NO radioactive waste dump in the NT
“From the heart, for the heartland”
Traditional owners speak out:
NO radioactive waste dump in the NT!
Melbourne Public meeting
Monday 18th June
6.30 – 8.30 pm
Exhibition opens for viewing from 6 pm.
Trades Hall, cnr. Lygon and Victoria St’s, Carlton South.
Indigenous traditional owners and community members from areas proposed for the Federal radioactive waste dump are undertaking a national speaking tour. Timed to coincide with the announcement of the Federal Government’s preferred dump site, this tour is an opportunity for national audiences to hear how the dump proposal is impacting the targeted communities in the Northern Territory. Speakers will share their stories and experiences and raise concerns related to contamination of the country that sustains their communities, livelihoods and traditional culture.
Speakers:
· Audrey McCormack and Benedict Stevens - Mt Everard traditional owners
· Priscilla Williams and Mitch - Harts Range community members
· Dianne Stokes - Muckaty traditional owner
· Donna Jackson - Top End Aboriginal Conservation Alliance (TEACA) and Larrakia Nations’ representative.
The evening will include an exhibition of artworks from affected communities, photos of the proposed dump sites and a short film.
The speaking tour aims to confront and dispel the myth used to justify nuclear activities in Australia; that remote areas are uninhabited and lifeless places. Federal Science Minister Julie Bishop suggested that all of the proposed waste dump sites are “far from any form of civilisation” when in fact, there are communities living and running successful enterprises three, five and eighteen kilometres away from the three areas currently being assessed.
This is a unique opportunity to hear first hand, the impact of the Federal radioactive waste dump proposal on remote and indigenous communities. With Australia poised to expand involvement in the global nuclear industry, this public forum will enable discussion of domestic radioactive waste management issues, social and environment concerns regarding the NT dump proposal and ways people interstate can engage with and support the NT community campaign.
Please advertise this public event widely amongst your family, friends and colleagues and contact the tour coordinators for any further information.
Tour coordinator: Natalie Wasley, 0429 900 774, natwasley@alec.org.au
Melbourne contact: Michaela Stubbs, 0429 136 935, michaela.stubbs@foe.org.au
Traditional owners speak out:
NO radioactive waste dump in the NT!
Melbourne Public meeting
Monday 18th June
6.30 – 8.30 pm
Exhibition opens for viewing from 6 pm.
Trades Hall, cnr. Lygon and Victoria St’s, Carlton South.
Indigenous traditional owners and community members from areas proposed for the Federal radioactive waste dump are undertaking a national speaking tour. Timed to coincide with the announcement of the Federal Government’s preferred dump site, this tour is an opportunity for national audiences to hear how the dump proposal is impacting the targeted communities in the Northern Territory. Speakers will share their stories and experiences and raise concerns related to contamination of the country that sustains their communities, livelihoods and traditional culture.
Speakers:
· Audrey McCormack and Benedict Stevens - Mt Everard traditional owners
· Priscilla Williams and Mitch - Harts Range community members
· Dianne Stokes - Muckaty traditional owner
· Donna Jackson - Top End Aboriginal Conservation Alliance (TEACA) and Larrakia Nations’ representative.
The evening will include an exhibition of artworks from affected communities, photos of the proposed dump sites and a short film.
The speaking tour aims to confront and dispel the myth used to justify nuclear activities in Australia; that remote areas are uninhabited and lifeless places. Federal Science Minister Julie Bishop suggested that all of the proposed waste dump sites are “far from any form of civilisation” when in fact, there are communities living and running successful enterprises three, five and eighteen kilometres away from the three areas currently being assessed.
This is a unique opportunity to hear first hand, the impact of the Federal radioactive waste dump proposal on remote and indigenous communities. With Australia poised to expand involvement in the global nuclear industry, this public forum will enable discussion of domestic radioactive waste management issues, social and environment concerns regarding the NT dump proposal and ways people interstate can engage with and support the NT community campaign.
Please advertise this public event widely amongst your family, friends and colleagues and contact the tour coordinators for any further information.
Tour coordinator: Natalie Wasley, 0429 900 774, natwasley@alec.org.au
Melbourne contact: Michaela Stubbs, 0429 136 935, michaela.stubbs@foe.org.au
posted by Pax Christi @ Friday, June 08, 2007
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