Jun 30, 2010

Ep 110. Resources Super Profit Tax and G20 in Toronto, Canada



Click to download: Ep 110. Resources Super Profit Tax and G20 in Toronto, Canada

First to air: 01/07/2010
Presented by James and Libby

Resources Super Profits Tax

Julia Gillard has been meeting with mining executives over the past couple of days to negotiate further about the Resources Super Profit Tax. Mining companies have said that the proposed 40 percent tax rate is unreasonable. But how this could even work is uncertain, as the resources tax was expected to contribute over $1 billion in revenue to the budgets of 2012 and 2013.

The Third Degrees Libby King caught up with John Hepburn from Greenpeace to discuss what the resources tax under Rudd might have looked like, and how may change in the future.


Toronto G20 Summit


Canada played host to a meeting of the G20. The G20 has been described as a meeting of leaders from the richest and most powerful nations, as well as leaders and elites from selected southern countries. Remarkably during the summit, this week the executives of the world’s richest corporations were also given a seat alongside prime ministers and presidents in deciding the G20’s global economic agenda.

Democracy Now have been covering the summit in depth and on the show we played an interview Amy Gooman conducted with Indigenous leader Art Manuel, former Chief of the Neskonlith Band in British Columbia and spokesperson for the Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade, joins us to talk about the struggle for indigenous rights and sovereignty in the context of the G20 summit. Visit Democracynow.com for the full interview and more coverage of the G20 summit.

Jun 24, 2010

Ep. 109 Honduras Coup Continues and Uranium Exploration in W.A.

Aired on 2SER107.3FM 24 June 2010

HONDURAS COUP CONTINUES
This week marks 1 year since the democratically elected government of Honduras was ejected by the military in a coup d'etat. The Third Degree's James Hitchcock spoke with Rosanna Wong, activist from Friends of the Earth and The Coalition for Honduras, about the current situation in Honduras and the movement for self determination. Please note this interview contains content which may be distressing for some listeners.

You can show your support for the people of Honduras by attending a National Day of Action: Stop the Coup in Honduras on the 27th June. The Sydney event will be held at 11am at the Ibero-American Plaza, which is located next to the Chalmers St Exit of Central train Station, and they will hopefully being talking with some people in Honduras via phone link up. Bring along a piece of paper to send a message of support.

URANIUM EXPLORATION IN W.A.
A few weeks ago we had an introduction into what’s been happening with exploration of uranium deposits in Western Australia, and learnt about the some of the proposed mine sites, including one just near Karlgoorie at Yeelirrie, or ‘place of death’ as it is known by the local … people. This week, Libby King follows up with co-chair of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance, Ken Hayward, and Della Rae Morrison who recently took part in an WANFA road trip to visit affected communities near Karlgoorie, Leonara and Wiluna.  

WARATAH ROSE GILLESPIE
We would like to take a moment to remember Waratah Rose Gillespie who passed away early Monday morning after a stroke. Waratah was an amazing activist and one of the founders of the Bougainville Freedom Movement. We interviewed Waratah a couple of times on our program, along with Bougainville activist Joanne Dateransi, about the military blockade of Bougainville in the 1990’s. She was also a political prisoner in Fiji in the first military coup in 1987, acted as a human shield during the 2003 Iraq war, as well as writing several books and making films about her experiences. She will be greatly missed by both her family and the activist community, and we hope to make a small audio tribute to her in the coming weeks. 

Presented by Libby King and Tessa Dowdell 

Jun 16, 2010

Ep 108. Bolivia Climate Conference and Montara Oil Spill

Ep 108. Bolivia Climate Conference and Montara Oil Spill
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This weeks guests are Steve Denshire (Rising Tide Newcastle) and Naomi Hogan (Climate Action Newtown) who have recently returned from the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, in Bolivia. In response to the failure of Copenhagen, the Bolivian government called this People's Conference, which ran over four days and was attended by 35 thousand people! Issues such as climate debt, a climate justice tribunal, climate migrants and the dangers of the carbon market were discussed.

Click here to read a full copy of the peoples agreement.

Below is a short video from the Al Jazeera program Fault lines about the conference called 'The other debt crisis: Climate debt'


Also on the show this week Andy talks with Jill StJohn from the Wilderness Society about offshore drilling and the Montara oil spill. Click here for more info

Presented by James and Tessa

Jun 10, 2010

Ep.107 Gaza Siege and Freedom Flotilla



Click to download: Ep. 107 Gaza Siege and Freedom Flotilla

Aired on 2SER 107.3 FM June 10 2010
Presenters: James Hitchcock and Jessica Minshall
In-studio guest: Rihab Charida, Palestinian Activist, and part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaign for Palestine - Australia Branch.

Following the Free Gaza Movement Flotilla catastrophe, we explore what happened on the Mavi Marmara, what's happening in Gaza at the moment, plans for an Australian contingent in the next flotilla to Gaza, and the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement here.

Ep. 106 The Challenged Landscape


Aired on 2SER 107.3FM 3 June 2010

Click to download: Ep. 106 The Challenged Landscape

On today’s show we’ll bring you some special audio from a forum that was held recently at the UTS Gallery.

The forum coincided with an exhibition, curated by Sandy Edwards, entitled ‘The Challenged Landscape’, a photographic response to the plight of the Murray-Darling river system.

This panel discussion which was held on 20 May and chaired by Tania Leimbach, includes artist Ruby Davies; Director of the Institute from Sustainable Futures Professor Stuart White; historian Professor Heather Goodall and journalist Asa Wahlquist.