Anti-nuclear talk

Anti-nuclear campaigner and Central Coast resident Dr Helen Caldicott will give a talk entitled "Nuclear Power is Not the Answer" at the Pearl Beach Community Hall on Sunday, August 12.

"She has devoted her life to the campaign against nuclear power and is recognised as a leading spokesperson for the anti-nuclear movement," organiser Mr Klaas Woldring said.

"Dr Caldicott is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and the recipient of the 2003 Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom.

"Both the Smithonian Institute and the Ladies' Home Journal have named her one of the most influential women of the 20th century.

"A best selling author, she divides her time between Australia and Washington DC, where she is the president of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute.

"Given the enormous interest in Climate Change and the need for all peoples to reduce their carbon print and safeguard their health, the issue of nuclear power has re-emerged as an extremely important one to settle.

"Dr Caldicott recently appeared as an expert on the ABC's Difference of Opinion program."

Mr Woldring said the meeting would start at 2pm and had been organised by "concerned Pearl Beach residents".

The entry fee is $5.

Press release, 1 Aug 2007 Klaas Woldring