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Media 2007

November 27:Trailblazing US Farmer turned star visits Southside with a film about his life

October 4: Environment Group calls on Australia to prepare for climate refugees

September 29 : Nuclear White Elephant comes to South Brisbane

September 26: Maralinga Remembered… Nuclear White Elephant debunks nuclear safety myth as Switkowski comes to town

September 24: Nuclear White Elephant comes to Sunshine Coast

August 9: Heartless Coalition Senators ‘Monitor’ Pacific Islands to Death

August 9: FoEA - Wild accusations levelled at environmental organisation in Senate

August 8: Federal Politicians urged to support Climate Refugee Bill

August 7: Joint Media Release: Organisations Call for (NT Indigenous) Legislation to be Delayed

August 5: Hiroshima Day Rally: Nuclear Legacies in Australia and the Pacific

June 15: PEACE CONVERGENCE: Peace Convergence Calls for An End to US-Australian war games see www.peaceconvergence.com for more PC media

June 14: PEACE CONVERGENCE: Peace activists lose right to ethical defence in pine gap trial

June 12: PEACE CONVERGENCE: Economic cost of War Games goes beyond local business' profits

June 4: Beattie’s Climate Change Strategy mere window dressing

June 4 : PEACE CONVERGENCE: Australian military to buy cluster bombs:  is depleted uranium next?

June 2: Melting Ice, Rising Seas - World Environment Day Event

June 1: Emissions trading taskforce won’t achieve necessary emission reductions

May 31: PEACE CONVERGENCE: Whales Don't Like War Games

May 28: Brisbane activists on trial over Pine Gap inspection. Pine Gap 4 solidarity actions - Brisbane

May 9: Australia’s Climate Change adaptation funding for developing countries welcomed

April 28: Beattie must maintain uranium ban: Queenslanders vow to take action
April 27: Radioactive leak in Rudd's electorate a wake up call: Labor must not fuel deadly nuclear chain

March 29: Palm Sunday: Nuclear Dangers Exposed

March 27: Community takes action against the Nuclear Cane Toad

March 13: “Clean” coal blinds major parties to real climate change solutions

February 20 : Action on climate change needed for humanitarian reasons

February 20: Howard's refusal to meet Tuvalu government condemned

 

Media Releases 2006

December 19: ENCAG: Beattie cagey on Narangba chemical testing

December 16: Second fire at Narangba highlights lack of improvement in emergency processes

November 29: BHP Shareholders must hold Olympic Dam to the law

November 28: BHP Billiton called on to relinquish ability to operate outside the law at Olympic Dam Uranium Mine

November 21: Queensland environment groups blast sham Nuclear Taskforce findings

October 31: Thousands to walk for sustainable energy future

October 26: Ferguson uranium push not welcome in Queensland

October 25: Brisbane to send large contingent to global warming rally

October 23: Warmongers converge on Brisbane

October 18: Howards costly nuclear red herring

October 17: Queenslanders vow to oppose nuclear power

October 11: 50 years since Aussie nuke test: Australia must stop supplying uranium to all weapons states

October 10: Qld Peace Groups warn against Mutually Assured Destruction

October 4: Climate justice for our Pacific neighbours

September 27: 50th anniversary of Maralinga atomic tests commemorated

September 1: Joint Media Statement: NGOs urge politcal leaders to rule out uranium mining

August 31: No promises: Labor remains silent on uranium

August 30: Parsons on Brink of Nuclear Disaster

August 23: Queensland must put an end to uranium speculation

August 1: ENCAG: Incompetence leads to more accidents at Narangba Industrial Estate

July 28: Communties Rally Against Shoalwater Inquiry

July 27: Nuclear Submarine Puts Brisbane at Risk

July 25: Queensland must challenge Beazley on U backflip

July 25: Public Input Vital to Shoalwater Military Base Expansion Inquiry

July 15: Sustainability students to inspect Narangba industrial estate

June 28: Water and nukes don't mix!

June 11: Queensland Labor must stand strong on uranium

June 6: Energy Inquiry must look at sustainable options

June 3: FoE Member Eyewitness Report from Indonesian Quake Zone

May 26: Australia’s first-ever irradiation-free food guide launched

May 17: FoE International Climate Justice Photo Competition Launched

May 8: Joint Media Statement: United front against uranium mining, exports and nuclear energy

May 6: WWF uranium position dissapointing and irresponsible

April 26: 20th Anniversary of Chernobyl a poignant reminder nuclear power is never safe

April 24: "Toxic Bob" reminder why ban on uranium mining should stay

April 23: Queensland Nuclear Free Alliance - Beattie: Don't sweep Qld uranium mining under the carpet!

April 3: Unlabelled irradiated noodle products in Ireland raise questions in Australia

March 14 : Zapped Aussie Mangoes Cause Shock in New Zealand

March 31: Stay Firm on Uranium, Mr Beattie

February 14: Federal Government Gagging Climate Refugee Issue?