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The Australian Nuclear Veterans Association is pursuing compensation for the British bomb tests, with a potential class action pending after the British decision earlier this year. However Ric Johnstone from the Association says ANTAR’s call for the British government to pay up is misguided as since Australia signed a treaty in the nineties with the British government agreeing to forgo all compensation. He says they will be expecting the Australian government to foot the health costs if their claims are successful.

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