Saturday, 30 September, 2006

ABC NT Local News

The Northern Land Council (NLC) has denied reports a group of traditional owners near Tennant Creek has given their approval for a nuclear waste dump on their land.

The report says the Federal Government has been given approval to use Muckaty Creek.

But a NLC spokesman says no Aboriginal group, whether at Muckaty or anywhere else, has given consent to build a nuclear waste facility on their country.

The spokesman says the NLC is not presently considering any proposals from either the Commonwealth Government or Aboriginal groups.