PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA was formed in response to the disturbing prospect of Australia becoming a major player in the nuclear power and nuclear waste arena on a global scale. read more »
Barack Obama, 5 May 2010: "I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, pursuant to sections 123 b. and 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b), (d)) (the "Act"), the text of a proposed Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy" ... read more »
PNFA Patron - John Butler
John Butler, one of our most highly respected and truly independent musical artists, is now a Patron of PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA. read more »
PNFA Patron - Dr David Suzuki
Internationally acclaimed scientist & environmentalist Dr David Suzuki is the inaugural Patron of PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA. read more »
PNFA Founder & Spokesperson
Globally respected Australian anti-nuclear campaigner and physician Dr Helen Caldicott leads the Board of PEOPLE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE AUSTRALIA as Founder and Spokesperson. read more »
Labor's climate enemies within
21 Aug 2010: Will Michael O'Connor, powerful forestry division secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, block an effective Australian response to climate change? It's a worry for our economy because O'Connor is a key figure behind the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and soft left factional allies Martin Ferguson and Penny Wong - who, for one more day at least, control the portfolios that really matter ... read more »Obama Nuclear Weapons and the Future of the Planet
26 Apr 2010: Isn't it strange? In the 1980s an overwhelming 80% of Americans wanted to see an end to the nuclear arms race. The U.S. establishment treated this grassroots movement almost as an aberration, virtually ignoring it. This massive, global, grassroots movement helped bring an end to ... read more »Nuclear energy: money can't buy love
3 Mar 2010: Nuclear energy is not only hazardous, but reliant on government subsidies to survive. Australia would spend its money more wisely on renewables. On coming to office President Barack Obama cancelled the proposed Mt Yucca deep geological nuclear waste disposal site after 20 years and over US$9 billion of public funds had been spent on this project. The US has had to go back to the drawing board on nuclear waste ... read moreThe 2007 Australian federal election was a nuclear election. The immediate threat of an Australia nuclear power industry was removed along with the Howard government but, while Kevin Rudd has vowed not to build nuclear reactors, he and the Australian Labor Party support an expansion of uranium mining and export. There remains a strong push by members of the nuclear industry to develop nuclear power in Australia. read more »
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