The Barngarla Aboriginal nation of South Australia have won a court action to delay a postal vote on a planned nuclear waste dump on their land.
The South Australian supreme court will hear the case next Thursday. The federal government has shortlisted Kimba in South Australia for Australia's future nuclear waste dump.
The Barngarla people, traditional owners of much of the Eyre Peninsula, won their injunction by arguing the ballot contravened the Racial Discrimination Act.
Their lawyers argued that the District Council of Kimba did not have the power to conduct the postal ballot, which was due to begin on Monday.
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