Robin Chapple MLC says Colin Barnett is “hell bent on destroying the West Kimberley”.
Robin Chapple MLC
His comments come after a uranium exploration company received a subsidy to explore the Canning Basin.
“This is a cynical payback … for the Kimberley for having rejected his James Price Point pipe dream” Mr Chapple said.
ROBIN CHAPPLE MLC
Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region
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Barnett – Redman hell bent on destroying the West Kimberley
Saturday, 7 June 2014
The State Government through the royalties for regions program has just announced funding for the Areva Resources Uranium company exploration program throughout the Canning Basin in the West Kimberley.
Not content in opening up the Canning Basin to the fracking industry, the Government now seeks to complete the destruction of the region by supporting uranium mining in the Derby- Broome region.
“This is a cynical payback, by Barnett and Redman, for the Kimberley for having rejected his James Price Point pipe dream” said Mr Chapple, Greens spokesperson for Mining.
Uranium prices are at a recent all-time low, so why are the Nationals and Barnett propping up this dying industry?
Minister Redman needs to explain why in this time of fiscal restraint why he is wasting limited taxpayers money on this forlorn industry?