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Muckaty traditional owners visit office of Federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson - 26 July

Submitted by peter on Mon, 26/07/2010 - 10:25pm

A group of Traditional Owners from Muckaty are currently in Melbourne in connection with a court challenge to Government plans to build a nuclear waste dump on their land. This morning they attended the launch of a billboard in Northcote funded by supporters of the Australian Conservation Foundation, and this afternoon they followed this up by joining members of Friends of the Earth ACE collective and others outside the office of Federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson. They wanted to deliver a letter for the Minister, but the office was locked…

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Senate report increases determination to fight Muckaty nuclear dump

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/05/2010 - 9:52am

The Beyond Nuclear Initiative (BNI) says a Senate report on the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill released on May 7 is deplorable and will invigorate efforts to oppose a dump at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory.

Pictured: Muckaty traditional owners outside the Senate Inquiry hearing in Darwin

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Nuclear dump opposed from Muckaty to Melbourne

Submitted by takver on Fri, 30/04/2010 - 10:55pm

Community opposition to Martin Ferguson's nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station continues to grow. About 40 people convened at short notice outside Martin Ferguson's electoral office on High Street Preston in a colourful protest of speeches, song and street theatre. 'Martin Ferguson' gets 'splashed' with Muckaty nuclear waste in the street theatre performed outside his office.

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Stop Martin Ferguson dumping on traditional owners: Northcote Town Hall, 21 April 10

Submitted by peter on Sat, 24/04/2010 - 4:40pm

Federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson's ears should have been burning on Wednesday evening as speakers at an information evening at Northcote Town Hall attacked his perverse obsession with building a nuclear waste dump on Indigenous land at Muckaty in the Northern Territory.

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Muckaty nuclear waste dump protested by traditional owners in Tennant Creek

Submitted by takver on Sun, 04/04/2010 - 12:51pm

250 Traditional indigenous owners and anti-nuclear activists protested in Tennant Creek on Saturday April 3 in opposition to the proposed Muckaty Station Nuclear Waste Dump. Anger was particularly directed at Federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson, and to the Northern Land Council.

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Protest at Muckaty waste dump nomination - open-air film night at office of Martin Ferguson, 11 March

Submitted by peter on Sat, 13/03/2010 - 3:12pm

Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson’s announcement on 23 February of plans to dump nuclear waste at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory in spite of opposition from a range of traditional owners triggered immediate protests, including one by FoE’s ACE collective on Friday 26th. A further action took the form of an open-air film night outside his electorate office, with films projected on a makeshift screen on the side wall, while the ‘audience’ made themselves comfortable on the footpath opposite...

The following statement was issued by Friends of the Earth Australia:

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