Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2016-05-18 Daily Xml

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Nuclear Waste

The Hon. M.C. PARNELL (14:47): I have a supplementary question: is the minister at all embarrassed by the fact that earlier this week the Australian Youth Climate Coalition signed the No Dumps Alliance statement of concern in relation to radioactive waste dumps, with the statement: our leaders should be leaving South Australians with a future that is renewable not radioactive.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:48): Why should I be at all concerned, or even embarrassed, by young people standing up for their convictions? Why on earth would I be embarrassed by young people feeling the courage of their convictions in wanting to say what they feel. I think that is entirely commendable.