RALLY TIME! DON’T DUMP ON SA.
Saturday Dec 2, 2017, 11 am
Parliament House, North Tce, Adelaide, Kaurna Land.
Family friendly event. Bring your friends!
Twelve months ago, the Second Citizen’s Jury on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission soundly rejected a proposal to store nuclear waste in SA.
However, our state still faces nuclear waste dump proposal initiated by the Federal government. In the lead up to the SA state election in March, we need to send a strong message to politicians to make it clear that SA will not be the radioactive dump state. Get inspired by watching the ‘We say NO’ short film if you haven’t already.
Get even more inspired by watching this short video of Scott Ludlam (Facebook) explaining the significance of the issue and why you should come to the rally:
The rally is packed with great speakers and entertainment. We are lucky to have indigenous dancers the Dusty Feet Mob performing as well as the Rise Up Singers.
In its effort to find a site to house Australia’s radioactive waste, the Federal Government’s National Radioactive Waste Management Project (NRWMP) has three sites currently under consideration in South Australia – one at Barndioota in the Flinders Ranges and two in Kimba on the Eyre Peninsula. Some of this nuclear waste is a hazard for hundreds of years and some for thousands of years.
Radioactive Nuclear waste dumps for non-SA wastes are illegal in SA. In response to earlier moves to dump waste in SA, Parliament passed a law to say NO: the Nuclear Waste Facility (Prohibition) Act 2000 (SA). The objects of this Act are “to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of South Australia and to protect the environment in which they live by prohibiting the establishment of certain nuclear waste storage facilities in this state.”
The government’s proposal is for permanent disposal of low level waste and for long term interim storage of intermediate level waste, with no plan for its permanent disposal. However, some of this has been reprocessed overseas and classified as high level waste by French authorities. It is currently being stored at Lucas Heights. Details of the proposed long-term storage facility have not been provided. Although the proposal discussed at the NFC Royal Commission lacked rigor, even less has been released on the particulars of this plan!
The waste can and should remain secured and monitored at ANSTO’s Lucas Heights reactor, where most of it is produced, until a dedicated public review of the full range of options for waste management is carried out. The focus needs to shift from targeting SA to establishing a fair, open and responsible process for the management of Australia’s most hazardous waste.
We need your support.
Please come to the rally, bring your friends and family and stand up for South Australia at a fun, family friendly event.
Saturday Dec 2, 2017, 11 am
Parliament House, North Tce, Adelaide, Kaurna Land.
Please share through your networks
Sign the petition: www.nodumpalliance.org.au/sign_the_petition_no_dump
Check out the website: www.dontdumponsa.net
Donate: via the crowdfunder www.gofundme.com/dont-dump-on-sa-rally-2-dec-2017 or by direct deposit to: BSB: 313 140 Account No: 12137847 (please note that donations are not tax deductible)
Phone or write to your local MP. Find their contact details here: http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/Pages/List%20of%20All%20Members.aspx
RSVP on FB: www.facebook.com/dontdumponsa
Thanks for all you do, See you on 2nd December