Based in Australia, Pauline Rigby researches the nuclear industry and its impact on communities. She has tried to get the information she has discovered into the Australian media, but found rejection at every turn. This provoked her to publish a pocket-sized research guide on uranium to inform the community. Debates currently being played out in the Australian media on uranium mining may have omitted some of the following information. Surely it is the role of the media to bring forth information from both sides, so an informed public can make a decision on this issue