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Australia’s old Has-Been Hawke – in the grip of the nuclear lobby

Greens condemn plan to turn Australia into the world’s nuclear waste dump Australian Greens spokesperson on nuclear policy, Senator Scott Ludlam. 24 August 2013.  The Greens have strongly rejected the proposal by former Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke to turn Australia into a dump for the world’s nuclear waste.

Greens spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam said the plan was “the worst imaginable way to raise revenue”.

“What Mr. Hawke is proposing is criminal activity.  The Parliament passed Greens amendments last year to prohibit the importation of nuclear waste.

“Mr Hawke seems to think the way to fill the Budget hole is to fill a hole in Australia with the world’s nuclear waste.  The Labor Party and the Coalition must rule out this dangerous proposal immediately.

“Having seen both the Howard and Rudd-Gillard Governments make an absolute mess of trying to force a dump for Australian nuclear waste on Tenant Creek in the Northern Territory, heaven help us if they were trying to deal with nuclear waste from around the world as well.

“The question is – is Mr Hawke expressing this view as a hobby or as an earner on the side?  If he has any commercial interests in a waste management company he should make that clear now

August 25, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, politics