‘Ur an’ I am, we are a failing land’, 2008, synthetic polymer on canvas, by Blak Douglas. Image: Supplied.
Anyone even vaguely attuned to the recent news cycle will know the attention being paid to the Federal Government’s historic AUKUS nuclear submarine partnership with the US and UK.
Nevertheless, the move means Australia faces some big questions around its responsibility to dispose of the highly radioactive nuclear fuel waste the new submarines will produce from the 2050s onwards.
ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
