Maralinga nuclear tests, 60 years on: a reminder not to put security before safety | Liz Tynan

Australia stood by while Britain’s military elite trashed tracts of its landscape then left. Menzies had said yes without even consulting his cabinetIt is 27 September 1956. At a dusty site called One Tree, in the northern reaches of the 3,200 sq km Maralinga atomic weapons test range in outback South Australia, the winds have finally died down and the countdown begins.The site has been on alert for more than two weeks but the weather has constantly interfered with the plans. Finally, Prof