The Pilbara is a large,dry,thinly populated region in the north of Western Australia. It is known for its Aboriginal peoples;its ancient landscapes;the red earth;and its vast mineral deposits,in particular iron ore. It is also a global biodiversity hotspot for subterranean fauna.
The Greens (WA) is a member party of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. The Greens (WA) was formed following the merger of the Western Australian Green Party with the Green Earth Alliance composed of the Vallentine Peace Group and Alternative Coalition in 1990. The Party became officially affiliated with the Australian Greens in 2003.
Ian Cohen is a former Australian politician and member of the Greens New South Wales. Cohen was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1995 as its first Green member. He retired from parliament in 2011.
Elizabeth Mary "Giz" Watson is an English-born former Australian politician,and a former leader of The Greens,Western Australia.
Thomas Richard Kenyon is a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Newland for the Labor Party from the 2006 election until his defeat in 2018. Kenyon left the Labor Party in 2021 to found the Family First Party.
Mining in Western Australia,together with the petroleum industry in the state,accounted for 94% of the State's and 46% of Australia's income from total merchandise exports in 2019–20. The state of Western Australia hosted 123 predominantly higher value and export-oriented mining projects and hundreds of smaller quarries and mines. The principal projects produced more than 99 per cent of the industry's total sales value.
Mount Gee is located in the northern Flinders Ranges within the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary,and is part of the Mount Painter inlier. It was named after a mining warden,Lionel Gee.
Scott Ludlam is a New Zealand-born Australian former politician. A member of the Australian Greens,he was a senator in the Australian Senate from July 2008 to July 2017 and served as deputy leader of the Greens. Ludlam represented the state of Western Australia and resigned when it was found that he had been ineligible to sit in the Senate due to holding dual citizenship of New Zealand and Australia.
Nuclear weapons testing,uranium mining and export,and nuclear power have often been the subject of public debate in Australia,and the anti-nuclear movement in Australia has a long history. Its origins date back to the 1972–1973 debate over French nuclear testing in the Pacific and the 1976–1977 debate about uranium mining in Australia.
The prospect of nuclear power in Australia has been a topic of public debate since the 1950s. Australia has one nuclear plant in Lucas Heights,Sydney,but it is not used to produce nuclear power. It is used to produce medical radioisotopes.It also produces material or carries out analyses for the mining industry,for forensic purposes and for research. Australia hosts 33% of the world's uranium deposits and is the world's third largest producer of uranium after Kazakhstan and Canada.
The 2013 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 9 March 2013 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council.
Radioactive ores were first extracted in South Australia at Radium Hill in 1906 and Mount Painter in 1911. 2,000 tons of ore were treated to recover radium for medical use. Several hundred kilograms of uranium were also produced for use in ceramic glazes.
Lynas Rare Earths,Ltd. is an Australian rare-earths mining company with two major operations:a mining and concentration plant at Mount Weld in Western Australia,and the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) in Kuantan,Malaysia. The company was founded in the 1990s and is headquartered in Perth,Western Australia.
Western Australia has considerable resources of uranium,but to date there has been no commercial mining in the state.
Stephen Noel Dawson is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2013,representing the Mining and Pastoral Region. He is the current Minister for Emergency Services,Minister for Innovation and the Digital Economy,Minister for Medical Research,Science,Minister assisting the Minister for State and Industry Development,Jobs and Trade,and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council.
The Olympic Dam mine is a large poly-metallic underground mine located in South Australia,550 km (340 mi) NNW of Adelaide. It is the fourth largest copper deposit and the largest known single deposit of uranium in the world. Copper is the largest contributor to total revenue,accounting for approximately 70% of the mine's revenue,with the remaining 25% from uranium,and around 5% from silver and gold. BHP has owned and operated the mine since 2005. The mine was previously owned by Western Mining Corporation. Since the 1970s environmentalists,traditional owners and others have campaigned against the mine,largely on the basis of its contribution to the nuclear cycle and its use of underground water.
Richard Yeeles in an English-born Australian businessman and former senior South Australian public servant with interests in the resources sector,particularly uranium mining and processing.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission is a Royal Commission into South Australia's future role in the nuclear fuel cycle. It commenced on 19 March 2015 and delivered its final report to the Government of South Australia on 6 May 2016. The Commissioner was former Governor of South Australia,Kevin Scarce,a retired Royal Australian Navy Rear-Admiral and chancellor of the University of Adelaide. The Commission concluded that nuclear power was unlikely to be economically feasible in Australia for the foreseeable future. However,it identified an economic opportunity in the establishment of a deep geological storage facility and the receipt of spent nuclear fuel from prospective international clients.
The nuclear industry in South Australia is focused on uranium mining,milling and the export of uranium oxide concentrate for use in the production of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants. The state is home to the world's largest known single deposit of uranium,which is worked by BHP at the Olympic Dam mine.
