Bay FM - 99.9FM Episode first aired on 5 March 2021 at 11:00 am
Questions go unanswered on the type of so-called green fuel being used in at the Cape Byron Power Plant, we hear how commercial interests have trumped public interest in the quest for transparency over the type of wood being burned on the Tweed for energy.
Back in Byron, Renew Fest and Resilient Byron have teamed up for a roadshow on the Northern Rivers, find out how you can help get the region ready for some real change in terms of climate action, housing and sustainability.
Speaking of housing and Byron, with International Womens Day coming up we hear of a forum and exhibition highlighting the voices of Byron’s homeless women.
Overseas, we check in on India’s record-breaking farmer protest, with Twitter having entered the fray and we hear some insight into the tradition of arranged marriages in Nepal and how they manifest right here in Australia.
We also catch up again with John Shipton, father of detained WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, about his latest campaign for his son’s freedom, a convoy up the East Coast of Australia and Anny Reed brings us some more news from outside the bubble.
1. Questions unanswered over Cape Byron Power Company wood sources Sean O'Shannessy (Environmental As Anything, River FM), featuring North Coast Environment Council member Susie Russell
2. Climate change, housing and sustainability: creating resilience on the Northern Rivers Suzie Fawcett, featuring Resilient Byron founder Dr Jean Renouf
3. Hung out to dry: Byron's homeless women speak out Dione Green, featuring Womens Village Collective member Salsa Balson
4. Outside the Bubble with Anny Reed
5. Freedom convoy for Assange hits the road Dr John Jiggens, featuring John Shipton, father of detained WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange 6. Twitter enters India's farmer fray Rob Osborne, featuring independent journalist in India, Abir Dasgupta 7. Legally trapped and 'learning to love': the complexities of Nepali arranged marriagesGemma Clarke (Facon & Veggs, Bay FM), featuring Nepali Australian feminist activist and writer Nirvana Bhandary
8. Northern Rivers News with Anny Reed , produced by Suzie Fawcett
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Track listing 11:07:08: Sean O'Shannessy (Environmental As Anything, River FM) - Questions unanswered over Cape Byron Power Company wood sources This is an Australian track.
Questions unanswered over Cape Byron Power Company wood sources
Sean O'Shannessy (Environmental As Anything, River FM), featuring North Coast Environment Council member Susie Russell
11:15:44: Suzie Fawcett - Climate change, housing and sustainability: creating resilience on the Northern Rivers This is an Australian track.
Climate change, housing and sustainability: creating resilience on the Northern Rivers
Suzie Fawcett, featuring Resilient Byron founder Dr Jean Renouf
11:21:52: Dione Green - Hung out to dry: Byron's homeless women speak out This is an Australian track.
Hung out to dry: Byron's homeless women speak out
Dione Green, featuring Womens Village Collective member Salsa Balson
11:29:44: with Anny Reed - Outside the Bubble This is an Australian track.
Outside the Bubble with Anny Reed
11:37:41: Dr John Jiggens - Freedom convoy for Assange hits the road This is an Australian track.
Freedom convoy for Assange hits the road Dr John Jiggens, featuring John Shipton, father of detained WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
11:45:15: Rob Osborne - Twittter enters India's farmer fray This is an Australian track.
Twittter enters India's farmer fray Rob Osborne, featuring independent journalist in India, Abir Dasgupta
11:49:55: Gemma Clarke (Facon & Veggs, Bay FM) - Legally trapped and 'learning to love': the complexities of Nepali arranged marriages This is an Australian track.
Legally trapped and 'learning to love': the complexities of Nepali arranged marriages
Gemma Clarke (Facon & Veggs, Bay FM), featuring Nepali Australian feminist activist and writer Nirvana Bhandary
12:04:36: with Anny Reed - Northern Rivers News This is an Australian track.
Northern Rivers News with Anny Reed
produced by Suzie Fawcett
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