Saturday 29th April marked the one year anniversary of the nomination of Barndioota, or Wallerberdina, in the Flinders Ranges as the Federal government’s preferred site for a national radioactive waste facility. It was chosen from a shortlist of 6 sites. This week we hear from the local doctor Susi Andersson, get messages of support from people from the previously shortlisted sites - Robyn Rayner from Hill End in NSW and Tom Harris from Kimba - and also Nat Wasley from the Beyond Nuclear Initiative, a long time campaigner against the dump.

The media release announcing the site selection is here:

http://www.joshfrydenberg.com.au/guest/mediaReleasesDetails.aspx?id=210

The Wallerbidina site is of great cultural, historical and spiritual significance to Adnyamathanha Traditional Owners, who are calling this decision a desecration of their culture. Regina McKenzie, who lives at Yappala Station near the dump site, says: "The area is Adnyamathanha land. It is Arngurla Yarta (spiritual land). The proposed dump site has countless thousands of Aboriginal artifacts. Our ancestors are buried there. The nominated site is a significant women’s site. Throughout the area are registered cultural heritage sites and places of huge importance to our people."

Contact current Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan and ask him to halt this flawed, stressful and divisive process and take a fair and responsible approach to the management of Australia’s radioactive waste.

To contact Minister Canavan:

Call his Rockhampton office: (07) 4927 2003

Send an email: senator.canavan@aph.gov.au

Write a letter: Office of Senator Matt Canavan, PO Box 737, Rockhampton QLD 4700

www.facebook.com/SenatorCanavan/

twitter.com/mattjcan / @mattjcan

We need your support to protect this region from nuclear waste.