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22 Feb 2013

Media courtesy of ABC 7.30 REPORT
21/02/2013

Human rights lawyer Joshua Dale of Stacks/Goudkamp is representing the Veterans of the Maralinga nuclear tests in a last ditch effort for justice by appealing to the Australian Human Rights Commission after exhausting almost all avenues for compensation.

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