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Search Results for: fracking

RUN FOR COUNTRY – ice cream in a fight against fracking

25 March 2026 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 25 March 2026 is Hilary McAllister, one of ice-cream company Ben & Jerry’s campaign organisers.

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Audio-postcard from the future of fracking

30 July 2014 Mik Aidt Educational

An educational radio podcast for councillors and others about the prospects of turning our farmland into industrial gasfields. 1.3 million hectares of land in Victoria is threatened by unconventional gas mining. Surf Coast, the Otways… even areas right up to the city of Geelong are at risk of being turned

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Why you should be concerned about ‘fracking’

13 July 2014 Mik Aidt Recommendation 6 comments

‘Fracking’ is moving in — very possibly to an area near you. People all over the planet are protesting against it. In the UK, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Argentina, South Africa, and also increasingly in the United States and Canada where fracking has been going on for years. In

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Community outraged over fracking threat

19 October 2013 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, World affairs

Citizens of Geelong are outraged to find out that the oil and gas company Lakes Oil is coming to the region. The company acquired an exploration license for ‘tight gas’, a kind of ‘unconventional’ gas. This exploration is likely to involve the controversial fracking (hydraulic fracturing) technique which is known

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Geelong protests against fracking

11 September 2013 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters One comment

Content on this page: The frackers are coming. Introduction About the film evening on 10 September 2013 Audio recordings of the speakers on 10 September 2013 About the documentary ‘Fractured Country’ Take action! Start here Say no to fracking: Join the campaign Videos and websites about fracking Experts explain the

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KEEP TURNING UP – as the climate bill arrives

29 July 2026 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 601 is Rhys Forsyth, managing director of Code Nation.

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Justice on Country

3 June 2026 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 593 is Bruce Lindsay from Environmental Justice Australia.

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DEMOCRACY AT A CROSSROADS – can we reconnect and respond?

6 May 2026 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 589 are Professor Joseph Camilleri and Jane Morton.

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CONSEQUENCE TIMES: Communities taking back their power

26 November 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest is environmentalist and poet Georgina Woods, Head of Research and Investigations at Lock the Gate Alliance.

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International court puts Australia in the hot seat

24 July 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Educational, World affairs 2 comments

Statement from the UN’s highest court is a turning point in the climate fight. Implications for Australia are profound.

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