Antinuclear

Martin Ferguson pulls a swifty on Northern Territory Nuclear Waste Dump

S.11 of the [new]Bill overrides all state and territory laws that regulate or prohibit nuclear waste dumps

S.12 of the [new]Bill directly overrides the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 in a similar manner to the Howard-era Act. It also overrides the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Back to the future with Ferguson’s nuclear waste legislation crikey, 24 Feb 2010 “…Labor’s 2007 election commitment was to repeal the CRWMA, which overrode NT laws and any Commonwealth legislation that might have delayed or hindered the investigation of waste dump sites, and replace it with a “a consensual process of site selection”. And Ferguson insisted yesterday that that was exactly what was happening.

A close look at Ferguson’s Bill, however, suggests it has an awful lot in common with the CRWMA.

S.11 of the Bill overrides all state and territory laws that regulate or prohibit nuclear waste dumps

S.12 of the Bill directly overrides the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 in a similar manner to the Howard-era Act. It also overrides the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to prevent the Environment Minister (Peter Garrett — haven’t heard much from him lately) from having any role in the site selection process i.e. Garrett’s role in determining whether the environmental impact of the waste dump is significant only applies after a site has been selected for the dump….Bernard Keane – Crikey

February 24, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, secrets and lies | aboriginal, antinuclear, Australia, Lucas Heights, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radioactive, secrets and lies