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

It sounded to me as though Senator Milne was answering her own question. She seems to have a view in her own mind as to what this inquiry is about. I think I explained what the inquiry is about. It is to look at the long-term energy needs of this country and to see whether nuclear power may or may not have any place in that future. We live in a world where countries like France obtain 70 per cent of their electricity from nuclear power. Nuclear power is a reality and has been operating in this world for a very long time.