Local community
doesn't accept Maralinga is safe
The Maralinga Aboriginal
community has disputed claims by the Federal Government about the safety of the
former nuclear test site.
The Industry Minister, Nick Michin, has
declared the site safe, after the clean-up was completed two-weeks
ago.
He says it is ready for Aboriginal people to use and to
occupy.
But Andrew Collett, the lawyer who represents the Maralinga
Jarraja people, says the locals may not want the land back.
"The
position of the Maralinga community has always been and remains that it only
wants the land back if the land has been cleaned up to a point which is
satisfactory to the Australian Government, the South Australian Government and
the Maralinga people."
"That's the bottom line for the
community, that's why it'll continue to look at the surveys and reports as they
come to hand."
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