Uranium on menu if mine proceeds, ALP warns

[Northern Territory News, 26 March] An Australian Labor Party (ALP) document suggests that residents of Alice Springs would be eating uranium for breakfast if proposed mines go ahead in the area. According to the document, the area is prone to dust storms and an open-cut mine at the Angela and Pamela uranium deposits could spread uranium across the area. The reports states: "If this goes ahead, we will be eating raw uranium oxide on our Weeties [Weetabix] in the future." Party members are expected to debate a motion urging their own party's government to hold an inquiry into the health, environment, cultural and water supply concerns during next month's Northern Territory ALP conference. Mines minister Chris Natt guaranteed the proposed mine would adhere to all environmental controls. He added, "There's a lot of scaremongering about this."