David Noonan (environmentalist)

[9] The following year, he provided witness testimony to a parliamentary inquiry into nuclear waste transport and disposal in New South Wales.

"[11]Noonan went on to win the Conservation Council of South Australia's Jill Hudson Award for Environmental Protection to acknowledge his campaigning work opposing the waste dump development.

[14] Noonan has advocated against the export of Australian uranium to Russia and China as he considers both nations to be in non-compliance with their Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations.

"[18] Noonan's advocacy efforts attracted criticism from pro-nuclear environmentalist Ben Heard, who described him as having an "ultra-combatative demeanor" and "rusted on politics" in 2011.

He is opposed to the establishment of a new seawater desalination plant at Point Lowly, where the brine discharge could threaten the breeding grounds of the giant Australian cuttlefish.