No nuclear waste dump for Kimba, SA as Federal Govt formally abandons plan | ABC News

Описание: The federal government has formally abandoned plans to build a low-level nuclear waste dump near Kimba in regional South Australia. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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Last month the Federal Court ruled in favour of the area's traditional owners, the Barngarla people, who had argued they were not properly consulted by the former Coalition government about the decision to pick the site.

Federal Court Justice Natalie Charlesworth found there had been apprehended bias in the decision-making process under then-minister, Nationals MP Keith Pitt.

The court set aside the declaration from 2021 that the site at Napandee, a 211-hectare property, be used for the facility.

In parliament, Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King said the government respected the court decision.

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