have suggested that the timeline of the inquiry was chosen so as not to implicate earlier Labor governments. However, the Australian Labor Party had not been in power federally from 1950 until 1972, clearly undermining that argument. Likewise the Arnold report was criticized for being authored by a former employee of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), and for the author having never visited the test sites nor interviewed Australian participants who worked on the atomic tests. The Royal Commission witness statements of recounting discussions between Australian RAAF and USAF B-29 flight crews clearly demonstrate that the tests were not at then international standards in terms of testing instruments nor health and safety precautions for radiation. The Royal Commission heard ample evidence of British scientists being fully dressed in protective radiation suits that were not issued to Australian staff working in the same high-risk radiation zones. Overall the Arnold argument that the British nuclear tests were a partnership was not compatible with the documented facts that the British controlled and managed the tests and the Australians worked under direction from British atomic test leaders. In popular culture The Royal Commission formed part of the plot of the film Ground Zero (1987), starring Colin Friels and Jack Thompson. See also List of inquiries into uranium mining in Australia Archie Barton British nuclear tests at Maralinga Downwinders Maralinga Maralinga: Australia’s Nuclear Waste Cover-up Montebello Islands Operation Buffalo Operation Grapple Emu Field, South Australia References Notes Bibliography (Note: Updated version of A Very Special Relationship: British Atomic Weapons Trials in Australia) External links British Nuclear Tests in Australia - Royal Commission 1984 in Australia 1985 in Australia Commonwealth of Australia royal commissions History of Australia (1945–present) Australia–United Kingdom relations Controversies in Australia