Jo Vallentine looks forward to the shutdown of the nuclear industry
“….[the nuclear industry] was a dreadful failed experiment of the 20th century,….WHAT NEXT? Nailing the nuclear industry. Shutting it down. I’m chairwoman of the Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia….
The boomers at 65, The Age, Julie Szego, January 1, 2011“.….JO VALENTINE, POLITICIAN/NUCLEAR ACTIVIST “……….What got me elected to the Senate in 1984 was the single issue of nuclear disarmament. I was passionate about that then, and I’m still actively working on it. Continue reading
January 1, 2011 Australia’s Renewable Energy Target starts
DIARY – Global Environment | Reuters, 31 Dec 10,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 AUSTRALIA – Australia’s renewable energy target (RET) scheme which has a set a target of 20 percent renewable energy generation by 2020 to help curb the growth in planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions and trim the nation’s reliance on coal and gas for power generation comes into effect………….DIARY – Global Environment | Reuters
Julian Assange, like Wilfred Burchett, fighting to reveal truths
Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett in the late 60s was banned from Australia….After the bombing of Japan at the end of the second world war he travelled to a site,..He observed that survivors of the blast were dying of radiation sickness…
…Assange has his rabid homicidal detractors, his vague accusers, and for a time was banned from entering Australia by the confused prime minister Julia Gillard. Both Assange and Burchett are, and were, fighting to reveal truths.
A precedent for Julian Assange’s predicament The Guardian, Bill Green 31 December 2010, Continue reading
Western Australia’s premier enthusiastic for nuclear power, (just not in W.A.!)
Mr Barnett did not nominate a preferred site for a reactor but has previously ruled out WA…….
State Labor leader Eric Ripper strongly rejected the push,..“Even setting aside the environmental and waste disposal arguments, nuclear power is just too expensive,” Mr Ripper said……..
Barnett pushes nuclear future Amanda O’Brien The Australian December 28, 2010 WEST Australian Premier Colin Barnett has stepped up his call for the nation to start planning for a nuclear future. Continue reading
Australia’s uranium sales relate to nuclear weapons
The New START treaty comes at a time when Australia has recently agreed to supply uranium to Russia, despite it being notoriously non-transparent to outside observers of its weapons programs.
Nuclear arms treaty merely a start | The Australian James Norman December 28, 2010 “………….The New START treaty also poses questions for Australia and its place in contributing towards a world constantly threatened by the spectre of nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Behind closed doors: the so-called “nuclear debate” in Australia is really all about selling uranium
The Australian Conservation Foundation is agreeable to the matter being discussed at the ALP’s conference but says there should be an open debate, not one where factions decided the matter behind closed doors….
Uranium industry claims nuclear attitudes are changing | The Australian, 27 Dec 10, ….…………anti-nuclear campaigners say the industry’s claim that nuclear power can help address climate change problems is a cover for trying to increase exports……..
……Australia’s main environmental groups have signed a statement declaring nuclear power was unsafe, as there was not yet sufficient safeguards to dispose of waste safely while the industry was not commercially feasible and would require large public subsidies. Continue reading
Airport scanners not only radiation risk, but are not effective security either
Australia is one of several nations that have begun to test or install full-body scanners
[Australia will be getting the “backscatter” ionising radiation type, (at left below) not the safer radio-wave type, (at right below) ]
Fears over fatal flaws in full-body airport scanners The Age Derek Kravitz, Washington December 27, 2010 US SECURITY experts have questioned the ability of full-body scanners to detect modern chemical explosives taped to a passenger’s abdomen or hidden in a cavity. Continue reading
Success in projects that are run by Aboriginals
Report found projects run by the Central Land Council showed a better chance of creating ongoing community benefits.
Projects under Aboriginal control reap rewards, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Tom Nightingale Dec 22, 2010 An Australian National University report argues Indigenous people are less likely to benefit from current government policies that do not empower Aboriginal groups. Continue reading
Queensland Premier redirects money to solar power
Anna Bligh ….saying it would help develop two new solar plants that power over 50,000 homes.
Anna Bligh culls coal to fund solar Courier Mail Patrick Lion (Qld) December 25, 2010 The Sunday Mail has learnt the Premier recently redirected one-third of the clean coal allocation in the Queensland Future Growth Fund towards the development of two new commercial-scale solar power projects. Continue reading
Australian Labor Party’s right wing – big push on behalf of nuclear lobby
Anna Bligh opens door to nuclear powe Jamie Walker and Imre Salusinszky : The Australian * December 24, 2010 ANNA Bligh has backed calls for the Labor Party to review its policy on nuclear power.……Minister Martin Ferguson, right-wing Australian Workers Union leader Paul Howes, former NSW premier Bob Carr and Labor senators Steve Hutchins and Mark Bishop in supporting a review of the ALP’s long-standing ban on nuclear power, most likely at the party’s national conference next December…… Continue reading
Public anger at uranium mining exploration in Arkaroola Wilderness
Letters: Public opinion on mining Adelaide Now, 23 Dec 10,
Under the radar THE Government’s decision to allow miner Marathon Resources back into Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary shows a total disregard towards community opinion…..MATTHEW TURNERMiners broke laws …..Why grant a proven criminal the right to act, yet again, in the same area?… HORST WEBER
To come home to SA for Christmas and read about mining in Arkaroola makes me sad and angry... Stand up, be vocal. Be strong, SA….. LEW DUNGEY
Greedy politicians GREED knows no bounds….. KON KOURTEFF
Pressure of Chinese...Who cares of what the likes of John Quirke, Chris Schacht and Paul Howes put forward? Their self-interests are quite apparent…. JOHN HILLIER
Lobbyists in charge MORE and more unelected, unsolicited lobbyists are running policy debates….. RAY HILL,
Short-term profits …… There is more to life than money, Mr Rann, and more to life than self-serving companies like Marathon destroying this precious natural resource. It’s not too late to change your mind…….ADAM FURBANK
Hypocrisy of Labor …..SO the senior SA Labor heavyweights encouraging uranium mining at Arkaroola are now exposed (The Advertiser, 21/12/10). ……PATRICK NEVILLE
Perverse resilience I AM horrified that Mike Rann and his Government have extended Marathon’s lease at Arkaroola for another year, particularly in light of its illegal activities…..Where are our strong leaders when we need them? Obviously not in South Australia. ALISON DORN Letters: Public opinion on mining | Adelaide Now
Australian govt sneaks in controversial radioactive waste report right on Christmas time
The laws would allow a site to be established anywhere in Australia rather than just the Northern Territory, overriding state and territory laws…the report was tabled while parliament was not sitting and just three days before Christmas…..
Greens cynical about radioactive report, Sydney Morning Herald, Andrea Hayward, December 22, 2010 – Conservationists and the Australian Greens are cynical about the timing of a report giving the thumbs up for draft laws to establish a radioactive waste dump. Continue reading
Australian Conservation Foundation condemns ‘quick and dirty’ nuclear waste dump report
“The proposed law removes appeal rights from the Muckaty community, suspends key Indigenous and environmental protections and overrides all Commonwealth, State and Territory laws that might delay or frustrate the opening of a waste dump…..The timing appears a cynical attempt to further avoid public scrutiny
Quick and dirty report won’t solve long and dirty problem of nuclear waste, 23 Dec 10, A parliamentary report containing a single recommendation – that the House of Representatives pass the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill – has failed to address the Bill’s serious deficiencies, the Australian Conservation Foundation said today. Continue reading
Variety of renewable energy growing in regional Australia
In the past year, wind power generated almost 5000 GWh of electricity enough to power more than 700,000 homes.
Clean energy powers up in ACT region, waste-management-world, John Thistleton; Business EditorCanberra Times (Australia)December 23, 2010 From mini-hydro power stations on our water storages to $100million wind turbines, the ACT region is making a growing contribution to the nation’s clean energy industry. Continue reading
ERA: drastic drop in uranium miner’s profit
ERA slashes profit forecast, The Age, December 22, 2010 The uranium producer Energy Resources Of Australia disappointed investors by flagging lower than expected profits and fewer reserves at Ranger mine.ERA said it expected an after-tax profit of between $45 million and $55 million in 2010. It made $272.6 million in 2009. Analysts had expected a profit of about $84 million.It said lower production had forced it to buy uranium oxide to meet sales commitments. Prices were also below average. Shares closed down $1.22, or 9.3 per cent, at $11.95. ERA slashes profit forecast
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