FoE – Friends of the Earth Adelaide

Boothby campaign: Renewables or Nukes

roman February 24, 2025

Friends of the Earth Adelaide would like to announce a new campaign to inform residents in the electorate of Boothby (SA, marginal ALP) of the dangers of the Coalition’s nuclear energy policy.
We will soon begin posting leaflets in as many letterboxes in Boothby as our legs and our finances will reach. As much as we can afford, we will use Australia Post’s ‘unaddressed mail’ service, but that is not cheap. We are therefore calling for volunteers to help us deliver leaflets by hand.
The outcome of the forthcoming federal election will be critical for the direction of Australia’s climate and energy policy. It is vital that voters know what they are voting for and understand the consequences. Limited resources will probably restrict us to Boothby, but we are very pleased that people are campaigning in other electorates, including the neighbouring electorate of Sturt.
The electorate of Boothby extends from Millswood and Blackforest in the north, west to the coast at Glenelg, south to Marino, east across to Blackwood, Belair and Brownhill Creek, then north to Cross Road.
In order to reach the whole of Boothby (over 85,000 letterboxes), we will need donations and volunteers. If you are able to help with letterboxing, please send us an email at adelaide.office@foe.org.au You don’t have to live in Boothby and you can deliver as many or as few leaflets as you like — no pressure. Leaflets will come in bundles of 100.
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to this campaign, please go to the following link
https://www.foe.org.au/donate_to_friends_of_the_earth_adelaide

Thank you for your support and for all the work you do to achieve a nuclear free, sustainable future.
Philip White on behalf of Friends of the Earth Adelaide.
Authorised by Cam Walker, Friends of the Earth 312 Smith St, Collingwood, VIC, 3066.… Read more >>

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A date for your diary: Adelaide FoE AGM 2pm July 8th

roman May 25, 2023

We will be meeting at the Minor Works Building off Sturt Street.

Details will be mailed out to members shortly.

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What happens when we can detect nuclear subs?

roman March 16, 2023

New details of the AUKUS defence and security pact have revealed Australia will buy three second-hand US Virginia-class submarines early next decade (and potentially two more), subject to approval by US Congress.

Australia will also build a fleet of eight nuclear-powered SSN-AUKUS boats at Adelaide’s Osborne Naval Shipyard. The first will be delivered by 2042, with five completed by the 2050s, and construction of the remaining three going into the 2060s.

It’s estimated the program will cost between A$268 billion and A$368 billion over the next three decades.

Make no mistake. Modern submarines, especially nuclear-powered ones, are one of the most potent and effective weapon systems in today’s world. That is, until they aren’t.

Our analysis shows they might soon be so easily detected they could become billion-dollar coffins.
[…]

Subs in the ocean are large, metallic anomalies that move in the upper portion of the water column. They produce more than sound. As they pass through the water, they disturb it and change its physical, chemical and biological signatures. They even disturb Earth’s magnetic field – and nuclear subs unavoidably emit radiation.

Science is learning to detect all these changes, to the point where the oceans of tomorrow may become “transparent”. The submarine era could follow the battleship era and fade into history.

— read the full article “Progress in detection tech could render submarines useless by the 2050s. What does it mean for the AUKUS pact?” at theconversation.com

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Barngarla have their say in court

roman March 16, 2023

Monday March 6th: People gather at the Federal Court hearing to support Barngarla people
3 Angas St, right next to Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga (south-east cnr of Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga)

Here are some things that you can do to support:

Please READ: briefing paper:. BARNGARLA BRIEFING MARCH 2023 LR

Please SIGN: Mahalia Bilney launched a new Change.org petition – please sign and share, let’s get the numbers up at https://www.change.org/p/nodumponourcountrybarngarla

Please WATCH: a selection of informative and fantastic videos by Kim Mavramatis

Please FOLLOW the facebook page: – Barngarla: Help us Have a Say on Kimba.

Please DONATE to meet legal costs via Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/nbp8f8-barngarla-help-us-have-a-say-on-radioactive-waste?qid=e83027450327c97b9d9a9649f33c7030

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celebrate 50 years of FoE!

roman August 17, 2022

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of the first Friends of the Earth group in Australia, one at Adelaide University in 1972.

Next week is Sustainability Week at Adelaide Uni, so with the help of the students there, we’re talking about the early days of FoE in the Unibar — entry from the Cloisters, level 2 (ground level) — from 7pm Monday, August 22nd.

We invite Friends to join us for nibbles from 6:30pm. We’ll start the programme at 7pm.

7pm: Introduction and Welcome

then Early days at Adelaide Uni — slideshow by Roman Orszanski, followed by discussion.

7:30 Paul Downton via Zoom talking about a fragment of EcoCity at Christie Walk

8pm Jim Green talking about Chain Reaction and various Anti Nuclear campaigns

8:30 Film about the Barngarla traditional owners fight against the Nuclear waste dump

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