Howard Government takes control of uranium mining in NT

[velvet]

This scares me shitless ...

"The Federal Government has taken over responsibility for approving all new uranium mines in the Northern Territory after a meeting with the Territory Government today. The Commonwealth says the Territory "abdicated" all responsibility for uranium mines, while the Territory Government says it was strong-armed into the change.

Federal Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane went into today's meeting with the Northern Territory Mines Minister, Kon Vatskalis, armed with legal advice saying the Commonwealth could overturn the Territory's ban on uranium mines.



The federal Labor Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, says the Territory Government has a clear mandate to block uranium mining. He says the Federal Government's move is the beginning of the end for self-government by the Territory. "This is twice in the space of a fortnight where we've seen the Commonwealth override the interest and the rights of Territorians," he said. "Firstly with the announcement of a nuclear waste dump, because they can. "Now because they want to open the field of uranium mining up in the Territory, because they know they can't do it in any other state."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200508/s1430490.htm

[foreigncorrespondent]

1. Scares me shitless too, mate!!!

WTF is Howard and Bush* druming up? Why the need to mine more uranium than we already produce?

There goes the outback beauty also. Howard and his bullshit team are nothing but thugs. It gets worse each and every day.