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Collapse Issue 214 - 04 May 2009Issue 214 - 04 May 2009
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Chamber calls for Ministerial inquiry
Sea rescues on Anzac weekend
Council continues investment defence
Service was well attended
Asbestos removal at seniors' centre
Community group reports activity
Harry Boyle dies
Workshops held for estuary plan
Barbecue raises $1500
Port Douglas holiday
Rotary club is Coast's largest
Red Shield appeal starts
Field day at Patonga Creek
Yachts broke moorings
Further west
Hardware store opens in Umina
Peninsula in the news
Corrections
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Gee whiz! It could come good
Vandalism has become regular
History of Little Theatre
Funds should not have been gambled
Council is kidding itself
Refuse noisy bike track
Conference of conferences
Publicity led to packed house
The people should own a republic
Uranium export is bad news
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Students attend Anzac service
Questacon visits local schools
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Rogers Park oval vandalised
Grant for rugby league equipment
Grant to compete in Greece
Flags taken down
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Comedy in June
Prizes at shows
Politicians visit theatre
Duncan Chalmers at folk club
Show based on local childhood
Season of one-act plays
Big band across the bay
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Free flu vaccine for older residents
Mothers' Day run for cancer
Cafe helps in Morning Tea
Anzac service at hospital
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Peninsula News celebrates 10 years
The origins and purpose of Peninsula News
Newspaper is warranted
Connecting the community
Social responsibility has been demonstrated
An important milestone
Recording the changes
Newspaper fills a niche
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Home show winners
The winners

Uranium export is bad news

To export uranium ore to China, or anywhere else, is very bad news not just for Australia but also for the entire world.

The justification "uranium for energy" is meaningless and deceptive.

Australia owns close to 40 per cent of all uranium ore available in the world.

It is incumbent on such a large potential supplier to set an ethical example.

Nuclear power plants are (a) extremely costly to build and dismantle; (b) provide energy that is not "cleaner and greener"; (c) has the major problem of storing radioactive waste; and (d) in Australia which is not geologically stable as claimed is not a renewable energy.

Exporting the ore to other countries, on the pretense of having a moral responsibility to do that, means losing control over its final destination and use.

We could end up with nuclear weapons everywhere.

Minister Martin Fergusson and the Rudd ALP Government, think again.


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