❓ Question highlights perceived inconsistency in the Labor Party's stance on uranium, opposing mining but suggesting potential future use for electricity. The Minister reiterates opposition to uranium mining and nuclear industry in WA, but acknowledges potential future use by a different government if issues are resolved.
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NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS - PREMIER’S PLAN
I ask a supplementary question. How does the minister reconcile the Labor Party’s opposition to uranium mining in Western Australia - full stop - with the fact that the Premier, and now also the minister, are saying that uranium may well be used for electricity generation in Western Australia in the future? Mr F.M. LOGAN
I ask a supplementary question. How does the minister reconcile the Labor Party’s opposition to uranium mining in Western Australia - full stop - with the fact that the Premier, and now also the minister, are saying that uranium may well be used for electricity generation in Western Australia in the future? Mr F.M. LOGAN
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Well, I do not know how much clearer we can put the position. We oppose uranium mining, and we oppose the establishment of a nuclear industry, whether it be for the generation of electricity, or whether it be for the storage of processed uranium. We oppose that in Western Australia. However, in the future, when all the problems that are associated with the use of uranium in the nuclear fuel cycle have been resolved, possibly a future government will use uranium.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: Well, I do not know how much clearer we can put the position. We oppose uranium mining, and we oppose the establishment of a nuclear industry, whether it be for the generation of electricity, or whether it be for the storage of processed uranium. We oppose that in Western Australia. However, in the future, when all the problems that are associated with the use of uranium in the nuclear fuel cycle have been resolved, possibly a future government will use uranium.
Well, I do not know how much clearer we can put the position. We oppose uranium mining, and we oppose the establishment of a nuclear industry, whether it be for the generation of electricity, or whether it be for the storage of processed uranium. We oppose that in Western Australia. However, in the future, when all the problems that are associated with the use of uranium in the nuclear fuel cycle have been resolved, possibly a future government will use uranium.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: Well, I do not know how much clearer we can put the position. We oppose uranium mining, and we oppose the establishment of a nuclear industry, whether it be for the generation of electricity, or whether it be for the storage of processed uranium. We oppose that in Western Australia. However, in the future, when all the problems that are associated with the use of uranium in the nuclear fuel cycle have been resolved, possibly a future government will use uranium.
Well, I do not know how much clearer we can put the position. We oppose uranium mining, and we oppose the establishment of a nuclear industry, whether it be for the generation of electricity, or whether it be for the storage of processed uranium. We oppose that in Western Australia. However, in the future, when all the problems that are associated with the use of uranium in the nuclear fuel cycle have been resolved, possibly a future government will use uranium.
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