See what happens when you toss out a right-wing government? I give you Australia.......

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via Yahoo!:



Australia: no uranium sales to India, despite end of supply ban Mon Sep 8, 1:13 AM ET



SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia will not sell uranium to India unless it signs a key non-proliferation pact, despite a decision by nuclear supplier nations to end a ban on trading with New Delhi, a minister said Monday.

Australia's government pledged it would scrap a landmark deal, negotiated by the former conservative administration before it lost power last November, to sell uranium to India for its nuclear energy programme.

"(The government) shouldn't be changing its policy to not supply to countries that are not signatories to the Non-Proliferation Treaty," said Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean. "India understands that."

The comments came after the United States, which has signed a nuclear technology sharing deal with India, on Saturday persuaded supplier nations to lift a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India.

The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology, reached consensus in Vienna on a one-off waiver of its rules for India, which refuses to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080908/wl_sthasia_afp/australiausindianuclearpolitics;_ylt=AjkjFmxhouXK0gxzsoc8TVlvaA8F