David Sweeney is a prominent Australian

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campaigner. He works for the

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and acts an opinion writer and spokesperson on topics including

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and related indigenous rights issues. Sweeney has made appearances in or contributed to several documentary films which include discussion of nuclear issues. He has been described by Matthew Stevens of the ''

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'' as "one of the nation's hardest working anti-nuke campaigners."

Dave was one of the founders of the

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(ICAN), which won the

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in 2017.

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