Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

For Senator Ludlam I would point out that the government is entitled to actually hear the question if you are seeking an answer. What I will repeat is that the government has yet to finalise its own legislation and it cannot finalise it before it repeals the existing legislation. In regard to Muckaty Station I might draw your attention to the fact that Indigenous communities have been closely involved in the process of site selection—and Indigenous communities hold a range of views on the issues, of course, just as non-Indigenous Australians do. On 11 June this year the Northern Land Council said:

“Traditional owners … know how important it is for Australia to find an environmentally acceptable site, by agreement, so all Australians can continue to receive benefits such as medical treatment from nuclear medicine.”

It went on to say that the traditional owners expressed ‘overwhelming support for the nomination of their country’ for this proposal— (Time expired)