Greens to Question Secret Deal on Muckaty Nuclear Waste Dump Plan
“They have been hiding behind the cloak of ‘commercial in confidence’ for too long.
Greens to question secret Muckaty contract in waste dump inquiry 29 March 2010
The Australian Greens will question the two parties involved in signing a secret contract that led to the nomination of Muckaty Station, near Tennant Creek, as the only proposed site for Australia’s first ever radioactive waste dump. Continue reading
Union opposing Muckaty nuclear waste dump plan
ETU slams nuclear waste dump plan ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Mar 27, 2010 The Electrical Trades Union is seeking to ban its members from contributing to the proposed nuclear waste dump in Central Australia. Continue reading
Pressure to use Oakajee as uranium port
“…there was scope to export products including uranium out of Oakajee, because it was relatively isolated.
A plan to export uranium through a port in a populated area would probably be opposed by the community….”
Barnett cool on Oakajee as uranium port, KATE EMERY AND PETER KERR, The West Australian, 26 March 2010, – Continue reading
Australia’s right wing sabotages Earth Hour
In Australia the Conservative Leadership Foundation’s campaign includes posters and brochures; one poster proclaims: ”Don’t be stuck in the dark with the Communists. Turn your lights on!”
Earth Hour supporters left in the dark TOM ARUP , Sydney Morning Herald March 25, 2010 A THINK tank founded and chaired by the Liberal senator Cory Bernardi has launched a campaign to promote an anti-Earth Hour event – urging people to turn their lights on. Continue reading
Rann government cannot be trusted on environmental protection
In a submission to government this week, state museum scientists said their cross-discipline analysis was in no doubt: uranium mining there will cause species extinction.The Rann Government says it can be trusted to make the right decision on the Arkaroola Wilderness uranium mine after the election on March 20. It might allow it, it might not, is its present policy….”
S.A. election: a word of warning about Aboriginal candidates
Aboriginal candidates are standing in the forthcoming South Australian election. Sounds good, BUT – a word of warning.
WHAT ARE THESE CANDIDATES’ AGENDA ON THE URANIUM INDUSTRY?
Sorry – but, I recall Maggie Thatcher’s dubious contribution to women’s issues. Being an aboriginal candidate is no guarantee of being properly informed on the longterm impact on aborigines of uranium mining. And, there is scope for pressure and incentives from that industry, and from that pro-nuclear State government.
The candidates are Lynette Crocker and Dylan Coleman Mastrosavas, ANTaR SA is helping Lynette and Dylan to stand as ‘Independent SA Change’
Dylan mobile. 0427537111 or Lynette on mobile 0400234788.
ANSTO Partnering with French Nuclear Agency
Is it not odd t
hat the nuclear powers that be, are going ahead with new nuclear reactor projects, that are not only untested, but, it is openly admitted, for which there is no nuclear waste solution.!
Generation IV reactor systems are also being developed which will require new nuclear waste solutions.
Ansto bolsters research collaboration, World Nuclear News, 15 March 2010 .The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Ansto) has widened its nuclear research cooperation with the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), as well as signing an agreement with an Australian university to conduct research into the storage of radioactive waste. Continue reading
Senate inquiry in to waste dump will not even go to the area
holding it from Darwin and from Canberra is a good way of staying a long way away from where the people are genuinely the most angry and have the most to lose
Senators urged to visit planned waste dump site – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 15 March 2010, The Greens say a Senate inquiry into the Federal Government’s proposed radioactive waste management legislation will not visit the site of the proposed dump.The only location the Government is now considering is Muckaty Station, near Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. Continue reading
Australian govt quietly planning expansion of ANSTO’s nuclear facility
Central Australia to get nuclear waste dump Herald Sun AAP * March 09, 2010 “…federal parliament’s public works committee is holding an inquiry into proposed extensions to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) facility at Lucas Heights, in Sydney’s south. Continue reading
Coalition Joins Labor in PLan to Impose Nuclear Waste Dump on the Northern Territory
“Fourteen years worth of research that was conducted that identified 15 sites around Australia, none of which were in the Northern Territory.
Coalition to support nuclear waste dump, ABC News 9 March 2010, The Federal Opposition has confirmed it will support the Government’s plan for a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory. oday, the Opposition’s resources spokesman, Nick Minchin, said the Government’s bill reflects long-standing Coalition policy. Continue reading
Muckaty nuclear waste dump plan threatens groundwater
Muckaty station sits above an ancient aquifer which is used by both the aborigines for drinking water and white station owners to water their cattle. It also experiences large intermittent rainfalls during the year.
A heresy is occurring in Australia, anthropologyworks by Helen Caldicott, 8 March 2010, “….the current abuse and desecration of several aboriginal tribes inhabiting their land in the Northern Territory. This land called Muckaty station is conveniently located adjacent to the railway line, constructed recently by Dick Cheney’s former company Halliburton, which bisects Australia connecting Darwin, a port in the north, to Adelaide a port in the south. Continue reading
Martin Ferguson secretive about nuclear waste dump plan
Ferguson tight-lipped on nuclear dump talks, By Melinda James, ABC News, Mar 3, 2010
The federal Resources Minister will not reveal if he is meeting with any of the traditional owners of Muckaty Station, which has been slated as the site for a national nuclear waste dump. Continue reading
Northern Territory govt against Martion Ferguson’s nuclear waste dump
“There was extensive research done between 1992 and 2004 to identify any number of sites around Australia, none of which were in the Northern Territory.”
Traditional owners ‘united’ behind nuclear dump, By Alison Middleton ABC News Mar 3, “… Continue reading
Greens Senator warns on divisive effects of nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land
Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says the plan to build a radioactive waste dump in the region has become extremely divisive.
Aborigines discuss nuclear proposal on tribal land By Phil Mercer,BBC News, 3 march 2010, Sydney Aboriginal groups have held a public meeting to debate controversial plans to build Australia’s first nuclear waste dump on tribal land…. Continue reading
South Australian tax-payers will help BHP’s uranium mine to be “viable”
for the Olympic Dam Task Force to assist owner BHP Billiton in proving the viability of this project.
State funding to support Olympic Dam expansion – URANIUM, Mineweb , Ross Louthean, 01 Mar 2010 Continue reading
1 This month
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
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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