06/11/2008 (All day)
Anti-uranium campaigners will voice their opposition to the new WA Government's pro-uranium stance at Parliament House today as the new Parliament sits for the first time. "The minority Liberal Government is on shaky ground and must not for a moment think that it has a mandate to push ahead with uranium mining in WA," Senator Scott Ludlam, Australian Greens Spokesperson on nuclear issues said. Campaigners will attend the first sitting of the new parliament at 1pm today (Thursday 6 November) to make clear to the new government that Western Australians do not want uranium mining in their state and will not sit quietly by if the Government pursues it. "The government can expect a fight," Senator Ludlam said. "We are ready to take on this industry in order to ensure that WA's uranium is left in the ground." "Nuclear power is obsolete and unnecessary. This is going to be the solar century, and shackling our economy to the volatile and risky fortunes of the world nuclear industry is a dramatic backward step." For more information or media enquiries please call Robert Simms on 0417 174 302