WANFA – Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance
Indigenous representatives have joined in partnership with environment, peace and public health groups to strongly oppose uranium exploration, mining and transport in WA.
At a state wide meeting in Kalgoorlie on the weekend of 27th and 28th March 2010, hosted by the Wongatha Birni Aboriginal Corporation, the groups formed the West Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA) to:
- educate the West Australian community on the risks of the uranium industry
- support individuals and communities threatened by the uranium and wider nuclear industry, and
- prevent uranium mining in WA
WANFA members held a rally and public meeting in Kalgoorlie and developed an action plan to keep WA nuclear free.
Indigenous people and countrymen from the Goldfields, South West, Gascoyne, Pilbara and Kimberley regions of WA joined with South Australian Indigenous people and representatives of Friends of the Earth Australia, Mineral Policy Institute, Conservation Council of Western Australia, Australian Conservation Foundation, Australian Student Environment Network and the Anti-Nuclear Alliance of WA.
Download a copy of the 2010 WANFA Report: WANFAreport2010
ANFA – Australian Nuclear Free Alliance
ANFA was formed in 1997, the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (formerly the Alliance Against Uranium) brings together Aboriginal people and relevant NGO’s concerned about existing or proposed nuclear developments in Australia, particularly on Aboriginal homelands.
The Alliance provides a forum for sharing of knowledge, skills and experience. It is an opportunity to come together and find strength through our shared aims to protect country and culture from nuclear developments. The Alliance helped to build the successful campaign to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory. Currently, Aboriginal communities face a wave of uranium exploration, several proposed new uranium mines, and a proposed national nuclear waste dump. http://www.anfa.org.au/