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Campaigners vow to continue the fight to stop Canberra dumping nuclear waste in SA
July 12, 2019
Civil society groups and members of the communities affected by the federal government’s proposed National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (NRWMF) are deeply disappointed with Justice White’s ruling that the exclusion of Barngarla Traditional Owners...
Read More ShareNuclear war between super funds
July 11, 2019
Industry Super Australia (ISA) ‒ a research and advocacy body for Industry SuperFunds ‒ has published a report promoting nuclear power, prompting a sceptical response from Industry Super Holdings, which is controlled by super funds including AustralianSuper, Cbus, Hostplus and...
Read More ShareABC's Media Watch takes aim at nuclear misinformation and bias
June 25, 2019
Media Release ‒ 25 June 2019 ‒ Friends of the Earth Australia The ABC's Media Watch program last night took aim at Australia's pro-nuclear propagandists and the extreme bias of Australia's nuclear 'debate'. Media...
Read More ShareNuclear power exits Australia's energy debate, enters culture wars
June 13, 2019
What do these politicians and ex-politicians have in common: Clive Palmer, Tony Abbott, Cory Bernardi, Barnaby Joyce, Mark Latham, Jim Molan, Craig Kelly, Eric Abetz, and David Leyonhjelm?
Read More ShareAn obituary for small modular reactors
March 11, 2019
Small reactors are being heavily promoted but the economics don't stack up.
Read More ShareRadioactive Exposure Tour 2018 - A BIG success!
April 16, 2018
This year's Radioactive Exposure Tour (radtour), organised by FoE's Nuclear Free Campaign, was a big success.
Read More ShareAustralia's contribution to nuclear proliferation risks
September 06, 2017
Once again, the world finds itself in a dangerous place as one mad-man explodes increasingly powerful nuclear weapons and another mad-man threatens North Korea with "fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which...
Read More ShareJames Hansen’s Generation IV nuclear fallacies and fantasies
August 29, 2017
The two young co-founders of nuclear engineering start-up Transatomic Power were embarrassed earlier this year when their claims about their molten salt reactor design were debunked, forcing some major retractions. The claims of MIT nuclear engineering graduates Leslie...
Read More ShareEnvironment groups call on Canberra to abandon Kimba nuclear dump plan
June 20, 2017
Conservation SA, the state's peak environment body, along with national environment groups Friends of the Earth Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation, have today lodged a submission with the federal Department of Industry, Innovation and...
Read More ShareHigh Level Waste Dump for South Australia declared 'DEAD!'
June 07, 2017
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill made the announcement at a public forum at Victor Harbour this week, and pronounced the proposal to import 138,000 tonnes of high-level nuclear and 390,000 cubic metres of intermediate-level...
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