Antinuclear

Australian news, and some related international items

Stupidity of South Australia’s pro-uranium govt will cost taxpayers $millions

Justice Anderson awarded the plaintiffs a combined total of $724,000,….Costs will be awarded against the State of South Australia. Senior legal figures in Adelaide and Melbourne estimate that these could be between $4 and $5 million..

Blunder may cost SA millions,  The Independent Weekly, HENDRIK GOUT17 Apr, 2010 Hendrik Gout investigates the protest that went terribly wrong and became frightfully expensive. Continue reading →

April 17, 2010 Posted by | civil liberties, South Australia, uranium | , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Uranium pollution continues in South Australia, but protestors gain legal victory

David Noonan, 10 April 2010, After 10 years a group of brave and resolute anti-nuclear protesters have won a major court case against SA police in defense of their rights to defend the environment, to protest against uranium mining and to protect their rights civil and human rights – after a range of police violence was inflicted on them including unlawful imprisonment in a shipping container at the Beverley acid in situ leach uranium mine in May 2000. Continue reading →

April 10, 2010 Posted by | civil liberties, South Australia, uranium | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Climate denialists bullying scientists

Bullying, Lies And The Rise Of Right-Wing Climate Denial Counter Currents, By Prof. Clive Hamilton, 22 Feb 2010, Australia’s most distinguished climate scientists have become the target of a new form of cyber-bullying aimed at driving them out of the public debate. Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, civil liberties, climate change - global warming | , , , | Leave a comment

Ferguson: we choose nuclear waste dump site first, and consult afterwards

Govt won’t consult on nuclear waste site
WA Today Tara Ravens * August 21
, 2009 –
Environmentalists are outraged federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson will not consult before deciding on the location of a nuclear waste dump site and have accused him of seeking a “short-term political fix” to the issue. Continue reading →

August 22, 2009 Posted by | aboriginal issues, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, civil liberties, uranium | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment