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Britain’s Australian nuclear tests leave lasting harm, inquiry hears

Britain’s nuclear weapons tests at Emu Field and Maralinga in the 1950s and 1960s left lasting impacts on Australian communities and Country, a story told through the experience of Yami Lester, a Yankunytjatjara-Anangu elder who lost his sight after exposure to radioactive fallout.

AUKUS public inquiry: Australia’s nuclear testing history and its lasting impacts
Radioactive Fallout From British Tests Left Yankunytjatjara Elder Yami Lester Blind
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Britain’s nuclear weapons tests at Emu Field and Maralinga in the 1950s and 1960s left lasting impacts on Australian communities and Country, a story told through the experience of Yami Lester, a Yankunytjatjara-Anangu elder who lost his sight after exposure to radioactive fallo…

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