PM not keen on Bali bomb site proposal

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PM not keen on Bali bomb site proposal

People should not be allowed to "trample on the memories" of those who died in the Bali nightclub bombing, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

Fairfax has reported there are plans for a new nightclub and restaurant complex on the site of the Sari Club, where 202 people, including 88 Australians, were killed in 2002.

The owner of the still vacant block in the Kuta tourist district is determined to push ahead with the development as Australian plans for a park and memorial at the site flounder due to a lack of cash, Fairfax reports.

Mr Rudd called for the site to be maintained in a respectful way.

"I believe that when it comes to the future of that site, we shouldn't have anything which allows people to trample on the memories of those who tragically lost their lives in Bali," he told reporters in Lismore in NSW.

The Bali Peace Park Foundation, which wants to build the memorial, has asked the federal government for tax-free charitable status to help it raise funds.

Mr Rudd said Treasurer Wayne Swan would receive advice from Treasury in the next week or so as to whether this could happen.

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett wants state and federal governments to help fund the memorial park, and has offered to chip in.

"I think there should be some permanent memorial, a park is a good concept," Mr Barnett told reporters.

"That is something that is primarily for the federal government, but the states, including Western Australia, should be supportive of that."

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