House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-03-22 Daily Xml

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NUCLEAR ENERGY

Mr PISONI (Unley) (14:43): My question is to the Minister for Tourism. Does the minister support nuclear power, given that the former Queensland premier Peter Beattie once said that nuclear power would destroy the Queensland tourism industry?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Tourism, Minister for Food Marketing) (14:43): I thank you very much for the question, member for Unley. As I understand it, the Labor Party policy in relation to this is presently very clear—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.R. RAU: —and any debate about this, given my understanding about the present lack of enthusiastic private enterprise people queuing up to do anything about it, means that the debate you were wishing to have is entirely hypothetical. I would suggest to the member for Unley that this debate at the moment is about as relevant as debating the merits of landing a man on Uranus.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!