The Government has foreshadowed the introduction of legislation to repeal the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act, but left Muckaty Station outside Tenant Creek as the most likely target for the national radioactive waste dump.



"If Resources Minister Martin Ferguson is serious when he says, 'there is no pre-determined site outcome' and that he is putting in place proper processes for site selection, then he should scrap Muckaty and start from scratch, then we've got half a chance of an honest process," said Greens spokesperson on nuclear issues Senator Scott Ludlam.



"The nomination of Muckaty Station as a site for the dump was only possible under the Radioactive Waste Management Amendment Act (2006) - which the ALP opposed, and described as 'a major attack on the rights of Traditional Owners and an abuse of power?'



"How can the Government continue to progress the nomination of Muckaty, while claiming to repeal the Act that made it possible?



"Muckaty has been contested from the start - this proposal promises to make the debate even more divisive," Senator Ludlam said.