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This week we play a recording from a conversation between earth-waking artist and musician Anohni and climate justice journalist and activist scholar, Naomi Klein. The conversation was organised and recorded by the Chan Centre for Preforming Arts on Musqueam Land. 

Each year the Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute (SIPRI) releases a report on global military spending.  We spoke to Xiao Liang about the extraordinary increases and trends in military spending across 2024.  Each year they report on the top 100 military companies and ranked 27 is Israel largest military company Elbit Systems who have a wholly owned subsidiary operating out of Australia.  Elbit System Australia receives around $917 million of tax payer dollars from the government.  On May 15, the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, Elbit Out of Victoria called for an end to their operation with a presence at their newly located offices 290 Salmon St, Port Melbourne.  We speak with Scheherazade Bloul about the Elbit Out of Victoria campaign. 

On April 26, the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Free Collective held a one-day No to Nuclear Solidarity Bike Ride from Camp Sovereignty in the city via Brighton to Kooyong. We hear the voices of participants on why they are riding to raise awareness about the dangers of nuclear industry and standing in solidarity with those directly impacted.  Particulary by Dutton's nuclear power proposals as we lead into a Federal Election.The Solidarity Bike Ride was ed by Climate Choir Melbourne during the lunch break in Brighton and at Kooyong later in the afternoon for an event commemorating the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.  We hear from Dave Sweeney from the Australian Conservation Foundation and Dr.Tilman Ruff from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons speaking extensively about the impacts of Chernobyl catastrophe and the implications of a nuclear power industry in Australia. 

This week we speak with two candidates in the Federal election that are running on a platform of nuclear free and sustainable energy.Peltherre Chris Tomlins is a candidate with the Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia in the seat of Lingiari in the Northern Territory.  Uncle Chris is a custodian, a peaceful protector of his country and and a ionate activist. Among other things, he ed actions such as ‘Close Pine Gap’, Indigenous Sovereignty, and recognition of the Frontier Wars.  Pine Gap is the extensive US military and intelligence base that occupies Aboriginal lands of the Arrernte people, the original custodians of country. The Arrernte were never asked for their permission to build Pine Gap on their land.  Rochelle Hine is the Greens candidate for Gippsland. One of Rochelle's campaign policies is 'Keeping the region free of the threat of nuclear reactors'. She has been involved in the nuclear actions happening locally, attending Nanna's Against Nuclear, and other rally's.  

As a federal election looms we catch up with Friends of the Earth Melbourne's Nuclear-free Collective Coordinator Sanne DeSwart and Friends of the Earth Australia's National Anti-nuclear campaigner Dr. Jim Green.  We take a look at what bearing the election outcome may have on various nuclear issues and hear about some of the activities planned in the next month.  On the April 26, the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, they are organising a one-day Nuclear-free Bike Ride from from the city via Brighton to Kooyong.  More information and sign up here. 

Leonard Peltier is "Finally Free"

The world's military industries are coming to Geelong to do business between 26 - 30 March 2025. We speak with Jaimie Jeffries from IPAN Geelong about the Avalon Air Show and the work they are doing to cut through the event promotion as a family friendly fund day out  that gets families to fund one of the largest military weapons trading events in the Southern hemisphere.Picket the Avalon Airshow to stop death dealers arm trading:5.30pm Monday 24 March:  Yarra Blvd, Crown Casino. Disrupt the Warmongers dinner get noisy and don't let them eat in peace.7am Wednesday 26 March:  Meet at the Beach Road M1 off ramp.3-6pm Friday 28 March: Marand Engineering the old Ford factory, Melbourne Road, North Geelong.7am Saturday 29 display banners and placars and flyering at Park and Ride Sutcliffe Reserve Corio 8am at the Lara Train Station.For World Water Day (22 March) we listen to a recording by the late great land and water protector Uncle Kevin Buzzacott made by Old Country Calling in September 2023.Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium mine has been taking huge amounts of precious water from the Great Artesian Basin (GAB) since they began operating in 1982.  Up to 42 million litres of water is drawn from Arabunna country each day without consent and has destroyed many of the incredible Mound Springs sacred sites, unique ecosystems that are fed by ancient waters the come to the surface due to pressure at the southern end of the GAB.Under the 1982 Roxby Downs Indenture Act, the original Olympic Dam owner Western Mining and now present owner BHP are afforded special privileges that exempt them from the Aboriginal Heritage Protection Act, Water Act, Natural Resources Act, Environmental Protection and Bidoversity Act and the Freedom of Information Act. 

In this episode we hear about the ongoing impacts of Fukushima Diaster including the impact on land, water, human health and communities. We disucss how Fukushima serves as a sober warning to Nuclear Power in Australia. Please see the Nuclear Mapping project here: https://nuclearplume.au 

We hear from Ray Acheson, who worked with ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, and many other NGOs, community groups, governments, diplomats and civil society, to reach the Treaty on the Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons, which was signed at the UN in 2017. Ray has written a book on the process called ‘Banning the bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy.’ We also hear Mitch, Eastern Arrendte and Lurritja woman from Mpartnwe or Alice Springs, speaking about fighting a nuclear waste dump on her country and compounding injustices of the NT Intervention and other racist policies. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Reaching Critical Will Nuclear Truth Project

This weeks episode we bring you another recording from the Nuke's Free Gathering in Naarm Melb, this week featuring Dr Jim Green and Aunty Sue. 

In the lead up to the National Day of Action Against Nuclear Power on March 11, the anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, we return to look at some of the major issues with Dutton's nuclear reactor proposal that would see nuclear reactors replace coal fired power stations or retired coal sites at: Tarong and Callide in Queensland; Liddell and Mount Piper in NSW; Port Augusta in SA; Muja in WA, and Loy Yang in Victoria, in the Latrobe Valley.We hear from Wendy Farmer, Gippsland organiser with Yes to Renewables - Friends of the Earth's campaign for 100% renewable energy, climate jobs, and strong communities and Dr. Margie Beavis from the Medical Association for Prevention on War speaking at the Nukes Free Gathering in Naarm-Melbourne on the February 2.  Then we're ed by  Stephanie Sabrinskas, organiser with the Nuclear Free Gippsland Alliance who are actively campaigning across Gunai Kurnai Country to raise awareness of the harms of nuclear energy and uranium mining.We also catch up with Annette Brownlie from the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network to hear about their activies for the Global Day of Action to #CloseBases.Events Listing:The following actions will take place at these sites across Australia for Global Day of Action to #CloseBases.Sydney, NSW: 2.00pm, Saturday 22 Feb. Garden Island Naval Base Sydney, Cowper Wharf Rd and Wylde St, Potts Point.Brisbane, QLD: 1.00 – 5.30pm Saturday 22 Feb. St Barnabas Church Hall (The Barney), 28 St Barnabas Pl, Red HillCairns, QLD: 2.00 – 4.00pm, Saturday 22 Feb. HMAS Cairns, 54 Draper St, PortsmithCanberra, ACT: 2:00-3:00pm, Sunday 23 Feb. Outside the US Embassy Moonah Pl, Yarralumla.Rockingham, WA: 5.30pm, Sunday 23 Feb. HMAS Stirling Naval Base Gates, HMAS Stirling Office.'First Nations and nuclear power: our people, our Country, our animals'Thursday 27 Feb, 12pm - 1pm AEDT.  Free event. here.First Nations speakers on our lived experience of the effects of the nuclear industry on their communities, and what a domestic nuclear power industry would mean.'Nuclear Weapons X Climate Collapse: Countering Humanity’s Twin Existential Threats'Thursday 27 Feb 2025, 6-7pm.  Drill Hall, Multicultural Hub, 26 Therry StreetMelbourne. Free & Wheelchair Accessible Event. here.Presented By International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Australia.  As part of this year’s National Sustainability Festival, ICAN Australia will be ed by experts from Youngsolwara, The Australia Institute, and Doctors for the Environment Australia to discuss the twin existential threats of nuclear weapons and climate change, and what needs to happen to avert catastrophe.'Backyard Party Fundraiser'Friday 28 Feb, 6-11pm.  Come and us for a night of dancing and connection, raising for these three incredible services and initiatives, Crime Scene Australia, Grandmothers Against Removals and  for displaced Sudanese Peoples. Tickets here.'ing Fukushima: Nuclear Never Safe'Tuesday 11 March, 5.30PM.  State Library of Victoria. Rally and march.'Fukushima Never Again: Radiation risk of a nuclear accident in the Australian Context' Tuesday 11 March 7-8pm AEDT. for this webinar.Don't Nuke the Climate for an in depth discussion on the radiation risks communities close to nuclear reactors would face in case of an accident. Speakers: Dr Tilman Ruff, Medical Association for Prevention of War, Dr Jim Green, National Nuclear Campaigner Friends of the Earth, Sakyo Noda, Japanese monitoring volunteer after Fukushima disaster. MC Nelli Stevenson. Music:  Poli Pearl 'Raw'

Today we bring you another program that introduces various organisations and campaigns that provide opportunities to get informed and take action to end the destructive nuclear industry and work for peace and a world free of weapons.Today we hear from Australian Nuclear Free Alliance President Sue Haseldine, Gem Romuld from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Rocky from Native Title Rockets, Margaret Reynolds from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Sanne DeSwart Coordinator of Friends of the Earth Melbourne Nuclear Free.Links:Friends of the Earth Australia Nuclear FreeDon't Nuke the Climate Online Forums 'First Nations and nuclear power: our people, our Country, our animals' - Thursday 27 Feb, 12pm - 1pm AEDT.  Free event. here.'Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy - Perspectives and Lessons from Ray Acheson' - Wednesday 18 February, 7-8am AEDT.  Free event. here.

This week we play a recording with Dimity Hawkins from the Nuclear Truth Project recorded during Nuke Free Gathering held in Naarm, Melbourne Feb 1 -  2, 2025. 

On 28 January, 2025, the Bulletin of Atomic scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight signalling that we are the closest we have ever been to the destruction of life on this planet.  As the old the saying goes "Better active today than Radioactive tomorrow"  and it's never been a more important message.Today we bring you the first in a series of programs that introduces organisations working for an end to the nuclear industry, peace and nuclear disarmament.  We hear from KA Garlick from Nuclear Free WA, Margie Beavis from the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, Romina Beitsen from the Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament, Dave Sweeney from the Australian Conservation Foundation, Dimity Hawkins from the Nuclear Truth Project, Kirsten Blair from Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation,  Jaimie Jeffrey from the Anti-AUKUS Coalition, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network and Elbit Out of Victoria, Jacob Grech from Renegade Activists and Renegade Solidarity Audio Force Manju Lahrech from Old Country Calling.

On this show, we present an interview between Uncle Robbie Thorpe (Bunjil's Fire) and nuclear-free superstar Aunty Sue Coleman Haseldine.Aunty Sue is well known to Radioactive Show listeners because of her tireless work fighting the nuclear industry and her involvement with ICAN, the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons and ANFA, the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance.The struggle to protect country from exploitation from mining companies is compounded by so many other struggles aboriginal people faceThe interview covers just some of the battles Aunty Sue faces, why her work is so important and why she’ll never give up.To learn more about ICAN the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons, go to www.icanw.org.  To learn more about ANFA, the australian nuclear free alliance, go to www.anfa.org.au. the Nukes Free Gathering at Catalyst Social Centre, 140 Sydney Rd, Coburg on 1-2 February.Check out Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe's work go to www.crimesceneaustralia.com.

We speak with Rosie Grech about the Nuke Free Gathering over the weekend of 31 January - 2 February at Catalyst, 144 Sydney Rd, Coburg.  The emphasis for this big weekend-long agenda is movement building. It’s designed to give background or ‘Nuclear 101’ sessions for committed activists who are wanting to get a greater grasp of the nuclear realities, and become more active at this crucial time. Bringing together those deeply immersed in this work with those keen to engage more is a great chance for making connections and strengthening networks.  here:  events.humanitix.com/nukes-free-gathering-2025.  Find all the information at Old Country Calling on social media.Then we are ed by Laniyuk, a Larrakia, Kungarakan, Gurindji, and French writer and performer of poetry and short memoir, to talk about the Return Lee Point to the Care of Larrakia People campaign.  There are solidarity actions in major cities on Monday 20 January.  In Naarm Melbourne come to Defence Housing Australia, 120 Bay St, Port Melbourne from 4.30-5.30pm.  

On Thursday, 5 December, Mr Seishi Morikawa, a second-generation nuclear survivor from Hiroshima, on tour with the Nuclear Truth Project, visited Friends of the Earth Melbourne to discuss a survey on the health impacts of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago. Mr Morikawa is the Deputy Director of the Kanagawa Atomic Bomb Sufferers Association, a member group of Nihon Hidankyo, and led the Health Study Questionnaire by the Kyoto Association of Second and Third Generation Atomic Bomb Survivors  that was released  in February 2024.Read 'To Protect the Health of the Second and Third Generation Atomic Bomb Survivors and Future Generations - Report on the Results of the Health Study Questionnaire for the Second and Third Generation Atomic Bomb Survivors'.Seishi invites you to sign this petition in of second generation survivors. 

As the House of Representatives Inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia enters its final week of hearings the Dutton Coalition finally announced the costings for its nuclear plans.  We hear recordings from the Melbourne hearing of the Inquiry and speak with Dr. Jim Green National Anti-nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth Australia.  We also speak with Anna Chapman from the Conservation Council of Western Australia about the decision by WA Environment Minister to approve Woodside's massive North West Shelf gas expansion project.

On Thursday 28 November Senator Lidia Thorpe's Genocide Bill was due to be debated in the final sitting of parliament for 2024.  Activists from across the continent gathered on the steps of parliament for the "End the Genocide" rally, to bring their powerful testimonies to the ongoing genocide of Aboriginal people perpetrated by the illegal occupation "Australia".  Today we bring you recordings from that gathering featuring Gwenda Stanley, Nioka Coe, Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe, Senator Lidia Thorpe adn Adolf Mora.  Song by Gurridyula.

Resisting the Nuclear Renaissance and Government Hypocrisy with Leona Morgan