David Mcbride & Tony Irwin on The Chris Smith Show - 12 March 2024

On today's show, David McBride discusses his postponed sentencing. Later, Tony Irwin discusses nuclear power.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: David McBride is an Australian whistleblower. In 2011 and 2013, he served in Afghanistan as a military lawyer to the Royal Australian Regiment and Australian Special Forces respectively. David made information on war crimes committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan available to the ABC. If convicted of the charges against him, David McBride faces many years in prison. X: @MurdochCadell https://www.davidmcbride.com.au/

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Tony Irwin is a Chartered Engineer, Technical Director of SMR Nuclear Technology Pty Ltd and Chair of Engineers Australia Sydney Nuclear Engineering Panel. He worked for British Energy in the UK for more than thirty years commissioning and operating eight nuclear power reactors. In 1999 he moved to Australia and joined ANSTO where he was the first Reactor Manager of ANSTO’s new OPAL research reactor. Tony is an Honorary Associate Professor at ANU’s Department of Nuclear Physics. https://www.smrnuclear.com.au/