Nuclear profits could cost us dear

[Australia, one of the world's most uranium-rich countries, has signed a deal to export uranium to the world's largest totalitarian country.]

Nuclear profits could cost us dear
By Christine Milne

"Let's not have any more deception. The deal between the federal Government and the Chinese Government of Premier Wen Jiabao on uranium sales reveals that John Howard's crusade for democracy stops at China's border.

"While the Prime Minister talks up global security and argues that the Iraqis must be supported in their bid for democracy, it seems Australia should be realistic and turn a blind eye to repression of human and political rights and the ambitions of a totalitarian nuclear weapons state if the price for uranium is right.

"Coalition MPs, ably assisted by Labor's resources spokesman Martin Ferguson, are salivating at the prospect of driving the minerals boom with uranium sales to China. But they know that the Australian community is worried about weapons and waste ..."
The Australian

Govt under fire over China uranium stance :: Google News Australia China uranium

Google News China nuclear weapons :: Australian Conservation Foundation's Anti-Nuclear Campaign

Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons: Making the Connections :: Australia's Uranium Information Centre


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