Senate debates

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Motions

Nuclear Nonproliferation

12:22 pm

Photo of Nick XenophonNick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I indicate that I do associate myself with this motion. It is a very worthy motion, but I think it is important to note that the Australian government, and in fact previous Australian governments, have failed to give adequate support deserved by those Maralinga veterans who were exposed to radiation as a result of nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s in South Australia and in the Montebello Islands off Western Australia's coast. That should be noted with some sadness in the context of this motion.

Question agreed to.

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