Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2016-11-16 Daily Xml

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Nuclear Waste

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:35): Supplementary: has the federal Labor Party also broken the hearts of these same South Australians, given that their policy is to oppose this high-level nuclear waste dump?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:35): The federal parliamentary Labor Party has supported the South Australian government's idea of having an open consultation with the South Australian public. That is what they support, along with the state convention of the Labor Party, which only a few weekends ago, when everyone else was still in bed, unambiguously and unanimously resolved to support further consultation with the South Australian public. We hoped that would be underpinned with bipartisan support, but at the first test of policy conviction, the opposition have gone running. They have gone running. The Leader of the Opposition, 'Mr No', abandoned—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS: 'Mr No', the Leader of the Opposition, walked away from an opportunity for a public consultation, a public debate, about a significant opportunity. It is a disgrace. It is an absolute disgrace.