Be wary: Australian govt compensation may impede current legal action
Aust Govt to compensate nuke vets, Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog, 7 May 2010, “……..This may be very good news for the surviving 2,000 nuclear veterans out of the Australian 8,000 service personnel who were used as target practice for the British nuclear weaponeers,…..
It still leaves the question as to whether the payments will contain clauses impeding the current legal action against the British government, Continue reading
White Australia urged to join Aboriginal fightback
Uranium, gold, oil, iron ore — these are the reasons why Aboriginal people are being humiliated…..And a lot of money is to be made in contracts for the dumping of foreign toxic waste in the Northern Territory………
If we had a free media in Australia, this would be exposed.
“Support NT Indigenous fightback.” Togs’s Place.Com.: John Pilger:, 7 May 2010, We are celebrating once more the resolve and courage and political determination, and imagination, of a group of Indigenous Australians. Continue reading
Controversial U.S. nuclear reactor – fuelled by Australian uranium
“Australians feel a deep responsibility,” said Atkinson. “We are sending this poison around the world.” Of the 12,000 tons of uranium exported, one-third ends up in the United States. “The United States is one of the major consumers of our uranium,” he said.
(USA) Uranium: The Australia-Vt. connection, Brattleboro Reformer, By BOB AUDETTE , May 6, 2010 BRATTLEBORO — Australia and Vermont are connected in a way not many people think about — through uranium.”We are pretty sure that some of the uranium mined in Australia is being used in the fuel rods at Vermont Yankee,” Continue reading
Greens again call for safety audit of Lucas Heights Nuclear Reactor
Audit nuke risk at Lucas Heights: Greens, Sydney Morning Herald, GABRIELLE DUNLEVY, May 6, 2010 – There are new calls for an independent audit into the Lucas Heights nuclear facility, with a whistleblower claiming staff are at risk from serious safety breaches. Continue reading
Intrepid women anti-nuclear walkers welcomed in Sydney
“I want to ensure that my great grandchildren are not threatened by the deadly effects of the nuclear cycle,” she said, “The nuclear cycle starts in Australia by digging up uranium.”….
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk with pride and in partnership with our Indigenous brothers and sisters,”
Trekkers leave footprints to bring peace, Alternative Media Group, Lawrence Bull , 6 May 2010 Women walking from Brisbane to Canberra in the name of peace and a nuclear free future arrive in Sydney City on Sunday. Continue reading
Nuclear Power Agreement between Obama and Australia
The proposed Agreement permits the transfer of information, material, equipment (including reactors), and components for nuclear research and nuclear power production
Message to the Congress Concerning a Nuclear Agreement with Australia. THE WHITE HOUSE, BARACK OBAMA, 5 May 2010, Politics News, – “I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, pursuant to sections 123 b. and 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b), (d)) (the “Act”), the text of a proposed Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy……. Continue reading
Radioactive incidents at Lucas Heights nuclear reactor
at least one employee had “received a substantial dose of radiation”……The accident was confirmed by a confidential report by the nuclear industry regulator, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Safety breaches at Lucas Heights, Sydney Morning Herald, ELLIE HARVEY, May 6, 2010 New claims of safety breaches have emerged at Australia’s only nuclear facility at Lucas Heights. The allegations were made by an employee of 28 years and backed up by an external safety report by an industry regulator. Continue reading
Central Australian uranium project scrapped – a win for the community!
“It’s an industry with a lot of costs and not many benefits.”
Greens laud uranium deal scrapping ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 6 May 2010, Greens’ Senator Scott Ludlam said scrapping the Napperby uranium project is a win for the people of central Australia. Continue reading
South Australian government – a faithful servant of uranium mining companies
A total of 335 proposals have been received between 2004 to 2009 and 168 successful submissions have shared grants worth $10 million.
Grants for uranium, Whyalla News, 05 May, 2010 PMUranium SA has received a boost to its drilling works at Mullaquana after receiving a State Government grant for its exploration works Continue reading
Australia at the Nuclear Non Proliferation Conference
as ever, Australia agrees with promoting nuclear technology. Australia keeps its focus on its own lucrative role, as uranium supplier, in the global nuclear cycle which makes nuclear weapons possible.
The U.N Nuclear Non Proliferation Conference in New York looks like becoming something of a non event. Continue reading
Australia condemns Iran, praises U.S. and Russia on Nuclear Non Proliferation
Only five states are allowed to have the bomb under the treaty,
Iran’s nuclear program of concern: Smith, Sydney Morning Herald, CATHY ALEXANDERMay 4, 2010 – “……As the conference began, outspoken Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the US of threatening to use atomic weapons against other countries.
This triggered a rebuke from the US, and Australia joined in. Mr Smith called on Iran to fully co-operate with the International Atomic Energy Agency and the UN over its nuclear program……Mr Smith said it wasn’t all bad news, praising the US and Russia for recent action to cut back on nuclear weapons…….The non-proliferation treaty, which came into force in 1970, aims to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
Only five states are allowed to have the bomb under the treaty.., Iran’s nuclear program of concern: Smith
Australia rejects its own Commission’s call for nuclear disarmament
Mr Smith rejected a key finding of the joint Australia/Japan-sponsored report delivered in December – one that called for reducing the total number of nuclear weapons to 2000 warheads by 2025………
Curb urged on Iranian nukes The Age DANIEL FLITTON, May 5, 2010 AUSTRALIA hit out at Iran’s nuclear ambitions yesterday, backing a chorus of Western countries warning Tehran must be stopped from building an atomic weapon. Continue reading
Central Australian uranium project not viable due to low prices
$57m uranium deal falls through in Central Australia, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Louisa Rebgetz May 4, 2010 Australian uranium producer Toro Energy has pulled out of a project in Central Australia.The company says a drop in uranium prices has made it unviable to go ahead with the Napperby uranium project, 160 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs.
Carbon tax looking like the best Climate Change plan for Australian govt
Anxious Labor MPs push carbon tax * Patricia Karvelas, Dennis Shanahan : The Australian * May 05, 2010 WORRIED Labor MPs plan to ask Kevin Rudd to embrace a carbon tax as Labor’s climate change policy, to fill the vacuum left by his contentious shelving of the emissions trading scheme.After being bombarded by outraged younger voters in their electorates, five Labor MPs have told The Australian the government’s current position on climate change is untenable and unsellable to the electorate.The admissions come as ministers concede the Rudd government failed to explain, or properly promote, its carbon pollution reduction scheme.
Australia’s media will distort govt’s Resource Super Profit Tax.
the Government has already produced modelling showing the RSPT coupled with the resources exploration rebate will actually increase jobs from the “business as usual” scenario……….
The lesson here isn’t so much that the mining industry is a pack of liars. It’s what the media does with the lies. ……..
Digging through the mining industry’s lies, Crikey, by Bernard Keane, 5 May 2010, Don’t believe a single word you read in the mainstream media from the mining industry about the impact of the Resource Super Profit Tax. Continue reading
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