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Part two of the interview with John Hughes on 3d radio's environemnt show

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An interview with writer/director John Hughes on his new film about Desmond Ball, and his research and investigation into Pine Gap and related security matters

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The war in Gaza -- pt 1 of 2

Dr Amanda Ruler is Vice-President of MAPW, the medical Association for the Prevention of War. We talked to her on the Environement Show about the Humanitarian Consequences of the war in Gaza

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The War in Gaza -- part 2 of 2

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Nuclear Treaties -- part 1 of 3

A discussion with Dr Amanda Ruler from MAPW, the Medical Association for the Prevention of War about nuclear weapons and the Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons

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Nuclear Treaties -- part 2 of 3

A discussion with Dr Amanda Ruler from MAPW about nuclear wea[pons and Australia

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Nuclear Treaties -- part 3 of 3

A discussion with Dr Amanda ruler from MAPW about nuclear weapons.

More details and news about the Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons at https://www.icanw.org/

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News snippets march 21st

Keating produced an array of serious objections to the AUKUS deal. None was a quibble. Each separately underlined why it was bad for Australia, bad for peace, and, possibly, likely to increase the chance of war between the US and China. Each also invited real questions about the calibre of Australian politicians – current or in the previous administration – and national security officials who, as usual have put the interests of the US ahead of the quite separate national interests of Australia. -- "Albanese a pale shadow of Keating, even on subs" - Pearls and Irritations

Decades of rewarding the wealthy for just being wealthy at taxpayer expense has not merely entrenched an unfair status quo, but extended it to the point that Australians aren’t living in a shared economy any more, but two distinct and separate ones. An accruing cash account is not merely a symptom, but a metaphor. Those who already have wealth receive disproportionate government favour for owning more property, for buying private education, for having private health insurance. Stage-three tax cuts, anyone? What great good fortune to those already possessed of great good fortune. -- "Does Australia have the appetite for economic change, or are we stuck with a system that rewards the rich?", Van Badham, The Guardian

Forget new coal and gas; the emissions from existing fossil fuel projects, alone, could be enough to blow the remaining global carbon budget by the end of the decade if they carry on unabated. -- "IPCC climate warning leaves no room for coal and gas, little room for offsets", Sophie Vorrath, RenewEconomy.com.au

And the current big debate, surrounding the scheme known as the ‘Safeguard Mechanism‘, essentially puts off mandating real climate action among the highest emitters (mostly coal and gas companies) by allowing full compliance with reducing baselines to be met using cheap, highly-suspect and deeply insufficient carbon offsets, instead of real reductions within the companies covered by the scheme (along with a smorgasbord of other loopholes). It is a policy designed with one philosophy in mind: Don’t worry. We’ll do it later. -- Ketan Joshi, "New IPCC report shows Labor’s approach is deadly and reckless", reneweconomy.com.au

I have been thinking a lot about the Ukraine war, and I am very concerned. This is a war that is extraordinarily dangerous and should never have happened (see the Addendum). This is not simply a war that Putin decided to launch, unprovoked, on February 24, 2022. That is nonsense for anyone who has been around. I was an adviser to President Mikhail Gorbachev; I was an advisor to President Boris Yeltsin; I was an advisor to President Leonid Kuchma, the first president of independent Ukraine; and to others. What you’re being told about this conflict and others is simply not true. I say that based on firsthand experience of more than 30 years. -- Jeffrey Sachs, "The geopolitics of peace in a post-Western world - Pearls and Irritations", Pearls and Irritaiions

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Roman and Steven caught up with Prof Ian Lowe to discuss his new book, Long Half-life, and other matters nuclear in Australia. Order copies of the book from Monash University Publishing

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Steven and Roman caught up with Prof Ian Lowe to talk about his new book, Long Half-Life, about the history of nuclear materials in Australia.

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Roman caught up with Scott Ludlam at Christie Walk. After a brief tour, they talked about his new book full circle.

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Part 2 of an interview with Scott Ludlam about his book full circle. First Broadcast on 3d radio’s Environment Show, Tuesday June 8th.

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I caught up with Dave Sweeney to get an update on nuclear issues. We started by talking about the push for a review of nuclear power by some politicians...

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Dave considers the likelihood of a nuclear lobby at COP 26 in Glasgow

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Sally Ingleton is Director of Wild Things, a documentary looking at three environmental campaigns over the course of a year. Roman spoke to her to find out more about the film.

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I caught up with Mark Parnell in his office at parliament House to discuss his recent motion in the Legislative Council.

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The state government is reviewing the Marine Sanctuaries in SA. We talked to Peter Owen about proposals to downgrade the sanctuaries.

The link to the review: https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/marineparks/About/sa-marine-parks-review

TWS Save Our Sanctuaries page to send a message: https://wilderness.good.do/SASanctuary/message/