❓ Bowler asks if WA might be targeted for a nuclear waste dump after SA's successful appeal. Ripper assures that WA is vehemently opposed and has legislation in place to prevent it, criticising the opposition's stance.
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Now that the South Australian Government has successfully appealed against the federal Government’s acquisition of land near Woomera for its proposed nuclear waste dump, does this mean that Western Australia, and probably my electorate, might be targeted as a potential site for a low-level repository? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
The SPEAKER: Order! Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: I thought I heard people from the Opposition say that this has no environmental significance whatsoever. They are right out of touch with community opinion in Western Australia if that is what they think, because our community - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
The SPEAKER: Order! I call to order the members for Murray-Wellington and Nedlands. Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
Mr E.S. RIPPER: Our community, like our Government, and like the Government of South Australia, is vehemently opposed to the federal Government establishing a nuclear waste dump in our backyard. South Australia had to go to the courts. However, Western Australia is ahead of the game. In March, a state government Bill banning the dumping of nuclear waste in Western Australia passed through this Parliament. That is another step towards stopping the federal Government from establishing a nuclear waste dump in this State should that be where it seeks to go following its reverse in South Australia. The Premier has made it very clear. We did not save the old-growth forests and we did not save Ningaloo Reef only to have our environment compromised and our clean and green reputation sullied by having a nuclear waste dump set up in this State by the federal Government. The Premier has been on the case again today and has made it abundantly clear to the federal Government in Canberra that it should not view Western Australia as some kind of backup option for the dumping of other people’s nuclear waste. I assure the member for Eyre and his constituents, and, indeed, the constituents of all members in this House, that the Government will do everything in its power to oppose any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State and to guarantee to the people of Western Australia that this State’s clean and green reputation will be preserved. One of the things that concerns me about the debate in this House during the past minute or so is that we have heard a chorus of hostile interjections from the other side of the House. That is on top of the ambiguous record of the Leader of the Opposition on nuclear matters in this State. We want the Opposition to join with us in a bipartisan opposition to any federal Government attempt to place a nuclear waste dump in this State. Frankly, I would rather the Opposition express its support for the State Government’s position on this matter than opposition members make the sorts of hostile interjections that we have just heard, which cause me some concern about what their real attitudes might be were they ever to occupy the Treasury bench again.
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