Antinuclear

This week in Australian nuclear news

Western Australian election.  It’ s interesting that despite a joint Liberal-Labor attempt, aided by the MSM (Main Stream Media)  to make the Greens and Scott Ludlam invisible, it didn’t work out that way.  On first preferences, a big swing to the Greens, and swings away from both Liberal and Labor.  Also a big swing to Clive Palmer’s Palmer United Party, (PUP) . The successful PUP candidate, Zhenya ‘Dio’ Wang had previously spoken in favour of keeping the Renewable Energy Target – ”the right scheme for maintaining and improving Australia’s environment”. However, Clive Palmer soon pulled Wang into line, though Clive did lose his cool in trying to explain the PUP’s true coal-promoting policy.

Climate change. Unfortunately, after preferences are sorted, the new Senate on July 1 will be amenable to Tony Abbott – the Government will be able to get its legislation through – undoing as much as possible all the legislation that meant taking action on climate change.  Abbott’s business adviser, Maurice Newman, and the head of the panel to review the Renewable Energy Target, Dick Warburton are dyed in the wool opponents of renewable energy. Dick Warburton is a fervent believer in nuclear power for Australia.

Still more or less under the radar, are moves to get the full nuclear cycle in Australia. This is pretty secretive stuff.  More about this later.

Nuclear submarines? The Liberal Party always keen for this –   nuclear submarines for South Australia  And, by chance?  Tony Abbott, in Japan,  has just been negotiating $40 billion expenditure on submarines and on joint research with Japan on submarine-related technology. Also joint military exercises with Japan (China wan’t like this)

April 10, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews