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Volume 7, Wednesday August 4, 2010
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Olympic Dam jobs secure - say Greens But no uranium! L
ocal Greens candidate for Grey and local veterinarian, Dr Andrew Melville-Smith rejected the current hysteria about the Greens uranium mining policy, saying it has been blown all out of proportion.
Greens’ Candidate for Grey Andrew MelvilleSmith warns of the dangers of uranium mining.
He said the Greens’ policy would not close Olympic Dam and would not be a threat to mining jobs in Roxby Downs, but it would phase out the mining of uranium by 2050. But the Greens policy is causing concern among Liberal ranks, with local Member for Grey, Rowan Ramsey saying that Labor’s preference deal with the Greens threatens the mining industry. “Labor’s preference deal with the Greens will almost certainly deliver the balance of power in the Senate to the Greens. If Julia Gillard’s Labor Government is returned, it will be the Greens they will have to negotiate with to pass the Resource Super Profits Tax and an ETS,” he said. Dr Melville-Smith said, “The current media beat-up is completely dishonest and a grubby attempt by a desperate Liberal and Labor machine because they know the scientific evidence supports our position: that uranium mining is a very high risk venture.”
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He said that uranium contributes only 2-3% to BHP Billiton’s overall income, making it only a tiny fraction of their overall business. Dr Andrew Melville-Smith said, “Olympic Dam is the world’s fourth-largest copper mine and the world’s fifth-largest gold mine. This is where the bulk of the mines’ income comes from, and is where the bulk of the Olympic Dam expansion will be focused. The expansion will increase gold production eight-fold and increase copper production three-fold.” Dr Melville-Smith told The Monitor that the Greens have some well-documented concerns about certain specifics of the Olympic Dam expansion, namely they oppose the planned desalination plant in Spencer Gulf, and instead argue it should be on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula. The Greens also question the amount of energy and water that will be used and the logic of an open-cut mine. He said, “Having an open-cut uranium mine in the middle of the desert, where dust storms are frequent and have been shown to reach our populated eastern states, is highly irresponsible.” Continued on page 3
Sitting Members for Grey, Rowan Ramsey says his party supports the mining of uranium
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