Hiya Benny

thank you for this news so quickly, it is greatly appreciated.

A sad day for the ALP indeed....
:-(
and now their "pro-nuke waffle investment into public propaganda education"
paid for from our taxes.

ALP & Lib are one.
in bed with bush and blaire.
at least their cards are on the table for all Australians to clearly see,
there is some "honesty" in that.

Anne

----- Original Message -----
From: "benny zable" <bennyzable@...>
To: <ClimateChangeAction@...>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:12 PM
Subject: RE: [ClimateChangeAction] howard and nuclear


Anne
I just come back from the ALP national conference at which a decision was
past to expand on uranium mining.
It is tragic in so many ways. It just legits John Howard push for Nuclear
Power stations  adds more nuclear fuel to Nuclear weapons industries and of
cause we increase the piles uf deadly radioactive waste which gives the
green light for Nuclear Dumps in the NT.

Christine Mills spoke at a rally outside the ALP conference.
Thanks we have a Green Party to rally around.




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>   1. Howard Living in Nuclear Fairyland Says Friends of the Earth From:
>John Hallam FOE-Aust
>   2. Howard Push for Nuclear Power From: John Hallam FOE-Aust
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>   1. Howard Living in Nuclear Fairyland Says Friends of the Earth
>   Posted by: "John Hallam FOE-Aust" foesyd4@...   johnhallam2001
>   Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:55 pm (PST)
>   29 APRIL 2007
>   FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
>
>   HOWARD LIVING IN NUCLEAR FAIRYLAND
>
>   Mr Howard's announcement that Australia must 'consider' nuclear
>   power as a solution to the climate change issue shows that he either
>   does not know or does not care about the arguments that have been
>   raised against nuclear power for decades. They display a degree of
>   ignorance - or worse, ideological bias - that ill-fits a prime
>   minister, who clearly does not understand the realities of nuclear
>   power. He is living in a nuclear fairyland.
>
>   According to Friends of the Earth,
>   "It has been clear for decades, that nuclear power is neither safe,
>   cheap, nor is it in any way a solution to the problem of climate
>   change. Rather nuclear power is the most expensive, complex,
>   inefficient, and dangerous way to boil water ever devised.
>
>   Even the International Atomic Energy agency itself recently released
>   a report in which it admitted that nuclear power is too slow to
>   deploy and too costly to be a useful solution to climate change.
>
>   Arguments that 'all options' must be used to combat climate change
>   hold no water because nuclear power is so costly that it soaks up
>   resources that could go toward the real solutions to climate change,
>   namely energy efficiency and changes to our resource-wasteful
>   lifestyle.
>
>   Australia must not go down the nuclear road. By doing so we are
>   contributing not only to the likelihood of more nuclear accidents and
>   damage to Australia's own environment, but to the likelihood of
>   nuclear weapons proliferation, an issue that the government says it
>   is very much concerned over.
>
>   This is an ideologically driven push that has nothing to do with
>   reality. Howard is living in nuclear fairyland."
>
>   Contact: John Hallam 9810-2598 (leave message)
>   9319-4296 (do not leave message)
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>   2. Howard Push for Nuclear Power
>   Posted by: "John Hallam FOE-Aust" foesyd4@...   johnhallam2001
>   Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:55 pm (PST)
>
>   ABC Online
>
>   Macfarlane outlines Govt's nuclear industry plans. 28/04/2007. ABC News
>Online
>
>
>http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/new\
s/newsitems/200704/s1908836.htm
>
>   [This is the print version of story
>   http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1908836.htm]
>
>   Last Update: Saturday, April 28, 2007. 11:20am (AEST)
>   Mr Macfarlane says money will need to be spent to educate the public
>   about the value of nuclear power.
>
>   Mr Macfarlane says money will need to be spent to educate the public
>   about the value of nuclear power.
>   Macfarlane outlines Govt's nuclear industry plans
>
>   Federal Industry and Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane has detailed
>   the Government's nuclear plans for Australia, which he says are
>   designed to help lower greenhouse gas emissions.
>
>   Prime Minister John Howard will today reveal more details about the
>   proposals in a speech to the Victorian Liberal Party conference.
>
>   Mr Macfarlane says the Government wants to build a nuclear power
>   station and ensure uranium can be transported across state borders
>   and exported out of Australia.
>
>   He says that will involve changes to existing legislation.
>
>   "We also want to make sure that we are able to mine and export
>   uranium in a way in which the process is understood and
>   non-politicised," he said.
>
>   "As well as that we want to remove some legislative bans which
>   prevent the construction of nuclear power stations in Australia and
>   those bans are under several acts under the Commonwealth legislation."
>
>   Mr Macfarlane says money will need to be spent to educate the public
>   about the value of nuclear power.
>
>   "What we're doing is putting in place the building blocks to build a
>   nuclear energy industry in Australia if Australians decide following
>   the debate that we need to have, to build a nuclear power station,"
>   he said.
>
>   Democrats leader Lyn Allison says Australians will be disgusted by
>   the announcement.
>
>   "It's alarming that it's being done for the reasons it's being done
>   for, that is to try and get some traction over Labor," she said.
>
>   "I think this is a disgrace - there is no solution to the problem of
>   storing radioactive waste for thousands and thousands of years.
>
>   "I don't believe Australians will want to hand that legacy on to
>   their children and their children's children."
>
>   PM'S nuclear power plan panned
>
>   http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21635751-1702,00.html
>   *
>   April 28, 2007
>
>   THE Federal Government says it is ensuring Australia has all the
>   facts to consider whether nuclear power is a viable energy
>   alternative.
>
>   Prime Minister John Howard has reportedly instructed ministers and
>   departments to take immediate action on a four-stage plan to prepare
>   Australia for a nuclear future and report back to him by the end of
>   this year.
>
>   The expansion could ultimately include nuclear power stations,
>   uranium enrichment and nuclear waste treatment.
>
>   "We want to put in place a series of work plans, four major work
>   plans, mapping out the way forward for Australia in the process of
>   considering nuclear energy," Industry and Resources Minister Ian
>   Macfarlane said on ABC radio today.
>
>   "That's to provide a factual base for the public as they debate
>   whether or not they want Australia to use nuclear energy as part of
>   our zero emissions electricity future."
>
>   Federal Opposition treasury spokesman Wayne Swan criticised the
>   plans, saying Mr Howard was playing politics as Labor prepares to
>   debate its uranium mining and nuclear policy.
>
>   "John Howard has been in parliament for over 30 years and suddenly
>   the Australian people are expected to believe that on the day of the
>   Labor Party national conference that's debating uranium he's suddenly
>   discovered a new way to fast-track nuclear power," he said.
>
>   "It's just not credible nor is it dignified for the Prime Minister of
>   Australia to play politics in such a silly and demeaning way.
>
>   "Australia has abundant supplies of gas and coal which will supply
>   our energy needs for hundreds of years."
>
>   Labor has decided to bring forward a controversial debate on changing
>   its 25-year-old no new uranium mines policy.
>
>   The debate was originally scheduled for late afternoon at the ALP
>   national conference at the Sydney Convention Centre but delegates
>   voted this morning to hold the debate at 3pm.
>
>   The Wilderness Society (TWS) said an expanded nuclear industry would
>   leave a dangerous legacy for future Australians.
>
>   "The Prime Minister has said he wants to develop a nuclear industry
>   but what he isn't saying is that Australia is being lined up to
>   become the world's nuclear waste dump," TWS campaigns director Alec
>   Marr said today.
>
>   "Mr Howard's plan to enrich uranium is scandalous and would result in
>   toxic waste that remains deadly for 4.5 billion years.
>
>   "A nuclear industry in Australia, including increased uranium
>   exports, will create vast new amounts of toxic waste that will be
>   deadly to humans for as long as 250,000 years," he said.
>
>   » Article
>   Age PM to push forward with nuclear power
>
>   April 28, 2007 - 6:19AM
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>
>   Prime Minister John Howard has decided to take immediate steps to
>   make possible an expanded nuclear industry in Australia, which could
>   ultimately include nuclear power stations, uranium enrichment and
>   nuclear waste treatment.
>
>   The move is being seen by some as an attempt to take the political
>   initiative on climate change away from Labor as it prepares to debate
>   its new uranium mining and nuclear policy.
>
>   According to The Weekend Australian, Mr Howard will promote uranium
>   exports and "climate-friendly" nuclear power as part of a political
>   campaign to cast himself as forward-looking and Labor as being
>   against progress and jobs.
>
>   Ministers and departments will be instructed to take immediate action
>   on a four-stage plan to prepare Australia for a nuclear future and
>   report back to the Prime Minister by the end of this year, the
>   newspaper reports.
>
>   At the Victorian state Liberal conference in Melbourne on Saturday,
>   Mr Howard will confront the opposition with a huge challenge on
>   Australia's energy security, uranium exports and global warming.
>
>   He will argue that "to be serious" about not damaging the Australian
>   economy while still taking serious steps to cut greenhouse gas
>   emissions, the nuclear option
>
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