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March 28th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A 26-year-old ban on uranium exploration has been repealed by the NSW parliament, angering environmentalists who say the state government has no mandate for such a change.
In February, NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell said the state would be stupid to turn a blind eye to the revenue that uranium mining could generate, and announced his government wanted to repeal the long-held ban on exploration.
Legislation overturning the exploration ban passed through the state’s upper house unamended on Wednesday night, despite opposition from Greens and Labor MPs.
Separate legislation would be required to lift the NSW ban on uranium mining.
NSW Resources Minister Chris Hartcher said overturning the ban a “new opportunity to create an industry which will give the NSW economy a real boost”.
“This is great news for NSW. We must look for every opportunity to join the resource boom under way in Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia,” NSW Resources Minister Chris Hartcher said in a statement.
“Overturning the ban on uranium exploration brings NSW into line with all other states, excluding Victoria.
“This sends a message to potential investors in NSW that we are supportive of resource investment.”
The NSW Greens and environment groups condemned the passage of the legislation, saying the government had no mandate.
“The community does not support uranium mining and, over the coming months, the government will hear this loud and clear,” Greens MP Jamie Parker said in a statement.
“The O’Farrell government did not take this policy to last year’s election and the public will be horrified that it has overturned this important socially and environmentally responsible protection.”
The Nature Conservation Council, Australian Conservation Foundation and Beyond Nuclear Initiative called for an independent inquiry into uranium mining in NSW.
“Premier O’Farrell has said this is not about mining but about exploration and gathering evidence, so we trust he will support a full, robust and independent inquiry to examine the adequacy of NSW’s regulatory regimes, the experience of uranium mining in other jurisdictions and the views of relevant stakeholders,” Dave Sweeney from the Australian Conservation Foundation said in a statement.
Chief of the NSW Nature Conservation Council Pepe Clarke said thousands of people had signed a petition calling for the exploration ban to be maintained.
“We urge the government, opposition and crossbench MPs to support a full, robust and independent inquiry into the ramifications of opening up NSW to uranium exploration and mining,” Mr Clarke said in a statement.
NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson said the overturning of the longstanding uranium exploration ban was a broken promise.
“This is a massive backflip by the premier and represents a huge breach of faith with the people who elected him only 12 months ago,” he said in a statement.
Mr Robertson said Mr O’Farrell had declared to parliament in August 2011 that the government had no plans to allow uranium mining or exploration.
“That declaration has been exposed as a straight-out lie,” he said.
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