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Don’t let WA become a radioactive quarry and waste dump!

Western Australians face a choice about uranium mining. The current push to allow uranium mining is a direct threat to workers’ safety and the long term health of our environment and communities. Uranium mining does not make good economic sense and leaves behind a radioactive legacy.

 
 
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A large room at the heart of the nation, filled with politicians, staff and media. A feast of sustainable seafood prepared by celebrity chef Anna Gare. A podium upon which stands just one man, who speaks with the voice of ordinary Australians.
 
Overturning Western Australia’s long-time ban on mining uranium remains one of the most controversial decisions taken by the Barnett Government. Last week an independent report into uranium mining regulations was released, showing just why Western Australian’s should be concerned.
 
Today the EPA made a recommendation to approve Toro's proposed Wiluna uranium mine. The Conservation Council of WA have been calling for a halt on uranium mine assesments given our flawed regulatory system and the lack of public consultation for the Wiluna uranium proposal.  This announcement comes as a shock given the huge amounts of information lacking in Toro's mine proposal including the transport management, mine closure and Aboriginal heritage. 
 
 
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WA has never had a commercial uranium mine; we’ve had state wide bans on uranium mining and federal restrictions on uranium mining and a long history of public opposition.
 
Our beautiful SouthWest forests are under threat from shocking new plans to increase karri logging! Join us in saying – Protect our Forests, Stop Logging Now! 2011 is the United Nations international year of the forests. Western Australia has forests that are globally significant biodiversity hotspots, containing a unique diversity of plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world. Forests are natural carbon stores, water filters and rain makers, but above all else are vital for a healthy eco-system and community.
 
Hydraulic Fracturing (‘Fracking’) involves pumping a cocktail of highly carcinogenic and toxic chemicals deep underground at extreme pressure in order to fracture rocks and release natural gas. Where this has occurred elsewhere in the world it has resulted in the permanent contamination of groundwater aquifers. Here in WA, the fracking industry is currently active and unregulated.
 
Western Australians are among the biggest consumers of resources in the world and one of the biggest factors contributing to this unsustainable consumption is the lack of recycling activity here in WA. Just about everything we throw away can potentially be recycled, but in WA we send thousands of tones of packaging, building materials and other valuable resources to rubbish dumps around the state every year.
 
Less than 1% of Australia’s South West marine environment is protected, despite being home to a far greater level of unique species than the Great Barrier Reef. The federal government is considering the future of these waters right now – we need to tell our Prime Minister - 1% protection is not enough.
 
NoNewCoalWA .The Barnett Liberal Government has recently approved a massive expansion in highly polluting coal power in WA which will contribute to a staggering 75% increase in WA's carbon pollution.
 
The Kimberley region is internationally recognised for its unspoilt marine, coastal and inland environments including islands, coral reefs, mangroves, rainforests, rangelands and rivers. Industrial developments like the gas hub threaten these marine, coastal and inland areas.
 
 

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