❓ The WA government, led by Carpenter, opposes the Commonwealth's plan to build nuclear power plants and introduces legislation including a referendum to protect state power. They criticize the Prime Minister's stance on nuclear energy.
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Given the clear view of Western Australians that they do not want a nuclear industry in their state, is there anything the Carpenter government can do to stop the Prime Minister from proceeding with this reckless plan to build dozens of nuclear power plants across the country? Mr F.M. LOGAN
Given the clear view of Western Australians that they do not want a nuclear industry in their state, is there anything the Carpenter government can do to stop the Prime Minister from proceeding with this reckless plan to build dozens of nuclear power plants across the country? Mr F.M. LOGAN
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I thank the member for Kingsley for the question and for her interest in nuclear power. The short answer to the member’s question is yes, there is something the Carpenter government can do about stopping the onward march of the commonwealth’s attempt to build nuclear power stations around Australia; that is, the legislation that we will be dealing with later today. As members would be aware - I have already delivered the second reading speech - that legislation includes a provision to hold a referendum. Should the commonwealth use its corporation powers to override the legislation in Western Australia, there is a provision in the legislation to hold a referendum. We would ask the people of Western Australia what they think about the commonwealth’s attempt to override state power and build a nuclear power station in WA. What have we had from the opposition in Western Australia? We have heard the member for Darling Range carping on the radio about the legislation we are about to debate being a stunt. It is no stunt when we look at what the Prime Minister said on the issue when he released the Switkowski report on the future of the nuclear power industry in Australia. Mr M.J. Cowper : That was two years ago. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister released the report in December 2006. It showed us how out of touch he is with the whole energy industry when he called nuclear power clean and green. Nuclear power is now green! When talking about baseload power generation, he said that nuclear power has to be part of the solution. The Switkowski report went on to identify 25 possible nuclear power station sites in Australia, one of which was in Western Australia. That is the reason this issue is so critical and the reason we want to debate the legislation today. People in Western Australia want to know exactly where the commonwealth seeks to site the nuclear power station in Western Australia. They want to know whether a nuclear power station will be in their own suburb or their own city. Where are the transport routes to take the uranium fuel rods and the processed uranium fuel away from the nuclear power station? Will they be living on those transport routes? These are the questions that the people of Western Australia want answered. Regardless of how many times we have asked these questions, the commonwealth continues to squib on those questions. That is why this issue is so critical that it will be debated in this chamber this afternoon. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Kingsley for the question and for her interest in nuclear power. The short answer to the member’s question is yes, there is something the Carpenter government can do about stopping the onward march of the commonwealth’s attempt to build nuclear power stations around Australia; that is, the legislation that we will be dealing with later today. As members would be aware - I have already delivered the second reading speech - that legislation includes a provision to hold a referendum. Should the commonwealth use its corporation powers to override the legislation in Western Australia, there is a provision in the legislation to hold a referendum. We would ask the people of Western Australia what they think about the commonwealth’s attempt to override state power and build a nuclear power station in WA. What have we had from the opposition in Western Australia? We have heard the member for Darling Range carping on the radio about the legislation we are about to debate being a stunt. It is no stunt when we look at what the Prime Minister said on the issue when he released the Switkowski report on the future of the nuclear power industry in Australia. Mr M.J. Cowper : That was two years ago. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister released the report in December 2006. It showed us how out of touch he is with the whole energy industry when he called nuclear power clean and green. Nuclear power is now green! When talking about baseload power generation, he said that nuclear power has to be part of the solution. The Switkowski report went on to identify 25 possible nuclear power station sites in Australia, one of which was in Western Australia. That is the reason this issue is so critical and the reason we want to debate the legislation today. People in Western Australia want to know exactly where the commonwealth seeks to site the nuclear power station in Western Australia. They want to know whether a nuclear power station will be in their own suburb or their own city. Where are the transport routes to take the uranium fuel rods and the processed uranium fuel away from the nuclear power station? Will they be living on those transport routes? These are the questions that the people of Western Australia want answered. Regardless of how many times we have asked these questions, the commonwealth continues to squib on those questions. That is why this issue is so critical that it will be debated in this chamber this afternoon. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
I thank the member for Kingsley for the question and for her interest in nuclear power. The short answer to the member’s question is yes, there is something the Carpenter government can do about stopping the onward march of the commonwealth’s attempt to build nuclear power stations around Australia; that is, the legislation that we will be dealing with later today. As members would be aware - I have already delivered the second reading speech - that legislation includes a provision to hold a referendum. Should the commonwealth use its corporation powers to override the legislation in Western Australia, there is a provision in the legislation to hold a referendum. We would ask the people of Western Australia what they think about the commonwealth’s attempt to override state power and build a nuclear power station in WA. What have we had from the opposition in Western Australia? We have heard the member for Darling Range carping on the radio about the legislation we are about to debate being a stunt. It is no stunt when we look at what the Prime Minister said on the issue when he released the Switkowski report on the future of the nuclear power industry in Australia. Mr M.J. Cowper : That was two years ago. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister released the report in December 2006. It showed us how out of touch he is with the whole energy industry when he called nuclear power clean and green. Nuclear power is now green! When talking about baseload power generation, he said that nuclear power has to be part of the solution. The Switkowski report went on to identify 25 possible nuclear power station sites in Australia, one of which was in Western Australia. That is the reason this issue is so critical and the reason we want to debate the legislation today. People in Western Australia want to know exactly where the commonwealth seeks to site the nuclear power station in Western Australia. They want to know whether a nuclear power station will be in their own suburb or their own city. Where are the transport routes to take the uranium fuel rods and the processed uranium fuel away from the nuclear power station? Will they be living on those transport routes? These are the questions that the people of Western Australia want answered. Regardless of how many times we have asked these questions, the commonwealth continues to squib on those questions. That is why this issue is so critical that it will be debated in this chamber this afternoon. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
Mr M.J. Cowper : That was two years ago. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister released the report in December 2006. It showed us how out of touch he is with the whole energy industry when he called nuclear power clean and green. Nuclear power is now green! When talking about baseload power generation, he said that nuclear power has to be part of the solution. The Switkowski report went on to identify 25 possible nuclear power station sites in Australia, one of which was in Western Australia. That is the reason this issue is so critical and the reason we want to debate the legislation today. People in Western Australia want to know exactly where the commonwealth seeks to site the nuclear power station in Western Australia. They want to know whether a nuclear power station will be in their own suburb or their own city. Where are the transport routes to take the uranium fuel rods and the processed uranium fuel away from the nuclear power station? Will they be living on those transport routes? These are the questions that the people of Western Australia want answered. Regardless of how many times we have asked these questions, the commonwealth continues to squib on those questions. That is why this issue is so critical that it will be debated in this chamber this afternoon. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister released the report in December 2006. It showed us how out of touch he is with the whole energy industry when he called nuclear power clean and green. Nuclear power is now green! When talking about baseload power generation, he said that nuclear power has to be part of the solution. The Switkowski report went on to identify 25 possible nuclear power station sites in Australia, one of which was in Western Australia. That is the reason this issue is so critical and the reason we want to debate the legislation today. People in Western Australia want to know exactly where the commonwealth seeks to site the nuclear power station in Western Australia. They want to know whether a nuclear power station will be in their own suburb or their own city. Where are the transport routes to take the uranium fuel rods and the processed uranium fuel away from the nuclear power station? Will they be living on those transport routes? These are the questions that the people of Western Australia want answered. Regardless of how many times we have asked these questions, the commonwealth continues to squib on those questions. That is why this issue is so critical that it will be debated in this chamber this afternoon. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Kingsley for the question and for her interest in nuclear power. The short answer to the member’s question is yes, there is something the Carpenter government can do about stopping the onward march of the commonwealth’s attempt to build nuclear power stations around Australia; that is, the legislation that we will be dealing with later today. As members would be aware - I have already delivered the second reading speech - that legislation includes a provision to hold a referendum. Should the commonwealth use its corporation powers to override the legislation in Western Australia, there is a provision in the legislation to hold a referendum. We would ask the people of Western Australia what they think about the commonwealth’s attempt to override state power and build a nuclear power station in WA. What have we had from the opposition in Western Australia? We have heard the member for Darling Range carping on the radio about the legislation we are about to debate being a stunt. It is no stunt when we look at what the Prime Minister said on the issue when he released the Switkowski report on the future of the nuclear power industry in Australia. Mr M.J. Cowper : That was two years ago. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister released the report in December 2006. It showed us how out of touch he is with the whole energy industry when he called nuclear power clean and green. Nuclear power is now green! When talking about baseload power generation, he said that nuclear power has to be part of the solution. The Switkowski report went on to identify 25 possible nuclear power station sites in Australia, one of which was in Western Australia. That is the reason this issue is so critical and the reason we want to debate the legislation today. People in Western Australia want to know exactly where the commonwealth seeks to site the nuclear power station in Western Australia. They want to know whether a nuclear power station will be in their own suburb or their own city. Where are the transport routes to take the uranium fuel rods and the processed uranium fuel away from the nuclear power station? Will they be living on those transport routes? These are the questions that the people of Western Australia want answered. Regardless of how many times we have asked these questions, the commonwealth continues to squib on those questions. That is why this issue is so critical that it will be debated in this chamber this afternoon. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
I thank the member for Kingsley for the question and for her interest in nuclear power. The short answer to the member’s question is yes, there is something the Carpenter government can do about stopping the onward march of the commonwealth’s attempt to build nuclear power stations around Australia; that is, the legislation that we will be dealing with later today. As members would be aware - I have already delivered the second reading speech - that legislation includes a provision to hold a referendum. Should the commonwealth use its corporation powers to override the legislation in Western Australia, there is a provision in the legislation to hold a referendum. We would ask the people of Western Australia what they think about the commonwealth’s attempt to override state power and build a nuclear power station in WA. What have we had from the opposition in Western Australia? We have heard the member for Darling Range carping on the radio about the legislation we are about to debate being a stunt. It is no stunt when we look at what the Prime Minister said on the issue when he released the Switkowski report on the future of the nuclear power industry in Australia. Mr M.J. Cowper : That was two years ago. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister released the report in December 2006. It showed us how out of touch he is with the whole energy industry when he called nuclear power clean and green. Nuclear power is now green! When talking about baseload power generation, he said that nuclear power has to be part of the solution. The Switkowski report went on to identify 25 possible nuclear power station sites in Australia, one of which was in Western Australia. That is the reason this issue is so critical and the reason we want to debate the legislation today. People in Western Australia want to know exactly where the commonwealth seeks to site the nuclear power station in Western Australia. They want to know whether a nuclear power station will be in their own suburb or their own city. Where are the transport routes to take the uranium fuel rods and the processed uranium fuel away from the nuclear power station? Will they be living on those transport routes? These are the questions that the people of Western Australia want answered. Regardless of how many times we have asked these questions, the commonwealth continues to squib on those questions. That is why this issue is so critical that it will be debated in this chamber this afternoon. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
Mr M.J. Cowper : That was two years ago. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister released the report in December 2006. It showed us how out of touch he is with the whole energy industry when he called nuclear power clean and green. Nuclear power is now green! When talking about baseload power generation, he said that nuclear power has to be part of the solution. The Switkowski report went on to identify 25 possible nuclear power station sites in Australia, one of which was in Western Australia. That is the reason this issue is so critical and the reason we want to debate the legislation today. People in Western Australia want to know exactly where the commonwealth seeks to site the nuclear power station in Western Australia. They want to know whether a nuclear power station will be in their own suburb or their own city. Where are the transport routes to take the uranium fuel rods and the processed uranium fuel away from the nuclear power station? Will they be living on those transport routes? These are the questions that the people of Western Australia want answered. Regardless of how many times we have asked these questions, the commonwealth continues to squib on those questions. That is why this issue is so critical that it will be debated in this chamber this afternoon. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister released the report in December 2006. It showed us how out of touch he is with the whole energy industry when he called nuclear power clean and green. Nuclear power is now green! When talking about baseload power generation, he said that nuclear power has to be part of the solution. The Switkowski report went on to identify 25 possible nuclear power station sites in Australia, one of which was in Western Australia. That is the reason this issue is so critical and the reason we want to debate the legislation today. People in Western Australia want to know exactly where the commonwealth seeks to site the nuclear power station in Western Australia. They want to know whether a nuclear power station will be in their own suburb or their own city. Where are the transport routes to take the uranium fuel rods and the processed uranium fuel away from the nuclear power station? Will they be living on those transport routes? These are the questions that the people of Western Australia want answered. Regardless of how many times we have asked these questions, the commonwealth continues to squib on those questions. That is why this issue is so critical that it will be debated in this chamber this afternoon. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the first time.
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