From: alistair hart [akombilife@yahoo.com.au]
Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2002 11:11 PM
To: ecita.sen@aph.gov.au
Subject: Submission to Ranger and Jabiluka Senate Inquiry

Submission to Ranger and Jabiluka Senate Inquiry

Name:Alistair John Hart

Address:13 Joan Street, Bungalow, Qld 4870

Date:14/8/02

Submission to Ranger and Jabiluka Senate Inquiry

I ask the Senate Inquiry to recommend: incremental
winding down of existing uranium operations at Ranger
and measures to prevent any further uranium mining
operations within the Kakadu/Arnhem Land region.

Continued uranium exraction in these populated areas,
is irrespopnsible. We already have documented breaches
not just of environmental standards re: release of
wastewater from the mine and the inherent breakdown in
communication that is promoted by the current
regulatory regime.

Imagine getting your water and fish from a potentially
radioactive watercourse. This is the reality already
faced by indigenous people in AUSTRALIA!!

The long term economic viability and sustainability of
not just the national asset base, but our social
cohesion and potential for future growth and
reconciliation is at stake here.

You are the people empowered to advocate for social
and economic justice. The reality is, if you have
Australia's interests at heart, which is presumably
why you enetered parliament in the first place, you
will help put an end to the economic, social and
environmental injustice that is Ranger and Potentially
Jabiluka uranium mining operations.

Yours sincerely,


Alistair John Hart
14/8/02

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