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title: Traditional owners win court case to stop nuclear waste dump in South Australia
description: A Federal Court judge has sided with the Barngarla people and blocked a nuclear waste facility from being built near Kimba, South Australia, citing the “apprehended bias” of former Coalition resources minister Keith Pitt.
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# Traditional owners win court case to stop nuclear waste dump in South Australia
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
A Federal Court judge has sided with the Barngarla people and blocked a nuclear waste facility from being built near Kimba, South Australia, citing the “apprehended bias” of former Coalition resources minister Keith Pitt.
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A Japanese-owned wind power developer has signed off on tens of millions of dollars of works as it looks to build one of Australia’s first offshore wind farms, while the WA government has committed $5 million for one of the state’s first end-to-end green hydrogen production systems.
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[Traditional owners win court case to stop nuclear waste dump in South Australia](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/18/nuclear-waste-dump-south-australia-sa-trial-traditional-owners-win-case-barngarla-people)
Traditional owners opposing the federal government’s plan for a nuclear waste dump on their land in South Australia have had a major win, with a court ruling the facility can’t be built.
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