Monday, 26 November, 2007

ABC NT Local News

Anti-nuclear campaigners say the election of the Labor Party to Federal Government will probably mean there will not be a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory.

The Howard Government had been considering locating a nuclear dump at Muckaty Station near Tennant Creek.

Natalie Wasley from the Arid Lands Environment Centre in Alice Springs says now there's been a change of government, it's unlikely those plans will go ahead.

"The Beyond Nuclear Initiative really welcomes Labor's commitment to repeal Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act which was forcing the dump on the Territory. We are hoping that will be done as soon as possible to bring some closure to the communities who have been fighting this dump proposal for a couple of years now," she said.