Regina McKenzie, Lucy Lester and Enice Marsh are three proud Aboriginal women speaking out against state and federal plans for radioactive waste dumps in South Australia; recorded at Exposure: a community expo in Port Augusta. The people of SA have had decades of experience with the nuclear industry and are fed up that governments keep coming back with more poison promises. Senator Ludlam delivers a beautiful farewell speech in the Senate after the passing of nuclear disarmament champion Dr Bill Williams, one of the founders of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.Image: group photo at Exposure in Port Augusta, 3rd September 2016.

On this week's radioactive show, we look at the nuclear waste dump double whammy that South Australia is currently facing. We speak to Dr Jim Green from Friends of the Earth who puts radioactive waste management in context and Cat Beaton from the Conservation Council of South Australia who untangles the confusion surrounding the two very different, but both very alarming proposals and tells us about the campaign to stop the dumps.  For more information and to support the campaign, have a look at these websites!http://dontdumponsaoct15.org/http://www.nodumpalliance.org.au/http://nuclear.yoursay.sa.gov.au/get-involved/statewide-surveywww.conservationsa.org.auwww.foe.org.au/waste

On this week’s show we speak to Tim Wright from ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. We discuss the recent developments at the UN Conference on Disarmament bringing us closer to a global weapons ban treaty, despite Australia’s efforts to derail the process. We also speak to Dimity Hawkins, a long time disarmament activist and PhD Candidate about Australia’s dependence on America’s nuclear arsenal as a nuclear deterrent.

Recordings from the Protecting Country Today Forum on the final day of the Gurindji Festival celebrating 50 years since the Wave hill walk-off.Young countrymen from Borroloola speak out about fracking on their country. We also hear from SEED, an Indigenous Youth Climate Organisation about the work they do in solidarity with communities in the NT.

A round up of peace and conflict news around the world you often don't hear on mainstream media. We also talk to Dr. jim Green from Friends of the Earth about the State of the nuclear waste issues in Australia and the growing gap between renewable and nuclear energy production around the world. We also play Star Wars by Combat Wombat....

This week we bring you some good news from Western Australia where the Environmental Protection Agency's decided not to approve Cameco's proposal to mine uranium at Yeelirrie due to threats to subterranean fauna.  Mia Pepper, nuclear-free campaigner with the Conservation Council of Western Australia (ccwa.org.au) and Koara elder Richard Evans, co-founder of the Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (nuclearfree.wordpress.com) speak to us about over 40 years of struggle, the win and what is needed now.

Is the international community poised to outlaw the most destructive weapons ever created? In this episode, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons reports on the progress made at the May session of a special UN working group on nuclear disarmament in Geneva. There the vast majority of nations declared a readiness to start work on a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and the Philippines were among those proposing that the first negotiating conference be convened 2017. While few expect that the nine nuclear-armed nations will embrace this new law, proponents are convinced that it will be a powerful catalyst for change.

Another big protest festival at the world’s biggest uranium mine, Olympic Dam, located on Kokatha Country in South Australia has recently taken place. Tune into hear the words of Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, Arabunna elder, speaking to police while blockading the main road into the Olympic Dam mine on the final day of the protest. Plus wise words and sounds from protesters who’ve been involved for decades or just joined the fight.

The first of a series of shows featuring recordings from the Karlamilyi Walk to protect Martu country from Cameco's plan to mine uranium at Kintyre. Featuring Karnu Nancy Taylor, Muuki, Mia Pepper, Piers Verstegen, Dave Sweeney, Bindy and Marcus Atkinson, Curtis Taylor & Winiata.