Resources

Poster series

ANFA, in conjunction with the Beyond Nuclear Initiaitve, have produced this information series.

Posters are available from Jim Green at Friends of the earth : contact jim.green@foe.org.au 0417 318368.

 Soft copies can be downloaded here :

Other publications

• Olympic Dam Mine Expansion, Environmental Impact Statement (NT Transport Option)
  
• Inquiry into the Uranium Royalty (NT) Bill 2008
• letter to UN SR for Indigenous Rights
• TEACA letter to the NLC Full Council re Commonwealth Nuclear Waste Dump

 

Comments on the Bill before the Australian Senate to repeal the CRWMA

29^th October 2008




ANFA is fully supportive of the current Bill put to the Senate by WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlum, seeking the immediate repeal of the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act (CRWMA). Repealing this hastily created ‘Howard government’ act, was an election promise of the Australian Labor Party. The CRWMA is an undemocratic law that removes Aboriginal peoples rights over what happens on their country.

The promise to repeal the act was also stated, by ALP ministers and representatives, directly to a delegate of senior Aboriginal women from the NT, when we visited Parliament House in Canberra in July 2007. There we met with then opposition cabinet members from ALP, as well as Greens and Democrats regarding this draconian legislation.

We applaud the tabling of this Bill by the WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlum, and appreciate the ongoing support of the Greens Party on this contentious issue. We urge all Senators to support the current Bill to immediately repeal the CRWMA, to give some reassurance and relief to traditional owners whose lands are still being targeted via this act, for a nuclear waste dump.

It is totally unacceptable to dump nuclear waste on Aboriginal land, potentially threatening the health of the environment, water and people, who are already disadvantaged. It is also inappropriate to accept a strongly contested dump site nomination from the Northern Land Council, under the existing CRWMA.

We trust that any future negotiations for a nuclear waste storage site in Australia, will include open and transparent consultations with all stakeholders, thereby ensuring Government delegates have the opportunity to hear directly from all affected people.