p.s re: kemet Hi Sally_WilI just read the post of Ferret's...

p.s re: kemet Hi Sally_Wil

I just read the post of Ferret's article on TOE. He points the way to a possible time line for the state governments to change:

"The South Australian government currently permits uranium mining at Olympic Dam and Beverley, and supports the planned expansion of Olympic Dam.

In addition, the State government is actively promoting and partially funding exploration for uranium-bearing deposits.

While it currently maintains the "no new mines" policy of the Federal Labor party, the South Australian government is in favour of reviewing this policy at the next Federal Labor Party conference in
2007."

I read an article over the weekend suggesting that the next step in Labor's policy platform might become "no increase in mines that exist when we take over the reigns". Policies evolve but they can take time. The earliest chance for uranium miners (excluding in the Territories) is if Liberal win power in the States. Following that might be the possibility of a current state Labor government breaking ranks - SA would be the most likely but they don't need to. They can simply allow the existing SA mines to expand for the time being.