The Greens today welcomed the inclusion of the Koongarra mineral lease in Kakadu National Park, but said Kakadu would remain incomplete until the Jabiluka and Ranger mineral leases are returned.

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam praised the efforts of Djok Traditional Owner Jeffrey Lee, who had been in the public gallery when the Bill was introduced in early February.

Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia) (15:53): I seek leave to make a short statement before moving motion 1172.

The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute.

A dairy farmer from a village abandoned because of the Fukushima nuclear disaster joined Greens spokesperson on nuclear policy Senator Scott Ludlam to speak out on the consequences of the nuclear industry - at a press conference in Canberra.

Australian Greens nuclear policy spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam. 11 March 2013.

On the second anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has urged the Government and Opposition to take responsibility for the consequences of Australian uranium exports.

"Australian uranium was in each of the reactors at Fukushima on March 11, 2011. Two years on there are still 160,000 displaced people unable to return home, and the plants have now become an open-ended liability."

Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research
(Question No. 2561)

Senator Ludlam asked the Minister representing the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, upon notice, on 21 November 2012:

(Question No. 2568)

Senator Ludlam asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 23 November 2012:

(Question No. 2556)

Senator Ludlam asked the Minister for Resources and Energy, upon notice, on 20 November 2012:

The Greens today expressed support for the bid by Australian veterans exposed to British nuclear tests in Australia to secure compensation through the Human Rights Commission, and renewed their call for the British to compensate all victims of atomic weapons testing.

Greens spokesperson for nuclear policy Senator Scott Ludlam wrote to the office of British Foreign Secretary William Hague five weeks ago urging him to give Act of Grace payments to the victims and wrote to Mr Hague again today.

Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has condemned North Korea's nuclear test today, saying it has further damaged its international reputation and exposed its people to dangerous radiation.

"This test again confirms the fact that civil nuclear reactors provide the pathway and capacity for nuclear weapons programmes. North Korea accessed nuclear technology as a non-nuclear weapon state, as it is encouraged to do under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, then it withdrew from the treaty to build weapons with its supposedly 'civilian' nuclear technology," said Senator Ludlam.