South Australian Labor comes out swinging against nuclear waste dump selection process
 Deputy Opposition leader slams federal government’s nuclear waste site selection process, Transcontinental, Amy Green 25 Oct 19,
“We are utterly opposed to the process,” says Deputy Leader of the Opposition Susan Close regarding the current federal approach to a national radioactive waste facility in regional South Australia. “We understand there is a need to do something with Australia’s domestic waste but they have gone about it so badly that they have put the community off. “They haven’t done the due consideration that they ought to be doing of what the possibilities physically are.” At a recent state conference, the South Australian Labor Party adopted a policy contesting the federal government’s site nomination and selection process. They have called for full transparency, broad public input and best practice technical and consultative standards.
Ms Close condemned the federal government’s current approach to building a potential facility at sites in Kimba and Hawker. “It is a federal issue but we just have a view about it that they have gone about it in an appalling way,” Ms Close said. “They get to make the decision, we don’t have have any capacity even if we were in government to do anything, but what they have done is asked landholder if anyone wants to have this and left the Aboriginal community out. “For some reason, the only three sites they are looking at are in South Australia which is very strange.” Federal Minister for Resources Matt Canavan said thethree potential sites in South Australia were all voluntarily nominated and the facility will only be built where a community broadly supports it…….. Premier Steven Marshall has maintained a stance that radioactive waste management is a federal issue and the state government has remained quiet during the drawn out process. With community ballots now underway in the District Council of Kimba, and one scheduled later this year for the Flinders Ranges Council, Ms Close has accused the Marshall government of being “asleep at the wheel”……. “This is just part of a pattern that the Marshall Liberal government doesn’t seem prepared to have any kind of argument with the commonwealth govt and that is to the detriment of South Australia’s interest.” The Transcontinental reached out to the state government for comment, but did not receive a reply. https://www.transcontinental.com.au/story/6454080/state-labor-party-weighs-in-on-nuclear-debate/ |
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