New nuclear treaty will be 'ineffective': DFAT, SMH, Anthony Galloway, January 21, 2021, Australia says a new United Nations nuclear treaty signed by more than 80 countries will be ineffective in eliminating nuclear weapons from the world.The Morrison government has not signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which comes into effect on Friday. The…
Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong said Labor welcomed the treaty. After taking into account the need to ensure an effective verification and enforcement architecture, the interaction of the treaty with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and achieve universal support, a Labor government would sign and ratify the treaty, she said. Australia can and should lead international efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. A Labor government would work with our allies and partners to this end and would always act consistently with the US alliance.
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Helen Durham, director for international law and policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross, said all countries should sign the treaty as it was the “most explicit and clearest expression that the horrific weapons need to be banned”.
Emails show Yeelirrie uranium mine approved a month before 2019 election after pressure from Cameco
By national science, technology and environment reporter Michael Slezak and the Specialist Reporting Team s Penny Timms
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The Yeelirrie uranium project has a long and sordid history and a sod has not yet been turned.
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The dry red dirt around Yeelirrie station looks utterly inhospitable.
Sitting about 800 kilometres from Perth, in the far north of Western Australia s Goldfields region, the dry and remote land is dotted with spinifex, some small bushes and trees and not much else.
Key points:
Mining at the Ranger Uranium Mine wound up yesterday after more than 40 years
Traditional owners in Kakadu are now calling for an extension of the project’s rehabilitation phase
The company that runs the mine has signalled its support for the move
Production at the Ranger Uranium Mine, on the outskirts of the national park, drew to a close yesterday after more than 40 years of operation.
Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, which represents Mirarr traditional owners, has used the closure to demand owner Energy Resources Australia (ERA) rehabilitate the site
beyond its current lease expiry in 2026.
Within that timeframe, the company is required to restore the site to its previous pristine state.