Nuclear Waste

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (15:00): Supplementary, sir: can the Premier outline to the house what mechanism would be used to exercise a veto by an Aboriginal community?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (15:00): Once again, they are all good questions. We haven't resolved that question, but we do have the guidance of what happened in Finland. It was simply a majority of the governing council, in their case, in the part of Finland that governed this matter. The information that we have from the Finnish experience is that the existence of a veto in the hands of that local community gave them great trust in the process because they knew that at any stage—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Well, I have just tried to explain to the Leader of the Opposition, if he would listen, the Finnish experience—was that the governing council of the relevant community—

The Hon. T.R. Kenyon interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Newland is called to order.

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: These would be good discussions if one was permitted to continue to have the discussions. These are the sorts of intelligent questions that could be asked if we had a bipartisan position and the Leader of the Opposition didn't seek to shut down that discussion in the community. He wants his cake and eat it. He actually wants to pretend to be interested in the opportunity, but we know that he is the person who has shut down discussion about these matters. There is a growing view that the Leader of the Opposition is representing the forces of shutting down, not being open minded. We need to be open minded in South Australia to all the opportunities that exist in South Australia.