RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendation 1
3.122 The committee recommends that, as soon as possible,
the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism undertake consultations with all
parties with an interest in, or who would be affected by, a decision to select
the Muckaty Station site as the location for the national radioactive waste
facility.
Recommendation 2
3.123 The committee recommends that proposed section 21 of
the Bill be amended to make the establishment of a regional consultative
committee mandatory, immediately following the selection of a site for the
radioactive waste facility.
Recommendation 3
3.126 The committee recommends that proposed sections 9 and
17 of the Bill be amended to require the Minister to respond in writing to
comments received in accordance with the Bill's procedural fairness
requirements.
Recommendation 4
3.131 The committee recommends that the Explanatory
Memorandum be amended to include a detailed rationale for, and explanation of,
the Minister's absolute discretion in relation to decision making under the
Bill.
Recommendation 5
3.134 The committee recommends that the Bill be amended to
include an objects clause.
Recommendation 6
3.135 The committee recommends that, subject to
consideration of the preceding recommendations, the Senate pass the Bill.
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