Australian Government postpones Nuclear Waste Bill, Spurns Discussion with Greens
Ferguson’s response was “I don’t deal with the Greens, why would I deal with the Greens, we don’t deal with the Greens” and walked off.
The government’s strange flip flops on nuclear, Crikey, by Bernard Keane, 13 May 2010, “….This week it [the Australian Government] was preparing to speed its National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 through parliament, with the aid of an unusually compliant opposition. The bill was scheduled for today but has been dropped ahead of higher priority bills. It is expected to return in June. Continue reading
Many doctors unaware of radiation cancer risks
there is a distinct lack of information about medical radiation risks in the medical community,…nine of ten emergency room doctors do know realize the scans are linked to an increased lifetime cancer risk,
Cancer Panel Report Cites Medical Radiation Concerns, News Inferno.com, May 12th, 2010 “…..the President’s Cancer Panel (PCP) pointed to the huge increase in Americans’ exposure to medical radiation. Continue reading
Beware of Australian govts bearing small, hurried, gifts to Maralinga veterans
As Queen’s Counsel Cherie Blair leads the Australian atomic veterans into legal battle with the British government over compensation, the Australian government hurriedly decides to at last give some (pretty lousy) compensation to them
Could it be that there’s a little clause in there somewhere, about the veterans dropping their legal case in UK, if they want to get Australian govt recognition?
Australia’s proposed nuclear waste dump a target for terrorism
Nuclear waste site a target for terrorists, expert warns, Sydney Morning Herald, LINDSAY MURDOCH DARWIN May 11, 2010 A BRITISH nuclear risk expert has warned that terrorists could target radioactive waste being transported thousands of kilometres across Australia to a proposed waste dump in the Northern Territory. Continue reading
Australia’s nuclear waste dump plan affects all Australians
Once again, Australia’s Aboriginal land rights are to be trampled by White Australia’s ignorance and apathy, (helped along by the subservient mass media), and by corporate greed. Not much comfort for Aboriginal owners of the Muckaty area – but eventually, even White Australians will suffer from this.
BUT – the fight is not over – as support for the Muckaty land owners and national resistance build among Australians of any colour.
Muckaty Australia’s Nuclear Waste Dump now – but What’s Next?
The nuclear waste dump battle is far from over. The Rudd government got elected partly on its promise to overturn Howard’s Radioactive Waste Management Act. Now, a tame Senate Inquiry has endorsed Rudd’s even more draconic National Radioactive Waste Management Bill.
Orchestrated by Australia’s fine Minister For Promoting the Nuclear Industry, Martin Ferguson, the new Bill opens the way for a radioactive waste 
dump to be imposed on Aboriginal land, against the will of its traditional owners, of the regional community, and the Northern Territory Government.
But that’s not all. Along with the Northern Territory Intervention, this Bill opens the door to further encroachment on the rights of all Australians, not only Aboriginals.
And – yesterday’s announcement of an agreement between the Australian Government and the Obam administration on nuclear technology, 
will soon be followed by a Obama’s visit to Australia. The timing of all this is remarkable. The Muckaty nuclear waste dump is supposed to take the returned Lucas Heights nuclear waste.
But what’s next for Australia – which remains a signatory to the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership?
Senate Report toes govt line on dumping nuclear waste on Northern Territory
Senator Ludlam criticised the Bill for its “heavy handed” overriding of Territory and Aboriginal heritage protection laws, and the reliance on secret documents for the nomination of Muckaty.
[The Report]t said an objects clause should be inserted as should an explanation of the minister’s “absolute discretion” on site selection.
Inquiry dumps on Northern Territory, Northern Territory News BEN LANGFORDMay 7th, 2010 THE Senate inquiry into laws which could put a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory has recommended the new legislation be passed.But the inquiry’s report was immediately criticised as “an unbalanced and closed-minded justification for a foregone conclusion” by one of the committee members. Continue reading
Australia: Flawed Senate Report into Radioactive Waste Plan
“This proposed legislation remains controversial and contested. Minister Ferguson’s legislation is a bad deal, not a done deal.”
Senate radioactive dump inquiry deeply flawed, Australian Conservation Foundation, 8 May 2010 A Senate report into laws to authorise a controversial planned nuclear waste in the Northern Territory has failed to make any progress towards responsible radioactive waste management in Australia, the Australian Conservation Foundation said today… Continue reading
Uranium tailings inflict cancer on a town in Utah
A town under siege from Cancer, ABC 4.com – Salt Lake City, Utah Newsby: Brent Hunsaker
MONTICELLO, Utah 7 May 2010, – The Uranium mill was big for little Monticello. Still, not everyone worked there. So why would people who never set foot on mill property still get cancer? Continue reading
World Bank has labelled nuclear power plants “large white elephants”
Nuclear power in developing countries: radioactive waste, proliferation and debt « Charles Santiago 6 May 2010, The World Bank view – Nuclear Power Plants s are large white elephants The World Bank has labeled nuclear plants “large white elephants”.. Its Environmental Assessment Source Book is unambiguous about nuclear’s problems: “Nuclear plants are thus uneconomic because at present and projected costs they are unlikely to be the least-cost alternative. 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
International Atomic Energy Agency wants Israel to ‘fess up to its nuclear weapons
UN watchdog wants Israel to join NPT, Palestine Note, 5 May 2010, IAEA seeks international input on persuading Israel to join treaty Washington – The UN’s nuclear watchdog is seeking international support in persuading Israel to join the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in a step that will likely put pressure on Israel to publicly confirm the existence of its unacknowledged nuclear arsenal, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. 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
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