Future Of Australia

[deathcomestoall789]

I agree with robe, I just could have never put it so simply though. Once I start typing I don't know where to stop lol.

[Severian]

Watching the election on Channel 7 at the moment and swapping between that and the Empire Strikes Back on Channel 10.

Seems Howard has lost his seat and therefore Prime Ministership regardless of the results and with swings towards Labor in all states bar Western Australia.

Last Federal election I voted Liberal as the Labor Party was in disarray and disorganised so while it stood by ideals and values I agreed with, I did not believe it could rule effectively or deliver on what it stood for. Since Rudd has come into power, Labor's had a breath of new life and today I put in my vote for them.

State elections i've always been Labor for the same reason as above. The Liberals at State level were disorganised and had an incompetate leadership (Doyle & co) and as such voted Bracks.

As with all elections, the Important thing is that one party does not absolutely dominate and that there remains enough independants to retain some sort of balance of power. We've got interesting times ahead.

Now back to Battle of Hoth...

[Ergon]

damm not looking good.

Austlralia will now SUFFER!! :@

[Nuto vixen]

Thank you Australia!

Finally a smart PM who's not going to brown nose to get what he wants.

Kevin Rudd is going to be Australia's official PM very soon.

It is a wonderful day for Australia.




Aussie Aussie Aussie. Oi Oi Oi.

Tonight I am the proudest I have ever been of Australia for finally getting rid of John Howard.

As Big Kev would say if he were still alive, "I'm excited!"

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i can't believe my eyes

finally john howard is going out

[Ergon]

cant belive jonnys gone.. this is terrible

lets see what happens with rudd

[Milenko]

Only time will tell, lets hope we don't have another Gough Whitlam and Rudd doesn't try to change too much, too quickly.

[Nuto vixen]

Australia, meet your new leader.

Kevin Rudd!


He's not bad looking for his age too.

[Ergon]

o he will

lets see

hes gna remove troops from iraw, hes gna say sorry to the abos, hes gna sign koyoto, gna abolish nuclear power

lets see if and when he upgrades the broadband in austrlia.

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here's hoping for good times ahead

[The Deity]

Nuclear:

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January
    1-1992: Four tons of heavy water spilt at Rajasthan nuclear power plant (India)
    2-1993: Leak at Kozloduy nuclear power plant, release of radioactive steam (Bulgaria)
    3-1961: Explosion in reactor Idaho Falls (USA); three people killed
    4-1965: 6.5 kg plutonium sludge released from Savannah River reprocessing plant (USA)
    5-1976: Two workers killed by radioactive carbon dioxide at Bohunice nuclear power plant (Slovakia)
    6-1981: Accident at La Hague reprocessing plant (France)
    7-1974: Explosion at Leningrad nuclear power plant (Russia)
    8-1975: Release of radioactivity from Mihama nuclear power plant (Japan)
    9-1993: Radioactive release from leaking fuel rods at Perry nuclear power plant (USA)
    10-1987: Nuclear transport accident in the UK
    11-1985: In Heilbronn (Germany), a Pershing-II nuclear missile catches fire, three people killed
    12-1960: Technicians trying to restart a reactor at Savannah River reprocessing plant almost send it out of control (USA)
    13-1964: A B-52 plane crashes with nuclear bombs on board in Maryland (USA)
    14-1969: USS Enterprise, nuclear aircraft-carrier, suffers fires and explosions, killing 28 crew members
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    16-1990: Loss of offsite power with multiple equipment failures at Dresden nuclear power plant (USA)
    17-1966: A B-52 plane crashes in Spain causing plutonium contamination
    18-1989: Eight workers are contaminated at Savannah River reprocessing plant (USA)
    19-1992: Radioactive leak, reactor shut-down at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    20-1993: Technical failure at Paluel causes subcooling accident (France)
    21-1969: Technical failure at Swiss experimental nuclear reactor causes release of radioactive water
    22-1992: Technical failure in shut-down system at Balakovo nuclear power plant (Russia)
    23- 1978: Radioactive helium released from Colorado reactor (USA)
    24-1978: Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Cosmos-954 crashes in Canada
    25-1982: Steam generator ruptures at R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant (USA)
    26-1988: Dangerous temperature rise in a nuclear reactor on board a British submarine
    27-1992: Leak causes a shut-down at Darlington nuclear power plant (Canada)
    28-1990: Pump failure during a shut-down at Gravelines nuclear power plant (France)
    29-1961: A B-52 plane carrying nuclear bombs crashes, the bombs do not explode but three of the eight crew members are killed (USA)
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    31 -1996: Leakage of radiation due to human error and technical failure at Dimitrovgrad nuclear research centre (Russia)
February
    1-1982: Release of 100 cubic metres of radioactive water from Salem nuclear power plant (USA)
    2-1993: Breakdown of cooling system for two hours at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    3-1992: Failure of cooling pumps at Kozloduy nuclear power plant (Bulgaria)
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    5-1986: "Amber alert" (indicating an emergency in one building and a threat to the rest of the plant)" at Sellafield reprocessing plant, UK
    6-1974: Explosion and radiation leak at Leningrad nuclear power plant, three people killed (Russia)
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    8-1991: Release of radioactivity from **Filtered** nuclear power plant (Japan)
    9-1991: Rupture of steam generator pipe causes release of radioactivity at Mihama nuclear power plant (Japan)
    10-1992: Technical failure in pump system at Zaporozhe nuclear power plant (Ukraine)
    11-1986: Release of 13 tonnes of radioactive carbon dioxide from Transfynydd nuclear power plant (UK)
    12-1968: A B-52 plane with nuclear bombs on board crashes near Toronto (Canada)
    13-1960: First French nuclear test
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    15-1993: Spillage of 18,000 litres of heavy water at Darlington nuclear power plant (Canada)
    16-1973: Container filled with Cobalt-60 lost in the North Sea
    17-1984: Accident at Kozloduy nuclear power plant (Bulgaria)
    18-1988: Report of core melt in the nuclear reactor of the Soviet Ice-Breaker "Rossiya"
    19-1986: Three workers suffer contamination at the Sellafield reprocessing plant (UK)
    20-1990: Eight employees receive radiation exposure at Point Lepreau (Canada)
    21-1976: Accident at Bohunice nuclear power plant (Slovakia)
    22-1993: High pressure steam accident kills one worker and injures two others at **Filtered** nuclear power plant (Japan)
    23-1981: Accidental explosion of a Pershing-II missile in Germany
    24-1972: Accident on board Soviet nuclear-powered submarine causes vessel to lose all power
    25-1983: Failure of automatic shut-down at Salem nuclear power plant (USA)
    26-1988: Increased levels of radioactivity at Bohunice nuclear power plant (Slovakia)
    27-1983: Nuclear powered satellite falls into the Indian Ocean
    28-1992: Software failure in the control computer at Embalse nuclear power plant (Argentina) 
March
    1-1954: Fall-out of US nuclear weapons test "Bravo" contaminates the inhabitants of the Pacific island of Rongelap.
    2-1994: Breakdown of cooling system at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    3-1992: Technical failure at Novovoronezh nuclear power plant (Russia)
    4-1977: Kozloduy nuclear power plant affected by an earthquake (Bulgaria)
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    6-1985: Emergency cooling system out of order at the Grohnde nuclear power plant (Germany)
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    8-1972: Radioactive water has to be pumped out of the Indian Point nuclear power plant (USA)
    9-1992: Fire at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    10-1956: A B-47 plane disappears with nuclear weapons on board in the Atlantic Ocean
    11-1958: A B-47 plane loses nuclear bomb in South Carolina (USA)
    12-1981: Tornado washes nuclear waste from Moruroa into the lagoon (Pacific)
    13-1986: US nuclear submarine runs aground and suffers damage
    14-1961: A B-52 plane crashes with nuclear bombs on board in California (USA)
    15-1989: Technical failure of fuel roads at Pickering nuclear power plant (Canada)
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    17-1984: Emergency cooling system at San Onofere nuclear power plant fails (USA)
    18-1987: Fire and release of radioactivity at Australian nuclear research facility
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    20-1977: Temperature increase at Rancho Seco nuclear power plant (USA)
    21-1984: Soviet nuclear submarine collides with US aircraft carrier "Kitty Hawk"
    22-1975: Fire in reactor at Browns Ferry nuclear power plant (USA)
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    24-1992: Incident with radiation leakage, shut-down of reactor at Leningrad nuclear power plant (Russia)
    25-1992: Technical failure at Leningrad nuclear power plant (Russia)
    26-1991: Refuelling accident at Wuergassen nuclear power plant (Germany)
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    28-1979: Partial core meltdown at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant (USA)
    29-1992: Failure of shut-down system at Ignalina nuclear power plant (Lithuania)
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    31-1992: Automatic shut-down due to failure of pump system at Kalinin nuclear power plant (Russia)
April
    1-1989: Control rod failure at Gravelines nuclear power plant (France)
    2-1979: Two workers suffer radioactive contamination at Tokaimura nuclear complex (Japan)
    3-1960: Melting of fuel elements cause a release of radioactivity at the Test Reactor at Waltz Mills (USA)
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    6-1993: Explosion at the Tomsk-7 nuclear complex (Russia)
    7-1992: Failure of automatic shut-down system at Novovoronezh nuclear power plant (Russia)
    8-1989: Soviet nuclear submarine "Komsomolets" sinks off Norway
    9-1981: US-nuclear submarine "George Washington" crashes against a freighter ship
    10-1963: US-nuclear submarine sinks with 123 crew members in the Atlantic
    11-1950: A B-29 plane crashes in New Mexico, thirteen people killed.
    12-1970: Soviet nuclear submarine sinks in the Atlantic
    13-1979: Fire in the generator of the Baersbeck nuclear power plant (Sweden)
    14-1970: Soviet nuclear submarine sinks with 52 crew members in Indian ocean
    15-1983: Incident at Turkey Point nuclear power plant (USA)
    16-1992: Technical failure of reactor shut-down system at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    17-1970: Incident involving a vehicle at a French nuclear test site in the South Pacific causes a plutonium spillage into the ocean.
    18-1992: Technical failure during refuelling at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    19-1984: Technical failure at Sequoyah nuclear power plant causes spillage of radioactive coolant water. (USA)
    20-1973: Thousands of cubic meters of radioactive waste flow out of Hanford nuclear weapons complex (USA)
    21-1964: US-satellite disperses 1.2.kg plutonium into the atmosphere.
    22-1983: Reactor shut-down due to failure of fuel rods at Kursk nuclear power plant (Russia)
    23-1991: Lost of offsite power cause technical failure at "Vermont Yankee" nuclear submarine (USA)
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    25-1990: Flooding of building due to increase of coolant level at Bohunice nuclear power plant (Slovakia)
    26-1986: Explosion of reactor 4 at Chernobyl nuclear power plant; the worst civilian nuclear accident to date.
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    28-1988: Release of 5000 Curies of tritium gas from the Bruyere le Chatel military nuclear complex (France)
    29-1986: US-nuclear submarine "Atlanta" hits the ground off Gibralta
    30-1992: Breakdown of cooling system at Novovoronezh nuclear power plant (Russia) 
May
    1-1992: Technical failure at Ignalina nuclear power plant (Lithuania)
    2-1979: Technical fault at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant triggers emergency shut-down (USA)
    3-1974: Leakage at Hanford nuclear weapons complex (USA)
    4-1986: Release of radiation from Hamm-Uentrop nuclear power plant (Germany)
    5-1987: Pershing nuclear missile ends up in a ditch after a transport accident at Heilbronn (Germany)
    6-1989: Fire of pump equipment at Bohunice nuclear power plant (Slovakia)
    7-1992: Failure of emergency system at Smolensk nuclear power plant (Russia)
    8-1964: First Chinese nuclear test
    9-1992: Technical failure of cooling system at Hatch nuclear power plant (USA)
    10-1965: Release of eight cubic metres of cooling water from Savannah River reprocessing plant (USA)
    11-1969: Fire at Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant causes plutonium to spontaneously ignite. (USA)
    12-1984: Uncontrolled power surge at Bohunice nuclear power plant (Slovakia)
    13-1992: Tube leak causes a radioactive release of 12 Curies of radioactivity from Tarapur nuclear power station (India)
    14-1986: The power lines to the Palo Verde nuclear power plant are sabotaged (USA)
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    16-1992: Reactor shut-down at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    17-1984: Fire on board the US-nuclear submarine "Guitarro"
    18-1968: Accident during launch of US satellite, radioactive materials fall into ocean near Califiornia coast
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    20-1974: First Indian nuclear test
    21-1968: US-nuclear submarine "Scorpion" sinks off the Acores, 99 people die
    22-1957: Human error causes a B-36 plane to release a nuclear bomb in New Mexico
    23-1958: Accident and release of radioactivity at the Chalk River experimental reactor (Canada)
    24-1968: Incident on board of Soviet nuclear submarine "K- 27", 5 crew members killed by radiation release
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    26-1990: During refuelling, five cubic meters of radioactive water spilled at the Fessenheim nuclear power plant (France)
    27-1993: Reactor shut-down due to breakdown of cooling system at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    28-1970: Collision of the US-nuclear submarine "Daniel Boone"
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June
    1-1991: Failure of core cooling system at Belleville nuclear power plant (France)
    2-1992: Total failure of centralised control system at the Smolensk nuclear power plant (Russia)
    3-1980: Computer fault causes full-scale alert for US Military Strategic Command
    4-1989: Fire in the cables of the cooling pumps at the Bohunice nuclear power plant (Slovakia)
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    6-1994: Fire at Beloyarsk nuclear power plant (Russia)
    7-1960: Fire in a BOMARC-rocket in New Jersey causes plutonium release into the atmosphere (USA)
    8-1992: Failure of cooling system at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    9-1985: Malfunction in the cooling system at Davis Blesse nuclear power plant (USA)
    10-1985: Collision of a British nuclear submarine off the coast of Florida (USA)
    11-1989: Spent fuel element dropped in the storage pool and damaged at Kruemmel nuclear power plant (Germany)
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    14-
    15-1992: Technical failure at Sizewell nuclear power plant (UK)
    16-1988: Technical failure at Zorita nuclear power plant (Spain)
    17-1967: First Chinese hydrogen nuclear bomb test
    18-1978: Release of two tons of radioactive steam from Brunsbuettel nuclear power plant (Germany)
    19-1992: Leak in pipe conducting sea water to cooling system at Leningrad nuclear power plant (Russia)
    20-1985 Collision of two trucks carrying nuclear bombs in Scotland (UK)
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    23-1986: Twelve people receive `slight' plutonium contamination while inspecting a store room at Tokaimura nuclear complex (Japan)
    24-1992: Technical failure of control system at Leningrad nuclear power plant (Russia)
    25-
    26-1989: Fire and reactor damage in a Soviet submarine
    27-1985: Explosion and steam leakage killed 14 workers at Balakovo nuclear power plant (Russia)
    28-
    29-1991: Power limited due to error between actual and indicated power at Pickering nuclear power plant(Canada).
    30-1983: Total loss of coolant at Embalse nuclear power plant (Argentina) 
July
    1-1983: Technical failure causes release of Iodine-131 from Phillipsburg nuclear power plant (Germany)
    2-1966: French nuclear testing in the South Pacific begins 3-1981: Fire at North Anna nuclear power plant (USA)
    4-1961: Incident on board of Soviet nuclear submarine "K- 19", radiation release kills 9 crew members
    5-
    6-1959: US plane carrying nuclear weapons crashes and catches on fire
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    8-
    9-1991: Flaw in cooling system at Wurgassen nuclear power plant (Russia)
    10-1991: Leakage of radiation at Bilibino nuclear power plant (Russia)
    11-
    12-1993: Failure of control system at Susquehanna nuclear power plant (USA)
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    14-1992: Reactor shut-down due to failure of cooling system at Novovoronezh nuclear power plant (Russia)
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    16-1945: First explosion of a nuclear bomb ("Trinity") in New Mexico (USA)
    17-1991: Reactor shut-down due to break of control system at Sendai nuclear power plant (Japan)
    18-1991: Steam leakage causes reactor shut-down at Paks nuclear power plant (Hungary)
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    20-1992: Leakage of radiation due to breakdown of cooling system at Ignalina nuclear power plant (Lithuania)
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    22-1992: Two workers contaminated at Dampierre nuclear power plant (France)
    23-
    24-1989: Refuelling accident at Isar nuclear power plant (Germany)
    25-1946: US nuclear test "Baker" causes unexpected plutonium contamination on target vessels
    26-1992: Temperature rise in storage pool at Gravelines nuclear power plant (France)
    27-1956: US plane crashes into nuclear ammunition storage in the UK
    28-1957: US plane loses two nuclear bombs in the Atlantic
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    30-1986: Human error causes the nuclear warhead to be knocked off a Pershing rocket (Germany)
    31-1993: Refuelling machine malfunctions at the Wylfa nuclear power plant (UK) 
August
    1-1983: An engineer receives a fatal radiation dose at a research reactor in Argentina
    2-1987: Elevated radiation level after Soviet nuclear test
    3-1983: Argentinean engineer dies from radiation dose received two days earlier
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    5-1950: B-29 plane with nuclear weapons on board crashes; 19 people killed (USA)
    6-1945: Nuclear bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima
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    9-1945: Nuclear bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki
    10-1985: Explosion on board a Soviet nuclear submarine
    11-1988: Damage detected at Atucha nuclear power plant (Argentina)
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    14-1989: Instrumentation and control failure at Grand Gulf nuclear power plant (USA)
    15-1992:
    16-1991: Eight control rods show delays in emergency shut- down insertion time at Millstone Point nuclear power plant (USA)
    17-1991: Automatic shut-down due to technical problems at Sendai nuclear power plant (Japan)
    18-1953: First explosion of Soviet hydrogen bomb
    19-1986: Flooding at the Cattenom nuclear power plant (France)
    20-1974 Incident at Beznau nuclear power plant (Switzerland)
    21-1980: Accident on board Soviet nuclear submarine, believed to kill at least nine crew members
    22-1992: Failure of shut-down system at Novovoronezh nuclear power plant (Russia)
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    25-1984: French freighter sinks in the English Channel with 375 tonnes of uraniumhexafluoride on board
    26-1989: Technical failure at Ignalina nuclear power plant (Lithuania)
    27-1990: Cable fire causes loss of control of the position of control rods at Chernobyl nuclear power plant (Ukraine)
    28-1992: Fire in electro-generator at St.Alban nuclear power plant (France)
    29-1949: First explosion of Soviet atomic bomb
    30-1985: Fire in a barrel of radioactive waste at Karlsruhe nuclear complex (Germany)
    31-1985: Fire at **Filtered** nuclear power plant during routine shut-down (Japan) 
September
    1-1993: Fire at Balakovo nuclear power plant (Russia)
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    3-1974: Release of radioactive water at Los Alamos nuclear weapons Laboratory (USA)
    4-1988: Fire at Perry nuclear power plant (USA)
    5-1988: Fire at Ignalina nuclear power plant (Lithuania)
    6-1991: Incident and steam leak during refueling at Barsebeck nuclear power plant (Sweden)
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    9-1989: Control rod failure at Olkiluoto nuclear power plant (Finland)
    10-
    11-1957: 15 kgs of plutonium catch fire at Rocky Flats nuclear weapons complex (USA)
    12-1992: Leakage of radioactive water at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    13-1987: 249 people are contaminated in Brazil, due to handling discarded nuclear medical equipment, four people subsequently die
    14-1991: Leakage at Kozloduy nuclear power plant (Bulgaria)
    15-1986: Fire on board a US plane carrying nuclear weapons
    16-1990: Superphenix Fast Breeder Reactor is closed down due to technical failures (France)
    17-1988: Nuclear weapons convoy road accident kills one person (UK)
    18-1988: Technical failure at Stade nuclear power plant (Germany)
    19-1984: Collision of a Soviet nuclear submarine
    20-1977: US-nuclear submarine "Ray" hits the sea-bed, three crew members are injured
    21-1989: Manual shut-down of WNP nuclear power plant (USA)
    22-1980: Pump failure causes accidental release of radioactive water at La Hague reprocessing plant (France)
    23-1969: Radioactive contamination of atmosphere during the unsuccessful launch of a Soviet spaceship.
    24-1973: 35 workers at the Sellafield reprocessing plant are contaminated following a technical failure (UK)
    25-1955: First Soviet underwater nuclear explosion near Novaya Zemlya (Arctic Ocean)
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    27-1974: Soviet nuclear-capable destroyer sinks in the Black Sea
    28-1990: Cables for reactor control and protection system supply overheat at Bohunice nuclear power plant (Slovakia)
    29-1957: Thousands of square miles contaminated by accident at the Chelyabinsk nuclear complex (Russia)
    30-1990: Failure of reactor core cooling system at Palisades nuclear power plant (USA)
October
    1-1983: Technical failure and human error cause accident at Blayas nuclear power plant(France)
    2-1968: Leakage at La Hague reprocessing plant (France) 3-1952: First UK nuclear test
    4-1981: Release of 300-times the normal discharge level of Iodine-131 at Sellafield reprocessing plant (UK)
    5-1966: Partial core meltdown at the Fermi fast breeder reactor (USA)
    6-1986: Soviet nuclear submarine sinks off the coast of Bermuda
    7-1984: Emergency shut-down of Paks nuclear power plant (Hungary)
    8-1985: Accidental radioactive release into the sea from Hinkley Point nuclear power station (UK)
    9-1991: Technical failure at Yugno-Ukrainskaya nuclear power plant (Ukraine)
    10-1957: Three tonnes of uranium catch fire at the Windscale reprocessing plant (now Sellafield UK)
    11-1957: US nuclear bomber crashes in Florida and catches fire
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    13-1977: Sea water runs into the cooling circuit of Hunterston nuclear power plant (UK)
    14-1953: Fall-out from British nuclear test "Totem" contaminates Aborigines in the Australian desert
    15-1988: French officials carry out an experiment to test the effects of releasing 7000 Curies of radioactivity
    16-1964: First Chinese nuclear test
    17-1969: Fuel elements melt at St Laurent des Eaux nuclear power plant (France)
    18-1991: Technical failure at Zaporozhe nuclear power plant (Ukraine)
    19-1991: Offsite power failure at Smolensk nuclear power plant (Russia)
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    21-1991: Fire on board "Sceptre" nuclear submarine in Scotland
    22-1993: Instrumentation and Control failure at Saint Alban nuclear power plant (France)
    23-1989: Failure of core cooling system at Dresdan nuclear power plant (USA)
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    25-1991: Failure of shut-down system during refuelling at Novovoronezh nuclear power plant (Russia)
    26-1991: Incident during refueling at Vogtle nuclear power plant (USA)
    27-1991: Technical failure of shut-down system at Zaporozhe nuclear power plant (Ukraine)
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    29-1991: Technical failure causes automatic shut-down at Kalinin nuclear power plant (Russia)
    30-1991:
    31-1986: US-nuclear submarine "Augusta" involved in collision 
November
    1-1992: Cracks in cooling system equipment at Brunsbuttel nuclear power plant (Germany)
    2-1982: Nuclear missile transporter crashes killing one person and injuring two others (Germany)
    3-1990: Failure of core cooling equipment at Doel nuclear power plant (Belgium)
    4-1970: Explosion on board a nuclear-capable US-destroyer kills two sailors
    5-1967: UK nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine `HMS Repulse' runs aground 30 minutes after its launch
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    7-1967: Release of radioactivity at Grenoble nuclear power plant (France)
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    9-1955: Core meltdown at EBR fast breeder reactor (USA)
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    11-1988: Accident during refueling on board of Soviet nuclear powered ice-breaker "Lenin"
    12-1993: London Convention bans the dumping of nuclear waste into the sea
    13-1974: Karen Silkwood, a worker at a US nuclear plant, dies mysteriously on her way to hand important documents to a Trade Union Official and a journalist
    14-1989: Breakdown of fuel rod control system at Oconee nuclear power plant (USA)
    15-1989: Fire on board US-nuclear submarine "Finback"
    16-1983: Sellafield reprocessing plant discharges highly radioactive wastes directly into the sea (UK)
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    18-1991: Reactor shut-down due to technical failure at Balakovo nuclear power plant (Russia)
    19-1980: US nuclear-missile almost launched during a drill exercise.
    20-1989: Fire in turbine equipment at Kozloduy nuclear power plant (Bulgaria)
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    23-1991: Leak of 190,000 litres of water from cooling system, reactor shut-down at Oconee nuclear power plant (USA)
    24-1989: Technical failure nearly causes core meltdown at Greifswald nuclear power plant (Germany)
    25-1991: Failure of cooling system causes automatic reactor shut-down at Kursk nuclear power plant (Russia)
    26-1958: B-47 plane catches fire, destroying one nuclear weapon (USA)
    27-1991: Disfunction of automatic shut-down system at Bilibino nuclear power plant (Russia)
    28-1991: Failure of control system causes reactor shut- down at Kursk nuclear power plant (Russia)
    29-1982: US nuclear submarine collides with US-destroyer
    30-1975: 1.5 million Curies released from Leningrad nuclear power plant (Russia)
December
    1-1991: Technical failure at Beloyarsk nuclear power plant (Russia)
    2-1949: US experiment "Green Run" contaminates communities up to 70 miles away from the Hanford nuclear weapons complex (USA)
    3-1988: Explosion at the Burghfield Atomic Weapons Establishment (UK)
    4-1990: 2 workers irradiated during refuelling at Blayais nuclear power plant (France)
    5-1965: Plane crashes with nuclear bombs on board off the coast of Japan
    6-1991: Failure of control system during refuelling causes reactor shut-down at Smolensk nuclear power plant (Russia)
    7-1991: Failure of cooling system at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    8-1995: Fire due to leakage of sodium coolant from Monju fast breeder reactor, Japanese nuclear industry attempts to cover up full extent of accident, reactor shut-down
    9-1986: Explosion at Surry nuclear power plant, four people killed (USA).
    10-1991: Failure of turbo-generator causes reactor shut- down at Balakovo nuclear power plant (Russia)
    11-1991: Human error causes failure of automatic reactor shut-down equipment at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    12-1952: World's first major nuclear reactor disaster, Chalk River experimental reactor (Canada)
    13-1988: Four of the eight emergency installations discovered out of order at Brokdorf nuclear power plant (Germany)
    14-1991: Technical failure causes automatic shut-down at Balakovo nuclear power plant (Russia)
    15-1991: Technical failure at Kalinin nuclear power plant (Russia)
    16-1991: Technical failure at Kola nuclear power plant (Russia)
    17-1987: Severe incident at Biblis nuclear power plant (Germany)
    18-1984: Fire at Kalinin nuclear power plant (Russia)
    19-1980: Plutonium transport accident in the USA
    20-1990: Control element discovered damaged at Novovoronezh nuclear power plant (Russia)
    21-1991: Radiation leakage at Kolskaya nuclear power plant (Russia)
    22-1987: Accidental release of 50 tonnes of water from Atucha nuclear power plant (Argentina)
    23-1988: Two control rods jammed at Blayais nuclear power plant (France)
    24-1991: Reactor shut-down due to technical failure at Kalinin nuclear power plant (Russia)
    25-1992: Radioactive water leakage at Beloyarsk nuclear power plant (Russia)
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    27-1991: Automatic shut-down Balakovo nuclear power plant (Russia)
    28-1990: Incident and radiation leakage at Leningrad nuclear power plant (Russia)
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    30-1988: Reactor shut-down due to failure of control equipment at Pilgrim nuclear power plant (USA)
    31-1978: Fire and loss of reactor control, 8 workers irradiated at Beloyarsk nuclear power plant (Russia)

But yes Nuclear has a small footprint and it does pump out a lot of energy but our biggest concern is the placement and water usage. They consume vast amounts of water and last time I check the M-D is bone dry unless we want to run the things on carp. The initial set up costs are also massive.

And clean coal works, we have large coal reserves and the funding spreads to geothermal, wave and wind. And the clean fuels scheme means that bio-fuels will us less dependent on oil. And already most of our oil from the Bass Strait goes to Japan dirt cheap. The double tax is idiotic because we have to cover our losses in other sectors where we sell to save face. With Bio-Fuels and Hydrogen on the way we can step away from coal.

Kyoto? USA is the laughing stock because they didn't want to because big business has their cash hands embedded that far up their senators that you couldn't do otherwise. There is no restraint and thus more oil to burn? Kytoto is bad? What planet are you people from?

And what I don't get is that Howard never agreed to anything nuclear. The majority of people were against it so they dropped it to stay popular. Kevin may have done so as well. Frankly I wouldn't mind nuclear, we can learn from everyone else mistakes.

And so that's it? Energy? IR laws sucked, green Australia sucked, just look at Gunns pulp mill. Drought relief, war relations? Howard dropped the ball many many times. Lets hear what you guys think about why he should have stayed? We won so Aussies for the most part agree with us. Time for you to defend your support for the uno-browed puppet.

[Spacey]

A lot of people have commented that a reduction in petrol/gasoline/diesel tax would be nice...but...

that money that the government takes in taxes goes to support health care, government officials salaries, maintaining roads, lavish dinners and limosine rides, affordable housing, paying for government scandals, funding police services, etc.

It can't be said that the government should take less money and the government should improve/expand services... doesn't make sense....

[deathcomestoall789]

I'm not going to be writing a long post but I will write a couple of dot points for why I support Howard:

-Brought the Government debt to 0 after the last labor administration made a 9-10 billion dollar debt.

-Boosted the Australian economy to crazy heights even when other world economies were decreasing.

-Invaded Iraq and Afghanistan/War on Terror.

-Increased foreign relations with USA and many Asian countries.

-Gave extra funding to Defence to attempt to boost recruiting after Labor cut funding for recruiting.

-Sent troops to PNG to stabilise social unrest.

They are just some of the things of why I support John Howard, for me he has been the PM that Australia needed. Of course he did push some issues aside such as the environment and healthcare, but like always there isn't enough money for everything. So don't get me wrong I do believe it is important to bring a Labor Government in every once in awhile so they can focus on the things a Liberal Government doesn't focus on.

But when it comes down to it I am a Liberal man, I believe that their policies are better for Australia.

[The Deity]

I'm not going to be writing a long post but I will write a couple of dot points for why I support Howard:

-Brought the Government debt to 0 after the last labor administration made a 9-10 billion dollar debt.

-And now we have 30 bill in the clear? That was all saved for the election spending campaign? If they had put it to use then perhaps or if they had been nice enough to break even but they overtaxed and all that money is sitting there. Hopefully labour will put it to good use.

-Boosted the Australian economy to crazy heights even when other world economies were decreasing.

-Yes and while it was good for locals, our exports have been suffering because of the higher value of the Aussie dollar and as an export country that is pretty bad for us. Still, it made paypal transactions a whole lot sweater

-Invaded Iraq and Afghanistan/War on Terror.

-Invaded Iraq and Afghanistan/War on Terror... Alright to be fair, yes good call. But do it NOT to place our heads up an incompetent President's backside, do it to help Iraq. And at least tell us the truth about who died....

-Increased foreign relations with USA and many Asian countries.

-Well done. You are the first person to come up with a valid point (A few actually but this one strikes home). Still I see Rudd doing very well with Asia and big whoop about USA. Best deal we had with them went down the hill after we got kick backs from Saddam.

-Gave extra funding to Defence to attempt to boost recruiting after Labor cut funding for recruiting.

-And we had minor engagements at the time, not to mention were weren't the Yank's puppet at the time. Today is a different political atmosphere and I think Labour is aware that we need to maintain our defence forces. I certainly hope so for your sake, Luke's and everyone else who is in the defence forces. Just don't mention the Collin's Class...

-Sent troops to PNG to stabilise social unrest.

-And dropped the ball. No aid has been sent to the western border where Indonesians are conducting a mini Sudan of their own. Having lived in PNG for a large chunk of my life, to call what little aid we sent there as helpfull is rather pitiful. WE bent over too far for Indonesia and when we bowed to their complaints about giving those Papuan's refugee status that cemented it for me.

And for a well constructed defence for the Liberal party. Thanks Mick for putting forward a good argument.

[Rottenking]

i dont really like the idea of nuclear power, i mean yeah its great, but i think that its just not safe and efficent enough yet. not tomention it would be a significant terrorist target (but hey thats just my opinion)

someone said their was no replacement for oil...well yes their is...its called gas (LPG) costs 5000max to get it installed and the price is half of what petrol is.

people are saying what labor did a decade ago, their were differnt people in-charge back then and times change, i think rudd would not cut defence budgets, and would not reak the havok some are saying.

like they said on the news (yeah i know you shouldent belive what they say 100% but i think this was explained well)

rudd will micro-manage his ministers, like a company, and not focus on just one or two things, but try and balance them all out