Letter

In response to From nuclear to nature laws, here’s where Ley stands on four energy and environm

A gift of nuclear waste for our descendants

“In 2021, the Federal Court found Sussan Ley, as environment minister, owed a duty of care to future generations to avoid causing climate harm through her decisions.”

And here she is stating nuclear is a zero-emission option. Who is Sussan Ley kidding? Let’s debunk this myth once and for all. Nuclear is the most toxic form of energy. We will be leaving our descendants with a poison cocktail which has no answer.

The Coalition’s implied stance of , “Oh, we’ll let the future generations work that out” is pure negligence. Kicking the can down the road has been the Coalition’s mantra for the past 30 years. Since 2024, the Upper Hunter Shire has had 91 quakes of magnitudes up to 4.7, and this is one of the Coalition’s proposed nuclear reactor sites.

Have we really forgotten Fukushima? Certain politicians clearly have short memories. Many of us remember the horror of it as though it were yesterday. Let’s not make it our tomorrow.

— Alyssa Aleksanian from Hazelbrook