Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Brown for that assistance. He is quite right: parts of the terms of this inquiry are to look at the question of the further expansion of Australia’s uranium mining industry and at whether or not it would be feasible and sensible for Australia to develop a uranium enrichment industry. It seems quite sensible for that to be looked at. We have not committed to that. I am not aware of any proposal to have a uranium enrichment industry, in fact, but I think it quite sensible for the government, responsibly, to see under what circumstances such a development might be possible, feasible or sensible.