House debates Questions without Notice

Nuclear Energy

Tuesday, 27 February 2007 House of Representatives

Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition

2:10 pm

My question again is to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Has the minister had discussions with any representative of Australian Nuclear Energy Ltd, or not?

Ian Macfarlane

Ian Macfarlane Groom, Liberal Party, Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources

I would welcome a discussion from this company, and I would like to see Australia have a debate on nuclear energy and where it fits into our future energy mix. Of course, any proponent of a nuclear power station in Australia would need bipartisan support from both sides of this House before they would invest their money in a power station. So I would like to have the meeting and I would like to have the debate.