Mcfarlance rejects Hawke nuclear plan
Industry Minister Ian McFarlance has rejected former PM Bob Hawke’s call for Australia to become the world’s nuclear waste dump.

Industry Minister Ian McFarlance has rejected former PM Bob Hawke’s call for Australia to become the world’s nuclear waste dump.

Dr Tim Flannery has told the ABC’s Lateline program that climate change can be linked to the increasing force of hurricanes.

A Murray Darling Basin Ministerial Council meeting suggests that purchasing water entitlements is the only way to return enough water to the River Murray in time to avoid irreversible ecological decline.

The ACF is strongly opposed to Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s suggestion that Australia could become a global repository for nuclear waste. It suggests the exporting of renewable energy technologies as a better way to boost the economy.

Scientist Tim Flannery has warned that storms such as Hurricane Katrina could become common in Australia if global warming is not checked.

Edited extract from Tim Flannery’s “The Weather Makers”.

Tim Flannery’s new book focuses on the danger of climate change.