(Question No. 1786)

Senator Ludlam asked the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and Energy, upon notice, on 26 March 2012:

(Question No. 1784)

Senator Ludlam asked the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and Energy, upon notice, on 26 March 2012:

(Question No. 1785)

Senator Ludlam asked the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, upon notice, on 26 March 2012:

(Question No. 1565)

Senator Ludlam asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 27 February 2012:

(Question No. 1952)

Senator Ludlam asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 5 July 2012:

Revelations of two major radioactive leaks endangering workers at an Indian nuclear power station strengthens the case against selling uranium to India, the Australian Greens said today.

Indian press outlets are reporting that an IAEA team has arrived in India to assess the scale of the leaks at the Rawatbhata nuclear complex in Rajasthan. Greens nuclear policy spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam said the mass radiation exposures of plant workers showed the human side of the Indian Auditor General's damning assessment of the state of the industry.

Australian documentary maker David Bradbury was detained by police late yesterday in Tamil Nadu while investigating the Indian nuclear industry.

Greens nuclear policy spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam said the arrest was only the latest in a series of moves to suppress criticism of India's notorious nuclear sector.

Lifting the ban on uranium mining in Queensland is the latest broken promise by Premier Newman and is another blow in the Queensland Government’s attack on the environment, the Australian Greens said today.

“Throwing open Queensland to uranium mining again is a toxic, dangerous and completely unnecessary step for the sunshine state,” Australian Greens Senator for Queensland, Larissa Waters, said.

 “It is environmentally and economically risky, and adds insult to injury after the Premier has slashed large and small scale solar power programs across the state.