Protesters took a stand against the dumping of Fukushima鈥檚 nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean on September 16. The action was organised by the Sydney Candlelight Action (SCA), based in the Korean community, and was part of a global day of action.
Speakers from the Korean community and other groups condemned the Japanese government and called for international pressure to stop further dangerous radioactive contamination.
Vivian Pak from the Candleight Alliance on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and environment minister Tanya Plibersek to oppose Japan鈥檚 decision.
She also condemned the South Korean government for 鈥渘ot only assisting Japan over the dumping of the nuclear contaminated water but also actively encouraging the ultra right-wing government of Japan to increase its military presence in the region鈥.
Peter Boyle from Socialist Alliance Labor for endorsing the dumping of the Fukushima nuclear waste as 鈥渟afe鈥.
The Australian Embassy in Tokyo even staged a 鈥淔ukushima fish and chips鈥 dinner as a public relations stunt in support of the nuclear wastewater release.
Boyle said the Australian government was a 鈥渂ad Pacific neighbour鈥 because it is undermining a nuclear-free Pacific by supporting the dumping of nuclear waste, dumping nuclear waste on Aboriginal land and entering the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal.
Katti Jisuk Seo, a Korean-German who now lives in Gadi, while enjoying her first scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef the news about the toxic waste came through.
鈥淛apan is sending its radioactive waste on a trip around the world,鈥 she said.
鈥淛apan plans to release 1.3 million tons of radioactive contaminated wastewater into the ocean over the next decades: that鈥檚 enough to fill at least 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
鈥淔rom the Pacific it will reach beaches and seas globally, entering fish, marine plants, other sea creatures and mammals throughout the marine food chain. Via evaporation, through rainfall, it will find its way back onto the lands across our planet.鈥
David Rho, the rally MC, called on the Japanese government to 鈥渁ccept an independent assessment of the Fukushima wastewater, and to release the true test result鈥. He said AUKUS represented further nuclear escalation in the region and must be opposed.
[For more information email the Sydney Candlelight Alliance.]
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