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Think again, minister, on uranium deal with Emirates - May 13, 2013
Dave Sweeney

It might surprise many Australians to know that Foreign Minister Bob Carr is moving forward with a deal to sell Australian uranium to the United Arab Emirates – a country with an illiberal government situated in one of the most volatile and insecure regions in the world.
Uranium: dividing communities as well as atoms - April 23, 2013
Dave Sweeney

Uranium mining may be attractive to those seeking to boost state coffers, but it leaves the land poisoned and communities divided.
Browse Basin decision a win for all (Australian Financial Review) - April 17, 2013
Don Henry

The decision of Woodside and the Browse Joint Venture Partners not to proceed with the industrialisation of James Price Point is a welcome and responsible move.
Woodside – time to go with the float (Online Opinion) - April 12, 2013
Wade Freeman

The fight to oppose the development of the Kimberley has spread from the red sands of James Price Point to capture the attention of the whole nation.
Climate change will dampen Abbott's northern Australia plans - March 18, 2013
Wade Freeman

There has been enough written about the cyclical history of developing the north and the northern food bowl, motivated by knee jerk responses.
Fukushima's dark legacy - March 8, 2013
Dave Sweeney

March 11 marks an occasion the global nuclear industry would much rather forget but one that holds a particularly dark relevance for Australia.
Qld logging threat another reason why approval powers should stay with Federal Government - March 8, 2013
Andrew Picone

The Queensland Government has decided to re-open State Forests to logging without public consultation, notice, or regard for ecological values that underpin a $2.3 billion nature based tourism industry.
WA should leave its uranium in the ground - March 6, 2013
Dave Sweeney

The uranium industry promises big and delivers little.
Call that a mating ritual? THIS is a mating ritual - February 14, 2013
Saffron Zomer

If you thought forking out for over-priced flowers was enough to contend with on Valentines Day, spare a thought for fellow lovers in the wild, who work much harder to keep their sweethearts happy.
Looking to the mining industry to empower Indigenous communities is a dangerous and fraught path (The Age) - December 21, 2012
Leah Talbot

Why should indigenous communities have to trade away their land for basic citizenship entitlements other Australians take for granted?
No smooth passage to India for Australian uranium - October 18, 2012
Dave Sweeney

From Kakadu to Kolkata we need Australian politicians to pay as much attention to the actual danger signs as they do to the promised dollar signs.
Japan's radiation catastrophe was made in Australia (Sydney Morning Herald) - October 16, 2012
Dave Sweeney

THE signs that things are not as they should be start gently enough: weeds appear in fields, the roadside vegetation covers signs and there are few people about. The country looks peaceful, green and sleepy – then the radiation monitor two seats away wakes up and starts clicking.
Those who've cared the longest should have a strong say (On Line Opinion) - October 12, 2012
Leah Talbot

For Indigenous Australians the role of managing and protecting country, culture, language and traditions is intrinsically linked to customary lore and obligations as traditional custodians and owners of homeland estates. This link innately connects Indigenous people with country; it is core to their existence.