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Emma, Michaela, Sam, Johan, Manju, Reed & TJ.
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  1. Jun 6

    Changes to the Roxby Downs Indenture legislation

    This week's show, hosted by the Friends of the Earth Nuclear Free Collective, discusses the recent alarming changes to the Roxby Downs Indenture legislation & the to the sacred mound springs on Arabunna country where BHP draws up to 42 million litres of water a day from the Great Artesian Basin. We interview Annie McGovern, a participant in the early Roxby Blockades in 80s, who reflects on her experiences and shares her insights and concerns on these recent legislative changes.

  2. May 30

    Speaking to Ray Acheson: from the NPT to Pine Gap

    Featuring a conversation with Ray Acheson in New York, wherein they dissect the 2026 Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT), discuss the status of International law and disarmament treaties in our current era, and consider the importance of the upcoming Pine Gap Sacred Land Back Convergence.  Reaching Critical WillTreaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsClose Pine Gap - Sacred Land Back ConvergenceSong: 'Fire' by Ben Copperhead

  3. May 9

    Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Mining: A Toxic Trade

    Today we are joined by Liz Downes and Lee Tan to discuss the rush for rare earth mining and critical mineral processing to feed the 'green' energy revolution, new technology and the needs of the military industrial complex.We take a close look at Australian company Lynas's Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) in Kuantan, Malaysia that is being fed by rare earths mined at Mt.Weld in WA.  LAMP was constructed in 2013 without a waste management plan and as of early 2026, over 1 million metric tonnes of the innocuous sounding Water Leach Purification (WLP) has accumulated on site. This radioactive waste contains uranium-238 and long-lived thorium-232, that requires isolation for billions of years.Liz Downes is a campaigner, researcher, writer and currently a Director of the Rainforest Information Centre and member of the Melbourne Rainforest Action Group (MRAG). Liz is leading Aid/Watch research to map Australia’s ‘green’ extractivism footprint domestically and internationally.Lee Tan is a statistician and a social researcher with decades of health, environmental and social justice campaigning experiences. She worked as the Asia-Pacific Campaign Coordinator for the Australian Conservation Foundation and has extensive links with Indigenous communities, local organisations and national organisations in the Region. Lee leads the Aid/Watch campaign Stop Lynas.Links:Australia’s Mining Rush for Green Energy By Liz Downes and Natalie Lowrey  Rare Earth Elements Impacts and Conflicts MapMusic: bensound.com  Artist: Theatre Of Delays.  License code: ZS40ATOWLMEU9ETV

  4. May 1

    40 Years of Chornobyl Vigil

    This weeks show hosted by the Nuclear Free Collective shares recordings from the 40 Years of Chernobyl Vigil held on Monday evening in Naarm (Melbourne). Speeches by Reed, O'Loughlin, Dave Sweeney and Kirsten Blair. The songs featured in this episode are from the Chornobyl Songs Project: Living Culture from a Lost World, performed by Ensemble Hilka.

  5. Apr 18

    Shut Down White Mesa Mill: Show from the archives

    This show from the archives 'Uranium Mill Protest on Native American Land' features recordings from the Ute Mountain Ute Native American protest against the White Mesa Uranium Mill on their land from April 2017. Presenter KA Garlick interviews White Mesa Community Leaders Priscellna Rabbit and Ephraim Dutchie, an attorney Marie Ann Tapp and Dinah women Leona Morgan.  White Mesa Uranium Mill is the US only operating uranium mill and is causing serious environmental contamination and impacting the health of the community. The company operating the mill Energy Fuels is collaborating with Astron Corporation to extract rare earth and mineral sands from the Wimmera region, 300 kilometres from Melbourne in Victoria. The ore will undergo some processing on site before being shipped to the United States where uranium will also be extracted from the ore, making the Donald mine a source of a commercial quantity of uranium for the first time in Victoria's history, despite a state ban on uranium mining.

  6. Apr 11

    Global Days of Action on Military Spending

    Today we take a look at some of the research and actions around military spending on this continent as we mark the beginning of the month long Global Days of Action on Military Spending initiated by the International Peace Bureau.  First up we'll hear from Jaimie Jeffries, Co-convenor of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network Geelong and Vic South West and member of Defend Peace Djilang. Then from Mercedes Zanker and Jacob Grech lead researchers with Renegade Activists who educate on Australia’s role in the arms industry and presenters of A Friday Rave radio show on 3CR.Links:Paper Boats for Gaza  10am - 12pm, Sunday 12 AprilGeelong Islamic Community Centre Mosque24-26 Almanac St, Bell Park War or Public Housing – resist the push to defund essential services 6pm to 8.30pm, Thursday 16 April Blue Room - City of Melbourne's Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

  7. Mar 27

    Uranium Mining by Stealth

    The Donald Rare Earths and Mineral Sands Project is in the Wimmera region of Victoria, about 300 km north-west of Melbourne.  The Donald Project plans to develop a massive mineral deposit discovered in the 1970s. The Victorian Government approved the Donald Project work plan for construction and operation of the mine in June 2025. In October 2025, the Australian Government awarded the mine "Major Project" status. This was the day after the announcement of the US-AU Critical Minerals framework negotiated by Trump and Albanese to see billions of dollars in financing for projects necessary for producing weapons, electronics and renewables.  This comes at the same time that Environment Minister Murray Watt tabled reforms to the EPBC Act that could see exemptions to push through projects considered to be in the national interest.  The Donald project is a joint venture between Energy Fuels Inc. in the US and Astron Corporation in Australia.  Astron will produce a Rare Earth Element Concentrate (REEC) on-site and send 100% of this concentrate via the Port of Geelong to Energy Fuels' White Mesa Mill in Utah, USA, for final, specialised processing and refinement into separated oxides.  Whilst Astron are saying they are not mining uranium and it's incidental thus avoiding Victoria's long-standing ban on uranium mining - uranium will be extracted during processing once it reaches the US.White Mesa Mill is the focus of a community campaign regarding environmental justice and contamination impacts to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Alongside environmental organisations such as the White Mesa Concerned Community Group, they are demanding closure of White Mesa Mill - the only operating conventional uranium mill in the United States, because of the toxic materials that contaminate air, land and water sources, threating aquifers and the San Juan and Colorado Rivers. To discuss the implications we are joined by Dr. Jim Green - Friends of the Earth Australia's National Anti-nuclear campaigner and Yolanda Badback a member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.  Trump/Albo Rare Earth Deal - Albo must announce polluting projects won't be fast trackedIn late October Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese signed the US-AU Critical Minerals Framework: a deal where mining companies can apply for billions of US dollars to finance projects to produce minerals used to make weapons, electronics and renewable energy.You can sign the Friends of the Earth petition calling for Anthony Albanese to clarify how major projects will be impacted by the US-AU Critical Minerals deal and demanding a guarantee that they will all be subject to regular environmental and social assessment processes.

  8. Mar 20

    Aukus Pillar II with Dr Scheherazade Bloul

    This conversation with Dr Scheherazade Bloul traces the pathways into AUKUS Pillar II, examining how universities are increasingly entangled in military research and defence infrastructure. We explore the implications of this alignment and what it means for knowledge production, power, and the futures being shaped across our region. Part one of a two part series.

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Current news and information on nuclear, peace and energy issues.

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  • Creator
    Emma, Michaela, Sam, Johan, Manju, Reed & TJ.
  • Years Active
    2009 - 2026
  • Episodes
    452
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