Radioactive Show

It’s been 18 months since the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, announced the AUKUS deal, which includes an agreement that the US and the UK will assist Australia in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. You may be familiar with the persistent and determined advocacy of Western Australian Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John against the deal. I interviewed Senator Jordo...

The McKenzie sisters led the successful fight to stop a nuclear waste dump at Wallerberdina Station on Adnyamathanha lands in South Australia. At the national Australia Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) meeting, two of the sisters (Vivienne McKenzie and Heather Stuart) and their niece (Lavene Ngatokorua) reflect on the fight to keep their homelands free of nuclear waste. Learn more about ANFA here: htt...

A conversation with Ray Acheson in the 3CR studios, visiting from New York. We discuss cultures of militarism, patriarchy and militarism, nuclear submarines and AUKUS, and how to build an alternative to the 'inevitability' argument around war between the US and China. Ray is an organiser with Reaching Critical Will, author of Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy (2021) and Abolishing State Vi...

This week, to further discuss the  AUKUS submarine deal, we are joined by Vince Scappatura who teaches Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University.  He is an active member of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) and author of a book 'The US Lobby and Australian Defence Policy'.  You can read or order a copy of IPAN's 'A People’s Inquiry' that explores the question...

On March 8 details of the AUKUS agreement revealed the Federal Government's plans to spend a shocking $368 billion on nuclear submarines as the centrepiece of the AUKUS deal that was signed by Australia, Britain and the US in September 2021.Our feature interview for today is Emma Crunch in conversation with Michele Fahy independent journalist who has been researching the links between the arms ind...

March 11 2023 marks the 12th anniversary of the devastating Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that caused the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This year, Tokyo Electric Power (or Tepco) is pushing forward with plans to release 1.3 million tons of radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean. This show features independent scientific experts who are assisting Pacific Island Forum me...

The Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation (BDAC) heads to the Federal Courts in Adelaide on March 6 to contest the Federal Government selection of the Napandee site near Kimba, South Australia as the proposed site for their National Radioactive Waste Facility.  We bring you a conversation between BDAC director Jason Bilney and Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe from Bunjil's Fire radio program. Fo...

Featuring a conversation with three organisers from ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Gem Romuld, Jemila Rushton and Jessie Boylan. We speak about the importance of listening to survivors of nuclear incidents, ICAN’s position on Australia’s recent nuclear submarines purchase, and how this acquisition seems to clash with the Albanese government’s stated intention to sign...

Today we speak with Dr. Jim Green, National Anti-nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth Australia and Mia Pepper from the Conservation Council of Western Australia about what's happening with uranium mining, nuclear waste dumping and the ongoing nuclear power debate in parliament. Sign up for Friends of the Earth Melbourne's Nuclear-free Collective update emails to stay up to date with nucle...

March 11 2023 marks the 12th anniversary of the devastating Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that caused the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This year, Tokyo Electric Power (or Tepco) is pushing forward with plans to release 1.3 million tons of radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean. This show features independent scientific experts who are assisting Pacific Island Forum me...

This week we take a further look at proposed gas projects for Western Australia and repression faced by activists working to stop them.  The McGowan state government have announced a move to legislate for net zero by 2050.  We speak with Martin Pritchard from Environs Kimberley about how this sits with the State Governments support for currently proposed projects such as Fracking in the Kimberley...

In this show, we are doing a deep dive into the AUKUS deal from the perspective of peace and anti nuclear activists from each of the AUKUS states - Australia, the UK and the US. Speakers include Bruce Haigh, a retired diplomat, political commentator and author from Australia, Kate Hudson, General Secretary of the UK’s Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and Bruce Gagnon from the US, who is the...

For Human Rights Day we're joined by Gurridyula Gaba Wunggu, Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Custodian about Waddananggu.  Translated as 'The Talking', Waddananggu is a stone Bora ring and ceremonial ground opposite Adani’s Carmichael coal mine where Wangan & Jagalingou people are asserting their human rights to practice culture. This ceremonial reoccupation that began on 26 August 2021 is using t...

This show includes interviews with Indigneous leaders attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties or COP27 which happened from Nov 6 to the 18th, 2022, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. These interviews, conducted by Cultural Survival for their Indigenous Rights Radio program, were recorded at preparatory meetings, the traditional knowledge holders meeting, a...

A conversation with three Iranian women - Dr Negar Partow, Dr Hoda Afshar and Dr Forough Amin - about the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement in Iran and what this uprising means for the future of the country and the Middle East region. The panel was hosted by the Middle East and Islamic Studies Aotearoa (MEISA) group and is moderated by Dr Pooneh Torabian from the University of Otago. You can watch t...

 From Jabiru on the lands of the Mirrar, we’re joined by Justin O’Brien, CEO of Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, whom he has been working closely with for over 20 years. He first connected with the Mirrar people during the successful Jabiluka campaign that saw mining by Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) stopped and the site put into care and maintenance with Traditional Owner veto powers since...

Today’s show is our second featuring audio from a panel discussion marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, which was held on September 26th. The online panel was organised by Reverse the Trend Pacific, a chapter of Reverse the Trend, save our people, save the planet. We’ll hear from the facilitator, Jeshua Hope, as well as panel guests, Kasha Sequoia Slavner a y...

Today’s show features audio from a panel discussion marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, which was on September 26th. The online panel was organised by Reverse the Trend Pacific, which is a chapter of Reverse the Trend, save our people, save the planet. We’ll hear from the facilitators, Jeshua Hope and Christian Ciobanu, both organisers with Reverse the Trend...

Land Forces is the largest land based weapons expo in the Southern Hemisphere. Wage Peace is organising, for the second year, a festival of resistance from October 1-7 in Meanjin-Brisbane. We speak with Walpiri elder Ned Tjampijinpa Hargraves about the Karrinjarla Muwajarri campaign that is a calling for a ceasefire and no police guns.  The campaign started after 19 year old Kumanjayi Walker was s...

In this show, I take you onto the streets of Ōtautahi Christchurch in Aotearoa New Zealand, to join in a protest against white supremacy and the far right. Christchurch, of course, has became a name synonymous with the terrorist attacks on two mosques where a far right white supremist murdered 51 muslim people who were gathered for Friday prayers on March 15, 2019.Three and a half years later and...

With the war in Ukraine threatening nuclear power plants, on this week’s show, we talk to Friends of the Earths Dr Jim Green about threats, safeguards and what it means for the nuclear industry in Australia. Then we speak to Aunty Sue Haseldine and Susie Thisleton about rocket testing in SA and why caring for Country is so important.

This show features a talk by Lorraine Rekmans, member of the Serpent River First Nation and president of the Green Party of Canada. She speaks about working conditions in the uranium mining industry in Canada and the rights of first nations whose lands are being mined. She is speaking from personal experience of her family and there are striking similarities to the uranium mining industry in Austr...

 A discussion with Lil Barto and Margie Pestorius from Wage Peace. We discuss with Lil Barto an action on August 15, when around 20 people from Meanjin disrupted a STEM Education and Defence conference. Wage Peace oppose the 'militarisation of STEM education' and are calling for weapons companies to be banned from schools. Margie Pestorius outlines the upcoming Disrupt Land Forces event, which is...