Toward a Nuclear Free Northern Territory

This week on the show we'll be looking to the Northern Territory as they edge one step closer to being nuclear free! On June 11th Energy Resources Australia announced that they would no longer be pursuing a feasibility study for the Ranger 3 Deeps project which they had hoped would extend the life of the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu National Park. Dave Sweeney and Lauren Mellor join us with that story.This announcement comes one year after the incredible win by Muckaty Traditional Owners and their supporters who campaigned for 9 years to stop the imposition of a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory. June 19th marked one year since the Commonwealth Government and Northern Lands Council withdrew the proposal mid way through a Federal Court Case that challenged the nomination of Muckaty Station as a site for a National radioactive Waste Dump. We hear some reflections from Muckaty Traditional Owner Dianne Stokes and a poem by Isobel Phillips titled 'Our Land'. The poem was recorded at the time of the initial celebrations.