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

No. It occurs naturally in the atmosphere. There is no problem with it. Radioactivity occurs naturally all over the country. It is background radioactivity, and that is all that occurred at Lucas Heights. It is just extraordinarily irresponsible for the Australian Labor Party to be trying to put fear into the people of the electorate of Hughes and, more generally, people across Australia. It is time to recognise the realities of our nuclear reserves and to develop a safe and responsible policy regarding their use in Australia.

I certainly have been quite distressed that the storage of nuclear waste has been in a state of paralysis in Australia, and worldwide, for years. There have been unrealistic fears foisted by activist groups and the Australian Labor Party which have been very damaging to the better good of all Australians.

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