Nuclear-Free Collective

Peace Walk off to a powerful start. We walk for a nuclear free future, for an end to Australia's destructive ties to the US military, for Aboriginal sovereignty. DM to meet up and join us, or support us to cover costs via PayID [email protected].

Tomorrow we'll be on Barngarla/Nukunu Country in Melrose! We'll be on Kaurna Country in Tarntanya (Adelaide) for the Stop AUKUS National Day of Action on September 20th ☢️

Tonight we gathered to commemorate:

☢️ 80 years since the first American nuclear detonation in the Marshall Islands, July 1st, 1946
☢️ 60 years since the first French nuclear detonation at Moruroa Atoll in Mā’ohi Nui, July 2nd, 1966

Here's a snapshot of what Frances Namoumou shared at tonight's Talanoa/speaking circle as part of the Pacific Peace Pilgrimage:

"We want Australia to sign the TPNW to end the nuclear era, so we are not used again as a sacrificial zone, a testing zone, a dumping zone."

"Never think that the nuclear testing that happened in the Pacific Islands doesn't affect you. This current travels, this current moves. The fish migrate. This is why we say, my fish is your fish. We are just as exposed as you are. We all have this responsibility to protect ourselves and the future generations."

"The hard truth is, none of this is what we want. None of this is what we created. And yet we continue to be the sacrifice, the frontline, and we are expected to find ways to mitigate and cope."

Check out the campaign video "MISA My Fish is your Fish" to learn more about the legacy of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands https://youtu.be/xDVND8mPaso?si=yIi9iCIz7fpsv7wl

Join us on Friday June 26th from 5:30pm at Studio Arthouse Gallery in Brunswick for an info session about the upcoming Anti AUKUS Peace Walk, from Port Augusta to Port Adelaide. If you’re interested in joining the walk for any amount of time, please join us and Uncle Winiata for some dinner and ask any questions you may have!

Artist announcement & artwork sneak peek 🫣

Available at this year’s auction is a remarkable collection of artworks from Yappala Station, a remote Aboriginal community in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.

Featured artists include the renowned McKenzie Sisters, Regina McKenzie and Heather McKenzie-Stuart, respected Elders, community leaders, and passionate advocates for the preservation and sharing of Aboriginal culture. Their works, including paintings and photographic pieces, reflect deep cultural knowledge, connection to Country, and lived experience.

Also represented are award-winning artists Juanella Donovan and Michael Donovan, whose collection showcases a diverse range of paintings and handcrafted jewellery. Their jewellery combines native and contemporary materials, creating distinctive pieces that honour cultural traditions while embracing innovative artistic expression.

This unique collection offers collectors and supporters the opportunity to acquire authentic works that celebrate culture, storytelling, creativity, and the enduring connection between people and Country.

Link in bio to RSVP

With rising petrol costs disproportionately affecting First Nations communities, particularly those in remote regions, the cost of getting mob to this year's ANFA Gathering in regional South Australia will be significant. We are asking for donations to support the transport and travel expenses to help these representatives make it to the meeting.

What is ANFA?
Formed in 1997, the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance brings together Aboriginal people and relevant civil society groups concerned about existing or proposed nuclear developments in Australia, particularly on Aboriginal homelands. The late Uncle Kevin Buzzacott was a co-founder and first president of ANFA, a position now held by Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine.

The Alliance provides a forum for sharing 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, and proposed national nuclear waste dumps in South Australia and Muckaty in the NT. Currently, Aboriginal communities face a wave of uranium exploration, rehabilitation and remediation of former mine sites, several proposed new uranium mines, and the threat of AUKUS nuclear waste dumping.

Please support representatives from nuclear-affected First Nations communities to travel to the annual ANFA gathering.

Announcing our annual art auction fundraiser!

⏳Theme is "85 Seconds to Midnight" (inspired by this year's update to the Doomsday Clock)
📆 Thursday 25 June 2026
⏰ Doors 5:30pm / Live auction from 7:00pm
📍 29 Tinning Street Brunswick, Studio Arthouse Gallery Australia

The nuclear industry is forever seeking to expand its toxic influence and destructive operations. For over 50 years, Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Free Collective has been organising to support Aboriginal nations and communities on the frontlines of nuclear expansion. Together we work to protect people and the environment from radioactive threats that start with uranium mining and end with nuclear waste and nuclear weapons that have devastating impacts for hundreds of thousands of years and threaten all our futures.

This year the doomsday clock ticked to 85 seconds to midnight. This is symbolic of how perilously close we are to a nuclear apocalypse, due to threats from nuclear weapons, climate change and misuse of disruptive technologies. Urgent action is required to address these threats and de-escalate global tensions. Meanwhile 'Australia' has committed hundreds of billions of dollars in military expansion under the AUKUS military pact with nuclear superpowers US and UK.

Our (almost) annual art auction remains a vital fundraising event to sustain our work. It's also a wonderful occasion to bring our community together to support more creativity and less radioactivity!

We hope to see you there on June 25!

In 1986, on April 26, a power plant near the town of Chornobyl (or Chernobyl in the Russified spelling) became the site of the worst nuclear accident in history.

In remembrance of the Chornobyl catastrophe, the Nuclear Free Collective invites you to a vigil at 5:30pm on Monday 27 April, on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral. Bring a candle as we extend our solidarity and sympathy to many thousands of victims; past, present and future🕯️

We must never forget Chornobyl. The catastrophe is ongoing, especially in the current context of war. Most of Ukraine’s five nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities have come under direct shelling in recent years. This includes Chornobyl - the dome designed to contain the site's radiation was damaged in a drone strike last year.

Nuclear facilities readily become military targets.
Nuclear: never safe.