What is Anti-nuclear movement in Australia?
Australia has no [[nuclear power]] stations and the [[Kevin Rudd|Rudd]] Labor government was opposed to nuclear power for Australia.<ref name=support>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20989451-601,00.html Support for N-power falls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011172048/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20989451-601,00.html |date=2008-10-11 }} ''The Australian'', 30 December 2006. Retrieved [[12 January]] [[2008]].</ref><ref name=romps>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/11/24/1195753376406.html Rudd romps to historic win] ''The Age'', 25 November 2007. Retrieved [[12 January]] [[2008]].</ref> However, Australia does have a small research reactor ([[OPAL]]) in Sydney, and it does export [[uranium]]. [[Uranium mining]] and export and nuclear issues have often been the subject of public debate, and the [[anti-nuclear movement]] in Australia has a long history. It began with the 1972–73 debate over French nuclear testing in the Pacific, which involved several groups, and the 1976–77 debate about uranium mining in Australia.<ref>[http://www.greenleft.org.au/1998/330/20531 Australia's anti-nuclear movement: a short history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405221906/http://www.greenleft.org.au/1998/330/20531 |date=2008-04-05 }} ''Green Left Online'', 26 August 1998. Retrieved [[12 January]] [[2008]].</ref> ==Issues== [[Image:Ranger Uranium Mine in Kakadu National Park.jpeg|right|thumb|250px| [[Ranger Uranium Mine]] in [[Kakadu National Park]]]] [[Image:Aerial view of the Ranger 3 site at Kakadu's Ranger Uranium Mine.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Aerial view of the Ranger 3 site located within Kakadu National Park]] The case against nuclear power and uranium mining in Australia has been concerned with the impacts of nuclear energy; with the shortcomings of nuclear power as an energy source; and with presenting a [[sustainable energy]] strategy. The most prominent adverse impact of nuclear power is seen to be its potential contribution towards pro