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Australian nuclear-related news -week to 11 July Australian news -week to 11 July July 8, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized No comments yet.

Liberal frontbencher gorges on nuclear freebies Rear Window, Hannah Wootton, Jul 7, 2026 You’d think visiting Europe in its latest heatwave would convince anyone of the sun’s power. But when Charles Kiefel is paying your airfare, nuclear still beats solar. Hannah Wootton, Jul 7, 2026 –If there’s one thing opposition energy spokesman Dan Tehan loves more than nuclear power, it’s a free “study tour”. Especially if it involves the uranium sector’s biggest cheerleader Charles Kiefel.

Pacific nuclear survivors urge Australia to sign and ratify UN treaty banning nuclear weapons ahead of key conference Australia is the only state party to a nuclear-weapon-free zone treaty in any region of the world that has claimed to be protected by the nuclear weapons of another state.

Empire Managers Invent Fake Threats So We Won’t Fight The Real Monsters Caitlin Johnstone, Jul 04, 2026, https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/empire-managers-invent-fake-threats?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=82124&post_id=205002670&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1ise1&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email Western politics is mostly just empire managers making up fake problems to fight so they don’t have to address the real problems.

Another week in the non-corporate nuclear news Website of the week – NUCLEAR WASTE WATCH Theme of the week –  British Prime Minister to bow out just as his pet policy  -small nuclear reactors – is reaching crisis point – look out for the onslaught of panicky pro nuclear propaganda. Some bits of good news – Heatwaves made the case for more urban green. China restores over 10m hectares of desertified land in 14th Five Year Plan. Ghana launches mass campaign against neglected tropical diseases.

Royal Commission on cohesion hears only half the story the same evening news that reports rising antisemitism in Australia – correctly, and without my objection – routinely fails to report the parallel rise in anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian abuse, the vandalised mosques, the women afraid to wear hijab in public, the children told by implication that their faith makes them suspect By Wayne Hawkins | 2 July 2026,...

The state of nuclear power in 2026 On life support, barely comatose Jun 30, 2026, https://johnquigginblog.substack.com/p/the-state-of-nuclear-power-in-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=806934&post_id=204222669&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1ise1&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email There was a renewed burst of enthusiasm for nuclear power a few years ago. In Australia it was confined to the political right and didn’t last long, but elsewhere support was broader.

How the Iran War Fuel Crisis Is Reshaping the Pacific June 25, 2026,  Hugo Temby, Australian National University and Joel Nilon, Australian National University for The Conversation, https://scheerpost.com/2026/06/25/how-the-iran-war-fuel-crisis-is-reshaping-the-pacific/ The past five years have not been easy for the people of the Pacific. COVID restrictions disrupted tourism and upended supply chains, while global fuel shocks raised prices and hit island economies hard.

Iran trumps US on Hormuz US President Donald Trump’s innate inability to empathise with others and lack of intelligence to foresee consequences are likely to hand Iran a long-term financial advantage and incidentally, but more importantly, threaten the treaty that has been the most productive of peace and prosperity in recent history – the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres What is certain, though, is that the land cannot withstand these centres’ immense demand for water. According to analysis by the Guardian, two-thirds of planned datacentres in the US are in drought-stricken areas. The larger centres need up to 5m gallons of water a day for cooling, equivalent to the average usage of 50,000 people.