Antinuclear

Aboriginal group from Port Augusta joins experts in explaining the impact of the nuclear industry 

Philip White, 1 May 25

I’ve just returned from a powerful community meeting where a group of Aboriginal people came down from Port Augusta to tell people in the marginal SA electorate of Sturt about their opposition to the Coalition’s plans to build a nuclear reactor in their town.

Clinton (Stano) Dadleh, Aunty June Lennon, Aunty Vivienne McKenzie, Uncle Lindsay Thomas, Glen Wingfield (via Zoom) and Rhenee Lester gave moving accounts of their lived experience of Port Augusta and the impact of the nuclear industry on their families, while Dr Kate Wylie (Doctors for the Environment) and Dr Jim Green (Friends of the Earth) critiqued the Coalition’s nuclear plan in detail.

For those who couldn’t make it, the meeting was live streamed and can now be viewed on the following link:

The meeting begins at the 29 minute mark of the recording and the presentations begin at the 37 minute mark.

May 2, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Opposition to nuclear