Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Resources and Energy has provided the following response to the honourable senator's question:

(1) Yes. .The Minister read the newspaper report.

(2) No.

(3) No. It was a personal matter.

(4) Departmental officers have already conducted briefings on management of radioactive waste at Muckaty Station and nearby locations at Helen Springs and Renner Springs in the immediate vicinity of the nominated land at Muckaty Station. Consultations will be held at more distant locations such as Tennant Creek (130 kilometres from Muckaty Station) in the event that land in the region is selected as the site for a national radioactive waste management facility.