SafeGround Blog

Rising seas caused by climate change are seeping inside a United States nuclear waste dump on a remote and low-lying Pacific atoll, flushing out radioactive substances left behind from some of the world’s largest atomic weapons tests. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, the...

We have heard via the International Campaign to Ban Landmines of a landmine “accident”. On September 26th 2017, four members of the same family died from the explosion of an anti-personnel mine in the town of Murrotone. Two people died on the spot and others on the...

The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, to which we belong, held its annual national conference in September. Hosted in Melbourne by the Maritime Union, its theme "War, Peace & Independence: Keep Australia out of US Wars" had common themes of US bases,...

On August 11, I attended a Disarmament Dinner organised by ICAN, to celebrate the historic UN adoption of the treaty to abolish nuclear weapons. ICAN began in Australia, and speakers outlined the history of this movement and called for support to encourage the...

Human misery is rarely straightforward, and more often than not, is compounded by other factors. And so it is for the displaced Rohingya Muslim people fleeing for their lives following attacks on their villages, now being assailed also by torrential monsoon rain. Now...

After 5 years of brutal occupation by German forces, at last Denmark has the upper hand. Opening scenes show long lines of defeated German troops shuffling along a road, while a Danish sergeant fluent in German oversees them from his vehicle. What causes him to pick...

Safe Ground researchers will embark on a detailed research in three Pacific Island Nations beginning in September. The researchers will look at the effects of ERW (explosive remnants of war) on civil populations over 70 years since the end of WW2. The aim is to...

Some weeks ago the International Committee to Abolish Nuclear Weapons met in Melbourne for a roundtable at a crucial time. ICAN and its affiliated organisations movement have  striking similarities to the roots of SafeGround as ICBL –AN and we are a proud member of...

Minelab is an Adelaide based company that excels in metal detection technology.  The name Minelab does not refer to landmine but rather to gold mine, which was the focus of the company when it was established in 1989.  In 2008, Minelab was purchased by another...

We thank everyone who came and those who provided feedback. If you have suggestions on the sort of events you'd like to see SafeGround hold, please do not hesitate to contact us. Below are the appraisals SafeGround and the South Australian organising committee...