Friends of the Earth Adelaide

No Consent for Missiles – Rally Friday 10 October, at noon

roman October 7, 2025

You are invited to stand in solidarity with Aunty Sue at the “No Consent for Missiles” rally, this Friday 10 October at 12noon,

beginning at the Australian Space Agency, Lot 14 (corner of North Terrace and Frome Road, Adelaide, Kaurna Land).

The rally will then march to Parliament House.

STATEMENT OF NO CONSENT

Aunty Sue has addressed a Statement of No Consent to Southern Launch and every company that works with them—including the Australian Defence Force, Australian Space Agency, Thales, Varda, HyImpulse, Reaction Dynamics, German Aerospace Centre, AtSpace, and Perigee.

She has made it clear: there is NO CONSENT for the ongoing militarisation of Googatha Country.

In July, this statement was delivered in person to the head offices of these companies around the world.

Each company is now unambiguously aware: they are not welcome on the so-called “Koonibba Test Range.”

No more rockets.

No more missiles.

No more radioactive capsules.

This is sacred Googatha Country. It is not a military zone.

Please attend if you can—and share this message widely.

In solidarity,
Port Adelaide Community Opposing AUKUS (PACOA)

Actions, Adelaide FoE Notes, Nuclear

FoE representatives critique AUKUS at Parliamentary hearing

Philip White October 7, 2025

On Thursday October 2, representatives of FoE Adelaide (Philip White) and FoE Australia (Jim Green) appeared at a public hearing into the agreement between Australia and the UK on nuclear powered submarines. The hearing was held by the Australian Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Treaties.

We were joined by David Sweeney of the Australian Conservation Foundation and Tim-Deere Jones, who wrote a report for FoE Australia on the UK nuclear submarine program. He tuned in from Wales — it was the middle of the night for him.

We pointed out some home truths about the nuclear powered submarines that the government proposes to acquire from the US and the UK. For example, nuclear-powered submarines entail serious safety and nuclear proliferation risks, the nuclear waste problem has not been solved, and these submarines will make Australians less safe, not more safe as proclaimed by the government. These are problems that will come back to bite us all eventually.

We demanded that the government conduct a broad-ranging public review into the whole AUKUS nuclear submarine project.

The full hearing can be viewed on the following link:

https://www.aph.gov.au/News_and_Events/Watch_Read_Listen/ParlView/video/3948797

Our session was up first, but some of the sessions which followed are well worth listening to as well.

Written submissions can be downloaded by clicking the ‘Submissions’ link on the following page:

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Treaties/AUKUSNuclearSubmarine

FoE Adelaide’s submission is submission number 6 and FoE Australia’s submission is number 5 (with Tim Deere-Jones’ report as an attachment).

Adelaide FoE Notes, Nuclear, Weapons proliferation

Joint Appeal for Nuclear Abolition Day, 26 September 2025

Philip White September 25, 2025

Friends of the Earth Adelaide has endorsed the Joint Appeal for Nuclear Abolition Day, September 26.

The Appeal has been endorsed by over 300 civil society organisations from around the world, including from peace, disarmament, human rights, youth, women’s rights, sustainable development and climate/environmental protection fields – and by over 500 individuals, including legislators, former high-level officials (such as foreign ministers and UN officials), religious leaders, medical practitioners, academics/teachers, youth leaders, private sector (corporate) leaders and others.

The Joint Appeal will be presented to the High-Level Meeting on September 26 by Dr. Deepshikha Kumari Vijh, Executive Director of Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy and Coordination Team Member for the September 26 Working Group. You can watch the High-Level meeting on UN Web TV. The civil society presentations will come at the end of the session.

You are invited to participate in a social media action ‘Stop Nuclear Weapons: Peace is in our Hands‘.

Adelaide FoE Notes, Nuclear, Weapons proliferation

Stagnant nuclear energy

Philip White September 25, 2025

Jim Green (national nuclear campaigner for Friends of the Earth Australia) has written an article for RenewEconomy introducing the latest edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report. He says the report “gives the lie to claims by the Coalition that Australia risks being ‘left behind’ and ‘stranded’ if we don’t jump on board”. He notes that “Nuclear power generation has been stagnant for 20 years.”

In 2024, the combined global capacity of solar and wind grew by over 100 times the net nuclear capacity additions.

The full article is available on the following link:

https://reneweconomy.com.au/global-report-confirms-and-details-nuclear-powers-stagnation-someone-needs-to-tell-the-coalition/

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report can be accessed from the following link:

https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclear-Industry-Status-Report-2025

Adelaide FoE Notes, Nuclear, Renewables

What Remains: Nuclear Legacies of the Montebello Islands

roman September 7, 2025

ICAN is hosting a Zoom discussion on this Tuesday, September 09, 2025 • 6:30pm – 7:30pm Adelaide

In the 1950s, the Montebello Islands off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia were the site of three British nuclear tests. The first, in 1952, detonated inside a warship anchored off Trimouille Island, followed in 1956 by two larger blasts as part of Operation Mosaic.

In July 2025, a group of artists, writers, researchers, and nuclear survivors travelled to the Montebello Islands to explore the lasting impacts of British nuclear testing there. They will come together in a conversational panel to reflect on what they witnessed and experienced, and discuss what they will carry forward from their time on the islands.

Featuring:

Jesse Boylan – Artist and ICAN Media and Comms Adviser (Convener).
Maxine Goodwin – ICAN Ambassador and nuclear veteran descendant.
Dr Liz Tynan – Writer and Academic. Tynan is author of The Secret of Emu Field: Britain’s Forgotten Atomic Tests in Australia & Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story. Her new book on the history of the Montebello Islands nuclear tests is due out in 2026.
Merilyn Fairskye – Visual artist living in Sydney. Her work explores the relationships between technology, atomic landscapes and community and have taken her on location to the Polygon in Kazakhstan, Sellafield, Chernobyl, and other key nuclear sites.

Paul Grace, Writer and nuclear veteran descendant. Author of Operation Hurricane: The story of Britain’s first atomic test and the legacy that remains.
Gary Blinco – Nuclear veteran descendant.
Tobias Holden – Student

The discussion is open to all. Please register at the link below.