Mark Bishop (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I ask a supplementary question, Mr President, of the minister arising out of her response. Can the minister confirm the government has been in discussions with companies interested in setting up an enrichment industry in Australia which, under GNEP, would commit us to taking back nuclear fuel used in other countries? Didn’t the director of one such company state recently that its plans would only go ahead under a coalition government? Under GNEP, won’t Australia be an ideal fuel supplier country, enriching our uranium and then taking back the spent fuel from other countries?