Friends of the Earth Brisbane  
member Queensland Nuclear Free Alliance  
PO Box 5702 West End Qld 4101  
phone:  (07) 3846 5793  mobile: 0438 169 414      

Nuclear White Elephant comes to Sunshine Coast    

Photo opportunity and information session    

Date:   Tuesday September 25, 2007  
Time:   10:00am – 12noon  
Place:  Cotton Tree Park, the Esplanade Maroochydore       

Effie the giant white inflatable elephant, will be  stopping in Maroochydore tomorrow 
as part of her east  coast tour to highlight the dangers of nuclear  expansion in 
Australia.    The community is invited to join Effie in Cotton Tree  Park to take 
their photo with her, to get information  about alternative energy options and discuss 
the  issues.     

“A white elephant is something that is too costly or  too impractical to look after and
 manage,” states  Friends of the Earth spokesperson Robin Taubenfeld.      

“Nuclear power is dangerous, expensive, and  unnecessary.  It is truly a white elephant
 and  something that must be avoided.”    

The Sunshine Coast has been identified as a potential  location for nuclear power 
reactors if nuclear power  were to be developed in Australia.    

With federal proposals to build up to 25 nuclear  reactors on the east coast and the 
threat of uranium  mine expansion looming, Effie is taking to the streets  
in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria to raise  awareness about the issues.     

“Australia already has the capacity to address  climate change with energy efficiency 
and clean energy  technology,” Ms Taubenfeld adds.   

“These are the  solutions we should be looking at in the Sunshine  State.”    

“From uranium mining to nuclear power, the nuclear  industry creates long-lived 
radioactive waste - and is  directly linked to weapons production.  The cost to  
environment and future generations is too high a price  to pay for any short term 
gain from this toxic  industry.”    

“Effie is here to remind us that it is up to us to  decide whether Australia will 
travel down the  dangerous nuclear path – or the path towards peace and  sustainability. “          

For more information:  Robin Taubenfeld  Friends of  the Earth Brisbane  0411 118 737