Antinuclear

Selling uranium to India? Public Hearing Melbourne 18 May

 15 May 15 The implications of selling uranium to India will be the focus of a public hearing in Melbourne on Monday.

Strategic analysts, church and environment groups will give evidence to Parliament’s Joint Treaties Committee, which is focusing on the costs and benefits of the Government’s proposed agreement to sell uranium to India.

The agreement has attracted criticism from some nuclear non-proliferation specialists because India is not party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has been subject to external and internal criticism for its nuclear safety record.

Public Hearing: Monday 18 May, Meeting Room G3, 55 St Andrews Place
Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices, Melbourne

9.30am – 10.30am Uniting Church of Australia, Justice and International Mission
11.30am – 12.30pm Mr Crispin Rovere, private citizen
1.30pm – 2.30pm Australian Conservation Foundation
2.10pm – 3.30pm Friends of the Earth
3.30 pm – Close

The hearings will be broadcast through www.aph.gov.au/live
Copies of the treaties and submissions received can be found at
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Treaties
Alternatively, interested parties may email jsct@aph.gov.au or phone
(02) 6277 4002

MEDIA CONTACTS
Media contact: Mr Wyatt Roy MP 0421 059 438
Background: Committee Secretariat (02) 6277 4002

May 15, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ACTION