Peter Lindsay (Herbert, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I might just tell the member for Shortland that the reactor is the size of a washing machine. The fear and scare campaign that continually goes on needs to be put to bed. The issue occurred in an adjacent laboratory where pharmaceuticals were being made for the good of Australians. For some reason or other the Australian Labor Party wants to see that shut down. What happened was that there was a problem with a pipe. Problems with pipes can occur anywhere. They can occur in this building. ANSTO said that there was no danger to anybody. But the Australian Labor Party wants to beat this up for the emotionalism involved.

Yesterday the member for Jagajaga indicated that krypton, argon, xenon or something or other had been released into the atmosphere—

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