BackTuesday, 15 November 2016
South Australian Citizens’ Jury on Nuclear Waste
The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE: Supplementary question, based on the minister’s answer: approximately how much will the referendum cost in March 2018?
The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety): There won’t be a referendum for as long as there isn’t bipartisan support. It’s already been stated clearly from the Leader of the Opposition that they don’t have the intestinal fortitude to be able to pursue looking at this issue. The opposition has killed that issue. Each one of the members opposite has killed any opportunity to have a policy discussion going forward and, as such, there will not be a referendum in due course.
The Hon. M.C. PARNELL: Supplementary question: why is it that the minister refers only to bipartisanship when there are three other parties in this chamber?
The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety): We acknowledge the fact that there are formal oppositions that exist within the state, and, as such, bipartisan support has always been a critical necessity in order to pursue this issue going forward.
The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: Supplementary: what about the conviction of the citizens’ jury, which has already given a resounding ‘no’ to this issue?
The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety): I think the Premier has already made it abundantly clear that the citizens’ jury is all but one part of the most extensive public consultation process that has ever occurred in the state’s history.
