Newman to lift Qld uranium ban: reports

Sydney : Australia | Oct 21, 2012 at 6:57 PM PDT

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

XX XX

Views: Pending

His Liberal National Party (LNP) government last month said it was open to discussing overturning the decades-long ban. The Queensland Resources Council told the ABC it expected to release a media statement after midday, but could not comment before then. FULL ARTICLE AT Sydney Morning Herald

Credibility
Reach

More News From: Sydney : Australia

News Stories

Australia`s Queensland state lifts ban on uranium mining

Zee News

With Australia and India agreeing to launch negotiations for civil nuclear pact, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman today announced lifting ban on state's uranium mining. Uranium has not been mined in Queensland since the closure of the Mary Kathleen...
Newman reverses ban on uranium

The Age

Campbell Newman's Queensland government has overturned a decades-long ban on uranium mining in the state but vowed to meet strict environmental standards, as conservationists attacked the move as a broken promise. On the back of Prime Minister Julia...
Uranium mining: Campbell Newman's two week turnaround

Sydney Morning Herald

I take this opportunity to reaffirm my statements, made before the last election, that the State Government has no plans to approve the development of uranium in Queensland, " Mr Newman wrote on October 11. "We consider that there are higher...
Uranium mining ban lifted in Australia's Queensland

The Economic Times

Australia's mineral-rich Queensland state reversed a decades-long ban on uranium mining on Monday, citing rekindled interest in the nuclear fuel after Canberra gave the go-ahead to exports to India. Uranium has not been dug in Queensland since the...
Newman lifts uranium mining ban in Queensland

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The State Government decision reverses the position Mr Newman's Liberal National Party took to the election in March. Uranium has not been mined in Queensland since the closure of the Mary Kathleen mine in the state's north-west in 1982. State...
Uranium mining ban to be overturned

The Age

In the lead-up to the election, Mr Newman said the Liberal National Party had no plans to develop uranium mines in Queensland , insisting there were other issues in the mining and resources sector that had a higher priority. "We have absolutely no...