Coalition for a Nuclear Free Australia Phone: 9440 7043 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Website: http://www.green.net.au/NukeFreeAus <http://www.green.net.au/NukeFreeAus> PRESS RELEASE A Tour of Corporate Nuclear Melbourne The Coalition for a Nuclear Free Australia has organised a rally to expose some of the major companies involved in the nuclear industry. The Tour of Corporate Nuclear Melbourne will be held this Wednesday, December 13 beginning at 1pm at Flinders Street Station. The Tour will involve a march from the Flinders Street Station to Rio Tinto (the new owners of the proposed Jabiluka Uranium Mine in Kakadu). From here it will proceed past several banks with major investments in uranium companies to the Uranium Information Centre. The march will finish at Southbank at the offices of Western Mining. The Coalition for a Nuclear Free Australia was recently formed to counteract moves by the nuclear industry to expand its presence in Australia. "Australia is one of the main targets for nuclear expansion. The global nuclear industry intends to use Australia as a cheap mine for uranium and as a cheap dumping ground for nuclear waste. If they can persuade us to buy some of their expensive and dangerous nuclear generators they’ll be even happier" said Coalition spokesperson, Hillary Grech. "The Howard Government is supporting this nuclear expansion by promoting expansions in uranium mining and nuclear power, and by agreeing to turn Australia into a nuclear waste dump" Ms Grech said. "The companies that we will visit as part of our Tour of Corporate Nuclear Melbourne are hand in hand with the Federal Government in forcing Australia further down the nuclear path" she said. "These companies are telling governments around the world what to do. It is a case of nuclear corporate rule. Democracy doesn’t get a look-in", she said. "And now we are facing a visit from a nuclear warship while the Labor Premier indicates he will welcome the ship into Melbourne. We will not tolerate a return to the 1970s when we had to fight to keep nuclear ships out of our harbour and away from our homes" she said. "We ask Premier Bracks to support the long-standing ALP policy against nuclear warship visits and to revoke any permission for such ships to visit Melbourne. If he doesn’t then we will have no choice but to stop the ships ourselves" Ms Greche said. For further information phone 9440 7043 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink LL.VL
