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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 33 cont ☢️☢️☢️☢️</p><p>“If <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a>) ☢️ were to form government, safety could come to the fore again because it would need to overturn the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FederalBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalBan</span></a> on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearEnergy</span></a>, implemented in 1999 by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JohnHoward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnHoward</span></a> (ex PM, Liberal) in a deal with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TheGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreens</span></a>.</p><p>Despite the dangers being dismissed by Labor☢️ (AUKUS) and the Coalition ☢️, Caldicott remains concerned about <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> being improperly stored in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> and contaminating water supplies – or even a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chernobyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chernobyl</span></a>-like <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/reactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reactor</span></a> meltdown.</p><p>“It’s not being discussed at all, which is amazing to me”, Caldicott says. “People are very ignorant.”” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HelenCaldicott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HelenCaldicott</span></a> MD </p><p>Q Where is the hottest Nuclear waste in Australia right now? (hint 1950s Nuclear tests exploding <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plutonium</span></a> above ground) </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiberalNational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiberalNational</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/dTKcZ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/dTKcZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/australians-once-feared-the-health-impacts-of-nuclear-now-nobody-s-talking-about-it-20250324-p5lm2k.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/environment/climate</span><span class="invisible">-change/australians-once-feared-the-health-impacts-of-nuclear-now-nobody-s-talking-about-it-20250324-p5lm2k.html</span></a>&gt; (paywall)</p>
Nonilex<p>Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BeccaBalint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeccaBalint</span></a> (VT) will introduce companion <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> in the House, &amp;…she said she believed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> Democratic leaders support the effort.</p><p>“I’m not going to take a watch-&amp;-see, laissez-faire attitude,” Balint said. “We can &amp; we have to take <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> at their word that they want a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalBan</span></a>.”
<br>The campaign has support from… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlannedParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlannedParenthood</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveFreedomForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveFreedomForAll</span></a>. The legislation…would preserve aspects of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> that allow ofcls to crack down on child pornography.</p>