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Piper Rollins is the climate campaigner for the Australian Conservation Foundation. Today we're speaking to Piper about the reef-themed rally that will be occurring outside of the Australian federal court hearing here in Naarm against Woodside's North West Shelf Extension. The rally will be held on the 21st of July from 8-9am and aims to support ACF's court case against Woodside's gas project which could threaten Australia's reefs from the Ningaloo to the Barrier Reef, putting them at risk of irreversible climate damage and threatening the homes of marine life. To find out more about the rally on the 21st of July against Woodside's North West Shelf Extension that threatens major climate damage, head to https://community.acf.org.au/demonstration.   Emily Stephenson is an educator and social-emotional learning specialist based in Thailand working at the intersection of education and mental health. Recently, she spoke to Kannagi for 3CR's Women on the Line about creating safe, inclusive spaces for students, challenging systems that prioritise compliance and conformity at the expense of belonging and student wellbeing, her experience working with and supporting neurodiverse students across cultures, and the systemic failings of schooling structures around the world. This interview first aired on 3CR on 22 June 2026. You can listen to the full conversation by going to 3cr.org.au/womenontheline. Women on the Line is a radical intersectional current affairs program, making space for the voices of women and gender diverse people. It airs on Monday morning from 8:30-9:00am.   Bee, Rising Red Lantern founder and Asian migrant project lead at Vixen, Victoria's sex worker organisation, is here to speak about the upcoming fundraiser with Empower Foundation, Thailand's iconic sex worker organisation that was established 40 years ago. Join Empower and Vixen for a viewing of Empower's first feature length film High Heels, and a special live performance of Reality Theatre, followed by a discussion led by Empower themselves Later on, we'll be hearing from Oa from Empower Foundation, who will speak more about the organisation. To find out more about A Night With Empower Foundation, go to vixen.org.au or head to @vixenworkers on Instagram. Oa, from Empower Foundation in Thailand, sent us a short message which she tells us about the 40-year history of Empower Foundation, and some of the campaigns and organising that is taking place by and for sex workers in Thailand.   Vivienne Gay is a local musician and member of 44 Flats United. Vivienne joins us today to talk about the community at the Inkerman Street flats in St Kilda and their recent challenges with a pest infestation and the actions the residents have had to take to combat this issue. Vivienne is also here to talk about her involvement in 44 Flats United and the need to protect public housing. To find out more about 44 Flats United you can head to 44fu.org  or @44_flatsunited. Janet Craven is a Director at ICAN Australia, and Merewalesi Tuilau, Director of the Fiji Nuclear Veterans and Families Association. They are on today's program to talk about Tonga's recent accession to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the history of nuclear testing in the Pacific, and continued calls for the Australian government to sign the treaty. To learn more, head to https://icanw.org.au/  Songs:The arrival - Yan QingVivienne Gay - Bug problem Events:- Hear Her Breathe permaculture course, 6-week course, starting today 12:30pm. Go to hearbreathe.wordpress.com, 3CR listeners get a 20% discount (Code: 3CR202620)- July 17, 10am, Uncle Robbie vs Governor of Victoria for Trespass Charge, Melbourne Magistrates Court- July 18, 'New International Bookshop' BIG RED BOOK FAIR (10am-5pm)- July 18, 11 am, People's Cup, Footscray, Footscray Park- July 18, 4pm-6pm, Know Your Rights at Work workshop by Migrant Workers' Centre, Darebin Intercultural Centre, 350 High Street Preston

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:NT government replace transit and public housing safety officers with armed police//Palestine solidarity activists appear in court in Magan-djin/Brisbane//Calls to expel Israeli ambassador after flotilla abuse denials//Albanese government rejects majority of UN Universal Periodic Review recommendations//Kanaky elections impacted by French colonial interference//We listened to one of the speeches from the community Town Hall Meeting to 'Stop the Plumpton AI data centre planned for Melbourne's West' held on Thursday 25 June at Sydenham Neighbourhood House. In this speech, AJ Harris-Peixoto took attendees through a presentation on data centre-related issues facing the community. Thank you to Amy from 3CR's Kill Your Lawn for sharing the recording - you can catch Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence every week on 3CR Fridays 9:00am to 10:00am. Stay tuned to 3CR's Breakfast programs to hear more audio from this Town Hall.// Researchers Dr Meagan Dewar (Federation University Australia) and Dr Sara Ryding (Deakin University) joined us to discuss the implications and emergency management of the highly infectious H5N1 strain of avian flu, which has now been detected in four migratory seabirds (including skuas and giant petrels) in Western Australia and one in South Australia since the first Australian case was identified nearly two weeks ago. Meagan is a wildlife biologist and lecturer at Federation University Australia researching infectious diseases in seabirds. Sara is an evolutionary ecologist researching bird movements, and how bird movements influence disease incursion risk, including for avian influenza into Australia.From the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: If you notice sick or dead birds or other animals, you should not touch them. If there are multiple dead birds or other animals, take photos or a video. Record your location and report it to the 24-hour Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.// Stephanie Bashir, CEO of Nexa Advisory and a leading voice in Australia's energy transformation, speaks with us about how the surge in Australian data centre construction driven by generative AI risks pushing up power bills and climate pollution. Informed by the latest report by Climate Council ''Clouded future: Managing risks of the data centre boom'', Inez and Stephanie talked about the implications of this boom and what we can do to take action. Stephanie has over two decades of experience driving major reforms across consumer energy, renewables, battery storage, and grid integration. She is widely recognized for her ability to turn complex energy challenges into actionable, real-world solutions that accelerate the clean energy transition.// Merewalesi Tuilau (Fiji Nuclear Veterans and Families Association) and Samuel Barton (President of the Marshall Islands Student Association in Fiji) spoke about the 80th anniversary of the advent of nuclear testing in the Pacific, which occurred yesterday (Wednesday the 1st of July). Both Mere and Samuel have travelled to Australia as part of the Pacific Peace Pilgrimage, which shines a light on the history and intergenerational impacts of nuclear ‘testing' in the Pacific region, including in Australia. The Pilgrimage is coordinated by ICAN Australia alongside The Quakers and the Pacific Conference of Churches, welcoming nuclear-impacted communities from the Pacific and Australia for a series of events which will highlight pathways towards nuclear justice in the region and call for a future that is decolonised, demilitarised, denuclearised and decarbonised. Listen back to Wednesday Breakfast's interview this week with fellow Pacific Peace Pilgrimage delegate Reverend James Bhagwan of the Pacific Council of Churches. Join Samuel and Frances Namoumou of the Pacific Conference of Churches this Friday 3 July at Balam Balam Place, Brunswick, for the public event ‘Commemorating the legacy of nuclear detonations in the Pacific: 30 years on.'// Events on Saturday 4 July:3CR's 50th Birthday Celebration, 11AM-4PM, Collingwood Town Hall//Counter Protest: Smash Transphobia!, 11:30AM, Parliament House Steps//Anti-Imperialist Rally (LASNET), 12PM, State Library of Victoria//Protest - Close Pine Gap, 1:30PM, Defence Plaza (661 Bourke St, Melbourne)//Football is For All World Cup Screenings, Egypt vs Australia 4AM, Argentina vs Cabo Verde 8AM, Colombia vs Ghana 11:30AM, IPCS (78-80 Curzon St, North Melbourne)// Photo by NOAA on Unsplash.

Recordings from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Australia online event that brought together survivors, artists, campaigners and parliamentarians to reflect on Hiroshima's legacy - and the urgent task of disarmament on the 80 th Anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday 6 August,  2025.Featuring MC Scott Ludlam - Writer, former Greens Senator and lifelong national and international campaigner for peace and climate justice; Isao Morimoto – Second-generation Hibakusha and son of the late author/illustrator Junko Morimoto, sharing personal reflections on his mother's life and survival; and Gem Romuld – Director, ICAN Australia, leading national efforts to promote the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and challenge Australia's support for nuclear militarism.

In the lead up to the National Day of Action Against Nuclear Power on March 11, the anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, we return to look at some of the major issues with Dutton's nuclear reactor proposal that would see nuclear reactors replace coal fired power stations or retired coal sites at: Tarong and Callide in Queensland; Liddell and Mount Piper in NSW; Port Augusta in SA; Muja in WA, and Loy Yang in Victoria, in the Latrobe Valley.We hear from Wendy Farmer, Gippsland organiser with Yes to Renewables - Friends of the Earth's campaign for 100% renewable energy, climate jobs, and strong communities and Dr. Margie Beavis from the Medical Association for Prevention on War speaking at the Nukes Free Gathering in Naarm-Melbourne on the February 2.  Then we're joined by  Stephanie Sabrinskas, organiser with the Nuclear Free Gippsland Alliance who are actively campaigning across Gunai Kurnai Country to raise awareness of the harms of nuclear energy and uranium mining.We also catch up with Annette Brownlie from the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network to hear about their activities for the Global Day of Action to #CloseBases.  For further questions please contact Annette Brownlie 0431 597 256.Events Listing:The following actions will take place at these sites across Australia for Global Day of Action to #CloseBases.Sydney, NSW: 2.00pm, Saturday 22 Feb. Garden Island Naval Base Sydney, Cowper Wharf Rd and Wylde St, Potts Point.Brisbane, QLD: 1.00 – 5.30pm Saturday 22 Feb. St Barnabas Church Hall (The Barney), 28 St Barnabas Pl, Red HillCairns, QLD: 2.00 – 4.00pm, Saturday 22 Feb. HMAS Cairns, 54 Draper St, PortsmithCanberra, ACT: 2:00-3:00pm, Sunday 23 Feb. Outside the US Embassy Moonah Pl, Yarralumla.Rockingham, WA: 5.30pm, Sunday 23 Feb. HMAS Stirling Naval Base Gates, HMAS Stirling Pass Office.'First Nations and nuclear power: our people, our Country, our animals'Thursday 27 Feb, 12pm - 1pm AEDT.  Free event. Register here.First Nations speakers on our lived experience of the effects of the nuclear industry on their communities, and what a domestic nuclear power industry would mean.'Nuclear Weapons X Climate Collapse: Countering Humanity's Twin Existential Threats'Thursday 27 Feb 2025, 6-7pm.  Drill Hall, Multicultural Hub, 26 Therry StreetMelbourne. Free & Wheelchair Accessible Event. Register here.Presented By International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Australia.  As part of this year's National Sustainability Festival, ICAN Australia will be joined by experts from Youngsolwara, The Australia Institute, and Doctors for the Environment Australia to discuss the twin existential threats of nuclear weapons and climate change, and what needs to happen to avert catastrophe.'Backyard Party Fundraiser'Friday 28 Feb, 6-11pm.  Come and join us for a night of dancing and connection, raising for these three incredible services and initiatives, Crime Scene Australia, Grandmothers Against Removals and Support for displaced Sudanese Peoples. Tickets here.'Remembering Fukushima: Nuclear Never Safe'Tuesday 11 March, 5.30PM.  State Library of Victoria. Rally and march.'Fukushima Never Again: Radiation risk of a nuclear accident in the Australian Context' Tuesday 11 March 7-8pm AEDT. Register for this webinar.Don't Nuke the Climate for an in depth discussion on the radiation risks communities close to nuclear reactors would face in case of an accident. Speakers: Dr Tilman Ruff, Medical Association for Prevention of War, Dr Jim Green, National Nuclear Campaigner Friends of the Earth, Sakyo Noda, Japanese monitoring volunteer after Fukushima disaster. MC Nelli Stevenson. Music:  Poli Pearl 'Raw'

On today's Radioactive Show we travel to Meanjin, Brisbane, to hear direct from the nuclear free movement at the Australian Labor Party National Conference. We hear from Gem Romuld, national director for ICAN Australia, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Gem takes us through ICAN's position coming into the ALP national conference, and assesses whether the ALP are standing up to their commitment to sign onto the Treaty to Ban the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Later in the show we hear from activist Jaimie Jeffries, she organises with the No Aukus coalition Victoria. Jaimie takes us to the scene of the rally outside the ALP National Conference and the coalition of strong voices speaking up for an alternative future. Find out more about ICAN at: https://icanw.org.au/Find out more about the Anti-Aukus Coalition: https://antiaukuscoalition.org/

Many superannuation funds exclude so-called ‘controversial weapons' from their investments, but consumers don't know that nuclear weapons are not defined as controversial.New research from the Australia Institute and Quit Nukes reveals most major Australian superannuation funds have holdings in nuclear weapons companies, such as Airbus, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.Recorded live on 7 December 2021 and things may have changed since recording.The Australia Institute // @theausinstituteHost: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, Australia Institute // @ebony_bennettGuests:Bill Browne, senior researcher, Democracy & Accountablity program // @Browne90Liam Carter, Anne Kantor Fellow // @liamcarter_auMargaret Beavis, co-chair ICAN Australia, Quit Nukes VP // @margaretbeavisProducer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermaceyAdditional editing Elisa KloserTheme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

In this episode Jonathan chats with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tilman Ruff on his lifelong pursuit of a world free of nuclear weapons.Tilman Ruff AO is an infectious diseases and public health physician, with particular focus on the urgent planetary health imperative to eradicate nuclear weapons. His work also addresses the broader public health dimensions of nuclear technology.He is Associate Professor in the Nossal Institute for Global Health in the School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. Dr Ruff has since 2012 been a co-president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW, Nobel Peace Laureate 1985), and has previously served as Asia-Pacific Vice-President, Boston-based Consultant on Policy and Programs, and Board member. He is a co-founder and was founding international and Australian chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), and serves on the Committee of ICAN Australia. ICAN was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize “... for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". ICAN is the first Australian-born Nobel Peace Laureate.Dr Ruff has been active in the Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia) since 1982 and is a past national president. He was one of two civil society advisors to the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, the first civil society representative on Australian nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty delegations, and a civil society delegate to the landmark intergovernmental Conferences on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Norway, Mexico and Austria (2013-14). In 2017, he led the IPPNW delegation in New York through the negotiation of the historic United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.Dr Ruff has clinical interests in immunisation and travel medicine, and was the inaugural head of travel medicine at Fairfield Hospital and then Royal Melbourne Hospital. He served as Australian Red Cross international medical advisor from 1996 to 2019. Dr Ruff worked on hepatitis B control and maternal and child health in Indonesia and Pacific island countries with the Australian and NZ government aid programs, Burnet Institute, UNICEF and WHO. He spent five years as regional medical director for an international vaccine manufacturer.In June 2012, Dr Ruff was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the promotion of peace as an advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and to public health through the promotion of immunisation programs in the South-East Asia - Pacific region". In 2019, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) “For distinguished service to the global community as an advocate for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and to medicine.”

On Sunday 10 November 2019, CICD celebrated its 60th Anniversary. There were number of brilliant speakers.In today’s program you will hear Zachary Doney CICD media committee member and Dr Margaret Beavis vice president of MAPW and co-chair of ICAN (Australia) speaking about peace, CICD, ICAN campaigns for peace and Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

On the show with Eiddwen, Judith and Will || PUSH! Organising and Educating to Build A United Front Against Fascism is a new anti-fascist organisation that has come out strongly against the Home Affairs Department's lack of decision on whether or not to approve Chelsea Manning's visa. Debbie Brennan from PUSH! comes on the show to tell us more || September 5th is unofficially nominated as International Indigenous Women's Day. To mark this, we hear from Indigenous Rights Radio, who tell us about the execution of Bartolina Sisa (an 18th century Indigenous freedom fighter) and ask why Indigenous women's contributions are so poorly recognised || Cultural Historian Dr Tim Jones comes into 3CR to give us a brief history of Pentecostal Christianity. Scott Morrison is Australia's first Pentecostal Prime Minister: what might this mean || Nobel Peace Ride: We hear from the launch of the ride by Anti-Nuclear activists ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons), bringing their Nobel Peace Prize medal from Melbourne to Canberra. ICAN wants to encourage PM Scott Morrison to sign and ratify the Nuclear Ban Treaty. Lavanya Pant from ICAN Australia calls in to tell us about the ride ||

Karun Cowper speaks with anti-nuclear activists Jessica Lawson and Jemila Rushton about the generations of anti-nuclear activists, military whistleblowers, founders of ICAN Australia, the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, and staunch traditional owners whom are all presently participating in the Radioactive Exposure Tour in South Australia.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Australian -founded International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in Norway on International Human Rights Day on December 10th. Australian campaigners and supporters gathered in Melbourne Town Hall to celebrate and watch the ceremony. In this week’s show, we’ll first hear from The Nobel Prize chairperson Berit Reiss-Andersen. 3CR’s Judith Peppard then speaks to ICAN Australia’s Outreach Coordinator, Gem Rumold, outside Melbourne Town Hall. We’ll also hear from Indigenous anti-nuclear activist Karina Lester from South Australia, and Fijian campaigner Vanessa Griffen, before returning to the ceremony to give the closing words of the show to Setsuko Thurlow, a Japanese–Canadian nuclear disarmament campaigner who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.  Music is by Kate Vigo and Do the Robot

Wednesday Breakfast 13th of DecemberPresenters, Nick Wallis and Patty Beggs.Early childhood: Dr Avis Ridgway speaks about the pleather of ways cultures and the importance of instilling a pedagogy of play. ICAN and Can do attitude wins a Nobel Peace prize: A number of Australians who were instrumental in setting up ICAN…travelled to Oslo for the ceremony. Other ICAN members and supporters watched it at Melbourne Town Hall and Gem Rumold was one of them. Gem is the Outreach Coordinator for ICAN Australia spoke with Judith.News Of the Day: Blockchain???: Dr Jason Potts imagines this new technology to have the ability to revolutionise the value system to which ew work from. Conversation "Bitcoin may be reaching new heights, but the ASX shows the blockchain is reinventing business". Live broadcast: Nick Wallis takes us through the Ethnogenesis symposium 2017 retrospectively while offering a small recap of the Enpsychedelia live broadcast that took place amongst many other talks and discussion.