Following the success of the German Green party in recent elections, Germany is expected to start phasing out nuclear power plants within a year. Germany currently has 19 nuclear generating plants. The committee from the UN's World Heritage organisation are visiting Kakadu and looking at Jabiluka to determine whether in their opinion the mine represents a threat to the listed area. With the re-election of the coalition, the struggle continues. Uranium mining is wrong.
Nuclear power is unsupportable.
As part of the election campaign, the Australian Labor Party has announced that, if elected, it will ensure the Jabiluka mine is cancelled. Yvonne Margarula, the senior traditional owner of the Jabiluka lands. This week, a panel of internationally prominent authors, doctors and civil rights campaigners selected Yvonne as the inaugural winner of the Nuclear Free Future Award. Yvonne Margarula has recently defended herself against a charge of trespassing on the Jabiluka mine site. The Northern Territory Land Rights Act recognises her as the owner of this land, as the nominal head of the Mirrar people Action at Jabiluka.