DEBATE on the planned nuclear waste dump at Muckaty dominated Senate debate this week with three days of discussion going through to late last night.

Protesters, including traditional owners Dianne Stokes and Kylie Sambo, rallied outside Parliament House on Tuesday, urging senators to vote against the Radioactive Waste Management Bill which has been specially written to allow the dump to proceed at Muckaty.

Land was nominated by the Northern Land Council on behalf of some members of the Ngapa clan which has traditional links with the land at Muckaty.

However other Ngapa clan members and Yapa Yapa, Milwayi, Wirntiku, Ngarrka clan members are against the construction of a radioactive dump on their land and want the Government to listen to their pleas.

A Federal Court challenge which opposes the nomination has been launched with a second mediation session scheduled for August.

Speaking at the Senate debate on the Bill on Tuesday, silly Senator Trish Crossin told her parliamentary colleagues that Australia needs a radioactive dump at Muckaty so nuclear medicine can continue.

She might be too dense to work it out for herself but she has been informed on several occasions that this is simply not true.

It’s a lie, peddled by the Federal Labor Government to manipulate the hearts and minds of everyone who has ever known someone who battled cancer.

Crossin bored everyone with her repetitive ramblings which had no substance and little relevance to the debate and she failed to mention that she had previously pledged her full support to the traditional owners who were against the nomination of their land as a dump site.

But that was back when the idea was mooted by the Howard Government.

As soon as her party took hold of power she, and Lingiari MHR Warren Snowdon, turned their backs on their fellow Territorians in a sycophantic play for the attention and approval of dreadful Resources Minister Martin Ferguson and whoever was running the country at the time.

This week the Central Land Council’s Director David Ross, said the Bill would allow the Federal Government to ride roughshod over Aboriginal people’s concerns and environmental restrictions.

"Pushing ahead at Muckaty and ignoring the serious level of dispute about the nomination process would be a disaster for traditional owners, their families and the broader Tennant Creek region," he said.

"The last thing we need are more disputes and more conflicts.

"The process of choosing Muckaty has been deeply flawed on all levels and the consequences will be felt far into the future."