Anti-nuclear movement making waves in Australia
The sad reality is that whoever forms government in Australia on Monday will support expanded uranium mining and radioactive waste dumping at Muckaty.
Whilst we have strong political supporters it is increasingly clear that it is the community and community organisations and resistance that best challenges the atomic agenda
those of us working for a nuclear free future have got some results and made some waves.– Dave Sweeney, 20 August 2010, Continue reading
Renewable energy – Australia’s opportunity
Australia has larger potential resources of renewable energy than any other country. We have abundant sunshine, wind, geothermal and tidal power. The great positive is that we can harness these over the next decade or two to supply most or all of our electricity and perhaps also enough to run our transport systems. We might even be able to export renewable energy
Climate change: the biggest campaign gaffe, Sydney Morning Herald, Barrie Pittock, August 20, 2010 – Climate change is costing us now – and it’s both a challenge and an opportunity – but you wouldn’t know it from the election campaign. Continue reading
Nuclear power raised at Brisbane politicians’ forum
The issue of nuclear power as a clean energy fuel source stirred the candidates….Mr Bartlett explicitly rejected the idea
No debate dramas for Brisbane candidates, Brisbane Times, Tony MooreAugust 18, 2010 – Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott may have spent days bickering about another election debate, but there were no such problems for the three major candidates for the seat of Brisbane. Continue reading
Australian Labor against nuclear power, Liberals vacillate
“For a few minutes after the election they said they were opposed to nuclear energy, now they are saying once again they [the Liberal Coalition] are in support of nuclear power,” she [Prime Minister Gillard] said.
Govt stands firm against nuclear power mygoodblog.com August 17th, 2010 Continue reading
Greens refute Labor’s claim to lead on nuclear disarmament
the Greens said the federal government had failed to take decisive action on nuclear disarmament, pointing to its sanction of the exportation of uranium to Russia earlier this year.
Nuclear issues top of Labor’s agenda, Sydney Morning Herald, August 16, 2010 Nuclear disarmament will remain at the top of a re-elected Labor government’s foreign policy agenda, the federal party says…………. Continue reading
Australia’s major political parties fail on nuclear waste dumping
“When you attempt to impose nuclear waste dumps on unwilling communities it’s very likely to backfire and the dump won’t be established because community opposition will prevail,”
Anti-nuclear alliance gives thumbs down to parties – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 17 Aug 2010, An alliance opposed to a nuclear industry in Australia says neither the Government nor the Opposition deserves to win the federal election.At a meeting of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance in Alice Springs, traditional owners have raised renewed concerns about a proposal to house a nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station near Tennant Creek. Continue reading
Australian Democrats say nuclear power is no solution to Climate Change
Climate change – Nuclear power still not a solution, Darren Churchill, 16 Aug 2010, Nuclear power still costs the earth and is not a solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions say the Australian Democrats.Australian Democrats’ lead candidate in the ACT, Darren Churchill says that only genuine ecologically sustainable energy sources can make the difference. Continue reading
In Brisbane thousands walk against global warming
Walkers send not-too-warm message to pollies on climate, Sydney Morning Herald, Tony Moore and Daniel Hurst, August 15, 2010 Thousands of supporters of the annual Walk Against Warming have wound their way through the streets of Brisbane in a stark reminder that tackling climate change remains a key issue for the 2010 Federal Election. Continue reading
Australia’s political leaders are dumb on global issues
Turning our backs on the world, Sydney Morning Herald, BRUCE GRANT, August 9, 2010 Our political leaders are facing firmly inward at a time when a multiplicity of problems require a global solution. ……… Australia has been fighting an election as if ignorance of the contemporary world is a national asset. With the replacement of Malcolm Turnbull by Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd by Julia Gillard, Australia turned inward, intent on jobs and money…….Turning our backs on the world
Opposition to uranium mining in Western Australia
Politicians of the opposition Labor Party, who put the ban in effect when they were in power, agree.”We know that all mining is dangerous but we know that mining uranium is off the scale,”
Uranium mining in Australia opposed, The PoliJAM TIMES, 9 Aug 2010, “……….The Australian mining company BHP Billiton plans to develop a uranium deposit near the town of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in 2011 in a $15.6 billion project. Continue reading
Greens’ Dr di Natale calls for Australia to commit to Nuclear Weapons Convention
Dr di Natale said Australia must commit to an international Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC) by no later than 2015.
ALP stormwater cash splash for Melbourne, Sydney Morning Herald, August 6, 2010 – “………Greens Senate candidate for Victoria Richard di Natale has used the 65th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings to call for an end to nuclear weapons.
Dr di Natale said Australia must commit to an international Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC) by no later than 2015.”Sixty five years marks the year of retirement. Today the Greens are asking Australia to commit to retiring nuclear weapons,” he said….. ALP stormwater cash splash for Melbourne
Australia offers lukewarm support for action on global warming
The tiny island of Kiribati, which is already being swamped by rising sea levels, will host a meeting of “countries vulnerable to the impact of climate change” in a bid to forge a unified voice on the matter ahead of the Cancun summit.
Australia supports Pacific Is on climate, Sydney Morning Herald, NICKY PARK August 5, 2010 Australia supports its Pacific island neighbours when it comes to climate change and wants to see “fast-track financing” dedicated to the cause, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says. Continue reading
Australia’s Hiroshima Day TV message
A television commercial featuring atomic bomb survivors at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park appealing for the abolition of nuclear weapons will be broadcast in Australia on Friday, the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing.
Ban, Okada confirm effort to eradicate nukes,The Japan Times Online, Aug. 4, 2010, By MASAMI ITOS U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon confirmed Tuesday with Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada that Japan and the world body will aim for the abolition of nuclear weapons…. Continue reading
Maralinga Aboriginal victims call on Australian govts for help
“When you’ve got families that lose their sight or they’ve got crippling and terminal cancers because of these tests, you know you’ve got fundamental problems,” he said.
“We can’t continue to only give access to justice for non-Aboriginal people.”
Indigenous group still fighting for Maralinga compo, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 3 August 2010, The Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement says it needs $500,000 to continue its fight for compensation for Aboriginal people affected by British nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 1950s and 1960s. Continue reading
Greens garnering electoral support against nuclear waste dump
“If people vote for the Greens, they will have a voice against a nuclear waste dump, and a very rigorous one at that, in the national Parliament,” Senator Brown said.
Greens leading the Nats, says Brown, The Age, LINDSAY MURDOCH, August 4, 2010 BOB Brown flew to the marginal Top End seat of Solomon yesterday claiming the Greens vote is rapidly increasing across regional Australia and is now “way ahead of the National Party” Continue reading
1 This month
PETITION – To: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Government
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – A good documentary on Chernobyl on SBS available On Demand for the next 3 weeks– https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/chernobyl-the-lost-tapes/235274195556
19 May – Webinar- Webinar: No Nuclear Weapons in Australia
Start: 2026-05-19 18:00:00 UTC Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney (GMT+10:00)
End: 2026-05-19 19:30:00 UTC Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney (GMT+10:00)
20 May – Webinar – The dangerous world of AUKUS, US, military occupation and suppression of dissent
National Webinar, 20th May, 2026, 6.30pm AEST. Confronting laws restricting/suppressing protest speech and action
Speakers: Former Sen. Rex Patrick, Lawyer Nick Hanna ,Arthur Rorris ,Jorgen Doyle, Sen David Shoebbridge,
Facilitator Kelley Tranter.
of the week – Australians for War Powers Reform (AWPR)
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