Battle for the future

Friday, 2 November, 2007

Adelaide Advertiser

A FEDERAL minister has refused to take part in a debate about a proposed nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory, a green group says.

Community Services Minister Nigel Scullion was invited to attend a forum with NT Labor Senator Trish Crossin to answer questions about the proposal.

But Natalie Wasley from the Arid Lands Environment Centre yesterday accused him of "a tactic of duck and cover'' in refusing to participate.


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