Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for his answer. I note his brief on Lucas Heights. The point there, Minister, simply related to the fact that accidents like that can occur in Australia. Given the minister’s statement about the economics of nuclear power and given that it is too slow, too expensive and too dangerous to address climate change, can he confirm what the purpose of this inquiry really is? Can he tell Australians whether it is really about enrichment, the leasing of nuclear fuel and nuclear waste dumps in Australia, and not about energy generation?