Nuclear Free Ways - Public Meeting at the Blackheath Climate Action Now meeting

Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Free Ways campaigner, Michaela Stubbs with members of the Blackheath Climate Action Now group, Peacebus.com and the Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group at Govetts Leap in Blackheath. Photo: Peter Veevers

Over the past week the Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group and Friends of the Earth have been hosting the Nuclear Free Ways Campaign.

Forty people attended the Nuclear Free Ways public meeting held in Katoomba on Wednesday 11th April. The night was opened with photographs by Jessie Boylan from her 'Inhabited' Exhibition. These exquisite portraits of communites who are fighting the proposed nuclear waste dump on there lands also included audio of them talking abot their struggle. A powerful exhibition that will come back to the Blue Mountains for 3 weeks later this year.

Dr. Jim Green the national nuclear campaigner from Friends of the Earth gave us an overview of the political situation at present including the Howard governments push for nuclear power and the possiblility that the ALP will over turn the no new mines policy. Over turning of the no new mines policy would inevitably mean an expansion in the uranium mining industry in Australia.

Nuclear Free Ways campaigner, Michaela Stubbs continued the evening with a presentation around the possible transportation of nuclear waste through the Blue Mountains to the proposed nuclear waste dump site in the Northern Territory.

This public meeting was followed up by a meeting and photo with Mayor Jim Angel and Councillor Kerrin O'Grady.

On Sunday Michaela was also invited to talk at the Blackheath Climate Action Now meeting and an interview on the Katoomba Surf Club's radio show on Blu FM.

For more information on the Nuclear Free Ways campaign, how you can get involved and how you can support contact:

Michaela Stubbs
(m) 0429 136 935
(e) michaela.stubbs[at]foe.org.au

To get involved in the Blue Mountains please contact the Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group:
manager[at]kncinc.org.au

Angels Unite for a Nuclear Free Future

Mayor Jim Angel, Lesley Sammon (BMNFG), Dianne Jacobus (BMNFG), Councillor Kerrin O'Grady,
Jana Michaels (FoE), Natalie Lowrey (BMNFG, FoE) and Friends of the Earth Nuclear Free Ways campaigner, Michaela Stubbs.
Photo: Peter Veevers

Friday April 13, 2007

Mayor Jim Angel and Greens Councillor Kerrin O'Grady joined with local and
visiting Nuclear Free activists in Katoomba today, to support the Nuclear
Free Ways campaign led by Friends of the Earth and the Blue Mountains
Nuclear Free Group.

The campaign aims to educate and strengthen communities along proposed
nuclear waste transport corridors from Lucas Heights to one of three
possible dump sites in the Northern Territory.

“I am very happy to host this Nuclear Free Ways tour in the Blue
Mountains.” said Mayor Angel. “It helps us reinforce our opposition to
nuclear waste transports through this World Heritage area.”

Councillor O'Grady also welcomed the presence, with a reminder that our
strength is our community. “We are the gatekeepers of the Blue Mountains,
the guardians of the highway.” She has urged the people of the Blue
Mountains to support those actively engaged in work like this.

“The Federal governments proposals to impose a nuclear waste dump on
communitites in the NT could see nuclear waste tranported through the NSW
for the next 40years.”  said Michaela Stubbs, Nuclear Free Ways
Coordinator “This poses unnecessary and unacceptable risks to communities
across Australia and must be stopped”

The Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Zone status and active opposition to
nuclear waste tranport is a significant step to protecting peoples health
and the environment.

Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle

Come and ride with Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle
to help make Australia nuclear free.

Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle is a community campaign to raise awareness about and build opposition to the nuclear industry in Australia. We're converging on Canberra with pedal power to tell the pollies we don't want a nuclear future! We're cycling from Rockhampton to Canberra and from Port Augusta to Canberra from late June to early September to make Australia nuclear free.

This will be a fantastic way to build positive political change towards a truly sustainable future. We need your ideas, passion and input to organise this event properly; everyone has something to offer. We also need riders, and lots of them! You can join us for as for as long or as little as you like. Don't be afraid of the distances. There will be riders of all levels of experience and fitness and always someone who is as slow or fast as you.

Contact us to find out how you or your group can get involved.

Website: canc.org.au
Email: contact@canc.org.au
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Beck Pearse
0405 105 101

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0431 303 084

Regards Beck and the CANC crew