Event Info
Date and time
| Saturday 09 November 2024 | 7pm |
TWILIGHT TIME: Desmond Ball - the man who saved the world
Writer Director John Hughes - Producers Philippa Campey, John Hughes
Developed and Produced with the assistance of VicScreen
Desmond Ball: 'Insurgent intellectual'
Desmond Ball (1947-2016) was hailed by Jimmy Carter as “the man who saved the world” as he established the fallacy of the doctrine of ‘limited’ nuclear war. His study of Pine Gap - in the heart of Australia’s central desert –infuriated Australia’s defence establishment. Des Ball’s curiosity and commitments offer a window on nuclear war fighting, mass surveillance, global strategy and defence. Des’ work on Australian signals intelligence in Timor-Leste informed Australian citizens on issues governments prefer to remain secret. He trekked deep into the sensitive borderlands of Burma and Thailand advising persecuted minorities on signals intelligence. Des Ball made a difference; his insights are everyday more urgent