In 2016, ordinary South Australians shut down a major proposal for a nuclear waste dump in the state.

The plan to take 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’.

A decade later, South Australia is again being told to go nuclear via the AUKUS submarine deal, regardless of the environmental impacts, security concerns, economic costs and total lack of transparency.

What lessons does the victory over the dump hold for the fight against AUKUS, nuclear submarines, and their nuclear waste?

Join MOSSA member Senator Barbara Pocock, together with Karina Lester and Rod Campbell, as they discuss the lessons of the past and what they mean for South Australia’s nuclear future.

Please note that the venue is only accessible by stairs and does not have step-free access.

SPEAKERS:

Senator Barbara Pocock – Senator for South Australia

Barbara Pocock is a Greens senator for SA. Concern about the consequences of climate change took her to the Senate in 2022. She is currently the Greens spokesperson for Housing and Homelessness, Workplace Relations and Employment, Finance and the Public Sector. She is an economist who has spent her life fighting for the rights of working people, women and low-income workers. She was awarded an AM for services to industrial relations research and social justice in 2010. She has written many books and articles, worked in shearing sheds, on farms, in universities, in government and as a mother. She helped establish MOSSA: Mothers for a Sustainable South Australia, which remains outspoken in opposition to nuclear waste disposal in SA.

Karina Lester — Yankunytjatjara Anangu anti-nuclear activist and language worker from South Australia

Karina Lester is a Yankunytjatjara Anangu anti-nuclear activist and language worker from South Australia. As a second-generation survivor of British nuclear testing at Emu Field in 1953, she campaigns against nuclear weapons and waste. Karina has served as a global ambassador for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and contributed to the UN Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons. Karina was a leader in the No Dump Alliance against the proposed establishment of South Australian nuclear waste facilities and successfully challenged barriers to ensure Indigenous voices were heard during the 2016 Royal Commission. Beyond her advocacy regarding intergenerational atomic trauma, she works to preserve her native Yankunytjatjara language.

Rod Campbell — Research Director, The Australia Institute

Rod Campbell is the Research Director at The Australia Institute. An economist by background, Rod’s work often focuses on the economics of fossil fuel industries, he has published numerous landmark reports, as well as articles in peer-reviewed journals and he has appeared as an expert witness in major court cases and planning processes. Other areas of research include the management of the Murray Darling Basin, economic assessment of infrastructure projects and the role of economic modelling in policy and planning processes. When

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm ACDT

Where: Rhino Room 1 131 Pirie St Adelaide , SA 5000 Google map and directions

Free public talk on nuclear issues affecting South Australia.

David Noonan will speak on public interest concerns over the new Roxby Downs Indenture Act 2026 on BHP copper-uranium mining and ore processing in SA, and on how AUKUS may face SA with a High-Level nuclear waste agenda.

Dr Jim Green will discuss international developments in the field of nuclear power including ‘small modular reactors’ and Generation 4 ‘advanced’ nuclear reactor concepts

Parking in Sturt St or Wright St

Event will be upstairs in the Minor Works Building

Organised by Friends of the Earth Adelaide

Join with other South Australians to show our opposition to US and Australian Govt war preparations here and to celebrate the peoples movement for peace and friendship within our region and beyond.

The day is a cultural extravaganza with not one but two community choirs, PAAF Giant Sub inflatable, XRSA street theatre, Public Art Peaceboats , Fiddle We Must band, and the arrival of the amazing Peacewalkers Against AUKUS after their 400km walk from Pt Augusta.

Speakers include the AUKUS Public Inquiry’s Karina Lester, MLC Melanie Selwood, AFOPA’s Mike Khizam,Prof Al Rainnie and local Port Adelaide legend Sandra Dann. MC’ed by Eileen Darley.

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The Federal Parliament has established an inquiry to consider the potential role of nuclear power in Australia. Nuclear power would seriously obstruct the renewable energy transition by funneling public money away from viable and cost-effective renewable energy solutions.

Please make a submission to the inquiry.

The easiest way to make a submission is to add your name and suburb to the top of the online submission here (follow website link), replace the text in brackets with a sentence about why you feel strongly about this, then click the green ‘Send my submission’ button. Feel free to choose some of the arguments in the text and add your own comments.

The federal parliament’s nuclear power inquiry is holding a hearing in Adelaide next week, on Thursday, Dec 5. Port Augusta is one of the sites being targeted for nuclear reactors by the Dutton Coalition. And wherever the reactors are built, there will be more pressure for nuclear waste dumping in SA. Please join us outside the inquiry from 8am to 9am to voice our opposition to Dutton’s plan to build nuclear reactors, to prolong and expand the use of fossil fuels, and to derail the renewable energy transition. Please bring placards and banners.

Also, it would be great to have a good turnout inside the hearing, beginning at 9am. The hearing schedule will be posted online and will include speakers for and against Dutton’s nuclear plans.

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Select_Committee_on_Nuclear_Energy/Nuclearpower/Public_Hearings

DATE: Thursday, 5 December 2024 TIME: 8am to 9am ‒ peaceful protest outside. Then the hearing will begin at 9am. VENUE: Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide, 65 Hindley Street, Adelaide

Call on the Australian government to:

• Sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as a matter of urgency, signing in this term of government, comprehensively repudiating nuclear weapons including extended nuclear deterrence, fulfilling Labor’s long-standing policy commitment and aligning Australia with the global majority of nations choosing to reject nuclear weapons.

• Reject nuclear ambiguity and prohibit the entry, transit or presence of nuclear weapons in Australian territory, waters and airspace.

• End all forms of assistance to nuclear weapons activities, including targeting, command, control, planning or enabling operations that support the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.

August 29th is the International Day of Nuclear Tests. Join us this Saturday to hear from vibrant speakers about its relevance including in our local contexts, and engage in discussion on what we can do.

This is a free public community event by Medical Association for Prevention of War (SA branch), in collaboration with Doctors for the Environment (SA chapter).

When: Saturday 29 August, 1:30 to 4:15pm

Where: Pilgrim Church Hall, 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide 5000

This event is not affiliated with any political or religious groups.

Tea and coffee provided. There will also be a raffle of fine red and white wines.

Bringing together topics including - Significance of nuclear testing in Australia and in relation to the UN International Day Against Nuclear Tests - Impacts of nuclear radiation on health and environment - Relevance to Australia’s current situation - Mediation at the individual, community, and international level - A workshop on what we can do to make the world a more peaceful place

Guest speakers include: Dr Amanda Ruler (RN, PhD, Nat Vice Pres. Of Medical Association for Prevention of War) Benjamin Crouch (Medical Physicist, M. Phil) Dr Kate Wylie (Executive Dir. Doctors for the Environment Australia) Professor Dale Bagshaw (internationally renowned mediator) Teresa Pham (Doctors for the Environment SA)

This petition supports the demands of the Hayes family, Traditional Owners of Kuyunba, the land Pine Gap Facility occupies. This petition is organised by the Close Pine Gap Sacred Land Back Convergence.

Pine Gap is a US facility near Alice Springs / Mparntwe on Arrernte Country. Pine Gap has been used for intelligence gathering that is implicated in multiple imperial wars.

Go to petition to read the Hayes family’s letter and sign your support.