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Debate on the state's uranium mining ban despite new export opportunities and its impact on jobs and investment.

🟡 Medium · Question without notice11 August 2026 · 608 words

WA's uranium mining ban questioned amid new export deals; government defends policy, citing existing

Government maintains uranium mining ban despite new export opportunities, impacting state's industry

At a time when major new export opportunities are opening up for Australian uranium, will the new minister back WA jobs, investment and royalties by supporting the removal of Labor's uranium ban or will he stand by while other states, like South Australia, reap the benefits of an industry that Western Australia is being deliberately locked out of?

👎 negative· combative🔥 hot

Members who spoke

Hunter, LachlanPastorelli, Daniel
Topics
uranium miningexport opportunitiesstate policyeconomic impactjob creation

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