Tuesday 2 May 2006
ABC NT Local News

The Northern Territory Environment Minister says there is little her Government can do to prevent Indigenous people from volunteering their land as a nuclear waste site.

Traditional owners near Tennant Creek in central Australia are considering offering the Muckaty Station as a possible site to host the Commonwealth's radioactive waste.

A delegation from the Northern Land Council (NLC) visited the Lucas Heights reactor in Sydney yesterday but the NLC would not confirm if representatives from Muckaty joined them.

Marion Scrymgour says the Commonwealth knows where the Territory Government stands.

"In terms of Muckaty Station those traditional owners are working through with the Northern Land Council," she said.

"There's not much other than what we're already doing and that's continuing our protest, and certainly saying no for the Northern Territory in terms of nuclear waste."