Uranium mine gets nod from Peter Garrett
Matthew Franklin; 29/8/08
The man who made his fortune singing about his distaste for uranium mining yesterday gave his personal approval for the expansion of South Australia’s Beverley uranium mine. Peter Garrett, previously the lead singer with Australian band Midnight Oil, yesterday completed his transition from activist to pragmatic establishment politician by ticking off Heathgate Resources’ expansion plans in his role as the Rudd Government’s Environment Minister. Mr Garrett, who was also a founding member of the Nuclear Disarmament Party, said he was satisfied the rigorous scientific process had been conducted to examine the proposal and that he had imposed conditions requiring the company to monitor the effects of its operation on ground water.
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Tags: Australia, Environment, Mining