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ANFA does not support the establishment of a nuclear power industry in Australia

26 January 2025 The Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) does not support the establishment of a nuclear power industry in Australia. We condemn the irresponsible moves by the federal Coalition to promote nuclear power as a response to the climate emergency. As...

Australian Nuclear Free Alliance rejects AUKUS submarines and nuclear waste

Media Release - April 26, 2024 Marking 38 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance has today released the statement from its national meeting, calling for an end to the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. Vicki Abdullah-McCabe, ANFA...

ANFA 2024 Meeting statement

Against a backdrop of increased nuclear threats posed by the AUKUS submarine plans, the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) met on Dharawal Country over the weekend March 15-17, 2024. Formed in 1997, ANFA brings together representatives from First Nations...

Media statement Kimba court win

August 2 2023 ANFA welcomes the court's decision on the outcome of the judicial review in favour of the BarngarlaTraditional Custodians on Tuesday July 18 in Adelaide. This decision recognises the importance of Traditional Owners' right to have a say in proposed...

National ANFA meeting

NO NUCLEAR SUBMARINES FOR AUSTRALIA

Statement 26th October 2021 Since 1997 the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) has brought together Aboriginal people and civil society groups concerned about existing or proposed nuclear developments in Australia, particularly on Aboriginal homelands.ANFA opposes...

ANFA co-president speaks out about Maralinga soil dangers

Excerpt from Port Lincoln Times story: Sue Haseldine, who grew up in the Koonibba district in the 1950s and 1960s, has long campaigned against nuclear testing and weapons. She has been part of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), an...

ANFA letter to SA Minister

After this year's ANFA annual gathering, a rally against the National nuclear waste proposal was held in Port Augusta. On October 24 around 200 people gathered on a hot and windy day to march from Gladstone Square to the foreshore. On the way, participants stopped at...

ANFA 2019 Meeting Statement

Australian Nuclear Free Alliance National Meeting Statement 23rd October 2019 Representatives of many Aboriginal Nations[1] and civil society organisations[2] came together over three days to continue the ANFA tradition of sharing experiences, plans and...

ANFA statement to 2019 “Water is Life” gathering

The Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) committee sends our warmest support and solidarity to the national Water is Life gathering 2019. Adnyamathanha/Kokatha man Dwayne Coulthard speaking as co-chair of ANFA at the Canberra summit. Photo: Original Power ANFA is a...

The 2010 meeting of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance was held  on the  weekend August 13 – 15 on the land of the Undoolya people in Alice Springs.

It was attended by representatives of the following Aboriginal Nations and organisations:
Adnyamathanha,
Arabunna,
Arrernte (central, eastern, western, southern),
Bardi,
Indjibardi,
Kokatha,
Larrakia,
Mangala,
Ngarluma,
Nygina,
Nyoongar,
Waramungu,
Warlmanpa Nations.
Anti Nuclear Alliance of WA,
Arid Lands Environment Centre,
Australian Conservation Foundation, Australian Student Environment Network, Beyond Nuclear Initiative, Conservation Council WA,
Friends of the Earth (Adelaide,  Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland),
Medical Association for Prevention of War, Public Health Association of Australia,  Queensland Nuclear Free Alliance.

The meeting resolved the following statements:

LAND TENURE Native title has caused division and hardship for families and  communities struggling to protect land and sacred sites from high impact developments.

Native Title does not respect or protect knowledge – the onus should not be on Aboriginal people to prove their affiliation to country and culture. Delegates acknowledge that ‘the land is our law’ and traditional knowledge should be  respected in all decision‐making processes.

ANFA calls for the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (NT) to be split into  two discrete sections so uranium exploration and mining require separate  agreements to be negotiated between companies and Traditional Owners.

HEALTH Meeting delegates views uranium as poison and the uranium  industry as a danger to all peoples’ health. As Aboriginal people we do not want to see our  land spreading this poison. We will continue to work with health  organisations, to inform the Australian people about the dangers of this  industry.

The meeting condemns the federal governments continued claim, despite  evidence to the contrary, that a federal waste dump is required because of  nuclear medicine. We call for a full independent inquiry into our use of nuclear  medicine including its alleged connection to the proposed waste dump in the  NT.

Delegates call for a full independent inquiry into Australia’s use of  nuclear  medicine including its alleged connection to the waste dump.

URANIUM  ANFA attendees recognise the impact of exploration and mining on water,  Aboriginal communities and country;

The meeting calls for the importance of water to be recognised and its  protection to be prioritised.

ANFA calls for increased investment in uranium mine rehabilitation, to be undertaken in full consultation with Traditional Owners and  affected  communities;

Attendees resolve to continue fighting the expansion of the uranium industry in Australia and undertake to work in solidarity with communities  overseas facing the threat of uranium mining and other nuclear facilities  overseas.

WASTE
ANFA 2010 acknowledges the serious long term threat of  radioactive waste  and the physical, social, cultural, spiritual and environmental health impacts that will arise from a waste dump being imposed at Muckaty.

Meeting attendees support all communities resisting federal government  attempts to impose a radioactive waste dump.

We condemns the federal ALP government for failing to overturn  Howard  government laws forcing a waste dump on the NT and call on all  Senators to  vote against Minister Ferguson’s new waste dump laws targeting  Muckaty.

ANFA 2010 delegates and affiliates commit to taking actions in our cities and  towns to support Muckaty Traditional Owners resisting the dump  and  travelling to join them on country if called.