NSW:No plan to overturn uranium ban: minister

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2011
NSW:No plan to overturn uranium ban: minister

The New South Wales government has rubbished reports that it may consider overturning
a long-term ban on uranium exploration and mining.

Australian Uranium Association chief executive MICHAEL ANGWIN is said to have asked
Resources and Energy Minister CHRIS HARTCHER to overturn the ban after the pair met in
June.

Mr HARTCHER has issued a statement today saying that contrary to the report in the
Sydney Morning Herald, the state government has no plans to change the law.

In May, Federal Resources Minister MARTIN FERGUSON called for the Victorian and NSW
governments to rethink their long-term bans on uranium mining and exploration.

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