Antinuclear

South Australian Liberal leader pulls out of nuclear waste trip to Finland

SA Libs choose kids over nuclear waste , news.com.au 18 Aug South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has been told he “wants to flee the scene of the crime” by visiting a nuclear dump in Finland next month when parliament resumes to consider an overhaul of the state’s child protection system.

Opposition Leader Steven Marshall has pulled out of the bipartisan trip so he can be in parliament to respond to the damning findings of a royal commission into child protection, released last week.

The trip comes as the state government consults with South Australians about whether SA should have a nuclear waste storage facility of its own……..

“This report is far more extensive and damning than anyone considered that it would be when the trip was planned and I think there’s no alternative,” he told ABC radio on Thursday…..
..http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/missing-nuclear-trip-a-stunt-sa-premier/news-story/6f8df024c495a36cd61d8807e9141c1d

August 19, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News