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Interviews at Roxby Downs - Part 1 Interview 1; Young Working Mother, wife of Uranium miner. anoymous The first thing this woman said to us was "Ahh your the camel women, my other half and I were just talking about people like you the other day and are so glad that someone gives a damn." She is most unhappy about the waste dump proposal and has decided not to purchase a house and settle in Roxby since hearing of it. She is also concerned about her husband's occupational health being an underground uranium miner. 'A miner is a miner' she said 'there is no extra training required just because he is now mining a dangerous substance'. He was recently in a very dangerous situation underground where a blast of harmful substance was released and he was not evacuated. She has concerns about health of her children and future generations, she quit working at the acid leeching plant at Roxby's Olympic Dam when she found out she was pregnant. Interview 2; Young Woman, Mother and Administration worker at mine. This woman drove out the road to meet us as we walked into Roxby. She is opposed to the dump and congradulated us on our effort. We asked her if she was proud to work at a uranium mine " No of course not, I like living in Roxby and the mine work is good money but I am not proud to work in a uranium mine". Interview 3; Elderly Woman with grandchild. The main point that this woman stressed is that she does not see our governers as people wise enough to be making such important decisions that will have detrimental affects for future generations to come. She is concerned for the health and wellbeing of her grandchildren and their children and aware of the serious threat that radiation poisoning is. She has quite a pesermistic outlook for the future, seeing humanity on a self destructive tangent. She does not want a waste dump in her back yard!! NOTE: these interviews were conducted by Wren Redback in the township of Roxby Downs. Interviewies were picked ramdomly, some more willing to voice their opinions than others. Some were recorded on dictaphone and paper and some were recalled from memory soon after the disscussion.
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