SA Opposition seeks referendum on waste dump

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

SA Opposition seeks referendum on waste dump
  
The South Australian Opposition says the Federal Government's plan to 
 establish a radioactive waste dump in South Australia's far north 
should  be put to a referendum. 

Shadow Environment Minister John Hill has moved an amendment to the  
State Government's legislation to ban a radioactive waste dump, to  
include the plebiscite. 

He says the move would send a clear message to the Federal Government 
 that a radioactive waste dump is not wanted in South Australia. 

Federal Industry Minister Nick Minchin has welcomed what he says is 
the  Federal Opposition leader's refusal to rule out a dump site in 
South  Australia. 

Opposition leader Kim Beazley has told talkback radio in Adelaide 
that  radioactive waste will have to be disposed of somewhere in 
Australia and  he doubts the correct location has yet been found. 

The Federal Government has short-listed five possible sites for  low-
level radioactive waste disposal in the Roxby Downs and Woomera  
areas of outback South Australia. 

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