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July 2008 - After just five months the Liberal
Party has today reincarnated their plan
to build nuclear
power plants in Australia.
Given this confirmation
Brendan Nelson must answer these three questions
today:
1. What process they would use to select
sites for the construction of nuclear power
plants.
2. Where will they dump the waste these
nuclear power plants produce.
3. Do they still endorse
the previous Liberal Governments plan to
build 25 nuclear power plants around Australia.
In February Brendan
Nelson told the Australian people that Liberal
Party policy to build 25 nuclear power plants
was dead by assuring Australians that: “we
certainly have no plans for, nor do we envisage,
Australia having a nuclear power industry
at any time in the future."
In yet another embarrassing
back flip Deputy Leader Julie Bishop today
confirmed that the Liberals plan to build
nuclear power plants was back.
Ms Bishop said:
“The issue of nuclear
power has to be debated rationally if Australia
is serious about making deep cuts to its
greenhouse gas emissions."
Foreign Affairs spokesman
Andrew Robb said: "We've always thought
it should at least be on the table for discussion.“Liberal
Party members must now explain to their
individual communities and the Australian
community as a whole if they will accept
a nuclear power plant in their electorate.
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$10.5 MILLION FOR SOUTH
EAST TASMANIA RECYCLED WATER
28 July 2008 - Irrigators
in Tasmania’s Coal River district will have
access to additional water under a $10.5
million recycled water scheme funded by
the Rudd Government.
Minister for Climate
Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, said
the South East Tasmania Recycled Water Scheme,
developed by Clarence City Council, would
also improve the ecological health of the
Derwent Estuary by reducing wastewater discharge.
“The South East Tasmania
recycled water scheme will increase the
amount of recycled water available for irrigators
and reduce the amount of wastewater discharged
into the Derwent Estuary,” Senator Wong
said.
“This funding contribution
honours an election commitment and is part
of the Rudd Government’s $12.9 billion plan
Water for the Future to secure the long-term
water supply of all Australians.”
Water for the Future
has four key priorities: taking action on
climate change, using water wisely, securing
water supplies and supporting healthy rivers.
Funding for the South
East Tasmania project is drawn from the
$254.8 million National Water Security Plan
for Cities and Towns which is funding practical
projects like pipelines, water saving infrastructure
and water treatment plants.
Stage One of the South
East Tasmania Recycled Water Scheme will
connect the Rokeby sewage treatment plant
to the existing Coal River irrigation area
to make available an additional 730 megalitres
per annum of recycled water.
The Rudd Government
funding will pay for construction of a 900
megalitre buffer dam at Back Tea Tree Road
to enable storage of recycled water when
demand for irrigation purposes is low. This
will allow additional water to be made available
to the Coal River irrigation area when required.
Julie Collins MP, Federal
Member of Franklin, said that by 2011 when
this work is complete, up to 2400 megalitres
per annum of recycled water will be available
for irrigation, an increase of 1000 megalitres
over current supply.
“By reusing recycled
wastewater, this scheme will make available
more water for irrigation at the same time
as improving the health of one of Tasmania’s
major waterways,” Ms Collins said.
“I am pleased to be
able to deliver this election commitment
and I congratulate the Clarence City Council
on its initiative in developing this project.”
