urg::: Traditional owners don't want nuclear waste dump on land

[Justin Tutty]

ABC NT Local News,
Tuesday 13 September 2005

A group of traditional owners in central Australia has voiced its 
opposition to a Federal Government proposal to build a nuclear waste 
dump on its land.

The Federal Government has nominated three sites in the Northern 
Territory for its planned nuclear waste dump.

One of them is Mt Everard, about 27 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs.

Arrente traditional owner Raelene Martin says the Commonwealth did not 
consult with families living near Mt Everard about their plan for the dump.

"We live 10 kilometres away from the proposed site, we have traditional 
ties to the whole region and it just frustrates the families out here 
that the Government hasn't approached us to talk about the dump," she said.

"You know I don't even think they've consulted the Central Land Council. 
We don't want to live next to a nuclear waste dump."