Thursday, 26 April, 2007

ABC NT Local News

The Northern Territory's Federal Member for Lingiari says he will be voting not to change Labor's three-mine policy at the party's national conference in Sydney tomorrow.

Warren Snowdon says despite his efforts he expects the policy to be dumped.

A number of Labor leaders are pushing for change, including Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin.

But Mr Snowdon says he represents the majority opinion in the Territory's Labor Party with his vote not to expand uranium mining.

"As party president I saw it as important that I actually consult with the rank and file of the party to actually get a view from members to what they believe should happen," he said.

"I ran five or six forums across the Northern Territory and at each one of those forums people expressed a very strong view that they didn't want the policy to change.

"So that's the view I'll be expressing at the conference."