AUDIO: Commentary on Energy Minister’s visit to planned nuclear waste dump area
AUDIO Federal minister visits Muckaty Station http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Lauren-Mellor-Penny-Phillips.mp3 http://caama.com.au/federal-minister-visits-muckaty-station
Yesterday, Federal Minister for Resources and Energy, Gary Gray met with Traditional Owners at the proposed nuclear waste facility at Muckaty Station, near Tennant Creek.
This is the first time a federal minister has visited the site and met with Traditional Owners at Muckaty.
Traditional Owner Penny Phillips welcomed the minister’s visit, but says the people were not invited to the meeting between the minister and Northern Land Council.
“I was happy for him to come, I went to Canberra and invited him to come but the Northern Land Council mob didn’t tell us he was coming to Muckaty, so we ended up going.”
Also in Muckaty was anti-nuclear campaigner Lauren Mellor, from the Environment Centre NT, who on behalf of the Traditional Owners put forth a new approach.
“There is a new approach, which is a national commission into radio active waste management options, that looks at all options, not just a remote dump site and investigates the best and safest way to actually manage Australia’s stock piles of waste.”
Listen below to the extended comments from Penny Phillips and Lauren Mellor.
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