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Australian aboriginal nuclear victims have Cherie Blair on their case

Cherie Blair to work on SA compensation case ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 25 Jan 2010
The wife of the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will represent five Aboriginies seeking compensation for ill health caused by nuclear testing in South Australia’s outback during the 1950s.

The claimants include relatives of people who have died since the nuclear testing at Maralinga.

Neil Gillespie from the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement said the action was against the United Kingdom Government and that Cherie Blair’s appointment was not just good luck….”We needed somebody of high profile and someone that is as sharp as a samurai
Mr Gillespie has already had written advice about the South Australian compensation claims co-signed by Cherie Blair.

“This certainly confirms that our five claimants have a very very good case of pursuing their claim through the UK courts,” he said.

Last year an English court ruled that military personnel affected by the testing in the 1950s and 60s were entitled to seek compensation from the UK Government.

Cherie Blair to work on SA compensation case – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

January 25, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive