Senator MARGETTS —I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move:

That the Senate—

(a)   notes that:

   (i)   nuclear activities in Australia are producing tonnes of long-term low-, medium- and high-level waste, a problem for which there remains no safe solution,

   (ii)   nuclear power reactors will contribute to the greenhouse effect through their construction, the mining of uranium for fuel, maintenance, decommissioning and long-term storage of wastes,

   (iii)   Australia's current level of nuclear-related activities will leave long-lived nuclear wastes as a long-term legacy for future generations,

   (iv)   the Government endorsed the expansion of the world's largest uranium mine at Roxby Downs in South Australia,

   (v)   the Coalition Government has approved the expansion of the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory,

   (vi)   the Federal Government does not recognise any environmental impediments to the development of the Jabiluka mine in Kakadu National Park,

   (vii)   the Federal Government has endorsed the building of a new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights on the outskirts of Sydney,

   (viii)   the current generation should not be creating intractable problems for future generations,

   (ix)   measures to monitor and regulate the uranium mining industry in Australia are not strict, broad or transparent, and

   (x)   cyclotron and spallation technology are an acceptable way for producing medical isotopes; and

(b)   calls on the Government to:

   (i)   move to end all nuclear fuel cycle activities in Australia, given that there is no proven, safe solution to the problem of nuclear waste,

   (ii)   take steps to stop the expansion of the world's largest uranium mine at Roxby Downs in South Australia,

   (iii)   develop and implement a strategy to close the Roxby Downs uranium mine,

   (iv)   take steps to stop the expansion of the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory,

   (v)   reject the development of the Jabiluka mine in Kakadu National Park,

   (vi)   reject the development of any additional uranium mines, and

   (vii)   not proceed with plans to construct a new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights on the outskirts of Sydney.