Alice ALP branch fights uranium licence
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The Alice Springs branch of the Labor Party is calling on the Northern Territory Labor Government to retract the uranium exploration licence it has granted near the town.
Last Friday, the NT Government granted an exploration licence for the Angela Pamela deposits 25 kilometres from Alice Springs.
At a Labor Party meeting on Monday night, members passed a motion calling on the local branch to "publicly express its disgust and dismay at the granting of the licence" and "to oppose the exploration and possible mining of the area".
The motion, obtained by the ABC, argues that it cannot be guaranteed the town's water supply will not be contaminated and says there was no consultation with the people of central Australia over the decision to grant the licence.
The branch is calling on the Chief Minister and the Mines Minister to appear at a public meeting in Alice Springs.
