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First Nations people call on government to sign nuclear weapons prohibition

A group of people are on their way to Canberra to call on the prime minister to sign the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons and speak to MPs about their experience surviving the British nuclear testing program in Western Australia and South Australia in the 1950s.

Our mob were not informed of those tests that were about to take place on our traditional lands.

Consent was never given by Anangu for the Emu Field tests. The government did not come and ask Anangu if it was okay to test on our traditional lands.

Everyone knows the commonwealth doesn't have the power to cap rents. There's eight different states and territories across the country all doing different things. Some of them have ruled it out.

We have data and evidence it doesn't work and it puts downward pressure on supply. What we need to do is add to supply. That's what we're doing, not just with our housing Australia future fund and our other investments. We have homes under construction today because we made that money available.