India-Australia nuclear agreement: supplying uranium to a nuclear flashpoint
Australia has chosen to sell its uranium into the worlds most dangerous nuclear flashpoint. It has done so against the recommendations of a parliamentary joint committee.
Australia has chosen to sell its uranium into the worlds most dangerous nuclear flashpoint. It has done so against the recommendations of a parliamentary joint committee.
Though the Australian Parliament has not yet ratified the Australia-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement signed in 2014, civil society, environment and disarmament advocates caution that sale of uranium to India would fuel a nuclear arms race in the region and undermine Australia’s strong credentials as an exponent of nuclear safeguards policies.
A group of activists were arrested yesterday from the Australian High Commission in Delhi when they went to protest against the uranium agreement, detained in the nearby Chanakyapuri police station for an hour or so, and later let off with warning and after our details were registered.
We write to you in solidarity against the uranium trade deal that has been negotiated by the Indian and Australian Governments since 2012. When Tony Abbott seeks to seal the deal with Narendra Modi to export Australian uranium to your country, he does so against the wishes of two-thirds of the Australian population.