Nuclear and climate news in this election week

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION

NUCLEAR and URANIUM Well, you’d be forgiven for thinking that no Australian political party is the slightest bit interested in nuclear and uranium issues. However, there’s an underlying push in the Liberal Party to overturn Australia’s law against importing international nuclear wastes. And some Labor heavies join in that push. The Liberal Coalition’s goals of weakening environmental regulation will of course impact on the uranium mining industry. The Australian Greens remain steadfast – in both opposing these dirty and dangerous industries, and in promoting clean and practicable renewableenergy solutions. Choose Nuclear Free is the place to go For detailed analysis of party policies.

Both Liberal Coalition and Labor are hellbent on getting rid of Scott Ludlam from the Senate. That’s understandable. He is far too intelligent, far too articulate – and worse too ethical, too courteous. The mad monk could well say of Ludlam – “Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?”

CLIMATE. Words almost fail me (you might be glad to know?) But Tony Abbot has abdicated from any pretense of action on climate change. I don’t think he’s all that bright. He thinks that the environment, climate change, action etc, might be tacked on at the end of he economy, if there’s a bit of spare money. He has no concept of teh basic role of environment and climate underlying the economy.

By the way – Tony’s a Rhodes scholar. You might think that that means he’s really intelligent. However – major criteria for Rhodes scholarship are not so much brains. More emphasis is on ” fondness for and success in sports” and on ” instincts to lead”. – i.e. desire To Be Topp

September 4, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews

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1.This month.

The Road to War brings a sharp focus to why it is not in Australia’s best interest to be dragged into a war with China which will almost inevitably go nuclear very quickly. The filmmaker has interviewed some of Australia’s senior foreign policy analysts who have vast experience behind them in analysing what really is going on here as the United States rattles its sabres with China. And sets us up to be its proxy, like the poor Ukranians have been fed into the Meatgrinder. So America can remain the Top Dog. The Road to War reveals how the United States through its spy base at Pine Gap and by stationing six nuclear capable B52 bombers in the Top End (without permission from the traditional owners) is making Australia a prime nuclear target if the current war of words suddenly melts down into full scale war.

The Road to War shows the implicit connection between Carbon emissions (the US military uses a whopping 70% of America’s annual petroleum to move its armies and vast War Machine around the globe to its 800+ military bases..but under a loophole wangled at Kyoto, the US military does not have to report its C02 annual emissions). The Road to War starts screening at selected cities and regional centres in March. See the trailer end for details.

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Australian news, and some related international items