Queensland State Labor pledges to block hazardous uranium mining
Q, North West Star Sept. 10, 2014, “..[Queensland’s OPPOSITION environment spokeswoman] Jackie Trad was adamant there was little benefit from uranium mining.
“Even if all known deposits of uranium were mined the expected royalties would only be around 1% of the State’s current royalty revenue,” she said.
“Uranium mining simply doesn’t stack up on either economic or environmental grounds.
“We are just a few steps away from having trucks and trains filled with uranium making their way through communities to ports and waterways.”
Ms Trad said there had been no uranium extraction in Queensland since 1982 and confirmed that a future State Labor Government would move swiftly to reinstate the ban” .
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