Senate debates
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2008
In Committee
12:42 pm
Ursula Stephens (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector) Share this | Hansard source
Thank you, Senator Ludlam. The government certainly values the role and function of the Supervising Scientist in relation to uranium mining in the Northern Territory. I am not speaking for the minister when I say this, but I am sure that, as those new proposals are proven up more substantially, the Supervising Scientist’s oversight and administration role in those uranium mines will be a factor the minister takes into account in terms of his advice and his consideration. I have advice that the expansion of the Supervising Scientist’s role in administrative arrangements is under consideration, but the minister has yet to determine the extent to which that will occur.
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