The decision to allow the Beverley uranium mine in South Australia to go ahead is only the latest attack on the environment and the rights of indigenous people by Howard and his pro-big business gang in government. Situated in a sensitive arid environment and on Aboriginal land, the Beverley mine will extract uranium through the injection of millions of litres of acid into the ground.
The decision is supposedly part of the drive to capture a larger portion of the world uranium market and make Australia more "competitive".
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly has campaigned on many fronts for many years against the nuclear fuel cycle. From the campaign in solidarity with the peoples of the South Pacific during the French government's nuclear tests through to the campaign demanding the closure of the Lucas Heights reactor in Sydney, Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly has taken a stand alongside those opposing the nuclear madness.
In future issues of the paper, there will be further extensive coverage of the campaigns to oppose uranium mining and the strategies and tactics of the anti-uranium movement. Part of this coverage will be a detailed examination of the history of the movement in Australia, commencing with the centrespread of this issue.
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