Garrett wants MPs to reveal stance on nuclear plant location.
Midnight Uranium - coming to your backyard real soon
"Garrett wants MPs to reveal stance on nuclear plant location
Opposition environment spokesman Peter Garrett has tried to make all Lower House MPs reveal whether they would be happy to have a nuclear power plant built in their electorates.
The Opposition has been pressuring the Government to say where nuclear reactors might be located if a nuclear industry is developed in Australia.
Many Coalition MPs have already said they would not want a nuclear plant in their seat.
Mr Garrett attempted to have all MPs explain their stance on the issue in Parliament.
'[I] noted the stated opposition outside the house of a growing number of members to the location of a nuclear power plant in their electorate, [I'm] providing all members with an opportunity to come into the house and declare their opposition to the location of a nuclear power plant in their electorates,' he said.
Mr Garrett's motion was defeated by the Government.
Meanwhile the Greens want the owners of any future nuclear power stations in Australia to be legally responsible for any damage that might be caused to private property in Australia.
Greens Senator Christine Milne says there is a standard nuclear exclusion clause in every insurance policy, which leaves home owners liable for any costs resulting fr"
Saturday, March 03, 2007
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