Radioactive AUKUS submarines risk community health
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Under the new AUKUS deal, Australia will import nuclear submarine technology from the US and UK.1
The revamped agreement would see naval nuclear material arrive on our shores – opening the flood gates for Australia going full-scale nuclear.
And there’s no plan for how the Albanese Government would store the radioactive waste – or which communities would have to accept risks to their health, land and water for generations.
First Nations communities have led the fight against nuclear across the continent for decades – and are not backing down. We need to back in Traditional Owners and build a movement big enough to stop this disastrous deal threatening our communities.
Nuclear would be a disaster for community health and our climate.
The AUKUS nuclear submarine agreement would cost $368 billion in public money – and is far from a done deal.2
The United States Congress has still not approved it. And the Albanese Government has a lot of work to do to create the legal, regulatory and social conditions to deal with radioactive nuclear waste.
Cuurently, there’s no plan for how the radioactive waste would be stored – or which communities would have to accept risks to their health, land and water for generations.
This gives our movement an opportunity to change the narrative, and win.
Together we can back in First Nations communities protecting Country from risky nuclear and advocate for alternative uses of this public money.
First Nations communities have led decades of resistance to radioactive waste and uranium mining, necessary for nuclear reactors.
Mirrar Traditional Owners in the Northern Territory led the national campaign to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine on their Country — successfully protecting cultural heritage, community health and their right to say no.3 And they’re still fending off dangerous uranium mine proposals on their land.4
Last year, Barngarla Traditional Owners in South Australia won an eight year fight against a radioactive nuclear waste dump that would have had disastrous consequences for community health, land and water.5
Together we can back in Traditional Owners and come together for a nuclear-free Australia to protect all of our communities.
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