WGAR News: Muckaty legislation hits two year mark: renewed call for nuclear dump plan to be scrapped: BNI

Newsletter date: 21 March 2014

Contents:

* 3CR Community Radio: Radioactive Show: "Mitch, Aranda/Luritija women sharing her memories hearing about the nuclear waste dump in the NT for the first time"
* Beyond Nuclear Initiative: March 13 - Muckaty legislation hits two year mark: renewed call for nuclear dump plan to be scrapped
* Beyond Nuclear Initiative: NT no place for Sydney’s radioactive waste: time for evidence, not expedience
* Beyond Nuclear Initiative: BNI Support Appeal - Contribute to help stop the Muckaty dump
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in the NT

* Hands off Country: 21st Century Maja (Law Man): 24 April 1966 - 26 February 2014
[Hands off Country website includes the name of an Aboriginal elder who has died]
* KimberleyDirectAction: NEW Extra Special WE WON Edition to the Walmadan Camp Book
* Background to the Walmadan Tent Embassy, James Price Point, north of Broome, Kimberley Region, WA
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* 3CR COMMUNITY RADIO: RADIOACTIVE SHOW: "MITCH, ARANDA/LURITIJA WOMEN SHARING HER MEMORIES HEARING ABOUT THE NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP IN THE NT FOR THE FIRST TIME"

- Audio

3CR Community Radio: Radioactive Show 08.03.2014
http://www.3cr.org.au/radioactive/podcast/radioactive-show-08032014
8 Mar 14: "Donna, Larrakia woman from Darwin, reflects on the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance; Mitch, Aranda/Luritija women sharing her memories hearing about the nuclear waste dump in the NT for the first time; ICAN’s Dimity Hawkins’ wise words about nuclear weapons; and Kylie-Maree Sambo, 19 year old rapper from Tennant Creek speaking about the waste dump, her music, and inspiring the youth."

* BEYOND NUCLEAR INITIATIVE: MARCH 13 - MUCKATY LEGISLATION HITS TWO YEAR MARK: RENEWED CALL FOR NUCLEAR DUMP PLAN TO BE SCRAPPED

- Media Release

Beyond Nuclear Initiative: March 13- Muckaty legislation hits two year mark: renewed call for nuclear dump plan to be scrapped
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/media-releases/
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/2014/03/13/renewed-call-for-muckaty-d...
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/130314_muckat...
13 Mar 14: "Renewed call for Muckaty dump plan to be scrapped as ‘draconian’ nuclear waste legislation hits two-year mark.
Marking two years since passage of the National Radioactive Waste Management Act (NRWMA), Traditional Owners and supporters have renewed calls for the government to drop plans for
locating the first national radioactive waste dump at Muckaty, 120km north of Tennant Creek in the NT.
Beyond Nuclear Initiative convenor Natalie Wasley said, "The National Radioactive Waste Management Act is draconian and gives the Minister absolute discretion in key aspects of radioactive waste management. It overrides any state or territory law that would ‘hinder’ the plan, and limits the application of environmental protection laws, Aboriginal heritage protection legislation, and appeal rights. It does not grant ‘procedural fairness’ in relation to the existing Muckaty nomination." ... "

* BEYOND NUCLEAR INITIATIVE: NT NO PLACE FOR SYDNEY'S RADIOACTIVE WASTE: TIME FOR EVIDENCE, NOT EXPEDIENCE

- Media Release

Beyond Nuclear Initiative: February 28_NT no place for Sydney’s radioactive waste: time for evidence, not expedience
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/media-releases/
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/140228_media-...
28 Feb 14: "A plan by the NSW Government to move large volumes of radioactive waste from suburban Sydney to a proposed but non-existent dump site at Muckaty north of Tennant Creek highlights the confused and short-term thinking surrounding radioactive waste management in Australia, according to national radioactive waste watchdog the Beyond Nuclear Initiative."

* BEYOND NUCLEAR INITIATIVE: BNI SUPPORT APPEAL - CONTRIBUTE TO HELP STOP THE MUCKATY DUMP

- Appeal

Beyond Nuclear Initiative: BNI Support Appeal - Contribute to help stop the Muckaty dump
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/2013/12/01/bni-appeal/
1 Dec 13: "The BNI fundraising appeal (launched in December 2013) is ongoing. Please consider making a contribution to BNI’s work to move radioactive waste management in a more socially just and environmentally responsible direction- click on the image above to be directed to the donation portal. 2014 is shaping up as a turning point in radioactive waste management in Australia. For the first time in decades the federal government is considering other options for radioactive waste management besides a single remote dump site at Muckaty.And the important legal action by Traditional Owners opposed to the Muckaty dump proposal will be the basis of a Federal Court trial in June 2014. ... "

* BACKGROUND TO THE PROPOSED MUCKATY NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP IN THE NT:

Last updated: 9 March 2014

http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-proposed-muckaty-nu...

* HANDS OFF COUNTRY: 21ST CENTURY MAJA (LAW MAN): 24 APRIL 1966 - 26 FEBRUARY 2014

- Analysis / Opinion

Hands off Country: 21st Century Maja (Law Man) 24 April 1966 - 26 February 2014
http://handsoffcountry.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/21-st-century-maja-law-ma...
10 Mar 14: "No need to say anything, its all been said below. We are just catching our tears, trying to find our feet and stop pitching ourselves. All who loved this man have been rocked with this great loss to the very core of our beings. But we will never give up our dreaming in our protection of Country. We will continue the vision and than we will walk it together, again. ... "
21st Century Maja (Law Man) 24 April 1966 - 26 February 2014
"When a father dies, a great symbolic mountain falls into the sea. Bearings are gone. Life can never be the same. When a son dies there is inconsolable grief. Yet when the mountain is gone an awareness grows of its strength and majesty. Adjustments must be made. New challenges emerge. Family, sons and daughters grow to new heights. Feelings of loss give way to feelings of what has been achieved and what must be done now. Fathers, mothers, sons and daughters, grandmothers and grandfathers of the future are born. The cycle continues. ... "

* KIMBERLEY DIRECT ACTION: NEW EXTRA SPECIAL WE WON EDITION TO THE WALMADAN CAMP BOOK

- Compilation

KimberleyDirectAction: NEW Extra Special WE WON Edition to the Walmadan Camp Book
http://kimberleydirectaction.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/new-extra-special-...
23 Nov 13: "In the NEW WE WON section you will find:
* Heartfelt reflections and recounts from some of the people involved at Camp Walmadan
* Photos and artworks by local people
* A song written by the Walmadan crew on the day of the win. "The day of the win the Walmadan phone was ringing off the hook, so we spent most of the day sitting together on the floor of the media tent, taking phone calls and not quite knowing exactly how to feel or what to do. In between calls we put our bewildered energy into writing a song. It was performed at the celebration gigs with cup percussion"."

* BACKGROUND TO THE WALMADAN TENT EMBASSY, JAMES PRICE POINT, NORTH OF BROOME, KIMBERLEY REGION, WA

Last updated: 9 March 2014

http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/02/walmadan-tent-embassy-james-price-poi...

* BACKGROUND TO THE SAVE THE KIMBERLEY CAMPAIGN - JAMES PRICE POINT, NORTH OF BROOME, WA

Last updated: 9 March 2014

http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...

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