uranium news

We don’t need uranium mining in this country,” says Wongatha leader and pastor Geoffrey Stokes. “We have sun, we’ve got wind, we’ve got people. Why should we pollute our country for money?”.

Australia’s aboriginal communities clamour against uranium mining‘ We don’t want to bequeath a legacy for future generations of a toxic environment’ say aboriginal clans in opposition to major uranium mining site opening in western Australia  Jessie Boylan,   guardian.co.uk,   9 August 2010.

As a mining giant prepares to open a major uranium mining site in Western Australia next year, the clamour for the state to once more ban mining of the radioactive mineral has become louder. (more…)

It is clear who will benefit [mining companies, [esp uranium] as Aboriginal people move off their land, settle in larger towns and lose connection with country.

What’s behind the NT intervention? | Green Left Weekly. July 3, 2010By Peter Robson, The Northern Territory intervention has reached its third year and, despite several government commissioned reports and outside expert analysis claiming that it has failed to achieve its aims, aspects of it look likely to be extended to other parts of the country. (more…)

Navajo to Protest Uranium Mining Expansion  Censored News, 20 May 2010, On May 25-27 a delegation of Navajo community leaders will come to Denver to protest US Government support for expanding the nuclear industry that has already had a devastating impact on Native American and Chicano communities in New Mexico. (more…)

Green group on ‘uranium awareness’ tour » Kimberley Page, 10 June 2010, Uranium Awareness Community Forums planned for July While the proposed construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at James Price Point attracts widespread media attention, an increase in uranium exploration is underway and under the radar in the Kimberley.

Presently there are numerous uranium tenements covering the Kimberley . This spike in activity is the result of the Barnett Government’s move to overturn the long-standing ban on uranium exploration and development held by the previous Labor Government.Already Traditional Owners across the Kimberley are under pressure to allow exploration activities. Meanwhile uranium companies are talking in glowing terms about the Kimberley as Australia’s new uranium province.

People are concerned and seeking independent information on the impacts of this controversial sector. Against this background the Australian Conservation Foundation, with the support of Environs Kimberley and the WA Conservation Council are organising the Kimberley Uranium Awareness Community Forums.

ACF’s Kimberley Program Officer, Paul Marshall, says the Forums will visit Kununurra, Halls Creek, Billiluna, Fitzroy Crossing, Looma, Derby and Broome over ten days starting 7^th July.

“We know the uranium exploration companies are very active in the Kimberley, and we know that they have been presenting a very one-sided picture about uranium mining and its likely impact on the health of people and the environment”, Mr Marshall said.

“The Uranium Awareness Community Forums aim to give people the opportunity to hear from those that have first hand experience of uranium mining in their community”, he said. “Among the presenters will be Aboriginal leaders from the Northern Territory and South Australia who live with the impacts of uranium mining on their communities”.

Green group on ‘uranium awareness’ tour » Kimberley Page

Indigenous- Petrol sniffing, child abuse targeted, ABC Rural News, 11/05/2010…………………Funding will continue for the rehabilitation of the former uranium mining site at Rum Jungle in the Northern Territory, and sorting out Indigenous land access issues.Half a million dollars will be spent on the Working in Partnership Program, to help mining companies work better with Indigenous communities and create more Indigenous mining jobs.