South Australia election: Greens OPPOSE, SA Best nearly oppose, nuclear waste dump in SA: Labor and Liberal vacillate

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: OUR FUTURE: SCORECARD , 5 March 2018

All of the four party responses are signed by the leader and are dated 28 Feb 2018.

Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives

Note: The “Australian Conservatives” were invited to respond and did not provide any response.

“SA Best is pleased to provide the following response to … :

11a Categorically rule out the creation of an international high and/or intermediate
level radioactive waste storage and disposal facility
Yes

11b Actively oppose the federal government plan for a radioactive waste facility in SA.

Refer to SA-BEST environment policy.

We do not oppose a low-level waste facility in principle, recognising the benefits of nuclear medicine and research and the need to dispose of this waste.

However, until such time as the federal government demonstrates full transparency around the consultation and selection process, SA-BEST would not be supportive.

We would use legislation in SA to block it if the process is not acceptable.

11c. Actively support the state Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) Act 2000.
Commit to further strengthen this legislation by removing the modified section

Question 11c on the High level nuclear waste..

We support and commit the current legislation as it now stands.

My understanding is the modifications have already been put in place.

Yours sincerely

Nick Xenophon

“The Liberal Party of SA makes the following commitments in response to…

11a Categorically rule out the creation of an international high and/or intermediate
level radioactive waste storage and disposal facility
Yes

11c. Actively support the state Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) Act 2000.
Commit to further strengthen this legislation by removing the modified section

Other: The Liuberal Party supports the current Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) Act 2000.

Yours Sincerely

Steven Marshall MP

State liberal Leader

Note: The Liberal response (as published) does not provide an answer to Q 11b:

Actively oppose the federal government plan for a radioactive waste facility in SA.

“The Greens have made the following commitments in response to … :

11a Categorically rule out the creation of an international high and/or intermediate
level radioactive waste storage and disposal facility
Yes

11b Actively oppose the federal government plan for a radioactive waste facility in SA.

Yes

11c. Actively support the state Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) Act 2000.
Commit to further strengthen this legislation by removing the modified section

Yes. Done, Thanks to a Greens bill.

Yours sincerely

Mark Parnell MLC

Parliamentary Leader Greens SA

Labor: “Thanks for opportunity to outline our position. A detailed response to your questions is attached:

see p.36 of doc, extract:

“We have written to Turnbull government outlining our strong expectation around community support for any proposed facility, including a veto for the local Aboriginal community. …”

Hon. Jay Weatherill MP

Premier of SA

Note: The Labor response (as published) does not provide an answer to Q 11a:

Categorically rule out the creation of an international high and/or intermediate
level radioactive waste storage and disposal facility more https://www.ourfuturesa.org.au/scorecard

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NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP (Moss Media) in last years senate hearing when Sarah Hanson Young asked the question regarding the 4 times land value deal that landowners now can name their own price for their land. As a tax payer, I was pretty uncomfortable with that revelation. – Mark Simpkin , Fight To Stop Nuclear Waste Dump In Flinders Ranges SA

A Good News Story: Winds of change for Golden Plains as huge wind farm gets go-ahead https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/climate-change/winds-of-change-for-golden-plains-as-huge-wind-farm-gets-go-ahead-20190111-p50qv6.html , By Bianca Hall & Adam Carey, 11 January 2019, A massive 170 square kilometre wind farm has passed the final Victorian planning hurdle, and could be powering in four years if the federal government approves the project.

The $1.5 billion wind farm, sprawling over 17,000 hectares near the small town of Rokewood south of Ballarat, passed environmental approvals last month.

Acting Planning Minister Lily D’Ambrosio will on Saturday announce the Victorian government has granted a planning permit for the project in the Golden Plains Shire.

All that remains is for the federal government to sign off on it.

EVENTS

26 January:

Meanjin (Brisbane) Invasion Day 2019

Narrm (Melbourne) Invasion Day 2019

Perth Invasion Day Rally

Sydney Invasion Day 2019

12 February. Tuesday – Canberra– RALLY! StopAdani – Climate Action Now!

Why it’s time to think about human extinction | Dr David Suzuki

No Arctic Sea-Ice; Greenland Exposed; Coast is Toast; Jet Streams Kaput

Arctic Summer Temperatures to Skyrocket like a “Bat out of Hell”: Part 3

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The Senate Inquiry on Selection process for a national radioactive waste management facility in South Australia. has now 112 submissions published

Read the brief summaries of submissions – 55 anti-nuclear, 41 pro nuclear (13 confidential) , with links to each full submission published on this Antinuclear website.

See our page: Submissions on Radioactive Waste Code 2018/ Submissions published by ARPANSA are overwhelmingly critical, and in opposition to the Federal nuclear dump plan for rural South Australia. [not to be confused with the current SENATE INQUIRY Selection process for a national radioactive waste management facility in South Australia.]

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PETITIONS

Online Open letter requesting ACTION to enforce South Australia’s law against nuclear waste dumping. http://petition.dyndns.org/

Say no to the federal plan to dump and store nuclear waste in SA.

Don’t Let Frydenberg approve Yeelirrie uranium mine or extinction!

No Nuclear Bundabunda at Brewarrina – bad poison [SIGN THE PETITION]

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