❓ The Premier argues that re-electing the Howard government would result in Western Australia becoming a nuclear waste dump, citing comments from a federal Liberal MP as evidence. He urges voters to consider this when casting their ballots.
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NUCLEAR WASTE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY 575. Mrs J. HUGHES to the Premier: Will the Premier explain to the house why the re-election of the Howard-Costello government would lead to Western Australia becoming the world’s nuclear waste dump? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Kingsley for the question. I preface my answer by saying that I sincerely hope the Howard government is not re-elected for a whole lot of reasons and the following is one of them. It is my view that the Howard government will pursue a policy that could ultimately lead to Western Australia becoming a nuclear waste dump. I do not think anybody in Western Australia who has studied the utterings of members of Parliament, federal and state - from the opposition in Western Australia and the government federally - would have much doubt about that prospect becoming a reality if the federal government gets its way. Everybody knows the position of members on this side of the Parliament. We oppose a nuclear industry in this state - uranium mining and, obviously, the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in this state. In the Kalgoorlie Miner last week, on 12 October, the federal Liberal member for Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase, made some very interesting comments. One could say he let the cat out of the bag with his remarks. He said - “I have no antagonism toward those people who wish to store nuclear waste as an appropriate location within the electorate, given suitable checks and balances,” . . . He went on to say - “We have radioactive waste stored as Lucas Heights (in NSW) and it hasn’t jumped the fence. On the storage of nuclear waste at a potential site in his electorate he said - “I have less concern about nuclear waste stored appropriately, than a 44 gallon drum of petrol stored inappropriately.” I would take serious concern from that if I were a constituent of Mr Haase’s. The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
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Will the Premier explain to the house why the re-election of the Howard-Costello government would lead to Western Australia becoming the world’s nuclear waste dump? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Kingsley for the question. I preface my answer by saying that I sincerely hope the Howard government is not re-elected for a whole lot of reasons and the following is one of them. It is my view that the Howard government will pursue a policy that could ultimately lead to Western Australia becoming a nuclear waste dump. I do not think anybody in Western Australia who has studied the utterings of members of Parliament, federal and state - from the opposition in Western Australia and the government federally - would have much doubt about that prospect becoming a reality if the federal government gets its way. Everybody knows the position of members on this side of the Parliament. We oppose a nuclear industry in this state - uranium mining and, obviously, the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in this state. In the Kalgoorlie Miner last week, on 12 October, the federal Liberal member for Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase, made some very interesting comments. One could say he let the cat out of the bag with his remarks. He said - “I have no antagonism toward those people who wish to store nuclear waste as an appropriate location within the electorate, given suitable checks and balances,” . . . He went on to say - “We have radioactive waste stored as Lucas Heights (in NSW) and it hasn’t jumped the fence. On the storage of nuclear waste at a potential site in his electorate he said - “I have less concern about nuclear waste stored appropriately, than a 44 gallon drum of petrol stored inappropriately.” I would take serious concern from that if I were a constituent of Mr Haase’s. The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Kingsley for the question. I preface my answer by saying that I sincerely hope the Howard government is not re-elected for a whole lot of reasons and the following is one of them. It is my view that the Howard government will pursue a policy that could ultimately lead to Western Australia becoming a nuclear waste dump. I do not think anybody in Western Australia who has studied the utterings of members of Parliament, federal and state - from the opposition in Western Australia and the government federally - would have much doubt about that prospect becoming a reality if the federal government gets its way. Everybody knows the position of members on this side of the Parliament. We oppose a nuclear industry in this state - uranium mining and, obviously, the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in this state. In the Kalgoorlie Miner last week, on 12 October, the federal Liberal member for Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase, made some very interesting comments. One could say he let the cat out of the bag with his remarks. He said - “I have no antagonism toward those people who wish to store nuclear waste as an appropriate location within the electorate, given suitable checks and balances,” . . . He went on to say - “We have radioactive waste stored as Lucas Heights (in NSW) and it hasn’t jumped the fence. On the storage of nuclear waste at a potential site in his electorate he said - “I have less concern about nuclear waste stored appropriately, than a 44 gallon drum of petrol stored inappropriately.” I would take serious concern from that if I were a constituent of Mr Haase’s. The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
I thank the member for Kingsley for the question. I preface my answer by saying that I sincerely hope the Howard government is not re-elected for a whole lot of reasons and the following is one of them. It is my view that the Howard government will pursue a policy that could ultimately lead to Western Australia becoming a nuclear waste dump. I do not think anybody in Western Australia who has studied the utterings of members of Parliament, federal and state - from the opposition in Western Australia and the government federally - would have much doubt about that prospect becoming a reality if the federal government gets its way. Everybody knows the position of members on this side of the Parliament. We oppose a nuclear industry in this state - uranium mining and, obviously, the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in this state. In the Kalgoorlie Miner last week, on 12 October, the federal Liberal member for Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase, made some very interesting comments. One could say he let the cat out of the bag with his remarks. He said - “I have no antagonism toward those people who wish to store nuclear waste as an appropriate location within the electorate, given suitable checks and balances,” . . . He went on to say - “We have radioactive waste stored as Lucas Heights (in NSW) and it hasn’t jumped the fence. On the storage of nuclear waste at a potential site in his electorate he said - “I have less concern about nuclear waste stored appropriately, than a 44 gallon drum of petrol stored inappropriately.” I would take serious concern from that if I were a constituent of Mr Haase’s. The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
In the Kalgoorlie Miner last week, on 12 October, the federal Liberal member for Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase, made some very interesting comments. One could say he let the cat out of the bag with his remarks. He said - “I have no antagonism toward those people who wish to store nuclear waste as an appropriate location within the electorate, given suitable checks and balances,” . . . He went on to say - “We have radioactive waste stored as Lucas Heights (in NSW) and it hasn’t jumped the fence. On the storage of nuclear waste at a potential site in his electorate he said - “I have less concern about nuclear waste stored appropriately, than a 44 gallon drum of petrol stored inappropriately.” I would take serious concern from that if I were a constituent of Mr Haase’s. The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
NUCLEAR WASTE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY
Will the Premier explain to the house why the re-election of the Howard-Costello government would lead to Western Australia becoming the world’s nuclear waste dump? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Kingsley for the question. I preface my answer by saying that I sincerely hope the Howard government is not re-elected for a whole lot of reasons and the following is one of them. It is my view that the Howard government will pursue a policy that could ultimately lead to Western Australia becoming a nuclear waste dump. I do not think anybody in Western Australia who has studied the utterings of members of Parliament, federal and state - from the opposition in Western Australia and the government federally - would have much doubt about that prospect becoming a reality if the federal government gets its way. Everybody knows the position of members on this side of the Parliament. We oppose a nuclear industry in this state - uranium mining and, obviously, the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in this state. In the Kalgoorlie Miner last week, on 12 October, the federal Liberal member for Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase, made some very interesting comments. One could say he let the cat out of the bag with his remarks. He said - “I have no antagonism toward those people who wish to store nuclear waste as an appropriate location within the electorate, given suitable checks and balances,” . . . He went on to say - “We have radioactive waste stored as Lucas Heights (in NSW) and it hasn’t jumped the fence. On the storage of nuclear waste at a potential site in his electorate he said - “I have less concern about nuclear waste stored appropriately, than a 44 gallon drum of petrol stored inappropriately.” I would take serious concern from that if I were a constituent of Mr Haase’s. The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Kingsley for the question. I preface my answer by saying that I sincerely hope the Howard government is not re-elected for a whole lot of reasons and the following is one of them. It is my view that the Howard government will pursue a policy that could ultimately lead to Western Australia becoming a nuclear waste dump. I do not think anybody in Western Australia who has studied the utterings of members of Parliament, federal and state - from the opposition in Western Australia and the government federally - would have much doubt about that prospect becoming a reality if the federal government gets its way. Everybody knows the position of members on this side of the Parliament. We oppose a nuclear industry in this state - uranium mining and, obviously, the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in this state. In the Kalgoorlie Miner last week, on 12 October, the federal Liberal member for Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase, made some very interesting comments. One could say he let the cat out of the bag with his remarks. He said - “I have no antagonism toward those people who wish to store nuclear waste as an appropriate location within the electorate, given suitable checks and balances,” . . . He went on to say - “We have radioactive waste stored as Lucas Heights (in NSW) and it hasn’t jumped the fence. On the storage of nuclear waste at a potential site in his electorate he said - “I have less concern about nuclear waste stored appropriately, than a 44 gallon drum of petrol stored inappropriately.” I would take serious concern from that if I were a constituent of Mr Haase’s. The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
I thank the member for Kingsley for the question. I preface my answer by saying that I sincerely hope the Howard government is not re-elected for a whole lot of reasons and the following is one of them. It is my view that the Howard government will pursue a policy that could ultimately lead to Western Australia becoming a nuclear waste dump. I do not think anybody in Western Australia who has studied the utterings of members of Parliament, federal and state - from the opposition in Western Australia and the government federally - would have much doubt about that prospect becoming a reality if the federal government gets its way. Everybody knows the position of members on this side of the Parliament. We oppose a nuclear industry in this state - uranium mining and, obviously, the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in this state. In the Kalgoorlie Miner last week, on 12 October, the federal Liberal member for Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase, made some very interesting comments. One could say he let the cat out of the bag with his remarks. He said - “I have no antagonism toward those people who wish to store nuclear waste as an appropriate location within the electorate, given suitable checks and balances,” . . . He went on to say - “We have radioactive waste stored as Lucas Heights (in NSW) and it hasn’t jumped the fence. On the storage of nuclear waste at a potential site in his electorate he said - “I have less concern about nuclear waste stored appropriately, than a 44 gallon drum of petrol stored inappropriately.” I would take serious concern from that if I were a constituent of Mr Haase’s. The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
In the Kalgoorlie Miner last week, on 12 October, the federal Liberal member for Kalgoorlie, Barry Haase, made some very interesting comments. One could say he let the cat out of the bag with his remarks. He said - “I have no antagonism toward those people who wish to store nuclear waste as an appropriate location within the electorate, given suitable checks and balances,” . . . He went on to say - “We have radioactive waste stored as Lucas Heights (in NSW) and it hasn’t jumped the fence. On the storage of nuclear waste at a potential site in his electorate he said - “I have less concern about nuclear waste stored appropriately, than a 44 gallon drum of petrol stored inappropriately.” I would take serious concern from that if I were a constituent of Mr Haase’s. The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
The way he would categorise the relative risk betrays some sort of ignorance of the two fuels - nuclear fuel, and a 44-gallon drum of petrol. However, perhaps we should not expect anything more from him. Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Which do you think is the more dangerous? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think a nuclear waste facility will be okay in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Storing petrol is a lot more dangerous. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Does the member for Cottesloe think it is okay to store nuclear waste in Western Australia? Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr C.J. Barnett : I am asking you, what is more dangerous? Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : So the member for Cottesloe agrees with Mr Haase. Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Yours is the only government in the history of this state to poison the community! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : According to the Liberal opposition in this state, Mr Haase and, I am sure, his federal colleagues, there is more danger in storing petrol than there is in storing nuclear waste. Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr C.J. Barnett : No, yellowcake is not waste. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : We are talking about nuclear waste. If that is the level of logic the opposition applies to the analysis of whether there should be a nuclear waste facility in Western Australia, we can see what is going to happen. The opposition is not only open to, but also welcomes, the prospect. Mr Haase welcomes the prospect of a nuclear facility in his state. When the people of Western Australia go to the ballot box to cast their vote in a few weeks, they should be aware they are potentially making a very serious decision about the future of their state. If the people want Western Australia to become a nuclear waste facility, they will return the Howard government. If they do not want that, if they want to guarantee that that is not going to happen under a federal government, they will vote for Kevin Rudd. Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr M.W. Trenorden : I will settle for 20 bucks a week! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : Well, it would not surprise me if the member for Avon is prepared to sell himself for $20 a week. However, there are far more important things and this is one of them. I hope, and I am sure, that the people of Western Australia will agree with me.
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