Uranium U-turn U-slippery-bugger.

Beazley announces policy U-turn on uranium mines.

Opposition leader Kim Beazley announced today that “there'll be food on the table tonight” for uranium miners, and, addressing some in the audience claimed that “there'll be pay in your pocket tonight.”

Mr Beazley stressed that “the time has come, to say fairs fair” in regards to the no-new mines policy, that “it happens to be an emergency. [New mines are required] to pay the rent, to pay our share.”

“And if we think about it, and if we talk about it - uranium companies, collected companies [have] got more right than people” claimed the opposition leader in a stunningly shameful, yet not uncommon, display of Howardian-policy-plagiarism.

“Nothings as precious as a hole in the ground.”

HOW THE FUCK...

...DID THIS...

...HAPPEN?

Where'd this come from?

Peter Garrett - you still have that outfit with sorry written on it? Yeah, you might wanna dust that off.

"It makes no sense to have a restriction on the number of uranium mines if you can have one single mine that is about to grow to be the largest ever," [acting South Australian Premier Kevin] Foley said.

Oh, mines grow now? I thought they petered out - once they were fully exploited.

Don't even try to spin this Beazley - with "more mines, doesn't necessarily (although not ruling it out) mean more uranium exported (again, not ruling that out - just sidestepping it the standard dodgy way - if it happens - don't hold me accountable or anything - we're not here to exploit, and base the entire economy, on resources alone here - but don't rule that out either), we need more safeguards, the number of mines isn't important, don't worry about it, these aren't the droids you're looking for" bullshit.

Try Kimmy - just please try - to oppose something. What a disgrace.

And don't give us any bullshit "there will be spirited debate" either - there is only one dominant faction - it's yours. It's not the Labor-right, it's the Labor-Liberal, and they are the tyrannical majority. More mines are not inevitable - and if they were, you can bet your sweet arse they'd be worth a pretty penny more than what we're getting now.