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BAN THE BOMB: 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF TRINITY ATOMIC TEST

Jordon Steele-John 16 Jul 2020
Nuclear
Peace & Disarmament (covers Defence)

Thursday 16 July, 2020

Australian Greens Spokesperson for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Senator Jordon Steele-John has called for an acknowledgment of the role Australian Government's have played in the nuclear chain and a commitment to ban nuclear weapons to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Trinity Nuclear Test.

Since 16 July, 1945, there have been 2,121 nuclear tests around the world. 21 of these tests have taken place on Australian soil.

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Muckaty Radioactive Dump defeated at last

Scott Ludlam 3 Jun 2014
Nuclear

This is an extraordinary win for the elders and their families who have sought to protect country on behalf of all of us. They should never have had the burden of dealing with Australia's radioactive waste laid on them, first by the Howard Government, and then by the Rudd/Gillard Government. Now that burden is lifted.

It is essential that Australia's disgraceful history of targeting Aboriginal communities to host our 60-year legacy of spent reactor fuel is never repeated again.

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