Environmental as Anything Interviews

Modern Monetary Systems Vs Voodoonomics with Professor Steven Hail

With a federal election in progress our airwaves are being swamped with voodoonomics. Fortunately a growing group of economists is exposing the absurdity of the neoliberalist ideology that dominates the what passes for economics discussion among the capitalist commentariat and offering a cool analysis of how modern economies actually work.

Our guest on today's show is Professor Steven Hail of Torrens University and the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and he is eminently qualified to help blow away the cobwebs from our our understanding of modern monetary systems.

Professor Hail lived and worked in London in the 90's, published a number of economics text books, and was involved in the provision of financial training to staff from all the major UK banks including the Bank of England. He has developed an analysis of the flaws in neoclassical economics, which led to his study of Post Keynesian economics, and modern monetary theory.

His book, Economics for Sustainable Prosperity, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018.

Scumo Vs The Mud Army

When flood ravaged Lismore got wind of Scott Morrison's plans to visit 9 days after the climate emergency had devastated their city they felt obliged to welcome him and share some of their experiences and hopes for the future with him. Unfortunately he wasn't in a listening mood and so the concerned citizens were locked out of the event.  Unperturbed the notoriously resilient and creative community had a good humored and energetic gathering outside the bunker where the PM was hosting a select band of politicians and media. 

This report is compiled from the edited highlights of those parallel events.

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Rally Against Rous Council Damming Dunoon

The people of LIsmore rallied again today against the half baked ideas of a new councilor who has put forward a motion to resurrect the unfeasible Dunoon Dam on Wednesday 16th February at the first Rous meeting since he was voted in.

Speakers at the rally detailed the importance of protecting cultural heritage & burial sites, the big scrub rainforest remnant (6.7% of the 1% that is left), and koala habitat (72ha), let alone resilient water security. The mindless push to promote the damming of Dunoon was condemned by all present as reckless and irresponsible on four key levels: Cultural Heritage, Ecology, Finances and Water Security.

The community gathered in their hundreds outside the Rous building in  Lismore, to support the current IWCM, and their rejection of the motion to waste ratepayers money re examining the well resolved issues around this white elephant dam proposal.
The fight to save our region from this wasteful boondoggle is clearly far from over.

Meg Nielsen Interviews Climate & Energy Finance Analyst Tim Buckley

Tim Buckley is a financial analyst covering the global electricity markets. His analysis highlights the technology and finance driven inevitability of a global transition towards a lower emissions system. Meg Nielsen asks him to tell us why he is so upbeat about the transition to renewable prosperity in the face of the climate emergency.

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Big Robbery Foiled on Bundjalung Land

Our first Aussies have had over 200 years of theft of their land to contend with. Last year the Lismore City Council made a nationally significant gesture of returning some of the Bundjalung Nation back to its owners. This year an ideologically driven rookie councilor tried to break that promise by proposing to stop the hand back but he didn't reckon with the strength of the Wijabul Wiabul mob.

Here is the story.

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Koalas in Local Government, Dealers of Death in the Suburbs, Carbon Laggards & Toxic Plumes

Byron Shire Councillor Cate Coorey speaks to Sean O'Shannessy on the motion she just had passed demanding reforms of the recent NSW Koala SEPP

Margie Pestorius & Miriam Torzillo from Wage Peace talk Sean through the Disrupt Land Forces actions planned for Lismore and Brisbane

Julie Beesley interviewing Jo Immig from National Toxics Network re. Aus regulations on glyphosate

Dione Green interviewing Greenpeace Asia Pacific CEO David Ritter re coal industry in Europe v Aus

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From the Coalface to the Forest via the Surf

Zianna Fuad speaks to Sean O'Shannessy on the frontlines against Adani and for our koalas

Damien Cole from the Surf Rider Foundation talks to Catherine Coxal and Michelle Michels from Eco Futures

The Shine Report with Naomi from the Lismore Environment Centre illuminating the week ahead.

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Fossil Divestment, Gaslit Collapse & the light on the hill

Jeff Johnson - Ballina Shire Council Divestment

Jo Evans - SANTOS PIlliga plans & obstacles

The Shine Report - Naomi Shine from LIsmore Environment Centre illuminates the week ahead.

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#SaveOurKoalas Day of Action

Thanks for tuning in to Environmental as Anything. This week on the show we have:

Eco News

Cate Faehrmann - Koala SEPP 21

Dailan Pugh - Koala action

Michelle Michels - Circular Economy interview

Naomi Shine - Events and actions for this week

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Speaking and Listening to Rivers, Bringing Bushfire Rorters to public Account & Standing up to Fossil Fools and Loggers

Rob Garbutt transports us through the beautiful and surprising sounds of the rivers of NE NSW with his contribution to the Speaking With the River – NRCG Exhibition

David Shoebridge is the chair of the NSW Parliamentary Committee on Public Accountability. He has been working hard to expose the Berejiklian Government's shameless pork barrelling and he uncovered the recent scandalous corruption of the Bushfire Recovery Fund. He spoke to Sean O'Shannessy to explain the depths of the scam.

Eve Sinton from Fossil Fool Bulletin speaks to Sean about:

• AGL's proposed gas import terminal at Crib Point has drawn a lot of flack at an environmental assessment hearing, and is strongly opposed by the local community.
• The gas industry, while being showered with big dollars by the government aiming for a 'gas-fired'economic recovery, has actually cut its workforce by 10%.
• Tiny underground critters might get in the way of fracking the Northern Territory.

Dailan Pugh reports in from Doubleduke State Forest on the threat to this precious native forest and the endangered wallabies there

Naomi from Lismore Environment Centre Shine's a light on the NE NSW Environmental actions and news

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