Nuclear lobby identifies preferred sites for 20 nukes in Australia

National Party luminaries such as Barnaby Joyce and NSW deputy premier John Barilaro must be tickled pink. 

Outspoken pro-nuclear advocates have been identified
by the local nuclear lobby as some of the most prospective
locations for their call to build 20 nukes in Australia’s main grid.

The electorates of these outspoken pro-nuclear advocates have been identified by the local nuclear lobby as some of the most prospective locations for their call to build 20 nukes in Australia’s main grid.

These areas include Joyce’s New England electorate, Barilaro’s state electorate of Monaro in southern NSW, and fellow booster Ken O’Dowd’s federal electorate of Flynn in central Queensland. Won’t their constituents be pleased!

Other towns and regions identified include the Latrobe Valley, the Gippsland region of Victoria, Albury, Whyalla and Port Augusta in South Australia, the mid-north coast of NSW, and a whole bunch of sites in south-east Queensland.

Read the story from RenewEconomy by Giles Parkinson - “Nuclear lobby identifies preferred sites for 20 nukes in Australia.”

Folklore should not play a part in environmental destruction

When NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro reversed a planned cull of wild alpine horses in May, he was careful to evoke some of our most cherished Australian imagery.

“Wild brumbies have been roaming the Australian alps for almost 200 years and are part of the cultural fabric and folklore of the country,” he said.

He forgot to mention, though, that the natural environment is as much a part of that folklore - mountains, gum trees, rushing rivers - as the wild horses that are, when all is said and done, an introduced species.

Read the Editorial from The Canberra Times - “Folklore should not play a part in environmental destruction.”