BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Koalagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Seedbomb METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:Australia/Adelaide BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20261004T020000 RDATE:20261004T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0930 TZOFFSETTO:+1030 TZNAME:ACDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260906T081317Z DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261021T193000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261021T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260906T081317Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260906T081317Z UID:https://seedbomb.au/events/717 DESCRIPTION:In 2016\, ordinary South Australians shut down a major propos al for a nuclear waste dump in the state. \;\n \;\nThe plan to ta ke nuclear waste from around the world and bury it in the SA outback was opposed by Mothers for a Sustainable South Australia (MOSSA) along with many other community\, environment\, Indigenous and trade union groups. It was then rejected by a specially formed ‘citizens jury’. \;\n \;\nA decade later\, South Australia is again being told to go nuclear v ia the AUKUS submarine deal\, regardless of the environmental impacts\, security concerns\, economic costs and total lack of transparency. \ ;\n \;\nWhat lessons does the victory over the dump hold for the figh t against AUKUS\, nuclear submarines\, and their nuclear waste? \;\n& #13\;\nJoin MOSSA member Senator Barbara Pocock\, together with Karina L ester and Rod Campbell\, as they discuss the lessons of the past and wha t they mean for South Australia’s nuclear future. \;\n \;\nPlease note that the venue is only accessible by stairs and does not have step- free access. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nSPEAKERS: \;\n \;\nSe nator Barbara Pocock – Senator for South Australia \;\n \;\nBarbar a Pocock is a Greens senator for SA. Concern about the consequences of c limate change took her to the Senate in 2022. She is currently the Green s spokesperson for Housing and Homelessness\, Workplace Relations and Em ployment\, Finance and the Public Sector. She is an economist who has sp ent her life fighting for the rights of working people\, women and low-i ncome workers. She was awarded an AM for services to industrial relation s research and social justice in 2010. She has written many books and ar ticles\, worked in shearing sheds\, on farms\, in universities\, in gove rnment and as a mother. She helped establish MOSSA: Mothers for a Sustai nable South Australia\, which remains outspoken in opposition to nuclear waste disposal in SA. \;\n \;\nKarina Lester — Yankunytjatjara A nangu anti-nuclear activist and language worker from South Australia \;\n \;\nKarina Lester is a Yankunytjatjara Anangu anti-nuclear activ ist and language worker from South Australia. As a second-generation sur vivor of British nuclear testing at Emu Field in 1953\, she campaigns ag ainst nuclear weapons and waste. Karina has served as a global ambassado r for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and contribu ted to the UN Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons. Karina was a leader in the No Dump Alliance against the proposed establishment of So uth Australian nuclear waste facilities and successfully challenged barr iers to ensure Indigenous voices were heard during the 2016 Royal Commis sion. Beyond her advocacy regarding intergenerational atomic trauma\, sh e works to preserve her native Yankunytjatjara language. \;\n \;\n Rod Campbell — Research Director\, The Australia Institute \;\n \; \nRod Campbell is the Research Director at The Australia Institute. An e conomist by background\, Rod’s work often focuses on the economics of fo ssil fuel industries\, he has published numerous landmark reports\, as w ell as articles in peer-reviewed journals and he has appeared as an expe rt witness in major court cases and planning processes. Other areas of r esearch include the management of the Murray Darling Basin\, economic as sessment of infrastructure projects and the role of economic modelling i n policy and planning processes. \;\nWhen \;\n \;\nWednesday\, October 21\, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm ACDT \;\n \;\nWhere: Rhino Ro om \;\n1 131 Pirie St \;\nAdelaide \, SA 5000 \;\nGoogle map an d directions \;\n\n\nTags: Nuclear\, AUKUS\, anti-war\, nuclear waste dump\n\nImported from: https://seedbomb.au/events/717 URL:https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/nukes_vs_people_10_years_after_s a_s_nuclear_royal_commission_what_s_next_with_aukus SUMMARY:[Speaker event] Nukes vs People: 10 years after SA’s nuclear roya l commission — what’s next with AUKUS? LOCATION:Rhino Room: false SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR