❓ Premier Gallop expresses concern over Liberal Party members advocating for a radioactive waste dump in WA, criticising their lack of transparency and challenging the Leader of the Opposition to clarify their stance.
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Is the Premier concerned about the Liberal Party’s consistent push to have a radioactive waste dump located in Western Australia? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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Yes, I am concerned, because despite all the wriggling and evading by the Leader of the Opposition on this matter and other matters related to the nuclear industry, Liberal Party members keep popping up out of the woodwork. The latest one to pop up was the Liberal member for Tangney in the federal Parliament, Mr Dennis Jensen, who has said that he is very keen to see a nuclear waste dump established in Western Australia. He is reported in the Fremantle Herald as saying that he has no problem with a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. Perhaps Mr Jensen should consider establishing that waste dump on Burke Drive, Attadale, at Heathcote in Applecross in his electorate, or at the Melville Glades Golf Club. Those might be good places for him to establish the nuclear waste dump with which he has no problem. It does not stop there. Mr Jensen has said that he has no problem with it, so I presume that he has no problem with locating it in his electorate. That is a reasonable conclusion that could be reached on this matter. Let me turn to the member for Cottesloe. He is very keen on all things nuclear, and he acknowledges it openly. He came up with a unique solution to the waste dump problem at a seminar held in Perth last week. He said that the dump should be established in central Australia, preferably near the border or two of two or more states. We have heard about the three-mines policy, but now we have the three-borders policy for the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. One person has not said anything about these matters, and he purports to be a political leader; that is, the Leader of the Opposition. He has not said anything. The Leader of the Opposition is wriggling, weaving, diving and ducking, but he will not tell the people of Western Australia where he stands on this matter. He said in April of this year that he was uncomfortable with the idea of uranium. He said on 7 June that perhaps the opposition would have a look at it. We see members of the Liberal Party popping up on issues of this nuclear waste dump, nuclear power and uranium mining. The time has come for the Leader of the Opposition to tell the people where he stands on this matter. Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: Yes, I am concerned, because despite all the wriggling and evading by the Leader of the Opposition on this matter and other matters related to the nuclear industry, Liberal Party members keep popping up out of the woodwork. The latest one to pop up was the Liberal member for Tangney in the federal Parliament, Mr Dennis Jensen, who has said that he is very keen to see a nuclear waste dump established in Western Australia. He is reported in the Fremantle Herald as saying that he has no problem with a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. Perhaps Mr Jensen should consider establishing that waste dump on Burke Drive, Attadale, at Heathcote in Applecross in his electorate, or at the Melville Glades Golf Club. Those might be good places for him to establish the nuclear waste dump with which he has no problem. It does not stop there. Mr Jensen has said that he has no problem with it, so I presume that he has no problem with locating it in his electorate. That is a reasonable conclusion that could be reached on this matter. Let me turn to the member for Cottesloe. He is very keen on all things nuclear, and he acknowledges it openly. He came up with a unique solution to the waste dump problem at a seminar held in Perth last week. He said that the dump should be established in central Australia, preferably near the border or two of two or more states. We have heard about the three-mines policy, but now we have the three-borders policy for the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. One person has not said anything about these matters, and he purports to be a political leader; that is, the Leader of the Opposition. He has not said anything. The Leader of the Opposition is wriggling, weaving, diving and ducking, but he will not tell the people of Western Australia where he stands on this matter. He said in April of this year that he was uncomfortable with the idea of uranium. He said on 7 June that perhaps the opposition would have a look at it. We see members of the Liberal Party popping up on issues of this nuclear waste dump, nuclear power and uranium mining. The time has come for the Leader of the Opposition to tell the people where he stands on this matter. Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
Yes, I am concerned, because despite all the wriggling and evading by the Leader of the Opposition on this matter and other matters related to the nuclear industry, Liberal Party members keep popping up out of the woodwork. The latest one to pop up was the Liberal member for Tangney in the federal Parliament, Mr Dennis Jensen, who has said that he is very keen to see a nuclear waste dump established in Western Australia. He is reported in the Fremantle Herald as saying that he has no problem with a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. Perhaps Mr Jensen should consider establishing that waste dump on Burke Drive, Attadale, at Heathcote in Applecross in his electorate, or at the Melville Glades Golf Club. Those might be good places for him to establish the nuclear waste dump with which he has no problem. It does not stop there. Mr Jensen has said that he has no problem with it, so I presume that he has no problem with locating it in his electorate. That is a reasonable conclusion that could be reached on this matter. Let me turn to the member for Cottesloe. He is very keen on all things nuclear, and he acknowledges it openly. He came up with a unique solution to the waste dump problem at a seminar held in Perth last week. He said that the dump should be established in central Australia, preferably near the border or two of two or more states. We have heard about the three-mines policy, but now we have the three-borders policy for the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. One person has not said anything about these matters, and he purports to be a political leader; that is, the Leader of the Opposition. He has not said anything. The Leader of the Opposition is wriggling, weaving, diving and ducking, but he will not tell the people of Western Australia where he stands on this matter. He said in April of this year that he was uncomfortable with the idea of uranium. He said on 7 June that perhaps the opposition would have a look at it. We see members of the Liberal Party popping up on issues of this nuclear waste dump, nuclear power and uranium mining. The time has come for the Leader of the Opposition to tell the people where he stands on this matter. Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
Let me turn to the member for Cottesloe. He is very keen on all things nuclear, and he acknowledges it openly. He came up with a unique solution to the waste dump problem at a seminar held in Perth last week. He said that the dump should be established in central Australia, preferably near the border or two of two or more states. We have heard about the three-mines policy, but now we have the three-borders policy for the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. One person has not said anything about these matters, and he purports to be a political leader; that is, the Leader of the Opposition. He has not said anything. The Leader of the Opposition is wriggling, weaving, diving and ducking, but he will not tell the people of Western Australia where he stands on this matter. He said in April of this year that he was uncomfortable with the idea of uranium. He said on 7 June that perhaps the opposition would have a look at it. We see members of the Liberal Party popping up on issues of this nuclear waste dump, nuclear power and uranium mining. The time has come for the Leader of the Opposition to tell the people where he stands on this matter. Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
One person has not said anything about these matters, and he purports to be a political leader; that is, the Leader of the Opposition. He has not said anything. The Leader of the Opposition is wriggling, weaving, diving and ducking, but he will not tell the people of Western Australia where he stands on this matter. He said in April of this year that he was uncomfortable with the idea of uranium. He said on 7 June that perhaps the opposition would have a look at it. We see members of the Liberal Party popping up on issues of this nuclear waste dump, nuclear power and uranium mining. The time has come for the Leader of the Opposition to tell the people where he stands on this matter. Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: Yes, I am concerned, because despite all the wriggling and evading by the Leader of the Opposition on this matter and other matters related to the nuclear industry, Liberal Party members keep popping up out of the woodwork. The latest one to pop up was the Liberal member for Tangney in the federal Parliament, Mr Dennis Jensen, who has said that he is very keen to see a nuclear waste dump established in Western Australia. He is reported in the Fremantle Herald as saying that he has no problem with a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. Perhaps Mr Jensen should consider establishing that waste dump on Burke Drive, Attadale, at Heathcote in Applecross in his electorate, or at the Melville Glades Golf Club. Those might be good places for him to establish the nuclear waste dump with which he has no problem. It does not stop there. Mr Jensen has said that he has no problem with it, so I presume that he has no problem with locating it in his electorate. That is a reasonable conclusion that could be reached on this matter. Let me turn to the member for Cottesloe. He is very keen on all things nuclear, and he acknowledges it openly. He came up with a unique solution to the waste dump problem at a seminar held in Perth last week. He said that the dump should be established in central Australia, preferably near the border or two of two or more states. We have heard about the three-mines policy, but now we have the three-borders policy for the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. One person has not said anything about these matters, and he purports to be a political leader; that is, the Leader of the Opposition. He has not said anything. The Leader of the Opposition is wriggling, weaving, diving and ducking, but he will not tell the people of Western Australia where he stands on this matter. He said in April of this year that he was uncomfortable with the idea of uranium. He said on 7 June that perhaps the opposition would have a look at it. We see members of the Liberal Party popping up on issues of this nuclear waste dump, nuclear power and uranium mining. The time has come for the Leader of the Opposition to tell the people where he stands on this matter. Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
Yes, I am concerned, because despite all the wriggling and evading by the Leader of the Opposition on this matter and other matters related to the nuclear industry, Liberal Party members keep popping up out of the woodwork. The latest one to pop up was the Liberal member for Tangney in the federal Parliament, Mr Dennis Jensen, who has said that he is very keen to see a nuclear waste dump established in Western Australia. He is reported in the Fremantle Herald as saying that he has no problem with a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. Perhaps Mr Jensen should consider establishing that waste dump on Burke Drive, Attadale, at Heathcote in Applecross in his electorate, or at the Melville Glades Golf Club. Those might be good places for him to establish the nuclear waste dump with which he has no problem. It does not stop there. Mr Jensen has said that he has no problem with it, so I presume that he has no problem with locating it in his electorate. That is a reasonable conclusion that could be reached on this matter. Let me turn to the member for Cottesloe. He is very keen on all things nuclear, and he acknowledges it openly. He came up with a unique solution to the waste dump problem at a seminar held in Perth last week. He said that the dump should be established in central Australia, preferably near the border or two of two or more states. We have heard about the three-mines policy, but now we have the three-borders policy for the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. One person has not said anything about these matters, and he purports to be a political leader; that is, the Leader of the Opposition. He has not said anything. The Leader of the Opposition is wriggling, weaving, diving and ducking, but he will not tell the people of Western Australia where he stands on this matter. He said in April of this year that he was uncomfortable with the idea of uranium. He said on 7 June that perhaps the opposition would have a look at it. We see members of the Liberal Party popping up on issues of this nuclear waste dump, nuclear power and uranium mining. The time has come for the Leader of the Opposition to tell the people where he stands on this matter. Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
Let me turn to the member for Cottesloe. He is very keen on all things nuclear, and he acknowledges it openly. He came up with a unique solution to the waste dump problem at a seminar held in Perth last week. He said that the dump should be established in central Australia, preferably near the border or two of two or more states. We have heard about the three-mines policy, but now we have the three-borders policy for the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in Western Australia. One person has not said anything about these matters, and he purports to be a political leader; that is, the Leader of the Opposition. He has not said anything. The Leader of the Opposition is wriggling, weaving, diving and ducking, but he will not tell the people of Western Australia where he stands on this matter. He said in April of this year that he was uncomfortable with the idea of uranium. He said on 7 June that perhaps the opposition would have a look at it. We see members of the Liberal Party popping up on issues of this nuclear waste dump, nuclear power and uranium mining. The time has come for the Leader of the Opposition to tell the people where he stands on this matter. Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
One person has not said anything about these matters, and he purports to be a political leader; that is, the Leader of the Opposition. He has not said anything. The Leader of the Opposition is wriggling, weaving, diving and ducking, but he will not tell the people of Western Australia where he stands on this matter. He said in April of this year that he was uncomfortable with the idea of uranium. He said on 7 June that perhaps the opposition would have a look at it. We see members of the Liberal Party popping up on issues of this nuclear waste dump, nuclear power and uranium mining. The time has come for the Leader of the Opposition to tell the people where he stands on this matter. Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
Mr M.J. Birney : You know what happened last time you tried this. Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
Dr G.I. GALLOP : Where does he stand? Obviously he does not support the member for Cottesloe, or does he? We do not know. This is an important issue. We would expect the leader of a major political party to indicate where he stands on the matter. He can keep wriggling and diving for so long, but in the end he must declare himself so that people know where the state Liberal Party stands.
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