Environmental as Anything Interviews

ADF Whistleblower & Bushfire Survivor Fight for Justice from the Feds

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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Justice for Forest Protectors & Peace for Flood Survivors in Lismore

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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Lismore City of Misrule and Byron’s Threats to Nature- Tales of Two Councils

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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Forest Progress Mid NCoast to Victoria

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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Al Oshlack and Sue Higginson on the Legal Situation for Native Forests

Our Native Forests are under assault from powerful forces under the control of the NSW government.

Self described "bush lawyer", Al Oshlack has been working with the Gumabngyirr people of the Mid North Coast to launch legal action to protect their lands. He speaks to us about the success of this strategy this week.

Sue Higginson (MLC) works in the NSW Parliament's Upper House (and across the community) to defend nature. She has some good news from there of progress toward a Nature Positive future for NSW.

Both spoke to Environmental as Anything's Sean O'Shannessy on Saturday 26/8/23

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Bob Brown & Felictiy Wade Share Their Views on the ALP National Conference

On 19/8/23 the Australian Labor Party (ALP) held its once a term National Conference in Meanjin Brisbane. Bob Brown and Felicity Wade have been fighting for our native forests for many decades and each of them turned up to make their voices heard in their own ways. Bob outside with a large vociferous crowd of people energised for an end to Native forest logging and Fellicity inside with the Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN) team pushing for the Labor powerbrokers to listen to the urgent need for nature positive policies to be adopted by Australia's self declared natural party of government.

Sean O'Shannessy recorded them both speaking on the issues for Environmental as Anything.

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Lismore Rallies to End Native Forest Logging

Native forest logging has lost its last vestiges of social license in Australia as thousands of Australians have rallied nationwide to finally protect our carbon sinks, biodiversity refuges, water catchments and tourist attractions from industrial logging. On Saturday 12/8/23 hundreds of Northern Rivers locals joined the rally in Lismore to express their impatience with the NSW and Australian Government's delays in protecting our forests. Environmental as Anything's Sean O'Shannessy was there reporting live on the day

At the same time 340 ALP branches have voted for a resolution to be put to their National Conference to end the outdated and destructive practice. Surely the Australian governments will finally heed the science and the voices of the vast majority to end the malicious damage being done to our koalas homes?

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Gurridyula Speaks to Sean and Violet about Adani and Genocide

Sean O'Shannessy and Violet Cocoa interview Gurridyula:

Gurridyula's Bandcamp Profile (https://gurridyula.bandcamp.com/)

"I am Wangan and Jagalingou from Central Queensland Australia. I have been living in a tent performing ceremony at Waddananggu across the road from the Adani Carmichael mine for over 400 days.
Recording my music in a small trailer to get the message of our fight to the world."

www.standing-our-ground.org

"The Wangan and Jagalingou people are the proud Traditional Owners of a vast area of land in central-western Queensland’.

For thousands of years, we have been custodians of this land and it is our responsibility to protect our land, water, people, history and totems. Our totem is the bee, or Kub-bah in our traditional language."

" It is the responsibility of the W&J Nagana Yarrbayn Cultural Custodians to sustain our group’s connection to, and presence on Country to maintain ongoing cultural custodianship of the land and waters, especially our sacred Doongmabulla Springs.

We are a self-determined group of Traditional Owners who maintain permanent presence on country to care for our lands and waters. Our role includes monitoring damage and destruction on our Country and holding those who harm our lands and waters to account. "

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Felicity Wade and Dailan Pugh on politics of Native Forests

For over a decade Felicity Wade led the Wilderness Society in NSW, working to protect forests and end land clearing. Now she is National Co-convenor of the Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN) . Felicity spoke to Environmental as Anything's Sean O'Shannessy about the upcoming Labor National Conference and the high hopes of Labor membership for an end to native forest logging across Australia.

Dailan Pugh (OAM) is the president of the North East Forest Alliance and is widely acknowledge as one of Australia's leading experts on the forest ecologies of NE NSW. He spoke to Sean on NEFA's ongoing court actions and their potential to tip the balance in favour of protecting our public native forests from logging.

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Tim Buckley Talks us Through the Climate & Energy Finance News

Tim Buckley founder and director of Climate Energy Finance public interest think tank, has 30 years of financial market experience covering the Australian, Asian and global equity markets and is a highly influential energy finance commentator. He talks Environmental as Anything's Sean O'Shannessy through this months headlines for the transition to renewable prosperity.

PRODUCTIVITY OMISSION: PC’S EPIC FAIL ON CLEANTECH: Productivity Commission's myopic Trade and Assistance 2022 Review decries state capital support for cleantech, and pretends the energy transition can be left to non-existent global free markets.

AEMO ENERGY UPDATE: DOWN, DOWN (PRICES ARE DOWN): The Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) says wholesale electricity prices down 59% year-on-year

GAS ON THE NOSE AND OUT OF THE HOUSE: Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has announced a bold and much needed policy reform – a ban on gas in new homes from 2024.

NSW COAL ROYALTY BOOST ON THE AGENDA – JUST DO IT!: At long last, NSW is considering upping its grossly inadequate coal royalty regime.

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