Three generations of First Nations survivors tell a United Nations meeting how nuclear tests in outback South Australia in the 1950s have affected their families.
Three generations of First Nations survivors of historic nuclear tests have told the United Nations that Australia must do more to address their devastating impact.Three First Nations survivors of nuclear testing share their stories at a United Nations meeting
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons invited survivors to address a conference in Vienna, more than 60 years after nuclear bombs were detonated in the South Australian outback. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons hosted a forum in Vienna as part of a 'Nuclear Ban Week'.Survivor June Lennon, who was in the audience, said she was only a week old when her father covered her with a tarp to protect her from a nuclear blast at Emu Fields.
The community came together in Port Augusta to share their lived experiences before watching the presentation to the UN.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
UN urged to impose travel ban on Taliban leadership over oppression of womenCampaigners say curtailing of women’s rights in Afghanistan means Trump-era waiver must be removed
Read more »
'I was living in fear': Call for more access to genetic cancer testingWhen mother-of-three Beck Thomas, 41, was told she should have a preventative mastectomy after testing positive for a cancer-causing gene mutation, she burst into tears.
Read more »
'I was living in fear': Call for more access to genetic cancer testingWhen mother-of-three Beck Thomas, 41, was told she should have a preventative mastectomy after testing positive for a cancer-causing gene mutation, she burst into tears.
Read more »
Single flu and COVID test coming, but not in time for this flu seasonRapid at-home influenza tests won’t be widely available until next year at the earliest.
Read more »
Single flu and COVID test coming, but not in time for this flu seasonThe growing acceptance of rapid tests to detect COVID-19 has sparked hopes that Australia could better manage the spread of flu through similar self-diagnostic testing.
Read more »
Ukraine mourns ‘our golden generation’ killed on frontlinesThe death of Roman Ratushnyi, 24, a prominent environmental campaigner who died while fighting the Russians, has come to symbolise the war’s heavy toll on society
Read more »