Arid Lands Environment Centre: Inquiry into the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Inquiry into the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Bill

As you may know, there will be an Inquiry into the Commonwealth Radioactive
Waste Management Bill, put forward by Senator Ludlam last week.

Information about the Inquiry is online here:
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/eca_ctte/radioactive_waste/info.htm

This Bill put forward by Senator Ludlam repeals the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act of 2005 and the amendments to that legislation made in 2006.

Submissions are due by Friday 31 October. You are strongly, strongly urged to make a submission to the Inquiry! Send your submissions to

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts
Department of the Senate PO Box 6100 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Phone:+61 2 6277 3526
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
Email:eca.sen@aph.gov.au

Hearings will be held in mid-November, and if enough submissions are
received from the Territory, it is a possibility that a hearing will be held
in Darwin and/or Alice Springs. The report will be due in early December.

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