Thursday 17 November 2005
ABC NT Local News

The Northern Territory Government says people must act quickly if they are to get submissions in to a Senate inquiry on a national nuclear waste dump.

The inquiry is examining legislation that will allow the Federal Government to build the dump at one of three remote Territory sites, despite local opposition.

The inquiry stops taking submissions tomorrow, ahead of a public hearing in Canberra next week.

NT Chief Minister Clare Martin says the process is a sham, but people should still get involved.

"Go to the website and follow the prompts, and put in just a few lines," she said.

"Say how you feel. The voice of Territorians is a strong one and to certainly do that it doesn't take a PhD thesis, it takes your honest views."