❓ The WA government strongly opposes the federal government's support for nuclear power in Australia, citing ample gas, coal, and renewable energy reserves, high costs, safety concerns, grid incompatibility, and lack of community support.
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NUCLEAR ENERGY - STATEMENTS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
What is the state government’s response to the federal government’s latest statements in support of nuclear power in Australia? Mr F.M. LOGAN
What is the state government’s response to the federal government’s latest statements in support of nuclear power in Australia? Mr F.M. LOGAN
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I thank the member for Victoria Park for his strong stand against the federal government’s current position on nuclear power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the Leader of the National Party and the member for Nedlands to order. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for his strong stand against the federal government’s current position on nuclear power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the Leader of the National Party and the member for Nedlands to order. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
I thank the member for Victoria Park for his strong stand against the federal government’s current position on nuclear power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the Leader of the National Party and the member for Nedlands to order. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the Leader of the National Party and the member for Nedlands to order. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the Leader of the National Party and the member for Nedlands to order. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for his strong stand against the federal government’s current position on nuclear power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the Leader of the National Party and the member for Nedlands to order. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
I thank the member for Victoria Park for his strong stand against the federal government’s current position on nuclear power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the Leader of the National Party and the member for Nedlands to order. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the Leader of the National Party and the member for Nedlands to order. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! I call the Leader of the National Party and the member for Nedlands to order. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The federal government does not need to establish a task force headed by Ziggy Switkowski to work out what its position is on nuclear power. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Hon Ian Macfarlane, attended a conference in Sydney. They made it very clear there what their position is on nuclear power. They are gung-ho on it, so why bother even having a task force? Ian Macfarlane is saying that nuclear power provides economic and environmental benefits. The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power - Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third time. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Prime Minister is saying that nuclear power is clean and green. I find that somewhat perplexing and ironic, because what do we hear from the Prime Minister and the federal government on greenhouse gas issues? We hear not a lot. They have dismantled the Australian Greenhouse Office and refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol, but how do they justify nuclear power? They say that it is clean and green and is a way of addressing greenhouse gas issues. Ian Macfarlane has said today that we could be planning for a nuclear power station within 10 years. Where would a nuclear power station be built? Clearly Western Australia would be a prime candidate. The federal member for Tangney, one of the Prime Minister’s nuclear trigger men, would welcome it in Tangney. Where would it be? It would be in suburban Perth in suburbs such as Applecross, Mt Pleasant, Leeming and Melville. I wonder whether the members for South Perth or Murdoch would appreciate a nuclear power station in their electorates. Dr Clarence Hardy from the Australian Nuclear Association is also saying that Western Australia could be a site for nuclear power, but he has gone a little further than suburban Perth. Where is he pointing to? He is pointing to north and south of Perth. Where is that - Collie? Will Collie, Geraldton, Bunbury, Busselton or Manjimup be sites? Would the Leader of the Opposition welcome a nuclear power station in his electorate? Come on, he should put up his hand. He said that he would welcome one in his electorate. The reality is that we do not need nuclear power in Western Australia. We do not need uranium mining in Western Australia. There are four key issues. We have ample reserves of gas and coal and renewable energy to meet Western Australia’s needs well into the future. Nuclear power has not proved to be a low-cost solution, and the risks and health and safety issues associated with nuclear power have not been dealt with, despite 40 years of trying. Nuclear power stations would not work on Western Australia’s grid. It is far too small, despite what Clarence Hardy says, to deal with a 1 000 or 2 000 megawatt power station. No community in Western Australia would accept a nuclear power plant in its backyard. Members opposite know that. There is no future for nuclear power in Western Australia. This is purely a diversionary tactic by the federal government to divert attention away from interest rate issues and its other problems.
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