South Aust election: Mr Van Den Brink candidate for Fisher opposes import of nuclear wastes
By Dennis Matthews, 11 Mar 14 Three to four weeks ago I sent a questionnaire to the candidates in Fisher. Of the five candidates only Bob Such and Daryl Van Den Brink responded.
On the issue of expanding the nuclear industry in South Australia, both candidates wanted more debate on nuclear power and uranium enrichment but Mr Van Den Brink was opposed to importing nuclear waste.
In relation to electricity, Mr Van Den Brink supported the feed-in tariff for electricity from solar cells, tighter regulation of the electricity network business, and government incentives for energy efficient homes. He opposed making exporters of solar electricity pay more for the electricity network or higher tariff for users of air conditioners. Dr Such considered that the National Electricity Market needed an overhaul.
Dr Such opposed recent changes to the South Australian Electoral Act but Mr Van Den Brink opposed only the increased nomination fees.
Neither candidate supported an official apology to Aboriginal people for past injustices. Mr Van Den Brink wanted more debate, whilst Dr Such supported alternative measures.
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Another candidate for the seat of Fisher in tomorrow’s (15/3/14) SA state elections has opposed the importation of nuclear waste into SA.
Malina Wyra is not only opposed to nuclear waste import but to nuclear power, uranium enrichment and the entire nuclear fuel chain.
Malina supports the solar feed-in tariff and government incentives for energy efficient homes but does not support a higher tariff for users of air conditioners and is noncommittal on the whether solar electricity exporters should pay higher costs for the electricity network and whether there should be tighter regulation of the monopoly electricity network utility. Malina prefers to tax the up-front cost of air conditioners.
On the issue of the recent changes to the SA Electoral Act, Malina supports increasing the cost of nominating a candidate from $450 to $3000. This has been a significant deterrent to independents and micro parties contesting seats in the House of Assembly but is generally welcomed by those candidates and parties that are assured of getting at least 4% of the primary vote and hence getting the $3000 returned.
Malina was non-committal on an apology to SA’s Aboriginal people for forcibly taking away their land, for imposing an alien culture, for introducing toxic substances into their communities, and for the lack of aid in combating the effects of the above.
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Your post stated that I do not support an apology to Aboriginal people for past injustices. This is not true – it was not true in 2014 and it is not true today. It seems that someone in party headquarters, responding on my behalf, replied to this question in a way that I would not have. I most certainly do (and did) support apologising to the Aboriginal people for past injustices, and as far as I was aware there was no party policy against this (in any case, I am no longer involved in any political party). I ask that this post be deleted. Thank you.
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Can you please delete this post as I asked? It wasn’t my intention that my comment be published, I only wrote a comment because there appears to be no other means of contact on this site.
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