Conservative position on uranium

Malcolm Turnbull needs to develop further understanding in the area of uranium mining.

He portrayed those who are opposed to uranium mining as "ideologically motivated". (ABC Insiders, 25 Feb 2007).

He was referring to the left of the ALP and the Greens.

However, just consider the implications of more mines and yellow cake exports.

It is simply very dangerous to produce large quantities of radioactive waste and increase the likelihood of more nuclear weapons in a very uncertain world.

What is so difficult about saying that we are not in the business of endangering the world?

Essentially that is a conservative position.

It would set a great example.

What kind of a conservative is Malcolm Turnbull really?

Finding excuses like "moral responsibility to produce energy" as a pretext for making money, sounds like His Master's Voice but it has nothing to do with leadership.

The new leadership of the ALP might reflect on their own dubious position.

The uranium issue is not an energy issue or a left vs right issue either.

What is seriously at stake here is the safety of the world.

Klaas Woldring Pearl Beach