WA State Election 2001

HOW TO VOTE THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY OUT OF WA
WA State Election 2001

STATE ELECTION 2001

The table below is based on responses to the survey of political candidates, comments in the media and statements recorded in Parliament. We have included sitting independents but regret we do not have the space to show all the independent views.

Political Party	Oppose Uranium Mining 1	Oppose Pangea Waste Dump	Oppose National Waste Dump 2	Notes
Greens (WA)
Democrats				CENTRALISED PARTY RESPONSE
Labor
One Nation				DISSENTING VIEWS WITHIN PARTY
Libs for Forests			?	AMBIGUOUS POSITION
Nationals			?	AS LIBERALS - DISSENTING VIEWS WITHIN PARTY
Liberals			?	DISSENTING VIEWS WITHIN PARTY
Curtin Labor Alliance
Sitting Independents
Tom Helm
Larry Graham
Liz Constable			-
Mark Nevill			-
Phil Pendal			-
1. Candidates who support uranium mining do so on the condition that Australian uranium is reserved for ‘peaceful’ use only. Note that there is no way of determining whether Australian uranium is used in nuclear weapons, and there is every possibility that Australian uranium is used in Depleted Uranium munitions. 2. Primarily for spent fuel and other wastes from the Lucas Heights nuclear research reactor				KEY
				Anti-Nuclear
				Pro-nuclear
				? Ambiguous or contradictory
				- Insufficient information

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