The week that has been in nuclear news Australia

Amid all the stuff about the nuclear industry, and about climate change, I occasionally come upon articles that are so powerfully written, and about such powerful global subjects – that they just blow away the specific articles – important though these still are.

This week, Carl Grossman has revealed Donald Trump’s aim for weapons in space (which would be nuclear-powered), and what that means for the world. The nuclear weapons States currently adhere to the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 which designates space as the global commons to be used for peaceful purposes. If the U.S. goes up into space with weapons, Russia and China, and then India and Pakistan and other countries, will follow. Trump’s plan does require approval from Congress. The mind boggles also at the cost, and at what human services would disappear, in order to pay for this.

Chris Hedges– views Trump as “the result of our failed democracy” – It is impossible for any doomed population to grasp how fragile the decayed financial, social and political system is on the eve of implosion. He finds that America’s liberals do not grasp what is happening – impending financial collapse, and creeping fascism. (I’d like to think that he’s wrong)

The climate change issue doesn’t go away. Radio Ecoshock brings us the news before it’s news – this week it’s Carbon Climate Showdown.

AUSTRALIA

The danger of Australia mindlessly aligning with the “Anglosphere“

Liberal Coalition attacks on the ABC will rebound against them. ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie explains economic benefit of the ABC to Australia. Michelle Grattan: expect more government bullying to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

UK Should Reject Extraditing Julian Assange to USA. Chronicling Julian Assange’s 6 years .of Confinement

Data ethics heavily influenced by the biases of well-off white males.

NUCLEAR. Australian govt rushing decision on nuclear waste dumping, avoiding Senate Inquiry report, and before next election. South Australian Premier Marshall’s pro nuclear stance, in agreement with nuclear stooge MP Troy Bell

Tax-payer forks out $20,000 for Kimba children to have nuclear propaganda trip to Lucas Heights. Resources Minister Matt Canavan lying to South Australians on nuclear waste Community Benefit Programme – essential (?bribery) part of push for nuclear waste dump for Flinders Ranges. Nuclear waste dumping would destroy Adnyamathanha traditional land and cultural heritage.

Nuclear waste dump site selection: Submissions to Senate:

Aboriginal land and nuclear waste dumping: A critically important Submission to Senate from Regina McKenzie.
A Quorn resident disgusted at the hypocritical dump site process by Dept of Industry, Innovation and Science.
Bob Tulloch dissects Australian govt’s nuclear waste dump “community consultation” and finds it dishonest.

Barry Brook’s poorly informed commentary on the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.

Australian Medical Association urges fixing the uranium-polluted water supplies to remote communities.. Australian Medical Association wants action on unacceptable levels of uranium in drinking water for several remote communities.

Australian uranium company Paladin leaves a mess behind it, in Africa.

Launch of film “Protecting Country”.

CLIMATE CHANGE. Support for climate action is rising in Australia: but are politicians listening? Coalition climate deniers play havoc again with energy. Water wars: A new front in the fight against Adani.

RENEWABLE ENERGY. Record renewables roll-out eases gas crisis, says AEMO. Small solar installs pass 3 million mark in Australia. Tasmania – double size of hydro plant, in first step of big battery plans. Coal to be kaput in Australia by 2050, as renbles, batteries take over . A 228MW Victorian wind farm to go ahead as big business snaps up cheap green power .

1.This month

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Should the Australia Day Date be Changed? – Behind the News (2017)

NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP (Moss Media) in last years senate hearing when Sarah Hanson Young asked the question regarding the 4 times land value deal that landowners now can name their own price for their land. As a tax payer, I was pretty uncomfortable with that revelation. – Mark Simpkin , Fight To Stop Nuclear Waste Dump In Flinders Ranges SA

A Good News Story: Winds of change for Golden Plains as huge wind farm gets go-ahead https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/climate-change/winds-of-change-for-golden-plains-as-huge-wind-farm-gets-go-ahead-20190111-p50qv6.html , By Bianca Hall & Adam Carey, 11 January 2019, A massive 170 square kilometre wind farm has passed the final Victorian planning hurdle, and could be powering in four years if the federal government approves the project.

The $1.5 billion wind farm, sprawling over 17,000 hectares near the small town of Rokewood south of Ballarat, passed environmental approvals last month.

Acting Planning Minister Lily D’Ambrosio will on Saturday announce the Victorian government has granted a planning permit for the project in the Golden Plains Shire.

All that remains is for the federal government to sign off on it.

EVENTS

26 January:

Meanjin (Brisbane) Invasion Day 2019

Narrm (Melbourne) Invasion Day 2019

Perth Invasion Day Rally

Sydney Invasion Day 2019

12 February. Tuesday – Canberra– RALLY! StopAdani – Climate Action Now!

Why it’s time to think about human extinction | Dr David Suzuki

No Arctic Sea-Ice; Greenland Exposed; Coast is Toast; Jet Streams Kaput

Arctic Summer Temperatures to Skyrocket like a “Bat out of Hell”: Part 3

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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.

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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