Senate debates

Monday, 24 June 2024

Questions without Notice

Uranium

2:59 pm

Photo of Don FarrellDon Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Birmingham for his second supplementary question. The reason we have a ban on nuclear energy in this country is not anything that the Labor Party has done in government. It's as a result of a grubby, grubby deal by former prime minister John Howard to get the GST through the parliament. We have a ban on nuclear energy; the Labor Party will continue with that ban. The Labor Party will continue with the policy— (Time expired)

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