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

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 19 September 2012:

With reference to the announcement by the Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia that Lynas Corporation has submitted an application to the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), to import radioactive waste from Malaysia:

(1) What is the status of the application.

(2) On what date was the application received.

(3) On what grounds and under what legislative provisions can nuclear waste be imported to Australia.

(4) If ARPANSA grants approval for the importation of radioactive waste from Malaysia, will Western Australia be forced to accept that waste; if so, on what grounds.