Some argue that Australia has an obligation to store its nuclear waste properly and the NT Outback is as good a place as any. 

 

And that it will create jobs in Tennant Creek and wealth for traditional owners. 

 

Others say that the dump will be an environmental hazard. 

 

But on one issue there is more agreement - that Canberra should not have the right to impose the dump on Territorians. 

 

Former Solomon MHR Damian Hale showed great courage when he defied the Labor hierarchy and voted against the proposal. 

 

Few observers on all sides of politics expected his successor, the CLP's Natasha Griggs, to do the same thing. After all, CLP Senator Nigel Scullion and then CLP federal MP Dave Tollner had spoken out against the dump. 

 

But when push came to shove, they voted with their political mates in Canberra, not with the voters back home. 

 

But Ms Griggs has come out against the dump. 

 

"I can't change my mind just because I've been elected," she says. 

 

And then Ms Griggs gets to the heart of the matter: "The whole point is that I represent the Territory in Canberra, not Canberra in the Territory." 

 

Good on her.