The union’s construction division has been under fire over reports of alleged corrupt conduct and organised crime links. Follow the day’s news liveCoalition’s nuclear plan ‘puts farms in radiation alert zone’, government saysThe government says nuclear energy threatens Australia’s food production with more than 11,000 farms near the opposition’s proposed reactor sites, AAP reports.Based on international practice, farmers would need to take expensive steps during a nuclear leak and would need to inform their customers that they operate within the fallout zone.It’s bizarre that the Nationals and Liberals are putting at risk our prime agricultural land like this, especially without the decency to explain it to farmers and consumers how they’d mitigate all the potential impacts. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-07-17 21:46:16
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