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Prime Minister Albanese must abandon SA nuclear waste dump
July 18, 2023
Media Release ‒ Friends of the Earth Australia ‒ 18 July 2023 The Federal Court has today quashed the declaration of a proposed nuclear waste dump site near Kimba in SA, citing ‘pre-judgement’ and...
Read More ShareAUKUS disrupts "a very peaceful part of planet Earth"
June 28, 2022
Nic Mclellan writes an in-depth analysis of AUKUS's impact on the Pacific, and Australasian politics. Published in Chain Reaction #141
Read More ShareNuclear facilities targeted in Russia's war on Ukraine
March 11, 2022
Several nuclear facilities in Ukraine have been attacked by the Russian military over the past fortnight: a nuclear research facility at Kharkiv; two radioactive waste storage sites; the Chernobyl nuclear site (which no longer...
Read More ShareCould the Ukraine conflict cause one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters?
March 02, 2022
Over the past week the Russian military has taken control of the Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine and there have been two near-misses with military attacks threatening radioactive waste sites. But the greatest nuclear...
Read More ShareJanuary Nuclear Update
January 31, 2022
The Nuclear Free Collective is feeling refreshed to continue our fight for a nuclear free future and feel confident that with every new year, we are getting one year closer to this goal.
Read More ShareNew report debunks claims that nuclear power is cheap
December 09, 2021
A new report by Friends of the Earth Australia comprehensively debunks claims that nuclear power is cheap or affordable in the Australian context. The 32-page report, 'Nuclear Power's Economic Crisis and its Implications for Australia', details...
Read More ShareDon't Nuke the Climate press conference at COP26 in Glasgow
November 09, 2021
Sasha Gabizon, Executive Director of Women Engage for a Common Future hosts a panel on why nuclear energy is not a climate solution at COP26 in Glasgow.
Read More ShareSmall Nuclear Reactor, Huge Costs
October 11, 2021
Even by the standards of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA), the new report published by the country's most influential coal lobby on the subject of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) is jiggery-pokery of the highest...
Read More ShareMaritime Union of Australia (MUA) says no to nuclear submarines
September 21, 2021
Media release from MUA: Today, on the International Day of Peace, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has declared its total opposition to the reckless announcement by Scott Morrison that Australia would be developing...
Read More ShareNuclear Submarines: answers to common questions
September 18, 2021
Following secret deliberations, this week, the Morrison government has announced that Australia will acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Anti-nuclear movement stalwart, and Friends of the Earth National Nuclear campaigner, Dr. Jim Green, had these comments to...
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