Bruce Shapiro's USA, who's supplying weapons to Sudan, plus the first camera in Australia
About this episode
The episode discusses US agricultural policies, weapon supplies to Sudan, and the history of early photography in Australia.
Bruce Shapiro asks if US President Donald Trump has betrayed American cattle farmers, after he eased tariffs on foreign beef. Australia sells weapons to the United Arab Emirates, but could those weapons be ending up in Sudan? Plus, the story of the first camera that made it to colonial Australia in May 1841. Guests: Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor for The Nation, executive director of the Global Centre for Journalism and Trauma Andrew Bartlett, President of Australians for War Powers Reform and former Democrats and Greens Senator for Queensland Elisa DeCourcy, writer and curator, author of Early Photography in Colonial Australia, Melbourne University Press
People in this episode
Guests: Bruce Shapiro, Andrew Bartlett, Elisa DeCourcy
Topics covered
- US politics
- weapon supply
- colonial history
- agriculture
- journalism
Keywords
- Trump
- cattle farmers
- tariffs
- weapons
- first camera
- colonial Australia
- journalism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Nation, Global Centre for Journalism and Trauma, Australians for War Powers Reform
Places: United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Sudan
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