Podcasts about australian fair trade

7:10 Jacob speaks with Dr Patricia Ranald, the Convener of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET). The World Trade Organisation is set to meet tomorrow to debate a waiver on a controversial trading agreement related to COVID-19 vaccines. The original waiver on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights was proposed by South Africa and India in 2021 and would enable more equitable production and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The waiver has been blocked for over a year by the EU, Switzerland, and the UK who face immense lobbying from pharmaceutical companies.  7:30 Jason Fowler from the Environment Centre of Northern Territory (ECNT) tells Jacob about a recent case that was launched against the Australian Government, who approved an oil drilling project off the north coast of Australia in the Tiwi Islands. You can read the background brief to the case here.  7:50 Claudia talks with Yorta Yorta and Wurundjeri educator and artist Lyn Thorpe about her experience teaching at the Northland Secondary School in the 90s which was one of the many schools that Jeff Kennet shut down and the only to survive. The story of the school is told in an exhibition currently on at the Melbourne Museum, Fight for Survival. 8:10 Writer Nadia Wheatley discusses her latest work, Radicals- Remembering the 60s which she's coauthored with longtime friend Meredith Burgmann. The book looks back on an era of political change and activism during the time of the Vietnam war, Womens Liberation and Indigenous Land Rights, it is part memoir, part biography and looks at 20 activists including Gary Foley and Margaret Reynolds. The book launches in Melbourne on Thursday, 6pm at Trades Hall.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Arie HuygbretsNewsreportsDiscussion and reports from the presenters drawing on the following articles.NSW teachers strike, rally against staff shortages Johnson ‘apologises unreservedly' over No 10 Christmas party videoOmicron a reminder that global solidarity is needed to overcome COVID-19Interviews and DiscussionsInterview with author Maree Roberts who recently wrote and published The Impossible History of Trotskys Sister which is a historical novel released this year that centres on Olga Kameneva the sister of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky given a another imagined life in post-World War Two Australia. Maree spoke about some of the historical and political influences that informed her writing of the novel including reading out a passage from the text. You can listen to the individual interview here. You can also purchase the novel from her website using the following link: http://mareefroberts.com.au/index.html  Interview and discussion with Sara Sinada who is a member of the Sudanese community in Melbourne and active in building solidarity with the on-going protest movement in Sudan about some of the recent developments within the movement mobilising against the attempted millitary coup. You can listen to the individual interview here. Interview with Patrica Ranalad the co-convenor of the Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network about the issues related to global vaccine inequality where issues of intellectual property rights and greed of pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer has created a situation where the majority of the global south remains unvaccinated compared to rich western countries. You can listen to the individual interview here.   

 This week on the program we look at COVID-19 vaccine access and inequality.We begin with an interview with Nadia Mattiazzo, acting CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria, about how the COVID-19 vaccine roll out is going for people with disabilities and what is stopping women with disabilities from accessing the vaccine.Then we speak with Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor of Public Health at La Trobe University, about global vaccine inequality, and the push to waive intellectual property rights to break the monopolies of pharmaceutical companies and allow developing countries to make their own COVID-19 vaccines and medical products to fight the pandemic.Support Amnesty International's campaign for vaccine equality here, or visit the Australian Fair Trade and Investments Network for more information.

Headlines Lockdown extendedKatie HopkinsCuba Protests Eid-al-Adha on 19 Julydiscrimination against MuslimsWe listen to Jacob's discussion with Dr Patricia Ranald, the convenor of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network. They spoke about vaccine inequity between high and low-income countries and the call to support the proposal for a temporary waiver of patent monopolies on COVID-19 vaccines and treatmentsWe hear from Didin (Harapian Fian https://harapanfian.org/ ) and Alex about the urgent Covid-19 crisis in Indonesia, with LGBT and marginalised communities supporting each other amidst government abandonment. Donate to the gofundme here https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-covid-relief-indonesiaWe Speak with Felicity Marlowe, the co-founder and director of Rainbow Families, to discuss the lack of questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and variations of sex characteristics in the 2021 Census. Check out Rainbow Door for additional resources.SongsTu Quiero Olvidar - Salt CathedralHump the Beach - KalbellsJosh - Peach PRC

Monday Breakfast 19 July 2021//with Phuong and Jacob// 7.00AM: Scheherazade Bluol from Women on the Line speaks to Eugenia Flynn, and Tasnim Sammak about Black Australia to Palestine Solidarity in Decolonial Struggle.// 7.35AM: Jacob speaks to Dr Patricia Ranald from the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network about the movement to change World Trade Organisation trading rules to allow low income countries access to COVID vaccines. You can get involved by sending a letter to your MP to lobby for the Australian government to support these changes. Head to the AFTINET website for more info.// 7.50AM: Marisa Sposaro from Doin' Time chats with Activist, Actor and Elder, Uncle Jack Charles, about his appearance on the SBS program ‘‘Who Do You Think Are'. // 8.10AM: Jiselle Hanna from Accent of Women speaks on the inquest into the death of Raymond Noel Lindsay Thomas.// SONGS:Neon Moon by Miiesha & The Woorabinda Singers//Little Things by Ziggy Ramo & Paul Kelly

This week we talk with Dr Patricia Ranald from the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network about the recent in principle free trade agreement made between the UK and Australia. We talk about some of the concerns raised about the exploitation of farm workers and animal welfare standards. We also talk about the lack of transparency and democratic processes surrounding the making of the agreement.

[00:00:00] Hellos & Welcome[00:10:00] Alternative News [00:16:00] We talk to Dr Patricia Ranald, University of Sydney and Convener, Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network regarding her recent article ‘Another Australian miner sues another poor country, this time Barrick’s Porgera in PNG’ discussing the increasing practise of Multi-national corporations in suing developing countries for perceived losses under Investor-State Dispute Settlement clauses often included in Free Trade Agreements. The discussion is split into two parts, firstly what is going on in Papua New Guinea and secondly, Investor-State Dispute Settlement cases broader impact on world trade.[0:48:00] We speak with Angela Hesson & Meg Slater, two of the five curators of the upcoming exhibit NGV QUEER. Featuring over 300 artworks within the existing NGV collection, NGV Queer will explore queer concepts as well reveal the queer stories that are often hidden within artworks. We discuss how queer culture is expressed through art as well as how it varies with time and place. We also discuss how the curation process has highlighted missing narratives and gaps within the NGV collection, bringing forth discussions of how art has historically been acquired and collected.[1:11:47] Tram Thoughts – this week we discuss bikes and bike policy in Australia. What is our current policy around bike infrastructure, are we doing enough? We muse over a few post-COVID opportunities to increase our bike usage.

 Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly In episode 8 of Liberation Loops, Carly speaks with Simon Clough. Simon is currently the culture and practice manager of Brook RED a peer led mental health service. Simon is a passionate advocate for lived-experience practice, learning to live with his own mental health concerns and using them to assist others.  Timmah Ball reads her recent piece ‘Imaginary Conversations about the Past and the Future’.Timmah is an emerging nonfiction writer of Ballardong Noongar heritage whose writing is influenced by studying and working in urban planning. In 2016 she won the Westerly magazine Patricia Hackett Prize, and her writing has appeared in a range of anthologies and literary journals. Max speaks with Dr Patricia Ranald, convener of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network and a research fellow at University of Sydney, about how mining companies, Big Pharma and other global corporations use trade agreements to pressure and sue governments. They discuss how this has occurred recently in relation to essential COVID-19 public health measures. We hear soundscapes of Tanger, Morocco produced – as part of a workshop run by Chloé Despax in collaboration with Think Tanger – by two participants, Bill and Amina. Think Tanger is an organisation that looks into the social impacts of urbanisation in the northern city.  Max speaks with Paul Kidd from Fitzroy legal service about their new Covid policing service - a free information and advice phone service for people who have been stopped, questioned, fined, and/or charged for breaching the new COVID-19 restrictions.

[0:00:00] Acknowledgement of Country.[0:33:00] Professor Billie Giles-Corti from RMIT University, who is also director of the Urban Futures Enabling Capability platform, joins us in discussion about how city and urban design influences our wellbeing. We chat about the Biophilia Hypothesis (BET) which suggests that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life. [0:49:00] Scott Jordan from the Bob Brown Foundation joins us for an update on the Tarkine Region in Tasmania.Tarkine Defenders continue to stand strong against logging and timber mill companies in the Tarkine. [1:03:00] We discuss the PACER agreement, a free trade agreement made between Australia and some of its closest neighbours, with Dr Patricia Ranald, convenor at the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network. Completed in 2017, the PACER agreement has only been signed by 2 out of the 14 states - and major neighbour economies such as the PNG, refuse to sign. We discuss the critiques and logistics behind the agreement. Head to the link for more information http://aftinet.org.au/cms/[1:18:00] Doctor Niamatullah Ibrahimi from La Trobe University speaks to us about U.S. plans to retreat from Afghanistan and the negotiations and peace deals taking place between the Taliban, U.S. and Afghanistan Government to facilitate this.  

In this episode we take you into the murky world of global trade deals - including the secretive tribunals where companies get to sue governments for billions. Join us for this interview with the wonderful Dr Patricia Ranald, Convener of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network.

When tobacco company Philip Morris sued Australia over our plain packaging laws, it's fair to say we were taken by surprise. How can a foreign company take a nation's government to tribunal for protecting its citizens health? The answer is Investor State Dispute Settlement, an obscure clause in free trade agreements allowing corporations to sue foreign governments for what it perceives be unfair discrimination. In practice, this tends to end up happening over regulations in two area: health and the environment. This episode unpacks how ISDS could put a stranglehold on regulations and policies that put people ahead of profit. Producer/Presenter: Cheyne Anderson. Featuring:Dr Patricia Ranald - Convenor of Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network.Dr Carl Rhodes - Professor of Organisational Studies at the University of Technology Sydney. Matthew Rimmer - Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law at the Queensland University of Technology. Max Bonnell - Partner, White and Case.

When tobacco company Philip Morris sued Australia over our plain packaging laws, it's fair to say we were taken by surprise. How can a foreign company take a nation's government to tribunal for protecting its citizens health?The answer is Investor State Dispute Settlement, an obscure clause in free trade agreements allowing corporations to sue foreign governments for what it perceives to be unfair discrimination. In practice, this tends to end up happening over regulations in two areas: health, and the environment.This episode unpacks how ISDS could put a stranglehold on regulations and policies that put people ahead of profit.Producer/Presenter:Cheyne AndersonSpeakers:Dr Patricia Ranald, Convener of Australian Fair Trade and Investment NetworkDr Carl Rhodes, Professor of Organizational Studies at the University of Technology SydneyMatthew Rimmer, Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law at the Queensland University of TechnologyMax Bonnell, Partner White & Case

You may have heard of it, but you just as likely have not. It's the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or the TPP, a highly secretive free trade deal between 11 pacific nations - including Australia - which may see massive ramifications in the efficacy of our laws to regulate the ambitions of global corporations. As for the economic benefits, they have not been convincing to the likes of Pat Ranald, convenor of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, who have been raising the alarm bells about the TPP for nearly a decade. SubjectACT's Nathan Gubler spoke with Pat Ranald, and asked about the sorts of damage we might see the TPP impose(or, as it is now known, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership). And with the signing of the newly revamped TPP not long away, what can be done before or after? Image by DonkeyHotey (https://www.flickr.com/photos/donkeyhotey/10734398214) via Creative Commons licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) This interview was aired on 27th February, 2018. Join us each weekday morning at 8:30am on 2XX FM 98.3 SubjectACT for local current affairs, or stream on 2xxfm.org.au/listen. Find this and other episodes in podcast form on Soundcloud or the iTunes Store. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Subscribe to 2XX via www.2xxfm.org.au/support-2xx/subscribe/

Australia is currently part of negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership which is a secretive free trade deal between 12 countries led by the united states of america. Free trade agreements that the United States have negotiated in the past have undermined other countries' abilities to make and enforce their own laws. A few chapters leaked by Wikileaks, including a draft environment chapter, makes it seem like this will be more of the same. Guests:Dr Patricia Ranald from Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET)Uncle Michael Anderson, leader of the Sovereign Union and Euahlayi nation

Interview about the G20 and its free trade agenda, with Pat Ranald co-ordinator of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network. And in Mexico mass protests, led by the teachers union (CNTE), have been blocking roads and burning government buildings, after 43 students from a teachers college were disappeared by local authorities.   

Patricia Ranald, PhD of Sydney, Australian spokesperson for the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network.Interviewed on the underlying challenges of the secret TPPA, the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement and how it could adversely affect Australia.(And NZ). The TPPA originally started with NZ, Brunei, Singapore and Chile, but they have since been joined by the US and Australia and five other countries. US corporations are  setting the agenda. Australian civil society groups want the TPPA text to be made public and debated in Parliament before Government signs any agreement. Why? Because they already have a Free Trade deal with the USA. They have had no economic benefit and are importing more from America than they export. For example, Australian sugar farmers did not get any additional access to US markets. The US wants to include in the TPPA special rights for foreign investors to sue governments for damages in international tribunals if a law or policy harms their investment. This can undermine democratic health or other regulation by governments. For example, Philip Morris the tobacco corporation is using an obscure 1993 Hong Kong-Australia investment agreement to sue the Australian  Government for damages over its plain packaging legislation. They are persisting with the case despite the fact that the Australian High Court found that tobacco companies were not entitled to compensation for legitimate public health legislation. These tribunals do not have the safeguards of national systems. The proceedings are secret, arbitrators can be an arbitrator one week and an advocate the next, and there are no precedents or appeals, leading to inconsistent decisions.The general consensus is that these tribunals are biased in favour of corporate investors. The US corporate agenda is seen by a growing number of Australians as tying the hands of Government. This can prevent  present and future governments to regulate in many important matters, like access to medicine, keeping current environmental laws in place, health regulations, having 'No GE' labelling on food and not opening up essential services to international investors. The Australian slogan is “Fair Deal or No Deal for the TPPA” So far, there is no agreement that fundamental labour rights will be included and enforced  in the TPPA. These are  the freedom of association, the right to form unions, the right to collective bargaining, no forced labour, no child labour and no discrimination in the workplace. Without enforceable labour rights, increased trade can lead to a race to the bottom on working conditions. Finally, we see that the Australians are fighting the same battle for their sovereignty as we are here in NZ http://aftinet.org.auhttp://www.itsourfuture.org.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1303/S00033/tppa-academic-slams-report-pm-used-to-claim-35bn-gains .htm

Aired on 1 January 2009. 10 000 Riel and a Case of Wine Equivalent to around $2.50 - a paltry payout to displaced indigenous landholders in Cambodia, and also the name of a new documentary by a young Sydney film-maker. The documentary spolights some of the big players behind land-grabs in Cambodia; some transnational corporations fetching up to 100 million hectraes of land for aluminium smelters, logging and the like, leaving local communities without their livelihoods - but they're not going without a fight. SCAG and Direct Action Penalties The Chair of the Ministerial Council on Energy has asked the Standing Committee of Attourneys General, 'SCAG', to undertake a review of penalties that apply to unlawful disruption of energy facilities. The request emphasises, as a matter of urgency, the importance of protecting energy infrastructure and preserving energy security for "the Australian economy and way of life". This request comes alongside the Government's release of their 5% emissions reduction target and the expected demonstrations against what many are calling an inadequate response to climate change. NSW MP Lee Rhiannon spoke with The 3rd Degree's Libby King. Emissions Trading Schemes Following on from the release of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme White Paper, we take a closer look at the merits of an emissions trading scheme, and paint what international context we can expect for 2009. Is an ETS essentially 'privatising the air'? What does it mean for global trade agreements? Will it further increase international inequalities? This Week's Guests: Tim Frewer, Sydney student and maker of '10 000 Riel' talks us through some horrifying Cambodian and international land and environment politics; Adam Wolfenden from the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) talks about discriminatory trade agreements and emissions trading schemes. And we all battle with hangovers. Happy New Year :) Presenters: Nick Hollins and Tessa Dowdell