http://www.enhancetv.com.au/find_it/action.lasso?-database=Showcase&-layout=Showcase&-response=detail.lasso&-recordID=39953&-search Fortress Australia Fortress Australia uncovers one of the most extraordinary chapters in Australia's history - the brazen attempt by successive Australian governments to fortress the nation with atomic weapons. This groundbreaking film reveals a web of intrigue as it penetrates a murky world of diplomatic double-dealing and atomic espionage. Set against a backdrop of cold war paranoia and fear of Asian aggression, it explores the motives of the politicians, defence chiefs and scientists who set out to buy, then ultimately build, a nuclear arsenal. Learning Areas: History DurationDuration: 55 mins Year of Release:2002 Broadcast Date:August 22 Broadcast Time:10pm Channel:ABC TV Acknowledgements:A Film Australia National Interest Program. Produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Link:Fortress Australia Study Guide: Fortress Australia In a new documentary on au research on WOMD.It was revealed that the russians had their agents rout crucial wartime Intel through au as they could access it there. VENONA. http://www.filmaust.com.au/showcase/default.asp?content=8473 The Secret Bid for the Atomic Bomb This is a story all Australians should know about. Students of history, politics and science will find it illuminating. Teachers will find it a particularly useful resource. RICHARD BUTLER, CHIEF OF UN SPECIAL COMMISSION TO DISARM IRAQ 1997-1999 Fortress Australia uncovers one of the most extraordinary chapters in Australia's history - the brazen attempt by successive Australian governments to fortress the nation with atomic weapons. This groundbreaking film reveals a web of intrigue as it penetrates a murky world of diplomatic double-dealing and atomic espionage. Set against a backdrop of cold war paranoia and fear of Asian aggression, it explores the motives of the politicians, defence chiefs and scientists who set out to buy, then ultimately build, a nuclear arsenal. You can download a preview of Fortress Australia and an introduction by Richard Butler, Chief of UN Special Commission to Disarm Iraq 1997-1999, who says: Australia is well known for its efforts on behalf of nuclear disarmament. For example, at the United Nations it tabled the comprehensive test ban treaty. But that wasn't always the case. The surprising story that most people don't know is that for at least two decades Australia made repeated and serious attempts to acquire nuclear weapons. Also that a top expert in the MILIND complex recomended that au develop chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction.Paul Baxters comments made headlines in local papers earlier this year.AU supports UN security council resolutions when it suits the Govt of the day.An especially subservient US puppet mob is in power at the moment.Doco has footage of the 'dirty' monte bello testand a rainforest 'small nuke' test of 50 tons of TNT,operation blowdown.