Senate debates

Monday, 21 June 2021

Bills

National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020; In Committee

8:10 pm

Photo of Rex PatrickRex Patrick (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. You actually clarified things in the last part of your answer. I thought, when Senator Hanson-Young asked about adding additional sites, you said that that is a possibility and that there could be other sites other than those nominated on the table, which means they would have to go through a process. In fact, you've presented the Senate with an option that says, 'Look, here's three sites that have been through the process, but we're not going to limit it to that.' I'm suggesting that the minister could nominate a site in the WPA that we know has gone through an extensive process. It might not have been the exact same process. How is that different to, perhaps, some other site that could be included in the minister's additional research if he decides not to have it at Napandee?

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