Senate debates
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Questions on Notice
Resources and Energy (Question No. 1889)
Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
asked the Minister for Resources and Energy, upon notice, on 19 June 2012:
Will the Minister commit to delaying any declaration of Muckaty as the final location for the proposed nuclear waste site under the National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 until the matters pertaining to the nomination currently before the Federal Court of Australia are resolved.
Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:
The Government has made clear it will respect the Court's decision.