South Australia: Senator Cory Bernardi ridicules Elon Musk, as he launches Australian Conservatives pro nuclear election Campaign

SA election: Australian Conservatives launch nuclear dump idea and ridicule Elon Musk, By Daniel Keane , ABC News 25 Feb 18

Cory Bernardi has used his party’s SA election campaign launch to push for nuclear energy in the state, and also to take aim at tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.

The Australian Conservatives have called for law changes to allow for “all forms of energy production”, including nuclear power generation back on the agenda………

During a lengthy speech at his party’s campaign launch at Kent Town in Adelaide’s inner east, Senator Bernardi ridiculed Labor leader Jay Weatherill’s political relationship with Elon Musk. …….

Earlier this month, the Australian Conservatives announced they would run 33 Lower House candidates at the March election.

MP Robert Brokenshire — who is running for re-election in the Upper House and, like Senator Bernardi, is a former Liberal — said a nuclear industry would generate billions of dollars…….http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-25/cory-bernardi-conservatives-back-nuclear-dump-for-sa/9482870

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Climate Change And Why Nuclear Power Can’t Fix It

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The Senate Committee has now released its Report . It is a wishy washy support for the process– quotes extensively from the submissions, but has little idea of its own. Greens Dissenting Submission packs a punch, as does Senator Rex Patrick’s Additional Comments.

Read summaries of submissions to the Senate, re the Selection process for a national radioactive waste management facility in South Australia. Each summary has a link to the full submission. Obviously the Department of Industry Innovation and Science (DIIS) was not happy with the majority of submissions opposing the process, so now are trying to get a better (for them) result

NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP – Senate Committee of Inquiry

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The Senate Inquiry on Selection process for a national radioactive waste management facility in South Australia. has now 112 submissions published

Read the brief summaries of submissions – 55 anti-nuclear, 41 pro nuclear (13 confidential) , with links to each full submission published on this Antinuclear website.

EVENTS

More info on these at Action Australia

October 26 – Sunday – Melbourne – Film: Fight For Country: the story of the Jabiluka Blockade

See our page: Submissions on Radioactive Waste Code 2018/ Submissions published by ARPANSA are overwhelmingly critical, and in opposition to the Federal nuclear dump plan for rural South Australia. [not to be confused with the current SENATE INQUIRY Selection process for a national radioactive waste management facility in South Australia.]

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PETITIONS

Online Open letter requesting ACTION to enforce South Australia’s law against nuclear waste dumping. http://petition.dyndns.org/

Say no to the federal plan to dump and store nuclear waste in SA.

Don’t Let Frydenberg approve Yeelirrie uranium mine or extinction!

No Nuclear Bundabunda at Brewarrina – bad poison [SIGN THE PETITION]

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