Bill Hayden
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"William George "Bill" Hayden" is an Australian people/Australian politician who was the List of Governors-General of Australia/21st Governor-General of Australia from 1989 to 1996. He was previously the Australian Labor Party/Leader of the Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition (Australia)/Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1983, and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)/Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade under Prime Minister of Australia/Prime Minister Bob Hawke from 1983 to 1988. Earlier he had briefly been the Treasurer of Australia under Gough Whitlam in 1975.

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We need to come out strong and stay strong, because at the end it didn't play out the way we wanted it to.

Our main concern is to reduce mercury. We look at it clearly as a toxic chemical. We've been doing more testing around the state in streams and lakes and fish, and we're finding more of it.

They looked at a number of scenarios for operating the plant, and they could not come up with anything that would meet the air-quality requirement. We don't know how long that will take.

People should be concerned about this information. That's why we want to have steps taken immediately to fix it.

We believe it's an important health issue.

In each case it was just a few dozen, but it's enough that we do want to take a closer look at it.

This is a long-term problem and we know it will take a while to fix.

Will take a look at what they do propose. The main thing we're looking for is, if they are continuing to operate, it must be in a way that does not violate air-quality standards.

We want people to be as up to date as possible.