There's lots I want to talk about here -- the atomic testing deals that were made in the 50s between Britain and Australia -- parallels with the US-Australia military relationship and the 30+ US bases (so-called "joint facilities") on Australian territory today -- the uranium mining at Olympic Dam, Beverly and Honeymoon in northern South Australia, and the consequent massive environmental devastation that is occurring -- the long-term and illegal detention of asylum seekers in inhumane facilities at Woomera -- the proposed nuclear waste dump at Woomera and international plans to make it a high level waste facility -- a critique of the Federal government's cryptic insistence on building a new reactor at Lucas Heights -- and so on .... watch this space |
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