Recent articles by Margaret Beavis

2 May 2025
No, it is not time for Australia to acquire its own nuclear weapons
Clive Hamilton’s proposal that Australia should consider acquiring nuclear weapons relies on several flawed assumptions. The biggest of these is the myth that nuclear weapons make us — or anybody — safer.

7 April 2025
Where is the 'mature debate' about the health impacts of nuclear power? Informed consent matters
There is a clear disconnect between the claims of the nuclear lobby and the real-world adverse consequences of nuclear energy. Communities, workers and indeed all Australians need accurate information about the health impacts.

13 January 2025
Where is the 'mature debate' about the health impacts of nuclear power?
When it comes to nuclear radiation, there is a clear disconnect between the medical evidence and the views of the Coalition. Since the 1950s we have known there is a link between X-rays in pregnant women and leukemia and other cancers in their children. It is not for nothing there are signs in every radiology department asking if you are pregnant.

18 July 2024
UNRWA must not be criminalised by the Israeli Parliament
The conflict in Gaza has created both a humanitarian crisis and a public health emergency. Both are still worsening. Yet despite this, Israel is moving to declare UNRWA (United Nations Relief Work Agency) a terrorist organisation. This would massively reduce the ability of UNRWA to deliver (already totally inadequate) food, health care and shelter to the starving people of Gaza.

4 June 2022
Do you really want nuclear weapons in your super?
Do you really want nuclear weapons in your super? It is high time Super Funds classify nuclear weapons as controversial weapons and divest, now they have joined chemical weapons and biological weapons as illegal under international law.