NSW End of Ban on Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities in NSW

Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities (Prohibitions) Repeal Bill 2025

Private Member's Bill

27 May 2026: This bill has passed its first house and is now before the second house for its own debate.

Legislative Council

Legislative Assembly

Assent

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Topics

energy production mining nuclear facilities uranium mining

Introduced by: Roy Butler MP (IND); John Ruddick MLC (LIBT)

Links to official parliament websites

Official page: progress through parliament

Official page: bill text and explanatory notes

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The 1986 law prohibiting uranium mining and nuclear facilities in NSW is repealed in full.
The restriction on granting mining authorisations for uranium is removed from the Mining Act.
References to the repealed Act are removed from land and environment court legislation.

The Debate

What different members said when this bill was debated:

John Ruddick LIBT

“I am pleasantly surprised that there is no more interest in debate on the Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities (Prohibitions) Repeal Bill 2025. I can only put that down to the overwhelmingly compelling case for why we should have uranium mining in New South Wales. I was recently in Adelaide. Why did I go to Adelaide?”

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News articles and press releases

Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities (Prohibitions) Repeal Bill 2025

The Hon. JOHN RUDDICK — 2025-11-19

It is important to note that my bill does not demand that the Government does anything other than lift the ban and get out of the way. I do not want the State Government to build or operate nuclear power plants. My bill does not suggest anything of the sort. This modest bill simply allows private operators to have the option to provide nuclear power if they believe it makes financial sense.