Posted in Nukes (disarmament related), Scott Ludlam, tagged hiroshima, nuclear, uranium on August 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
August 6th is the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima. I’ve just spent four days in a city where the memories are not only fresh, but engraved in stone, protected in world heritage-listed monuments, and taught urgently to young and old, local and foreign alike.
The Japanese have a word for [...]
Posted in Indigenous Australian, Nukes (disarmament related), Scott Ludlam, Uncategorized, tagged nuclear, waste, NT, dump on June 11, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The Rudd Government needs to take a careful look at Martin Ferguson’s handling of the latest tragic chapter of Australia’s 50-year nuclear waste story. A cursory review of the history of Government attempts to force nuclear waste dumps on unwilling communities shows an unbroken record of Government failure. It’s time for new thinking.
Former Science Minister [...]
Posted in Balance of Power, Christine Milne, Climate change, Election 07, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greens, Nukes (disarmament related), Nukes (energy related), Renewable energy on November 22, 2007 | 12 Comments »
I am very worried - and I think all Australians ought to be equally worried - that Australia’s rapidly growing involvement in the global nuclear industry has been shrouded in silence during this campaign. Brief mentions by Kerry O’Brien on the 7.30 Report in his leaders’ interviews this week are essentially the sum total of [...]
Posted in Climate change, Election 07, Greens, Kerry Nettle, Nukes (disarmament related), YouTube on November 18, 2007 | 6 Comments »
The NSW Greens have released a new climate change TV ad based on the most famous political ad in the United States.
The ad is based on the famous Lyndon Johnson “Daisy” Ad
Posted in Christine Milne, Climate change, Election 07, Energy, Greens, Human Rights, Nukes (disarmament related), Nukes (energy related), Senate, Web 2.0 on October 24, 2007 | 6 Comments »
In a superb piece of ironic timing, bound to be ignored entirely by the mainstream media, UN Disarmament Week starts today, as the Bush Administration really ratchets up the nuclear rhetoric against Iran and Putin talks up his “grandiose plan” to expand Russia’s nuclear arsenal. Iraq’s northern border with Turkey looks set to deteriorate into [...]
Posted in Election 07, Kerry Nettle, Nukes (disarmament related), Nukes (energy related) on October 19, 2007 | 9 Comments »
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Senator Kerry Nettle joined Greens supporters and other protesters outside the Australian Nuclear Association conference in Sydney today. This ageing band of nuclear warriors were joined by Dr Ziggy Switkowski, Chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) as part of their campaign to support John Howard’s plan for 25 nuclear reactors in [...]
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