❓ The WA government, led by Mr. McGowan, reaffirms its opposition to uranium mining and nuclear energy in WA, criticising the federal government's stance and dismissing pro-nuclear arguments.
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URANIUM MINING - GOVERNMENT’S POLICY
What is the government’s response to recent media reports claiming that Labor should drop its antinuclear stance? Mr M. McGOWAN
What is the government’s response to recent media reports claiming that Labor should drop its antinuclear stance? Mr M. McGOWAN
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I am aware of some recent articles in newspapers suggesting that the government should change its stance on uranium mining. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Vasse and member for South Perth. Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I am aware of some recent articles in newspapers suggesting that the government should change its stance on uranium mining. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Vasse and member for South Perth. Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
I am aware of some recent articles in newspapers suggesting that the government should change its stance on uranium mining. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Vasse and member for South Perth. Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Vasse and member for South Perth. Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Vasse and member for South Perth. Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I am aware of some recent articles in newspapers suggesting that the government should change its stance on uranium mining. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Vasse and member for South Perth. Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
I am aware of some recent articles in newspapers suggesting that the government should change its stance on uranium mining. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Vasse and member for South Perth. Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Vasse and member for South Perth. Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Vasse and member for South Perth. Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : There has been a great deal of talk about uranium mining and nuclear energy, of course, but not much focus on nuclear weapons, nuclear waste or nuclear terrorism. Indeed, our colleagues in the federal government have not focused much on renewable energy. Our position on uranium mining is quite clear; that is, we are opposed to uranium mining in Western Australia. We are also opposed to nuclear energy in Western Australia. Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett : You are opposed to nuclear energy, too? Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Yes, we are. Is the member for Cottesloe in favour of it? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Yesterday we learnt that the member for Cottesloe thought he was the great canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Today we find that he thinks he is Robert Oppenheimer. Ferdinand de Lesseps, of course, was in command of the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert Oppenheimer, of course, created the first nuclear weapons. Had the member for Cottesloe become Premier after the last election, the office of nuclear development would have been next door to the office of canal development. He would have bankrupted the state not once, but twice with his plans. Those two offices would have been a fantastic legacy. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
Mr M. McGOWAN : A gentleman by the name of John Ritch, director general of the World Nuclear Association, has been visiting Australia recently. Mebourne’s The Age reports him as applauding the Howard government’s efforts to guide Australia towards a nuclear future. Mr Ritch is reported in the same article as saying that Chernobyl was one of the most exaggerated events in human history, and that storing nuclear waste in Australia would be a service to the world. He thinks that we in Western Australia should be into uranium mining in a big way, and is urging us to change our policy. This is the same man that said that Chernobyl was not a big deal. While the Howard government is urging us to embrace these nuclear options, it is not supporting wind farms, which are a genuine renewable energy source which we should all be embracing, as are people in Europe. The Howard government is opposed to wind farms but in favour of nuclear power. The Carpenter government will not be pressured by those people into dangerous nuclear options in Western Australia.
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