Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Premier Barnett—sorry. He has overturned that ban and we have seen the WA uranium industry already take steps forward.

Finally, I wanted to reflect on another indication of Labor’s lack of commitment to the uranium industry and nuclear power. It comes on the back of the member for Kalgoorlie having raised it. I understand the member for Kalgoorlie raised the fact that the Rudd government has recently appointed Professor Ian Lowe to the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency. You might say that it is not a surprising thing to occur; however, you have to look at Mr Lowe’s views on uranium. They are quite extraordinary. He is completely opposed to uranium mining, and you would think that to have someone of that ilk on ARPANSA is a sure sign of the ideological deals that have to be done by—

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