Tune in to in depth interviews and reports featuring environmental leaders and experts exploring the challenges, solutions and opportunities for our threatened ecologies, climate and civilisation. Presented and produced by Sean O’Shannessy on Bundjalung Country Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/EnvironmentalAsAnything (Feel free to rebroadcast any content from this podcast for non commercial purposes with proper attribution) https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentalAsAnything/ Tune in to the Environmental as Anything Show live on 92.9 River FM every Saturday 2-5pm AEST http://2ncr.org.au/streaming.html
Episodes
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Sail4Sanity, Reserve Bank Insanity & the Voice of Reason
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
On this weeks show:
- Sail4Sanity - Two Illawarra grandfathers are sailing and paddling a kayak between two of Australia’s key coal ports, Port Kembla and Newcastle, to draw attention to the need to halt the burning of fossil fuels, while hopefully demonstrating that a great deal of fun can be had in water craft that don’t burn up the planet. Calling for more immediate and effective action by our government to reduce fossil fuel mining and effectively address climate change. They hope to connect with politicians and climate action groups at events along the way and to encourage people to get involved in the Rising Tide Protest. Tom Hunt spoke to Environmental as Anything on his epic voyage.
- https://sail4sanity.au/ - Prof Bill Mitchell is one of Australia's most emminent economists. Last week the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised interest rates for the 13th time. He spoke to Sean O'Shannessy and said the RBA's broken policies are transferring income and wealth from poor to rich at rates not seen before in this country. The inflationary episode is a supply-side phenomenon and the major drivers will not fall as a result of interest rate increases, in fact they are actually causing inflation.The RBA is systematically wiping out wealth at the bottom end and transferring to the top end. - RBA monetary policy decision represents a terminally broken policy model in Australia
- Violet Coco - The Coco Report - Across Australia people are rising up against the madness of ecological destruction and for a safer more just society. The front lines of that struggle are held by courageous humans like Violet Coco. She joins us again to keep us all up to date on the events we can all become part of to strengthen our case for a viable future for us all.
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Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Flames Rise Around Us with Democracy Facing Trial and Denial
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Our fire seasons keep getting hotter and longer. The world has been burning all year, North America is ablaze, and Queensland has suffered tragic losses to the out of control fires burning there. Here in NSW we are yet to see the worst of it but our courageous fireies are breathing a sigh of relief as rains fall to dampen the dozens of fires threatening a Black Spring. Daniel Ainsworth from the Northern Rivers Regional Fire Service (RFS) joins Environmental as Anything to report on the progress of their ceaseless vigil over our fire safety.
Meanwhile across Australia the legitimacy of democracy is under threat as citizens are charged with speaking the truth while the climate criminals walk away scott free. We have reports from canberra and Grafton where The APPEA5 and Ellis Forest Protectors faced court for peacefully resisting extinction.
Denialists continue to badger the adults in the room with their ignorance. Every now and then they actually get a chance to have their delusions comprehensively put to bed by a truly emmminent scientist. This week in the NSW Parlliamentary Inquiry into the ALP's Zero Futures Bill which proposes to weaken our climate targets, MP for the LDP John Ruddick, dusted off his Phd in Non Seqiturs from Dunning Kurger University and challenged former cheif scientist of Australia Prof Penny Sackett to explain why he didn't understand the climate emergency. She knocked his mischevious questions out of the park with grace and dignity. We have an illuminating extract from that exchange and more from the bipartisan committee looking into that legislation.
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Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
In this weeks show:
- A report on the Brisbane Magistrates Court appearance by the "Parliament 14" climate activists charged under the criminal code with “disturbing the legislature”, which carries a maximum sentence of 3 years in jail.
- Activist, educator, academic & writer, Aidan Ricketts shares his analysis of the current state of anti-protest laws in Australia.
- Sue Higginson explains how the NSW ALP government's climate targets are actually weaker than the former LNP government's regulations
- Violet Coco joins us with an update from the fornt lines of the climate rebellion
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Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Aussie Freedom to Protest Under Attack in Tassie, Canberra and Brisbane
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Aussie's freedom of speech, assembly and association are under a nationwide concerted attack.
Dr. Colette Harmsen, released on Friday 13/10/23 from her three months sentence in Tasmania and prison for having stood up for the protection of our precious native forests spoke to Sean O'Shannessy on the day of her release about her reasons for taking the actions that got her locked up, her experience of prison and her intentions for future actions for our environment.
In this episode of Environmental as Anything we also speak to a couple of other people who are facing down the threat of some fairly stiff penalties for their courageous and peaceful actions to try to highlight the climate emergency and to persuade governments, in both in Brisbane and in the ACT to do something effective about it.
John Wurker from Extinction Rebellion ACT brings us his story as one of the 'APPEA 5', who stood up against the fossil fuel industry headquarters there in Canberra, blocking several of their entrances for a couple of hours and are now charged with "unreasonable obstruction"
Sasha Seindl from XR Brisbane, who was part of the 'Parliament 14', the group of citizens who spent three minutes in the gallery of the Queensland Parliament calling for an end to new coal gas and oil exploration and and development and are now facing the possibility of three years in prison for being charged with "Disturbing the Legislature".
We also have Lismore as leading legal expert on the defense of the protectors of our climate and forests. Eddie Lloyd criminal lawyer who has been defending environment protectors through the courts and has got a unique perspective on the legal issues not only here but around the country and she joins us to wrap up the show with an analysis of the bigger picture.
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Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
The fundamental freedoms of all Aussies are under attack from dark forces that would silence us and shackle and oppress us. On this week's show we shine a light on three courageous campaigns to stand up and be heard against the will of the corporate capitalist state
- John Shipton - Free Assange
https://www.assangecampaign.org.au/
- Tahlia Stolarski - Disrupt Burup Hub
https://www.disruptburruphub.com/
- Rachel Perkins on the Indigenous Voice
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Sunday Oct 01, 2023
The Voice Referendum and the Future of Fire
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Dr Steve Sutton has nearly two decades of experience working in and researching bushfires . As Chief Fire Control Officer in the Northern Territory, Steve was responsible for Territory-wide bushfire control, hazard reduction and bushfire mitigation, and oversaw the operations of the Territory’s volunteer bushfire brigades. He is an advocate for grass-roots initiatives to weave networks of belonging that foster resilience to climate change and disasters. He spoke to Sean O'Shannessy on Environmental as Anything in his capacity as a member of the Emergency Leaders for Climate Action, about the state of preparedness of our governments and agencies for the oncoming fire season
Kerry O'Brien is a living legend of Australian journalism. He has been tirelessly touring the the nation trying to cut through the clouds of disinformation around the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum with his typically sharp factual analysis. Param Berg caught his speech at the Rally for a Voice in Lismore on Sat 30 Sept '23
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Monday Sep 25, 2023
ADF Whistleblower & Bushfire Survivor Fight for Justice from the Feds
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
David McBride blew the whistle on the culture of covering up murder in the Australian Defense Forces, now he is facing 50years in prison for his courageous defense of the ANZAC tradition. Sean O'Shannessy spoke to him on how and why he did what he did and what is next for this story.
https://www.davidmcbride.com.au/
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Jo Dodds is the President of the Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action. She is living on the NSW South Coast where this week dozens of schools had to be shut in the face of "catastrophic" fire conditions (in mid spring) . She spoke to Environmental as Anything about the feelings of her community in this stressful time and their calls for an pause on all fossil fool development until the federal environment laws have been made fit for purpose.
https://www.bushfiresurvivors.org/
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Monday Sep 25, 2023
Justice for Forest Protectors & Peace for Flood Survivors in Lismore
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
This week in Lismore Local Court forest protector MJ Johnston had her day in court and had ALL charges dismissed by the magistrate. This momentous result was due in large part to the tenacious persistence and powerful advocacy of solicitor Eddie Lloyd. arguing that a person of such good character standing up for community values does not deserve to face punishment. Sean O'Shannessy interviewed these two extraordinary women to get their story on how and why this legal outcome was necessary and possible.
Trevor Acfield is a social scientist with a background in dealing with issues of housing and community development. He is also a Sth Lismore resident and survivor of the climate emergency floods that devastated Lismore in Feb 2022. He spoke to Environmental as Anything about the process of developing a rational policy response to flood emergencies and the political obstacles that stand in the way of implementing it.
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Monday Sep 25, 2023
Lismore City of Misrule and Byron’s Threats to Nature- Tales of Two Councils
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
There is a widespread view in the community that Lismore City is still reeling from the catastrophic climate emergency floods of 2022, largely because the Lismore City Council is a chamber of horrors run by a pack of clowns. Adam Guise is one of the minority of councilors committed to dealing with the real issues that confront his city of housing and habitat. He joins Environmental as anything fresh from this months shambolic council meeting to share his perspective on what went on there.
Brunswick Heads is an idyllic coastal village in the Byron Shire whose character and charm rests on its natural beaty. Unfortunately the qualities that make the district an international tourist mecca are under threat from rampant developers. Meg Neilsen from Celebrating Earth and Art interviewed local Ecologist James Barrie on the threats to Brunswick Heads' Scribbly Gums.
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Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Forest Progress Mid NCoast to Victoria
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Gumbaynggirr custodian Sandy Greenwood, NEFA's Dailan Pugh and Fiona York fromthe Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) in Victoria discuss the state of play in our forests from the mid North Coast NSW to Victoria.
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