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March 17, 2011
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Greens MEDIA RELEASE: BARNETT PUSHING NUCLEAR FANTASY IN NIGHTMARE SITUATION – Western Australia
Robin Chapple MLC
Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region
MEDIA RELEASE
BARNETT PUSHING NUCLEAR FANTASY IN NIGHTMARE SITUATION
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Premier Colin Barnett’s continuing pursuit of nuclear power for Western Australia even as radiation leaks from the Fukushima facility are appalling and out of step with his own party, Greens MLC Robin Chapple said today.
“It is truly incredible that anyone, let alone a State Premier, can continue to push for nuclear generated power in light of the tragedy unfolding in Japan,” Mr. Chapple said.
“I think that whilst events are largely speaking for themselves in terms of the safety of nuclear power, the Premier’s fantasy needs to face some harsh facts and these need to be raised systematically.”
“The Premier has said that nuclear should not be an option on fault lines. That should rule out Western Australia given that Perth is adjacent to a fault line.”
“We experience infrequent but significant seismic events such as the Kalgoorlie quake in 2010 – and as we have seen, it only takes one quake to cause a major incident and it only takes one major incident to contaminate a community”
“The Premier advises that he wants to see nuclear as an option once we have exhausted our fossil fuel supplies.”
“That in itself is an indication that the man has no vision with regards to any form of renewable energy generation and that he expects WA to remain chained to dirty energy to the bitter, unaffordable end.”
“He then wants to lock the State into an energy source that is basically an incredibly inefficient, expensive, and potentially catastrophic energy source that will dog future generations well after he is gone.”
“Nuclear is not a clean option because it generates highly radioactive waste that few countries or communities are prepared to have sitting around for thousands of years.”
“Nuclear is not a low emission energy source because the combined CO2e emissions from mining, processing and refining uranium, and the emissions from waste management are far higher than genuine renewable energy sources.”
“Nuclear is not a safe energy source, as has been made abundantly and tragically clear from its inception right up to the present moment. The industry itself is plagued with malpractice and faulty safety accounting.”
“Nuclear is also an incredibly expensive option and virtually impossible to insure without passing the cost on to the taxpayer.”
“Even Tony Abbott has said that nuclear is too expensive an option. This will be doubly true after the insurance agencies account for the Fukushima disaster.”
“Finally, the Premier has completely failed to grasp the implications of installing an incredibly water-hungry facility in a water-starved state.”
“Mr. Barnett is in the grip of a dangerous fantasy as a nightmare unfolds in the real world.”
For more information please contact Robin Chapple on 9486 8255
Robin Chapple MLC
Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region
PO Box 94, West Perth WA 6872
41 Havelock Street, West Perth. WA 6005
Phone: (08) 9486 8255 | Email: Robin.Chapple | Freecall: 1800 138 610
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Australia – #mentalhealth #law – Greens media release: mentally impaired in court system
MEDIA RELEASE – 17 March 2011
Government must act on mentally impaired in the justice system
The case of Marlon Noble has once again highlighted the appalling way people who are mentally unfit to stand trial are treated in Western Australia’s justice system, WA Greens Disabilities and Mental Health Spokesperson Alison Xamon MLC says.
“Mr Noble’s tragic story, as an intellectually disabled man held without charge in jail since his arrest in 2001, is unfortunately not unique,” Ms Xamon said.
“Too many intellectually disabled and seriously mentally ill people are warehoused in our prison system because there is nowhere else for them to go.
“Under our current system, people such as Mr Noble end up spending more time behind bars than if they had been convicted of the original offence.
“Successive governments have put this issue in the too hard basket. They have failed our seriously mentally impaired.”
Under the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996, people considered unfit to plead can be sent to a ‘declared place’ to receive appropriate care and treatment. However, 15 years later, a declared place has still not been created.
Ms Xamon called on the Government to urgently address the issue.
“I have raised this issue in Parliament on a number of occasions, including in a motion in September,” Ms Xamon said.
“This is fundamentally about the Government refusing to prioritise and fund appropriate treatment of mentally impaired people who come before our law courts.
“The Act needs to be fixed, we need an appropriate declared place, and we need to establish a mental impairment court intervention program.
“Not only is this a matter of human rights and providing a better social outcome for vulnerable people, it would also probably be far cheaper than keeping them locked up in our expensive jails indefinitely.”
For further comment please phone Alison Xamon
Hon Alison Xamon MLC
Member for the East Metropolitan Region
Office: 62 Eighth Ave Maylands WA 6051
Postal Address: PO Box 104 Maylands WA 6931
Phone: (08) 9272 1718
Fax: (08) 9272 1719
Portfolios: Water, Urban Bushland, Mental Health, Education, Training, Industrial Relations, Employment, Occupational Health & Safety, Disabilities, Women, Children & Youth, Public Service, Community Services,Electoral Affairs, Consumer Protection, Vet Affairs, Volunteering
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