Selling uranium to India

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Selling uranium to India

Post by mantra » Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:00 am

How does India dispose of their nuclear waste safely? How can any nation do this? Gillard has managed to dig herself into another hole here and hasn't bothered consulting anyone aside from Obama. She's just made the decision because she could.

We should not be selling to developing countries, particularly those who haven't signed the nuclear proliferation treaty.

It's possible this has something to do with the Global Nuclear Waste Tip in the NT which Gillard has signed off on. Howard instigated it and Gillard finalised it.

Will we end up with the world's nuclear waste on our doorstep? It's quite likely sales of uranium are now based on depleted uranium being returned to us.

I hope Rudd's popularity wins out over Gillards this time around and he has the final word. Gillard's power has gone to her head.

Rudd drops a bomb over uranium exports

FOREIGN Minister Kevin Rudd last night said he was never consulted over Prime Minister Julia Gillard's bid to sell uranium to India, which overturns the ban he introduced while prime minister.

He waited barely 10 minutes after US President Barack Obama had left the country before delivering the blow, revealing Ms Gillard hadn't even taken her intentions to cabinet or her own foreign minister.

Mr Rudd was asked by the ABC's 7.30 if he was consulted about the appeal to Labor members at the party's national conference next month to change the party's platform to allow sales of uranium to India for civilian purposes, one of the biggest diplomatic decisions Ms Gillard has taken.

"In terms of when the Prime Minister communicated with the Indian government ... no, I was not consulted," Mr Rudd said.

Ms Gillard has enjoyed a relatively good few weeks and had basked in Mr Obama's visit. But she will now enter the last week of parliament - the traditional political "killing season" - leading a party divided.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n ... 6198335968

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Re: Selling uranium to India

Post by Neferti » Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:31 pm

She did it, didn't she? Agreed to sell Uranium to India without Caucus agreement? ........ must have been the stars in her eyes, thinking that Barry thought she was his "special friend". What a stupid woman. Jules is a typical female who should never, ever be in charge of anything. Hard as nails one minute and acts like a teenager the next. Sheesh! That's fine if you are running the local RSPCA but if you happen to be the Prime Minister of Australia .......... :stop

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Re: Selling uranium to India

Post by HBS Gay » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:45 pm

Do they make thtrap onth out of uranium? Mine thineth in the dark!

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Re: Selling uranium to India

Post by Bart » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:28 pm

Wonder when Gillard will be selling our uranium to North Korea? :shock:
Women...if they had brains they'd be men

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