Traditional Owners Speak Out
Date: 10 June 2007
Northern Territory Traditional Owners speak out: From the heart, for the heartland:
Wednesday 13 June 2007
6.00pm for a 6.30pm start;
Lecture Theatre HH4-08, Level 4 Hans Heysen Building, UniSA City West, off Hindley Street, Adelaide
Presented by the Arid Lands Environment Centre and Friends of the Earth Adelaide and supported by the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at UniSA.
Timed to coincide with the announcement of the Federal Government’s preferred radioactive waste dump site, indigenous leaders and community members from the NT will be undertaking a national speaking tour. The tour will discuss the dump proposal's impacts on targeted communities. Speakers will share their stories and raise their concerns regarding contamination of the country that sustains their communities, livelihoods and traditional culture.
Speakers include:
- Mt Everard traditional owners Audrey McCormack and Benedict Stevens
- Harts Range community members Priscilla Williams and Mitch
- Muckaty traditional owner Dianne Stokes
- Larrakia Nations’ representative Donna Jackson.
This is a unique opportunity to hear, first hand, the impact of the federal radioactive waste dump proposal on remote and indigenous communities. With Australia poised to expand involvement in the global nuclear industry, this public forum confronts the human impacts of domestic radioactive waste management issues and the serious social, environmental and justice concerns regarding the NT dump proposal and offers just and equitable ways forward.
The evening will comprise speakers, an exhibition of artworks from affected communities, photos of the proposed dump sites and a short film.
