antinuclear

Walkatjurra Walkabout ends and uranium battles begin

27 May 13, Over 70 people, including 12 Rangers from Leonora have just completed a three week walk from Yeelirrie to Leonora in opposition to uranium mining in the Goldfields, while celebrating an learning about culture and country. The Walk comes just months after the the Federal Government gave a significant but not final approval for the proposed Wiluna uranium mine – the first project to get this level of approval in WA.

State secretary of the Australian Manufacturers Workers Union, Steve McCartney came out to meet the walkers today in Leonora and said this “Today is the beginning of building a compact agreement between the union and the community in Leonora.” “We won’t be walking away from this fight against uranium  mining,” he concluded.

Kado Muir, Chairperson of the West Australia Nuclear Free Alliance and Leonora local said  “This walk has been about building alliances with the green movement, the union movement and Aboriginal communities. Each step we take is a step towards a nuclear free future for our communities.” Marcus Atkinson walk organiser, “The Wiluna uranium proposal is a bad deal but not a done deal. There is growing resistance to this toxic and dying industry across WA, across Australia and around the world.

“People from France, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Scotland and Germany have joined this walk as part of a growing and united international campaign against the whole nuclear industry. WA is in the spotlight and so is Toro this small, inexperienced and struggling company,” concluded Marcus Atkinson.

Economists at Large have published a report outlining the unstable economics of the Wiluna project it is available at www.ecolarge.com/work/osos-sobre-toro-assessment-of-wiluna-uranium-project.

May 27, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News