Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Answers to Questions Nuclear Waste Nuclear Waste The Hon. M.C. PARNELL Legislative Council Nuclear Waste In reply to the Hon. M.C. PARNELL (17 May 2016). The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change Nuclear Waste The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change): The Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation has received this advice: 1.	Neither the minister nor the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources has had discussions with the federal government over a possible commonwealth radioactive waste storage facility at Barndioota in South Australia. 2.	Neither the minister nor the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources has given any assurances to the federal government. 3.	No contracts, memoranda of understanding or other documents have been prepared in relation to this proposed site for a radioactive waste storage facility.