Half of Australia’s uranium workers not tested for radiation
Serious exposure to uranium had been discovered including workers showering and drinking radioactive water because of a pipe that was hooked up to the wrong section at an NT mine
Radiation dose register fails Northern Territory, Andrea 
Hayward May 31, 2011 Sydney Morning Herald Half of Australia’s uranium mine workers have been left off the National Radiation Dose Register, a Senate hearing has heard.
Australian Greens senator Scott Ludlam said it was revealed in Senate estimates that workers at uranium mines in the Northern Territory had not been included on the register. Continue reading
I want to be able to look my children in the face
Audio I want to be able to look my children in the face, Phillip Coorey, Sydney Morning Herald, May 31, 2011 CATE BLANCHETT has dismissed attacks by Tony Abbott and other opponents of a carbon price, saying she will continue to do all she can to tackle climate change…… Continue reading
Call for Rupert Murdoch to support carbon price
Murdoch’s papers here, especially The Australian, seem to have gone off the rails. …It seems it’s OK for Rupert to support a price on carbon with his $6 billion wealth but not for Cate….
Rupert Murdoch should lead climate change fight | Crikey Dick Smith: Rupert, come back to Oz, we need you 30 May “…….. Today I am asking Rupert Murdoch to come back to Australia and give us some much needed leadership.
Whilst most of my wealthy colleagues deny that humans can be affecting climate, this is what Rupert says:
“Climate change poses clear catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can’t afford the risk of inaction. We must transform the way we use energy of course — and not only because of climate change.” Continue reading
Malaysian community want INDEPENDENT assessment of Lynas rare earths plant
ome of the points brought up were to force the government to do a DEIA 
(detailed environmental impact assessment) by a completely independent body…
. right now the main priority was to stop Lynas from operating in September.“This is the most important time, from now until the end of June. Once they receive their license, trying to stop them will take years,”
All out effort to stop Lynas rare earth plant Free Malaysia Today Tashny Sukumaran | May 30, 2011 Residents and environment groups have hammered together a six-point plan to stop construction of the plant. KUANTAN: Residents and anti-Lynas groups are making a concerted effort to stop the RM700 million rare earth plant in Gebeng, Pahang. Continue reading
Propaganda against Cate Blanchett over carbon tax
…….recently, Essential asked about trust in political coverage. Commercial radio was again the least trusted medium, with only 40% of voters saying they trusted it all or a lot, fewer than the 48% who said they had no trust or only a little trust. Newspapers fared better — 53% trusted them, better than commercial television, but still a distant third behind the ABC and SBS.If the Herald Sun and commercial radio think they’re reflecting community concerns, the community doesn’t appear to agree. ….
Cate Blanchett carbon ad controversy – Carbon Cate and News Limited | Crikey
Murdoch press backs calls for a second Aboriginal intervention
John Howard used their plight to enact a long prepared plan to close “economically unviable” communities, open up Aboriginal land for exploitation and private profit, and develop a cheap labour force…
a new media campaign, particularly in the Murdoch-owned Australian and NT News, to pave the way for another round of punitive measures against Aborigines…….federal opposition leader Tony Abbott made a much publicised visit to Alice Springs late last month to announce his plan for a “second intervention”
The Aboriginal “intervention” in Australia: four years on, World Socialist Website, By Susan Allan30 May 2011 As the fourth anniversary of the Northern Territory (NT) intervention approaches, calls are being made for a new round of regressive measures against Aboriginal people, including a “second intervention”……
..The expressions of humanitarian concern were, however, a smokescreen for a socially retrograde agenda. Continue reading
Lucas Heights nuclear reactor safe? well, nearly!
Despite the existence of maintenance plans, “staff argue that maintenance is only undertaken for the most urgent matters,” it said.
The report also recommended the organisation allow staff to report safety problems directly to the radiation safety watchdog and Comcare if managers failed to respond to their concerns….In 2009-10, ANSTO Health had one breach of its licence and 56 radiology “events or near misses.”..
Lucas Heights cleared of safety breaches: report | The Australian, Siobhain Ryan, May 31, 2011 AUSTRALIA’S nuclear research agency has been cleared of safety breaches and a culture of cover-ups in a report tabled in Canberra yesterday. But the Government-appointed panel that authored the report said the Lucas Heights reactor in Sydney’s south was ageing, staff were worried that maintenance occurred only for the most urgent matters, and an even more open approach to reporting health and safety problems should be adopted……. Continue reading
Big mining companies cannot be trusted in dealings with Aboriginal people
The vast majority of the deals have occurred in a ‘David and Goliath’ scenario. On the one side, a team of mining magnates, expertly-trained negotiators and top lawyers have been armed with technology and strategic action plans. They routinely have access to and support of politicians and have often indulged in ethically-flawed tactics to divide the other side. The other side has usually consisted of community representatives without the training or skills to negotiate at this level, many of whom could not even read.
The mining agenda from a Yamatji perspective – The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Colin McKinnon-Dodd 30may 11“…..…the people that benefit least from mining are the people removed from the land to allow it.Indeed the mining industry’s track record with Indigenous landholders is appalling. Time and again the big miners have shown that they cannot be trusted in their negotiations with Aboriginal people. For a very long time economic giants such as Rio Tinto, BHP and Fortesque Minerals have been taking advantage of their negotiating power with traditional owners in Australia and overseas. Continue reading
Future rainfall will determine if Ranger uranium mine has any future
“This is highly dependent on future rainfall,” the company [ERA – subsidiary of Rio Tinto] said.
Leading Australian uranium mine remains suspended, Mineweb.com -The heavy rains that have kept much of N. Australia waterlogged for months have also resulted in the suspension of one of theworld’s largest uranium mines – Ranger Ross Louthean , 14 Apr 2011 PERTH – Continue reading
Australian company faces Malaysian opposition to radioactive waste dumping
crucial questions remain unanswered especially regarding the safe disposal of radioactive waste…… officials from the nuclear watchdog would be pro-nuclear and therefore fail to produce a fair assessment of the Lynas plant.
Calls for local and environmental groups to be represented in the monitoring team have also gone unheeded…’Whatever their findings, our final agenda – which is our ultimate goal – is to stop Lynas.’..
Malaysia’s new rare earth plant provokes radiation fears – Monsters and Critics, By Julia Yeow May 29, 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In the quiet town of Gebeng in Malaysia’s central state of Pahang, a new rare earth plant has evoked fears of radiation contamination as residents desperately seek to stop the construction of the world’s largest such refinery. Continue reading
15 Australian energy companies call for effective price on carbon
“Australians want action on climate change and a clean energy future,” the letter said. “Business wants certainty to invest in more clean energy projects and jobs.”
Energy players urge effective carbon price Trading Room News, MELBOURNE, May 29 AAP May 29 2011, A group of 15 energy companies has called for the urgent introduction of an effective price on carbon. Continue reading
Australian government missing the bus on renewable energy development?
Two-thirds of this investment would need to be in wind energy, for which no federal funding provision has been made so far. In fact, government funding allocated to proposed renewable capacity is negligible when compared to the total amount of capital necessary. …..Without clear and stable long-term incentives from policymakers for financiers to invest, Australia’s renewable energy
reality may fall significantly short of all predictions.
Australia: renewable energy investment will grow strongly in the coming years, IStock Analyst May 27, 2011 (Source: Datamonitor)
Australia’s Future Fund needs legal advice on investing in nuclear weapons
“The Future Fund was applauded for divesting in cluster munitions manufacturers. The Fund’s investments in nuclear weapons are clearly untenable.
“The board must seek urgent legal advice and promptly reconsider this investment decision.”
Future Fund must seek urgent legal advice on nuclear weapons – and divest Scott Ludlam 26th May 2011, The Federal Government’s Future Fund is clearly violating its own policies and cutting across Australia’s international legal obligations by investing in companies that manufacture nuclear weapons, the Australian Greens said today. Continue reading
Australia’s Resources Department overestimates costs of renewable energy
Forecasts prepared last year for the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism as it helped plan the future electricity network suggest solar and wind power are far more costly than they actually are……The Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson, said changes to the cost of renewable energy would be noted
Green energy costs ‘out of date’, The Age, Ben Cubby, May 26, 2011 THE federal government and the power industry have massively overestimated the cost of renewable energy, according to new University of Melbourne research, commissioned by the the government’s own Garnaut climate change review. Continue reading
Australia’s Future Fund invests in nuclear weapons
Australia investing in nuclear arms, The Age, Dan Oakes, May 26, 2011 THE federal government’s $74 billion Future Fund is investing Australian taxpayers’ money in foreign companies that make components for nuclear weapons.
Records obtained under freedom of information laws show the fund has $135.4 million invested in 15 companies involved in the design, production and maintenance of nuclear weapons for the United States, Britain, France and India.
About $3.8 million of this is invested in Larsen & Toubro, a Mumbai-based company involved in building a fleet of nuclear-armed submarines for India. The company has also helped test a launch system for India’s nuclear missiles.Any investment involving the production of nuclear weapons for India is particularly controversial because New Delhi is not a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty…… Australia investing in nuclear arms
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