Secret forum – for the Nuclear Royal Commission to indoctrinate kids?

The South Australian government is going to a lot of trouble to set up a forum for 160 students and 60 teachers to hear a presentation from the former Nuclear Royal commissioner, Kevin Scarce, and the Chief Executive of the Nuclear Consultation and Response Agency, to tell them all about the plan for South Australia to import foreign nuclear waste.

They are also to hear from “a range of experts”.

It is very concerning that this plan is so secretive. Neither the time nor the place of this forum has been divulged, nor any details about the experts presenting the information.

The reason for this secrecy has been given as safety concerns, following anti nuclear protests in June. The agency’ s director of engagement, John Phalen , explained that “the safety of our students is our number one priority”

Are South Australia’s anti nuclear protestors actually a danger to schoolchildren? It sounds more likely that the government is keen to protect the children from information that might cause them to ask difficult questions about the plan to make South Australia rich by importing foreign nuclear waste.

August 31, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | NUCLEAR ROYAL COMMISSION 2016, secrets and lies, South Australia

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