Monday, 31 July, 2006

ABC NT Local News

The federal Opposition's Health spokeswoman, Julia Gillard, has again refused to be drawn on her views about Labor Leader Kim Beazley's backflip on the party's "no new mines" policy.

Ms Gillard is in Alice Springs today, where anti-uranium campaigners this morning repeated their vow to fight any plans to open up the Territory to further uranium mining.

She says now is not the time or place for her to reveal whether she agrees with her party's policy.

"I've said this is a debate within the Labor Party about the future of our 'no new mines' policy," she said.

"It's a debate that will be had at national conference in April 2007 and I've said that any contribution I want to make in that debate I will make at national conference in April 2007."