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Jim Green B.Med.Sci. (Hons.) PhD
National nuclear campaigner - Friends of the Earth
Ph 0417 318 368
jim.green@...
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50 Years Since Maralinga
Commemorative Concert
Sunday October 22, 3pm to 5pm
Storey Hall, RMIT, cnr Swanston & La Trobe Sts, Melbourne

Featuring musicians (including Kutcha Edwards), speakers, recent
photographs and interviews with Maralinga veterans. Please join us to
commemorate the ongoing legacy of the tests, and to celebrate a
vision for a nuclear free future.

Tickets $10/$5 available at the door.
Organised by Friends of the Earth.
Enquiries: Ilan <ilanabrahams@...>, 0425 761 185.

September 27, 2006 marked the 50th anniversary of the first of the
British nuclear bomb tests at Maralinga. Many army personal were
intentionally exposed to high levels of radiation. Many Aboriginal
people in the area were not notified of the tests. Some became sick
and died. Army veterans and Aboriginal people have developed cancers
and other long term health problems as a result of radiation
exposure. Large areas of land around the testing sites remain
contaminated with radioactive materials; 400 sq kms remain
uninhabitable.

The tragedy of the British nuclear bomb tests has important lessons.
Many of the problems associated with the tests can be seen today with
the nuclear industry - the secrecy, the lies, the racism,
trivialising the health effects of radiation, non-independent
'regulation', and the unavoidable link between the 'peaceful' atom
and Weapons of Mass Destruction.