ANAWA

The Anti-Nuclear Alliance of WA
Updated 13 March 2008

This website was produced by the Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia. This group came into being in 1997 (then known as the Anti-Uranium Coalition, AUCWA), to act as an umbrella group for organisations campaigning against the nuclearisation of Australia.

Our role is mainly in research, political lobbying and publication of information that we believe the community needs in order to make informed decisions about uranium mining, nuclear power, weapons and waste.

We are not a 'special interest group.' We are the tip of the iceberg, representing the 70-80% of Western Australians who oppose uranium mining and waste dumping in Australia, particularly in our home state.

ANAWA is dependant on the generosity of the community to continue this work - peace movements, like wars, cost money.

This issue is bigger than us. Around the world, from Taiwan to Germany to North America, people are well aware of the dangers of nuclear technology and after fifty years, have forced the industry into a decline from which it will probably not recover. Here in Western Australia, our first-hand experience is limited and we believe that people do not yet realise the dangers that these new mining proposals pose to our country.

What has been shown over and over again is that strong community opposition can stop uranium mines, power stations and waste dumps if the action is determined, well informed and widespread.

The politicians who approve these projects rely on us for their positions of power. That power, granted at election time, can be withdrawn.

For more information or to offer any suggestions or help (financial, time or resources) please contact us!

Also check out the ANAWA News and information website for latest happenings.