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Revisit the biggest environmental movement Australia has ever seen: the 1982 Franklin River Blockade. This story is nuts. Missing people, death threats, savage political moves and young people flooding into Tasmania to put their bodies in front of bulldozers. Jo Lauder investigates how this movement beat the odds and came to inspire a new generation of environmental activists that have shaped Australian politics through to today.
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Signup to Generate a PitchRevisit the biggest environmental movement Australia has ever seen: the 1982 Franklin River Blockade. This story is nuts. Missing people, death threats, savage political moves and young people flooding into Tasmania to put their bodies in front of bulldozers.
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Saving The Franklin publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 19 minutes across 10 episodes.
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Saving The Franklin is a history podcast with 10 episodes published.
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<p>On a scratchy recording made in a Melbourne hotel room, a man admits to committing murder. But as journalist Alicia Bridges investigates the man on the tape known as Mr Big, she finds herself in a world of lies and...
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<p>The Franklin campaign isn't just an environmental conservation story, it's also a story about Aboriginal heritage.</p><p>Tasmanian Palawa man, activist and lawyer Michael Mansell talks to Piia Wirsu about this...
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<p>The Franklin campaign isn't just an environmental conservation story, it's also a story about Aboriginal heritage.</p><p>Tasmanian Palawa man, activist and lawyer Michael Mansell talks to Piia Wirsu about this...
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<p>Christine Milne is a name synonymous with the Greens in Australia, and for her, like so many others, her environmental career began after she was arrested at the Franklin blockade.</p><p>In this extended interview...
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<p>Christine Milne is a name synonymous with the Greens in Australia, and for her, like so many others, her environmental career began after she was arrested at the Franklin blockade.</p><p>In this extended interview...
The Franklin river's fate all comes down to a legal challenge between state and federal powers. In the final episode of Saving the Franklin: the moment this so-called wilderness war all came to an end.
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<p>The Franklin river's fate all comes down to a legal challenge between state and federal powers.</p><p>In the final episode of Saving the Franklin: the moment this so-called wilderness war all came to an end.</p>
In this episode of Saving the Franklin, scenes on the West Coast get uglier and uglier, and the campaigners turn to the mainland for support as a Federal election looms.
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<p>In this episode of Saving the Franklin, scenes on the West Coast get uglier and uglier, and the campaigners turn to the mainland for support as a Federal election looms. </p>
In this episode of Saving the Franklin, thousands of protesters fly into the sleepy town of Strahan to prepare for the biggest moment in the campaign: the blockade. An army of national media descend, and the first...
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<p>In this episode of Saving the Franklin, thousands of protesters fly into the sleepy town of Strahan to prepare for the biggest moment in the campaign: the blockade.</p><p>An army of national media descend, and the...
The campaigners had painted the Franklin River as an untouched natural wonder, a place free from human interference: a wilderness. But the rediscovery of a cave along the Franklin throws everything into question. The...
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