Northern Territory against federal govt imposing nuclear waste dump on NT
Greens leader Bob Brown says his party would try to ensure that any federal decision to override Territory law would have to be ratified by both houses of Parliament.
Chief Minister welcomes Greens’ dump stance – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Jane Bardon Aug 5, 2010 Chief Minister Paul Henderson has welcomed the Greens’ promise to try to stop a proposed nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station if the party claims the balance of power in the Senate. Continue reading
Austrliun uranium companies tie up with Chinese state nuclear firm
possible expansion of joint venture relationships between Paladin and Energy Metals,…Energy Metals …holds around 54 percent of the Bigrlyi uranium project northwest of Alice Springs in Australia’s Northern Territory. Paladin owns 42 percent of the mine
Chinese nuclear firm ties up with Australian uranium miner –Yahoo!7News, BEIJING, Aug 6, 2010 (AFP) – – Australian uranium producer Paladin Energy Ltd has said it agreed with a major Chinese nuclear power firm to explore long-term uranium sales,…….. Paladin signed a memorandum of understanding with a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Corporation (CGNPC) setting up a “framework of cooperation” for uranium sales, the Sydney-based company said. Continue reading
lingering radiation from Pacific nuclear bomb tests
the continued presence of radioactive contaminants in the Marshall Islands meant the US still had a special responsibility towards its people who continue to be adversely affected.
Pacific leaders criticise US over atomic legacy, ABC Radio Australia News, Sean DorneyL 6 Aug 2010, Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum have taken the United States to task over the lasting impact of its nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. 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
Hiroshima children plead for nuclear disarmament
VIDEO MillionPleas A reminder of the real significance of today: 65 years since Hiroshima August 6, 2010 –, by Croakey Today is an important day. And not because, as some people are saying, the election campaign has finally become interesting.Thanks to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons for reminding us of the day’s significance.
The first pleas come from Japanese children at the Hiroshima Peace Park together with one of the survivors of the original nuclear attack. Join them at http://www.millionpleas.com.” MillionPleas
A reminder of the real significance of today: 65 years since Hiroshima – Croakey
Australia ‘inactive’ on Nuclear Disarmament
“At the May 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, Australia was noticeably inactive, failing to walk the talk, merely aligning itself with the United States……..
Hiroshima Day – and still 23,000 loaded weapons! « Darren Churchill: Australian Democrats Senate Candidate for the ACT 6 August, 2010 The Australian Government is playing games on the issue of nuclear disarmament says the Australian Democrats’ lead Senate candidate in the ACT, Darren Churchill Continue reading
Russian fires re-ignite Chernobyl’s radiation danger
Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said heat from fires in the Bryansk region, which already has nuclear contamination from the Chernobyl disaster more than 20 years ago, could release harmful radioactive particles into the atmosphere.
Russia fires pose nuclear threat, death toll hits 50 | Reuters, 6 August 2010, Emergencies Ministry warns of nuclear threat By Amie Ferris-Rotman MOSCOW, – The Russian government warned on Thursday that the country’s deadliest wildfires in nearly four decades posed a nuclear threat if they are not contained, as the death toll rose to 50 and the blazes continued to spread. Continue reading
Don’t let Australian govt override Northern Territory laws
“In Canberra they’ve changed that constitutional requirement to [mean] the executive or the minister can override Territory laws,” Greens leader Bob Brown said.”We want to put it back to what the constitution says – that the whole of Parliament’s required – because that gives the Territory the backstop of the Senate.”….
Greens want brakes on overriding NT laws – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Aug 4, 2010 Darwin. The Greens say if they win the balance of power in the Senate they will try to pressure the Federal Government to change the law so Commonwealth ministers cannot override Northern Territory law. Continue reading
BHP, Rio – relatively small employers, with big political influence
For such an economically important industry, mining is a relatively small employer (the Australian Bureau of Statistics does not rank it in the top 10 industries by employment)….The mining industry, however, is streets ahead in being able to exercise political influence.
Follow the miners in lobbying , Mike Riddiford, The Australian, August 04, 2010“……..Between them, companies such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata turn over more than $100 billion a year. This enables them to mobilise huge resources to protect their interests. 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
Western Australian govt prepared to compulsorily acquire Aboriginal land
WA still prepared to acquire LNG site, Sydney Morning Herald, August 4, 2010 The threat of compulsory acquisition continues to loom over the site of a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub in far north Western Australia, Premier Colin Barnett says. Continue reading
Toshiba seeking taxpayer money, despite its CT scans radiation overdoses
one of the companies seeking the aid for a project in Texas is currently under federal investigation for its role in the radiation overdoses of patients who received CT scans on its equipment…..Given the information emerging about Toshiba’s safety record, is that a risk U.S. taxpayers want to take?
(USA) Company seeking nuclear subsidies under investigation for radiation overdoses to stroke patients, FACING SOUTH, , By Sue Sturgis , August 4, 2010 The U.S. Senate could vote as soon as next month on a proposal to give $9 billion in taxpayer-backed loan guarantees to companies planning to build new nuclear reactors – Continue reading
Muckaty nuclear dump – a foot in the door for international wastes
Senator Brown says it is only a matter of time before Australia’s first nuclear waste dump stores high level waste from overseas.
“Wait for it, it will become high level further down the line as the waste problem for China, for the US, for the USSR ,as it used to be, Russia, for Europe, for Taiwan.
Store nuclear waste at source, not in NT: Brown, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) By Jane Bardon, 4 August 2010, “….After launching the Greens campaign in the Territory, Greens leader Senator Bob Brown has called for nuclear waste to be stored where it is produced, such as Lucas Heights in Sydney. Continue reading
How the USA Hollywoodised the bombing of Hiroshima
The Hollywoodization of the bomb had begun. Even in minor details, the film now justified the bombing…….. the White House demanded further changes; among them, deleting a reference to morally concerned scientists who favored demonstrating the bomb for Japanese leaders in a remote area before dropping it on a city……
WHITE HOUSE COVER-UP: How Truman Edited Hollywood’s First Movie About the Atomic Bomb, The Nation, Greg Mitchell and Robert Jay Lifton, 4 August 2010, “……Here’s a close-up look at the “coverup”–led by the Truman White House–of the first “Hiroshima movie,” some of it based on material we were first to discover at the Truman Library in Missouri. Continue reading
Sickly financial results for uranium miner ERA
Energy Resources of Australia – ERA – Intelligent Investor 2 Aug 10 By Gaurav Sodhi Sickly uranium prices and an unusually poor operating performance at the Ranger uranium mine contributed to a dramatic fall in Energy Resources of Australia’s (ERA) half year profits. For the half year ended July 2010, ERA made just $22.7m, compared with $176.1m for the same period last year. Energy Resources of Australia – ERA – Intelligent Investor
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