Radioactive Show

This radioactive show features some of the speakers from the Don’t Dump on SA rally held on the steps of Parliament House in Adelaide on 3rd November. Over 1000 people from all over South Australia and beyond came together to say no, to tell the federal government to take all the sites in SA off the table and to hold a full independent inquiry into the best way to manage our most dangerous waste....

Over in Western Australia, the nucelar free campaign are celebrating 10 years since former Premier Colin Barnett lifted the ban on uranium mining in the State.  10 years ago, uranium was promoted as being a new mining sector that would be like 'iron ore on steroids' but with collective efforts of resistance, solidarity and tireless campaigning the uranium sector has been halted in WA.  On this wee...

Why is there so much opposition from queer people and their communities to the nuclear industry? A show inspired by artist Jessie Boylan's recent essay, 'This Is Not Nowhere', about Queer resistance to the nuclear industry. Jessie Boylan’s essay featured photos and quotes from 5 queer identifying nuclear free activists, including Jessie herself. The show features an interview with Jessie followed...

Today we head out onto the streets to hear voices from the community rally at the opening of the International Mining and Resources Conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre on Tuesday 30th October.  We hear from Lucho Riquelme from the Latin American Solidarity Network, Rebecca Hayden and Anthony Amis from the Rainforest Action Group and AC Hunter from Friends of the Earth's Nuclear-free camp...

Over the weekend of 19-21 October 2018, members of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) met on Kaurna and Peramangk country in the Adelaide Hills. Dozens of Aboriginal Nations and civil society organisations were represented; people came together to share stories, strategy and solidarity at ANFA’s 21st annual gathering. On this radioactive show we hear a snapshot of the uranium industry in...

Twenty years ago the Mirarr traditional owners of parts of Kakadu and Western Arnhem land invited protestors to stand with them on country against the Jabiluka mine at the peak of a 10 year long campaign that saw the mine stopped.20 years on, with the Ranger uranium mine coming to a close, the Mirarr are planning to transition the township of Jabiru to a future beyond mining that supports Binnij c...

On this Radioactive Show we hear from the Leonora Public Meeting held on Wongatha country, that was held after this years Walkatjurra Walkabout in the Goldfields of Western Australia. The public meeting was held on Saturday 1st September in Leonora, Goldfields, Western Australia.  It shed light on WA's nuclear free campaign and the proposed Yeelirrie and Wiluna uranium mines and the radioactive wa...

This show is about the history of African American resistance to nuclear weapons. Professor Vincent Intondi isDirector of the Institute for Race, Justice, and Civic Engagement in Maryland in the US, and Author of the book 'African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement'. He is speaking here about that book connecting racial injustice, nuclear injus...

On this Radioactive Show we hear about the Black Mist Burnt Country art exhibition and symposium which was organised by Burrinja Cultural Centre. The symposium was held on Saturday 9th September in Adelaide.  It shed light on South Australia’s nuclear history and related environmental and social effects: ranging from the British atomic tests at Maralinga in the 1950s and 1960s, to the effects of u...

On this show I speak with Candyce Paul. Candyce is a mother, a grandmother, an educator, and a protector - not an environmentalist nor activist - responding to a serious threat to ALL future generations. She and her family are members of English River First Nation, Denesuline, and are still gleaning their sustenance from the lands and waters of LaPlonge Reserve in northwestern Saskatchewan. She is...

Activists have gathered in Newcastle to push for an end to coal and calling for the Governments to radically tackle this dire problem. They're willing to risk arrest and doing lots of dishes....

On Sunday 2nd September about 100 people gathered at Victorian parliament to send off a group of cyclists travelling to Canberra as a part of the ICAN Nobel Peace ride. ICAN is of course the international Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, an organisation that began in Melbourne just over 10 years ago and who, less than a year ago, won the Nobel Peace prize for their work towards a nuclear weapo...

Today we bring you an interview with Tilman Ruff from International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) about the Nobel Peace Ride.  The Nobel Peace Ride will take the Nobel Peace Prize medal won by ICAN all the way from the birthplace of ICAN in Naarm Melbourne departing Sunday 2nd September, to Canberra arriving 20th September . ICAN is working hard to gather signatures for the UN weapons...

Recordings form the 'Walk The Walk - Dump the Dump' Rally and March in Port Augusta on Sunday 19th August. Featuring Vivienne, Regina and Heather McKenzie - Adnyamathanha, Linda and Harry Dare - Barnagala, and Dr Susan Andersson - Flinders Local Action Group. Recordings by Mara Bonacci.https://www.foe.org.au/waste

I’m Michaela and one todays program we’ll be getting an update on the proposed nuclear waste dump in south Australia as the campaign continues to heat up with legal action by the Barngala traditional owner group putting on hold a community ballot that was set to start on Monday. First up I spoke with Friends of the Earth's ACE Nuclear-free Collective coordinator AC Hunter, who has just returned fr...

A brief analysis of the Australian anti-war movement and what might need to happen to build a movement to curb war and promote environmental sustainability.

This radioactive show we commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by sharing Seksuko Thurlow's story of survival from that devastating event. This is from a recording of an event heldin March 2017, at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, part of SOAS University of London. The original video recording can be found here: https://www.soas.ac.uk/cisd/events/21...

Public hearings were held in early july in Kimba and Hawker as part of the senate inquiry giving communities an opportunity to have their say about flawed site selection process for the waste dump. A Canberra hearing will be held in early August before the senate committee report their findings on 14 August. From 20 August, the communities are being asked to participate in a ballot to gauge commun...

6 members of the Strong Grandmothers of the Central Desert Region travelled to Naarm (Melbourne) from Mparntwe on Arrente Country (Alice Springs and the central desert region), to share their stories and wisdom at the Students of Sustainability conference 2018. Making the journey were Nungurla Doreen Carroll McCormack, Sabella Kngwarraye Ross Turner, Christine Kngwarraye Palmer, Pamela Kngwarraye...

On this show, I'd like to give you a taste of some of the talks from the Students of Sustainability conference held in Narrm Melbourne that started in the first weekend of July. Includes a talk by Uncle Bill Nicholson, Wurundjeri elder, about Traditional Owners experience on the land where SOS was held and a talk by Aunty Hazel Collins from Grandmothers against removals NSW.

This week we speak with Dr Sue Wareham, president of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, MAPW and board member of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ICAN, Australia on the one year anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.  Dr Sue Wareham also talks about her visits to Perth to speak with medical students about nuclear weapons and the global hea...

On this show, we hear about nuclear medicine and the recent shutdown of ANSTO’s Lucas Heights nuclear reactor.  We speak to Dr Margaret Beavis from the Medical Association for the Prevention of War and get her perspective on the shutdown and ways to avoid such incidents. The music in this show is from www.bensound.comRead articles about the shut down here:https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustain...

On this weeks show, listen to the campaign to stop uranium mining in Western Australia, updates on recent news of the national radioactive waste dump PLAN B and wher the Supreme Court of Appeals to stop Yeelirrie uranium mine is at.    You will hear from Dr Jim Green, the national nuclear free campaigner for Friends of the Earth talking about his latest smashing report that he has released this we...

On this week’s radioactive show we hear Adnyamathanha concerns about the radioactive waste dump threatening their Country. We hear an interview with Vince Coulthard, the CEO of ATLA, the Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association.  This interview was recorded by Dray at Umeewarra Aboriginal Media Association in Port Augusta. We are grateful for their permission to share it with our listeners.www....

21 years since the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in parliament, we mark Sorry Day by featuring Aunty Hazel Collins who initiated the group Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR) in 2014.  The GMAR movement is fighting against the systematic removal of Aboriginal children from their families and calling out what Aunty Hazel calls the mispractice of child welfare officials. Thanks to Tegan Hugh...