Peter Garrett's claims that the new Beverley Four Mile uranium mine will be world's best practice are "unfounded and border on delusional," according to the Greens Nuclear Spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam.

"This acid injection uranium mine will dump liquid radioactive waste into regional groundwater body and the Minister is trying to argue this won't damage the environment," said Senator Ludlam.

"In an age of water scarcity, acid in-situ leach mining should be illegal in Australia, end of story. We need only look at the contamination legacy of the nearby Beverley mine, to get an idea of just how badly Peter Garrett has misjudged this application."‪
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"It's time we had an environment minister who stuck up for the environment."

Senator Ludlam made the comments on the fourth anniversary of the Howard Government's Radioactive Waste Management Act. Labor promised to repeal the Act and provide for a more transparent process for waste management, but more than half way into its first term in Government, it has yet to take action.‪