Antinuclear

Australian Country Liberal MP shows integrity on nuclear waste issue

Ms Griggs has come out against the dump.

Griggs defiant on N-waste NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia . 24 Feb 2011, TERRITORIANS are probably evenly divided about the Federal Government’s decision to build a nuclear waste dump near Tennant Creek.Some argue that Australia has an obligation to store its nuclear waste properly and the NT Outback is as good a place as any…….

But on one issue there is more agreement – that Canberra should not have the right to impose the dump on Territorians.

Former Solomon MHR Damian Hale showed great courage when he defied the Labor hierarchy and voted against the proposal.

Few observers on all sides of politics expected his successor, the CLP’s Natasha Griggs, to do the same thing. After all, CLP Senator Nigel Scullion and then CLP federal MP Dave Tollner had spoken out against the dump.

But when push came to shove, they voted with their political mates in Canberra, not with the voters back home.

But Ms Griggs has come out against the dump.

Griggs defiant on N-waste | Opinion | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

February 24, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Northern Territory, politics