Tuesday, 17 April, 2007

ECNT

In the lead-up the ALP National Conference late this month, the Darwin No Waste Alliance and the Environment Centre of the NT (ECNT) are hosting the Darwin premier screening of A Hard Rain, from AFI award winning director David Bradbury.

The fourth of Bradbury’s documentaries to deal with the nuclear issue, A Hard Rain presents one of the most compelling cases yet mounted against uranium mining and nuclear power.

"We are extremely concerned about the push for more uranium mines," ECNT campaigner Emma King said.

"The ALP policy has been important for keeping uranium in the ground where it should stay.

"We hope as many people as possible will come and see the film and contact the ALP to express support for retaining the policy."

The film will be screened from 4pm on Sunday April 22 at the Museum and Art Gallery of the NT Theatrette. It is also hoped that the film will help people to understand the issues and get involved.

"No matter what the ALP does, we will make sure that uranium stays in the ground and that the NT remains free from nuclear waste," Ms King said.

Bradbury is urging the ALP delegates to commit a future Labor Government to funding the development of clean energy sources such as wind power (which is 50 per cent cheaper than nuclear power, and can be up and running within two years), solar, bio-mass and geo thermal, tidal and wave technology.

He said: "That’s where the smart jobs of the future are - an additional five hundred jobs in the uranium mines versus 250,000 new jobs created in alternative energy industries over the next ten years scattered where they are needed most, in rural Australia".

David Bradbury is one of Australia’s best known and most successful documentary filmmakers. He has won countless international film festival prizes and been the winner of five AFI awards and two Academy Award nominations (Frontline and Chile:Hasta Cuando?).