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Nuclear weapons test survivor speaks at fifth Yami Lester Memorial Address

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A First Nations woman who survived the fallout from British nuclear tests at Maralinga, South Australia, is urging the federal government to uphold their recent commitments to abolish nuclear weapons. Kokatha Elder, Sue Haseldine, is an ambassador for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, and she spoke at the Fifth Yami Lester Memorial Address …

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Calls to sign nuclear weapon ban treaty as devastating ‘black mist’ remembered 70 years on

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Content warning: please be aware the following contains reference to First Nations people that are now deceased. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is what most associate with nuclear weapons, but Yankunytjatjara woman, Karina Lester has a very different story. 70 years ago in 1953 – her late father – Yami Lester,  a boy at …

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