Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Scullion might jump to his feet and contradict you. My understanding is that the 2006 amendments—which Senator Scullion had a fair bit to do with—to the Radioactive Waste Management Act that was in place from the end of 2005 did allow a land council, and I think it specifically proposed a land council in the Northern Territory, to nominate a site. Can I get some clarity on that? I do not have the bill before me, but my understanding is that other places can be nominated, on a voluntary basis, through a land council—which, indeed, was how the Muckaty nomination came about in the first place.