Muckaty Station: Northern Land Council withdraws nomination of site of first nuclear waste dump
10 years, 9 months ago

Muckaty Station: Northern Land Council withdraws nomination of site of first nuclear waste dump

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The Northern Land Council has withdrawn its nomination of Muckaty Station north of Tennant Creek as the site for Australia's first nuclear waste dump. "There would be no way in the world that I would let a nuclear waste dump come to my grandfather's country because I have fought very hard to get the country back and we're not just going to give it away just like that." "The most pressing task for the Northern Land Council is to bring families back together and reconcile." Federal Industry Minister Ian MacFarlane has flagged that Muckaty Station could still be used as the site for a nuclear waste dump.

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Federal Government calls for site nominations for nuclear waste dump
10 years ago

Federal Government calls for site nominations for nuclear waste dump

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Landowners have a chance to nominate their property to become Australia's first nuclear waste dump and states and territories will not be able to veto the decision, under a process begun by the Federal Government. Federal Industry and Science Minister Ian Macfarlane said the process for voluntary site nominations for a national radioactive waste management facility had begun and would …

Muckaty Station: Traditional owners reject $12 million compensation offer for nuclear waste dump
10 years, 9 months ago

Muckaty Station: Traditional owners reject $12 million compensation offer for nuclear waste dump

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Traditional owners who have opposed a nuclear waste dump on Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory say they had no interest in a $12 million compensation package offered by the Commonwealth. A small section of the station, about 600 kilometres north of Alice Springs, was put forward by the Northern Land Council to store Australia's low and intermediate-level nuclear waste. …

Muckaty Station: Federal Court hears Indigenous clan's cultural stories at proposed nuclear waste dump site
10 years, 9 months ago

Muckaty Station: Federal Court hears Indigenous clan's cultural stories at proposed nuclear waste dump site

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A traditional land owner has yelled and sworn during a Federal Court hearing examining plans to build a nuclear waste dump in Central Australia. The court is holding a rare hearing on country as it considers a challenge to plans to build a nuclear waste storage site on the remote station. Traditional owner Kylie Sambo says a hearing on the …

Muckaty nuclear waste proposal in Federal Court today
10 years, 9 months ago

Muckaty nuclear waste proposal in Federal Court today

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A row over the future site for Australia's first nuclear waste dump hits the Federal Court today. "The Commonwealth and the Northern Land Council weren't talking to the traditional owners and they weren't consulted properly at the beginning." Muckaty traditional owners Kylie Sambo and Dianne Stokes do not want nuclear waste dumped on their land. "It's a proposal that concerns …

Muckaty Station: Federal Court hears land rights challenge to site of Australia's only nuclear dump
10 years, 9 months ago

Muckaty Station: Federal Court hears land rights challenge to site of Australia's only nuclear dump

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The first day of a five-week Federal Court hearing on Australia's proposed first nuclear waste dump has wrapped up in Melbourne. A small section of Muckaty Station, about 600 kilometres north of Alice Springs, was put forward by the Northern Land Council to store Australia's low and intermediate-level nuclear waste. "The Government, the Commonwealth and the Northern Land Council weren't …

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