Traditional owners have asked for wide-ranging access to Federal Government documents as part of their efforts to block the construction of a nuclear waste dump in South Australia. 

The Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation is engaged in Federal Court action seeking to stop the proposed dump at Napandee, near Kimba on the Eyre Peninsula. 

At the last court appearance, their lawyers outlined the reasons why the government should hand over a considerable volume of material it relied on in choosing the site and in preparing supportive legislation. 

Some of the most contentious material related to correspondence the applicants contend must have taken place between then resources minister Keith Pitt and his department. 

Others related to commitments the previous government made not to impose the dump on an unwilling community. 

But the Commonwealth argued the Barngarla had been given a “complete record of the decision- making process” and what was being asked for went far beyond an orthodox judicial review…