This six-part podcast, the third season of ABC's Dig podcast, is a cracking story about the fight 40 years ago to save Tasmania's last major wild river from being flooded by a dam.
In Saving The Franklin, 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, young people flooding into Tasmania to put their bodies in front of bulldozers.
Host 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.
Listen for free on your mobile device on the ABC listen app, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.
At a time when so many people are looking for hope in the face of climate change, host Jo Lauder has looked back at this battle to find out: in a fight for the environment, what does it take to win?
You can catch all six episodes right here. Saving the Franklin is also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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Emily Mason
Sydney NSW
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