Thursday Breakfast

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Gaza update, condemning of Albanese government inaction West Papuan attacksWhistleblower protections Dja Dja Wurrung treaty Woodside North West Shelf gas project approvalPolice brutality & death in custody Mparntwe. Arif Hussein: Senior Lawyer at Human Rights Law Centre// We listened to Marisa's interview with Arif Hussein, Senior Lawyer at Human Rights Law Centre, on Monday 19 May for 3CR's Doin' Time Show. They discussed the parliamentary inquiry and grassroots push for a comprehensive Human Rights Act in South ''australia'', and the momentum needed to enshrine these protections in federal legislation. Currently in so-called ''australia'', the only jurisdictions with Human Rights Acts are Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, and Queensland. Catch Doin' Time every Monday from 4-5PM on 3CR 855AM.// Professor Glenn Savage: Professor of Education Futures at the University of Melbourne// Professor Glenn Savage, Professor of Education Futures at the University of Melbourne, joined Priya earlier this week to discuss deepening inequities in public school funding and how responsibility is split between the federal and Victorian governments. The conversation follows last week's Victorian state budget, where the Allan Government delayed meeting its responsibilities to adequately resource state schools. Glenn discusses the impacts of these funding gaps on public school students, staff, and leaders, and explains how intergovernmental politics are shaping access to well resourced schools, opportunities, and quality education. As a policy sociologist, Glenn brings expertise in education reform, federalism, and global policy mobility.// Jalees Hyder: Kashmiri writer, poet, teacher, survivor// In our final segement of our special 3 part series on Kashmir, Jalees Hyder and Inez detail what actionable solidarity looks like and the icons and faces of Kashmiri resistance. Listen back to part 1 & part 2 of this series where they unpack Kashmir's history, interconnected resistance and solidarity with Palestine, centering Kashmiri voices, and much more. From personal stories of solidarity, to what life is like under occupation, Jalees paints a picture on why Kashmiri's have had enough and what we can do about it. Jalees Hyder is a fiery Kashmiri writer, teacher, poet, freedom fighter, and survivor living as a guest on Chinook Land in 'portland'.//Follow Jalees on instagram to amplify supressed Kashmiri voices, and check out the links at the end of the page for more indepth learning on Kashmir.// Jesse Noakes: Writer, campaigner, & housing advocate// Writer, campaigner, and housing advocate Jesse Noakes joined us to talk about the impact of 'no-grounds evictions' on First Nations tenants in Western ''australia''. This conversation focused on a case that is currently before the Perth Magistrate's Court where an elderly and disabled Noongar Man, Mr Harvey Coyne, is facing eviction under 'no-grounds' provisions by community housing provider Housing Choices Australia.The next hearing for Mr Coyne's case will be held today 29 May 2025, more information on the case is available here. Write in solidarity to Housing Choices Australia's Board, and find out more about 'no-grounds evictions' by visiting stopevictingfamilies.org.// Jalees Hyder's Kashmiri Learning List: Ather Zia, poet and writerHafsa Kanjwal, author of Colonizing KashmirMohamad Junaid, academicDisorientalizing, instagramKashmirarchive, instagramJalees Hyder, poet, writer, teach-insParveena Ahanger 'Iron Lady of Kashmir', founder of Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) // Additional quotes during headlines attributed to:Police brutality & death in custody Mparntwe. Dr Amy McGuire's Substack articleSenior Warlpiri Elder & Grandfather Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves' statementKarrinjarla Muwajarri Yuendumu Community Statement of Demands May 2022//

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Gaza update Flooding in NSW mid-north coastLegal experts and advocates raise concerns about NSW police's use of firearm prohibition ordersState Library of Queensland withdraws fellowship from First Nations writer over Palestine solidaritySurges in refusals of Freedom of Information requests   Updates from an 'australian' activist in Palestine on recent developments in Masafer Yatta, a collection of herding communties in the West Bank. We hear about the everyday violence of settlers encroaching on Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley, as well as our correspondent's reflections on being involved in international solidarity work providing a presence to deter these incursions.//  Nerita Waight, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, joined us to unpack funding implications for the Aboriginal legal sector in Victoria's 2025-26 budget, which was handed down by Treasurer Jaclyn Symes this Tuesday 19 May. Nerita discussed the impacts of the Allan Government's massive funding boost for the prison system and police in the wake of this year's regressive bail reform, as well as its decision to stick to time-limited funding for Aboriginal legal services in regional Victoria. Nerita Waight is a Yorta Yorta and Narrandjeri woman with Taungurung connections.// Jalees Hyder is a fiery Kashmiri writer, teacher, poet, freedom fighter, and survivor living as a guest on Chinook Land in 'portland'. In this special 3 part series, Jalees and Inez unpack Kashmir's history, interconnected resistance and solidarity with Palestine, the importance of centering Kashmiri voices, tourism as a tool of normalising the occupation and much more. From personal stories of solidarity to what life is like under occupation, Jalees paints a picture on why Kashmiris have had enough and what actionable solidarity looks like. Today, we play part 2, we talk about how media manafacture consent for violence, supression of Kashmiri voices, tourism as normalising occupation, and india x israels relationship.Follow Jalees on Instagram, where he shares his writing and poetry as well as resources about Kashmir - support and amplify Kashmiri voices!// Song:  Sahal Kar from Ali Saffudin, a singer-songwriter from Srinagar, Kashmir. Known throughout the valley for his magnetic and captivating voice, take a listen.//  Thursday 15th of May marked the 77th anniversary of Nakba Day, commemorating the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in the fight for Palistinian liberation since 1947. This Day reminds us that Nakba, meaning catastrophe or disaster in Arabic, never ended. Ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land is ongoing in the form of genocide, ecocide and epistemicide - which means to 'destroy and erase sovereign knowledge'. The following audio was recorded by 3CR's Karina Aguilera at the Naarm Nakba Day Rally on Sunday last week. You will hear the voices of Noura Mansour, Nasser Mashni, Uncle Gary Foley and Uncle Robbie Thorpe.//

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Updates from GazaNationwide action for Nakba Day 2025University of Sydney students vote on controversial antisemitism definitionVictorian Government commits $727 million to prison expansion An 'australian' activist currently in Palestine shares updates from Masafer Yatta in the West Bank and an interview with Palestinian activist Hamoudi about his family's experiences of the ongoing Nakba and exercising steadfastness in the face of occupation. We also hear a short clip of some school girls in Susiya singing the song 'Aytuna Tafola' ('Give Us Our Childhood').// Dr Jamal Nabulsi is a Palestinian writer, researcher, rapper, organiser, educator on unceded Jagera and Turrbal land ''brisbane.'' Jamal joins Inez to discuss Palestinian and First Nations solidarity, resisting fragmentation, the importance of self-determined Indigenous spaces, and shared music, art, and solidarity practices. Jamal is a founding collective member of the Institute of Collaborative Race Research, and his PHD thesis ‘Affective Resistance: Feeling through everyday Palestinian struggle', which explores Palestinian hip-hop music and graffiti, was awarded the prize for best doctoral thesis on emotions in politics and international relations by the British International Studies Association. Check out Brisblackpal for resources on Blackfulla - Palestinian Solidarity. Get your tickets for the Activism for Palestine Conference 2025, running 30 May-1 June in Fortitude Valley, Magan-djin/brisbane, on Humanitix.// Jalees Hyder is a fiery Kashmiri writer, teacher, poet, freedom fighter, and survivor living as a guest on Chinook Land in 'portland'. In this special three-part series, Jalees and Inez unpack Kashmir's history, interconnected resistance and solidarity with Palestine, the importance of centering Kashmiri voices, tourism as a tool of normalising the occupation and much more. From personal stories of solidarity to what life is like under occupation, Jalees paints a picture on why Kashmiris have had enough and what actionable solidarity looks like. Today, we play part 1 of the conversation, where Jalees and Inez talk about community solidarity, the history of Kashmir, and what often gets left out of mainstream narratives on the region. Follow Jalees on Instagram, where he shares his writing and poetry as well as resources about Kashmir - support and amplify Kashmiri voices!// Lorna Munro, Wiradjuri and Gomeroi woman and multi-disciplinary artist extraordinaire, caught up with Priya to speak about anti-colonial solidarities between First Nations Peoples and Palestinians, and to situate the role of poetry in the struggle for liberation against colonial violence and occupation. Lorna also shared a beautiful poem about surviving genocide. Keep up to date with Lorna's work on Instagram.// Songs//yayayaya (prod. Atari) - Haykal// Mawtini/My Homeland  - Gaza Youth Choir//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Updates from GazaQueensland Government's decision to freeze access to hormone treatments for transgender children faces court challengeNew South Wales Department of Justice forced to release footage of officer assault on a teenage girl in custodyTasmanian Government plans to delay closure of Ashley Youth Detention CentreUpdates from Kashmir We heard updates from an 'australian' activist currently in Palestine, who shared recent developments in the area of Masafer Yatta, a collection of herding communities in the West Bank. This dispatch includes reporting on settler intimidation and land-grab attempts and the steadfastness of Palestinian herders' efforts to stay on their land.// James Godfrey from Free Gaza Australia joined us to discuss the May 2nd drone attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla's ship the Conscience, which occurred just off the coast of Malta. The vessel was carrying humanitarian aid to thousands of starving people in Gaza facing famine after a total blockade on aid imposed by the state of Israel since March 2nd. Free Gaza Australia is a member of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a people-to-people solidarity movement of initiatives from all over the world, working to challenge Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza by the state of Israel using non-violent direct action.// Katrina Kiernan-Walker, one of two vice-president candidates for the Community and Public Sector Union or CPSU Victoria's A Voice for Members ticket, talked with us about the rank and file demand for a fighting union representing public sector workers. Katrina has been in the Victorian public service for five years, and has spent four of those as a CPSU Victoria delegate and health and safety representative. There are still a few tickets left for tonight's CPSU A Voice for Members Trivia Night with Tom Ballard - grab one here.// Dr Chris Taylor, Research Fellow at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, unpacked the state of native forest regeneration in Victoria after the end of native forest logging at scale with the closure of Vic Forests in July 2024. Chris is an environmental researcher with expertise in landscape analysis and spatial ecology, working on modelling forest conditions, disturbance regimes, and biodiversity priorities. Chris has led and co-authored studies examining forest regeneration failure, fire severity, and habitat fragmentation across Victoria. At the Fenner School, Chris is currently contributing to interdisciplinary research on forest dynamics, conservation prioritisation, and environmental policy. Chris acknowledges the First Peoples of the Countries he works on, the People of the Bunurong, Gunaikurnai, Taungurong and Wurundjeri nations and their Elders.// Kate Allingham, CEO of Economic Justice Australia, discussed a newly-released report by EJA analysing barriers to service delivery for women attempting to access and maintain social security entitlements in regional, rural, remote and very remote australia. The report is the first release in a series of three pieces of work by EJA spanning key service delivery, law and policy issues related to social security access, and making substantial recommendations for reform.//

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines:Protest action ahead of the electionAustralian-made weapons components reaching Israel via third countriesExperts urge an overhaul of Victoria Police oversight systemNew report reveals evictions of Victorian renters due to unpaid rent have increased to five times the 2021 rateMohammed Aruri, a member of the executive of the General Union of Palestinian Workers, joins us from Ramallah to speak about Palestinian workers' struggle across the West Bank and Gaza, conditions since October 2023, and connections with the international labour movement. You can read Palestinian trade unions' May Day 2025 statement - 'No Labor For Genocide - No Complicity With Apartheid', to which GUPW is a signatory - on the BDS Movement's website.//We hear Pauline Vetuna and Leilani (Lay-lani) Fuimaono's segment for 3CR's Disability Day 2022 ''F**K Work (EFF Work)''. They speak on centering disabled REST in labour rights and movements for liberation. In this clip, they speak on the joys of Indigneous anti-capitalist futures, and rest being central to Disability Justice. You can listen back to the whole segment on https://www.3cr.org.au/disabilityday2022//Teresa Hetherington is a community-based aged care worker, a union activist and United Workers Union Aged Care Delegate. Today, Teresa joins us to talk about rights in feminised workforces such as care and support work for May Day. The care sector, such as aged care, home care, disability support and child care, is a women dominated industry and includes a high number of workers with migrant backgrounds. Despite the importance of this work that provides critical support to our communities, it is work that remains systematically undervalued. In our discussion this morning, Teresa will bring us up to date on current working conditions, the fight for fair pay and more.//Jeanine Hourani, an organiser with the Palestinian Youth Movement and member of the Mask Off Maersk committee, discusses the role of international worker solidarity in the Mask Off Maersk campaign. This campaign is enforcing a people's arms embargo on Israel as it continues its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, with solidarity actions including significant trade union participation underway at logistics chokepoints worldwide. Find out more about the campaign, including how to take action from wherever you are, here.//

Acknowledgement of Country// HeadlinesRally for Abdifatah AhmedGaza and West Bank updatesAustralia's exports to Israel since October 7, 2023 revealedThousands of young people in Australia paid below legal minimum wageCivil society groups issue united statement opposing domestic nuclear power Dr Mohammad Mustafa on Gaza Medical AidWe listen to a speech by Dr Mohammad Mustafa recorded at last Sunday's rally for Palestine outside the State Library of Victoria by Emily. Dr Mustafa, who is training as an emergency physician in Australia, shared harrowing experiences from his recent trip to provide medical relief in Gaza with the Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association.// Settler Colonialism and Archaeology in PalestineWe play a segment of a lecture delivered by Palestinian archaeologist and academic Dr Mahmoud Hawari for the Beyond Inhabitation Lab in Turin on the 15th of April 2025. In this fascinating lecture, titled 'Palestine: Settler Colonialism, Archeology, and the Appropriation of Cultural Heritage,' Dr Hawari unpacks the long-standing relationship between settler colonialism and archaeology in Palestine. Dr Hawari's full talk is published here on the Beyond Inhabitation Lab YouTube channel.// Speeches from Rally for Abdifatah AhmedWe play speeches from Tuesday's rally calling for justice for Abdifatah Ahmed, a member of the Somali community who was shot and killed by two Victoria Police officers in Footscray last Thursday the 17th of April. The rally, called by members of the Somali and broader African community, was held at Footscray's Nicholson Street Mall and included a march to the Footscray Police Station to demand truth, justice and an independent investigation into Abdifatah Ahmed's killing. On today's show, we feature the voices of local community leader and CEO of Africause Dr Berhan Ahmed, and local mental health worker Barani, who is also a member of the Somali community.// Trans Liberation Counter-ProtestRose joins us to speak about an autonomous action countering yet another TERFascist rally planned for this Saturday the 26th of April on the steps of Parliament House. We also discussed the rippling international effects of anti-trans crackdowns in the United States and the recent ruling by the United Kingdom Supreme Court on the legal definition of a woman, harmfully and erroneously conflating biological sex with gender. To find out more about Saturday's protest, follow @transqueersolidarity, @queerkilljoys and @tdoa.2025 on Instagram.// Koorie Youth Summit 2025Yorta Yorta man Jye Charles speaks about the Koorie Youth Summit coming up in May this year, which for the first time will be hosted on Yorta Yorta country in Shepparton. The Koorie Youth Summit has been running since 2014, and is the largest gathering in Victoria created for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people aged 18-28 years. Jye is the Community Engagement Officer at the Koorie Youth Council, and is passionate about youth leadership and community engagement, centred in truth-telling and self-determination.//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Human rights groups condemn University of Melbourne surveillance policiesAttack on Zamzam camp in Sudan's North Darfur regionGaza and West Bank updatesCalls for review of AUKUS dealMedical groups urge federal candidates to prioritise climate change-induced health crisesConcerns about City of Melbourne's greening strategy Witt Gorrie at Trans Day of Action 2025//We listened to a speech recorded at the Trans Day of Action rally held on the 31st of March by Witt Gorrie, who described the ties between First Nations justice, trans liberation and decarceration. If you want to hear more about Witt's collaborative, abolition focused work, you can revisit our show from the 28th of February featuring Witt Gorrie and Beyond Bricks and Bars steering committee members Kate and Gia in conversation with Priya.Keep up this important work and show your support by coming down to Parliament House next Saturday the 26th April at 11:30am for the Trans Liberation Counter Protest. Bring along your p2/n95 face masks, friends, family and noisemakers!// The Nightmare Sequence//Omar Sakr and Safdar Ahmed spoke with Priya about their new collaborative work The Nightmare Sequence, which is out now with the University of Queensland Press (all author royalties donated to Palestinian charities). The Nightmare Sequence, featuring poetry by Omar and illustrations by Safdar, is a searing response to the atrocities committed by Israel and its allies in Gaza and beyond since October 2023. Born of collective suffering and despair, the book interrogates the position of witness: the terrible and helpless distance of vision, the impact of being exposed to violence of this scale on a daily basis, and what it means to live in a society that is actively participating in the catastrophic destruction of Arabs and Muslims overseas.  Omar is a poet and writer born in Western Sydney to Lebanese and Turkish Muslim migrants. He is the acclaimed author of the novel Son of Sin and three poetry collections, including The Lost Arabs, which won the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry. Safdar Ahmed is an award-winning artist, writer, musician and cultural worker. His graphic novel Still Alive won the Multicultural NSW Award and was named Book of the Year in the 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Safdar is a founding member of the Refugee Art Project and a member of eleven, a collective of contemporary Muslim Australian artists, curators and writers.// Autism Supports for Comfort, Care and Connection//Prof Deborah Lupton joins us to discuss the new autistic-led project, Autism Supports for Comfort, Care and Connection with the Project Lead, Dr Megan Rose and illustrator Sarah Firth. The project reveals the everyday and creative ways autistic adults use objects, services, and creatures to support their wellbeing. Published by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society at UNSW, the project provides beautiful illustrations and rich inner worlds of Autistic adults about the supports that help them, special interests that fill them up, and challenges they face. The illustration published with this week's episode has been used with permission from the project team.// Renters' Federal Election Priorities//Bernie Barrett, Acting CEO of Better Renting, unpacks what's on the table for renters in the major parties' housing policy platforms announced last weekend. Bernie also speaks about Better Renting's Renter's Election pledge, and what it means to think about renters in so-called australia as a voting bloc. Head to renters-election.au to find out more about and sign up to the pledge.//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Supreme court ruling on public housing class actionGaza updatesUniversity of Melbourne updates wi-fi terms of use, surveils protestorsGeelong Council plans to close in-home aged care serviceMyanmar earthquake updates  We hear a speech by Palestinian activist Mai Saif from the Sunday 23rd March Rally for a Free Palestine, where Mai condemned the Australian government's double-standards that suppress Palestinian voices and prioritise Jewish feelings over Muslim lives. Weekly rallies for Palestine are back every Sunday from 12PM outside the State Library of Victoria.// We listen to part 2 of Priya's conversation with staff and students from The Pavilion School, a State School based in Naarm's northern suburbs that focuses on flexible education and a supportive environment for students who have been disengaged or excluded from mainstream schooling. Participating in this conversation are students Sarah, Nathaniel and Jannaya, student support worker and former student Stephanie, and Mes, who is also a student support worker and is doing their PhD in education at La Trobe. In the second half of this conversation, we hear about Mes' doctoral research, which has been co-designed with staff and students at The Pavilion School and aims to evaluate the impact of the school's alternative education model. Listen back to part 1 of our conversation here.// We hear a conversation between Inez and Nigerian-Australian photographer Dr Ayooluwatomiwa ‘Ibukun' Oloruntoba about his exhibition We Outside, which captures event spaces created by and for young African-Australians in Melbourne. Video and images bring to life the resilience, diversity and richness of the African-Australian community. Ayooluwatomiwa is an analogue photographer based in Melbourne. With an MD/PhD in AI and dermatology from Monash University, his medical interest in the human condition informs his passion for documentary photography, capturing people, events, and cultural narratives. We Outside is running from Friday the 14th of March until Thursday the 17th of August, 10AM-5PM at the Grand Foyer, Community Gallery at Melbourne's Immigration Museum.//Giulio Ponte, Research Engineer at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research at the University of Adelaide, joins us to discuss the risk to cyclists of selective attention by motorists, and what can be done to improve cyclist safety. Giulio has a degree in mechanical engineering and a graduate diploma in transport and traffic engineering, and has considerable experience in at-scene crash investigation, and vehicle-pedestrian safety assessment. Giulio also has an ongoing involvement in the pedestrian testing program undertaken for the Australasian New Car Assessment Program. Read Giulio and Jamie McKenzie's article ‘‘Sorry mate, I didn't see you': when drivers look but don't see cyclists on the road,' published by The Conversation on April 2nd, here.//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines//Junta stalls Myanmar earthquake reliefBodies of murdered Palestinian emergency workers discovered in GazaAustralian human rights groups lodge UN claim on youth justice policies The Pavilion School Part 1//We played part 1 of a conversation with staff and students from The Pavilion School, a State School based in Naarm's northern suburbs that focuses on flexible education and a supportive environment for students who have been disengaged or excluded from mainstream schooling. Participating in this conversation are students Sarah, Nathaniel and Jannaya, student support worker and former student Stephanie, and Mes, who is also a student support worker and is doing their PhD in education at La Trobe with a focus on impact in alternative schooling. In this part of the conversation, we hear about the history and approach of The Pavilion School, and about Jannaya, Sarah and Nathaniel's experiences joining and attending the school.// The Economic Case for Community Land Trusts//Housing economist Karl Fitzgerald joined us to discuss Community Land Trusts (CLTs) following the release on 2 April of a report by Grounded - "Grounded in Affordability: The Economic Case for Community Land Trusts". Grounded is a not-for-profit organisation established to advocate, incubate and accelerate the development of CLTs in so-called Australia. Karl unpacks how CLTs could reshape housing affordability, and how these changes could impact those who need housing most. We also break down the CLT model, its costs, long-term benefits, and the policy shifts needed to increase housing access.// Pleasure and Consent for Women and Gender Diverse People with Disabilities//Dr Brigid Evans, Senior Policy and Research Officer at Women with Disabilities Victoria, spoke with us about a co-authored discussion paper published by WDV last week that focuses on issues of access to pleasure and consent for women and gender diverse people with disabilities. The paper opens a conversation about barriers faced by women and gender diverse people with disabilities to accessing sexual and reproductive health care and to freely exercising affirmative consent. In her role at WDV, Brigid provides advice to governments and service providers on primary prevention of disability and gender-based violence, as well as disability inclusive sexual and reproductive health promotion. Read 'Pleasure and Consent for Women and Gender Diverse People with Disabilities: Discussion Paper' here.// Racism Out of Politics Campaign//Noura Mansour, National Director of Democracy in Colour, joined us to discuss the persistence of racism in electoral politics as we head towards this year's federal election in May. Democracy In Colour is currently running the 'Racism Out of Politics' campaign pushing for an end to racist and discriminatory rhetoric and policy promises in the election race, which includes a pledge that candidates can sign to commit to combating racism in australian politics. Find out more and support the campaign here./

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines//Gaza updatesInquest into Clinton Austin death in Loddon Prison delayedFederal budget anti-poverty critiqueUrges for the Australian government to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons We play a speech by Themme Fatale at the Defend Dissent Coalition rally on Victoria's Parliament Steps last Wednesday the 19th of March. Themme Fatale drove home the powerful message that preventing the criminalisation of mask-wearing at protests is first and foremost a disability justice issue. Read and sign the open letter "Protect the Right to Protest" from Defend Dissent Coalition here.// Ruth Nyaruot Ruach and Geskeva Komba, Creative Producers and Co-Founders of Next In Colour, joined us to discuss the Future Reset: Diasporic Dreaming project, a creative collaboration between Footscray Community Arts and Next In Colour which aims to support young people from African Diaspora communities. The project, funded by Vic Health, began in 2022 and culminates in this Saturday's launch of the research zine 'Re-imagining Utopias'. Ruth is a South-Sudanese multidisciplinary artist, who uses art to heal, explore her surroundings and create comfort within her blackness. Geskeva Komba is a trans-disciplinary creative of Comorian and Tanzanian heritage. Raised in the Western suburbs of Melbourne she has experience combined in community development, theatre, film, spoken word, as well as music.// Yusra and Khadija, students at River Nile School (RNS), share what independent senior secondary education at the school is all about. RNS provides specialised support for young people from refugee and asylum seeker communities, and has a commitment to trauma-informed teaching and learning strategies, with a goal to reduce the barriers to education faced by young women in particular. In our conversation today, Yusra and Khadija also spoke about River Nile School's block party happening next Thursday 3 April from 2-6pm in North Melbourne. You can RSVP or show your support by donating to the school here.//Gamilaroi man and IndigenousX founder Luke Pearson joined us for a critical conversation about 'Harmony Day', which australia celebrates on March 21st while the rest of the world is commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Luke speaks about the difference between successive australian governments' attempts to creatively re-branding the colonial status quo and the work required to engage in actual anti-racist practice. You can read an excellent piece by Luke on 'Harmony Day' here on IndigenousX.//

Acknowledgement of Country//News Headlines//Avery Howard, Vice President of the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union (AUWU) and JobSeeker recipient, speaks with us on the 5th anniversary of the COVID-19 supplement about the drastic and immediate impact that it had to alleviate poverty for nearly a million people across so-called Australia. The Morrison Government's subsequent decision to end the supplement plunged welfare recipients back into poverty, sparking widespread condemnation by anti-poverty activists. The AUWU, Anti-Poverty Network South Australia, Antipoverty Centre, Anti-Poverty Network Queensland, and Nobody Deserves Poverty are commemorating the anniversary with a press conference today at Parliament House, as well as an online event on Monday the 24th of March reflecting on the impacts of the COVID-19 supplement and its significance for welfare recipients.//Last Saturday the 15th of March, a vigil was held outside the State Library of Victoria on the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque massacre in 2019, honouring the 51 lives lost in this tragedy. We hear singing and words of cross-community solidarity shared at the rally by Jasmine, Zari, and other members of the local Māori community, with speakers introduced by MC Sara Baarini.//We hear a speech by Nina, a member of Formerly Incarcerated Girls Justice Advocates Melbourne (FIGJAM), at the snap action for Poccum's Law held on Parliament steps this past Tuesday the 18th of March to condemn the Victorian Labor Government's new ‘tough on crime' bail bill. Nina was introduced by Maggie Munn, proud Gungarri advocate, who is the First Nations Justice advocate at Human Rights Law Centre. During the rally, attendees learned that the Bail Amendment (Tough Bail) Bill 2025 passed the Legislative Assembly with only three votes against. The bill inserts significant restrictions to bail access and has been widely condemned by Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, the community legal sector, family violence prevention organisations and youth support organisations for its regressive approach that will increase rates of incarceration for both children and adults in Victoria. Read the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Services' 'Bail Saves Lives: Poccum's Law is the Way Forward' statement here, and Flat Out's media statement on the bail laws here.//Dr James Martin is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Director of the Bachelor of Criminology at Deakin University. He's a leading researcher in the field of black markets, cybercrime, and the dark web illicit drug trade, as well as a Tobacco Harm Reduction Advisor for Harm Reduction Australia. In this interview, Dr Martin breaks down where law enforcement clashes with proven harm reduction approaches, how the dark web functions, and lays out australia's approach to vaping. He also discusses what's going on with vaping regulations, enforcing this law, changing societal perceptions of nicotine, and moral panics.//

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines// Please note that the following clip may touch on themes including domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, organised abuse, colonial violence, suicide, mental illness, self harm and drug use. If you need immediate support, you can call Lifeline 13 11 14, Suicide Callback Service 1300 659 467, 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) or LGBTQ peer support QLife 1800 184 527 (3pm - midnight). If you're a First Nations person who'd prefer mob only support, you can call 13 YARN (13 92 76) or Yarning Safe'n'Strong 1800 959 563.//We replay conversation between Amy Ciara, Jasmine McLennan and president of the Blue Knot Foundation, Dr Cathy Kezelman, during last Wednesday's special broadcast marking  Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day and supported by 3CR's Brainwaves. In the following interview, Amy, Jasmine and Cathy explore the nuances of living with complex trauma and dissociative identity disorders, also known as DID.// Lebanese-Australian lawyer and first-time filmmaker Nicholas Hanna speaks with us about his recently-released documentary, 'The Last Sky', which provides critical insight into Israel's war on Gaza within a broader context of its aggression against the Palestinian and Lebanese people. The film, which was produced by Palestinian media producer and filmmaker Rihab Charida, focuses unique attention on the perspectives of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon during the genocide, bringing together footage recorded in the region by Hanna and Charida in both 2004 and 2024.// We listened to part 2 of Priya's conversation with Jinsella Kennaway, Co-Founder and Executive Director of UK-based Demilitarise Education, who joined us to unpack the organisation's work to equip organisers with tools in the fight to break the links in the military-industrial-academic complex. In today's segment, Jinsella continues our discussion about the Demilitarise Education Treaty, a foundational framework that provides a pathway for action for universities to publicly commit to and implement full demilitarisation across investments, research and teaching activities. Head to 3cr.org.au/thursday-breakfast to listen back to part 1, which aired last week.// Professor Alex Collie is an applied public health and social policy scholar at Monash University. His research and teaching focus on work injury rehabilitation, occupational health and social protection schemes for personal injury. He joins us to discuss the latest study published 06 Mar 25 "Early High-Risk Opioid Prescribing and Persistent Opioid Use in Australian Workers with Workers' Compensation Claims for Back and Neck Musculoskeletal Disorders or Injuries: A Retrospective Cohort Study" which raises concern about opioid prescribing to injured Australian workers.// SongsBetter Things - Kee'ahnCaged Bird - Miiesha//

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines//  We replay an interview recorded by Danielle from 3CR's Breadline program at a picnic organised by the Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU), where Danielle spoke with attendee Alex about their experiences on the disability pension. Alex also shared some advice for those seeking support from Centrelink. This interview was aired on Breadline on Monday 3rd March - tune in every Monday at 6PM to hear directly from members of the AUWU.// Jinsella Kennaway, Co-Founder and Executive Director of UK-based Demilitarise Education, speaks with us about the organisation's work to equip organisers with tools in the fight to break the links in the military-industrial-academic complex. Our conversation focuses on the Demilitarise Education Treaty, a foundational framework that provides a pathway for action for universities to publicly commit to and implement full demilitarisation across investments, research and teaching activities. Today we listen to part 1 of Jinsella's conversation with Priya - tune in next week to catch part 2.// Camilla Rowland, CEO of Palliative Care Australia, speaks with us about palliative care resourcing and access in Australia and the urgent need for increased government support for this type of health care. Palliative Care Australia has published its 2025 federal election platform outlining key reforms to improve palliative care provision through both specialist and primary care pathways. Sign the petition to support Palliative Care Australia's election asks here.// Nirmal Joy, Multicultural Social Justice Coordinator at the Sydney Community Forum and lead of the Voices for Power advocacy project, joins us to discuss the campaign for a just and equitable clean energy transition in Australia. Through the Renew Australia for All movement, Voices for Power is advocating for community-based approaches to understand and respond to the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities navigating energy plans, sustainability, and the cost of living crisis.// Songs Out The Door - IZY//

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines// Beyond Bricks and BarsWitt Gorrie and two members of the steering committee of Beyond Bricks and Bars, Kate and Gia, spoke with Priya about the importance of this vital trans and gender diverse decarceration project on its 6th birthday.//Beyond Bricks and Bars' birthday fundraiser is coming up this Saturday 1 March from 5-10PM at Kines, 11 Hope Street, Brunswick - get your tickets here. Funds raised will be split between Beyond Bricks and Bars and the Incarcerated Trans and Gender Diverse Community Fund.// Migrant Worker's Centre Matt Kunkel, CEO of the Migrant Worker's Centre, returns to the show to speak about their latest campaign for migrant workers 'Expanding the Fair Entitlements Guarantee' - a scheme that provides workers who lose their job due to employer insolvency or bankruptcy with financial assistance to recover some unpaid entitlements. This includes unpaid wages, accrued leave, and redundancy pay. It provides a critical safety net for workers during what can be a financially difficult time. Sign the petition here.//You can contact the Migrant Worker's Centre if you're looking for support as a worker on 03 7009 6710, www.migrantworkers.org.au, or 54 Victoria St Carlton.// Public Housing Class Action RMIT housing academic Dr David Kelly speaks with us about a joint research project with Priya and Professor Libby Porter that includes an analysis of the forced displacement of public housing tenants in Naarm through estate renewal.//David will also provided updates on the public housing class action case, which resumes in Victoria's Supreme Court today, Thursday 27 February, from 10:30AM.// RAFFWU & Bangladesh Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU), joined the Asia Pacific Currents team this Saturday with a report on his recent solidarity visit to Bangladesh. They discussed the role of workers in the Bangladesh garment industry, as well as recent political events in Bangladesh, the importance of International Solidarity for Australian Unions, and more. Asia Pacific Currents can be heard every Saturday on 3CR from 9-9:30AM, or on our website: 3cr.org.au/asiapac//

Acknowledgement of Country Headlines Today's program included several interviews with distressing themes. If you need to speak with someone for free and confidential support, you can call:Lifeline (national, 24/7): 13 11 14Suicide Callback Service (national, 24/7): 1300 659 467QLife (national, 3PM-midnight): 1800 184 527Rainbow Door (Victoria, 10AM-5PM): 1800 729 367 1800RESPECT, the National Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Counselling Service (national, 24/7): 1800 737 732 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call:13YARN (national, 24/7): 13 92 76Yarning SafeNStrong (Victoria, 24/7): 1800 959 563 Content warning: this interview covers topics including forcible child removal, racism and sexual violence. Bev Burns, a spokesperson for the Land Back for Stolen Generations campaign, caught up with Priya earlier this week to unpack the fight to restore the site of Sister Kate's in Boorloo/Perth on Whadjuk Noongar land to Noongar community control. Bev took us through the history of Sister Kate's, a site of significant abuse and lasting trauma for Stolen Generations who were impacted by its operation under the Uniting Church, its transformation into the Aboriginal community-run Beananing Kwuurt Institute, and the Uniting Church's announcement last year that it planned to close the site and evict the BKI, bringing an end to the vital community and cultural connection, healing and services that it has provided to the local Aboriginal community. The campaign, led by Noongar women, is calling for the land to be handed back to Noongar people for the benefit of all Aboriginal people, including Stolen Generations survivors. Their occupation of the site which began on December 13th 2024 is still going strong. Support the Land Back for Stolen Generations campaign  by signing the petition here, and donating to cover essential costs via the details below. Name: Return Sister KatesBSB: 062 948Account Number: 3917 9786 Keep up to date with the campaign by following @landbackforstolengenerations on Instagram. We replay an excerpt of an interview from this week's Tuesday Hometime program where Jan Bartlett spoke to one of the three organisers of the Merchants of Death war crimes tribunal, Brad Wolf. Brad speaks about the years of work to bring the tribunal, which investigated US weapons manufacturers in relation to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, to fruition and its recommendations. To find out more about the tribunal's work and verdict, head to merchantsofdeath.org. Don't forget to tune in to Tuesday Hometime, 4-6PM every Tuesday on 3CR 855AM. Content warning: this conversation touches on themes of police violence, sexual violence, racism, queerphobia, and whorephobia. Damien Nguyen, a first-generation Vietnamese migrant sex worker and member of the Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group and Pride in Protest, joined us to talk about the impact of racial and gender profiling by so-called Australia's carceral border regime on migrants working in the sex industry. This conversation also included a discussion about the recent statement released by Pride in Protest in solidarity with trans women incarcerated at the Villawood detention centre, where detention centre workers are currently undertaking industrial action over a contract dispute - read it here. Scarlet Alliance have published translated resources on their site for Asian migrant sex workers who have experienced Border Force profiling and visa exploitation - you can find this information here. Content warning: this conversation includes discussion of transphobia. Dr Damien Riggs, a Professor in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work at Flinders University, speaks with us about the recently announced federal review into the Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents in Australia. Auspath, Transcend and LGBTIQ+ Australia have created a factsheet addressing both the federal review and the Queensland government's decision to block access to puberty blockers for trans youth in the state, which you can find here. Support the national day of action to protect trans youth by joining a rally this Saturday the 8th of February. In Naarm/Melbourne, the rally will be held at 10AM at the State Library on Swanston Street.  Image credit: Matt Hrkac, 2024. Support Matt's excellent frontline photojournalism here.

3CR's Subscriber Drive is on now! Subscribe to become a part of the 3CR community, get more involved in the governance of the station, and have your say at our AGM.How to subscribe:Head to 3cr.org.au/subscribe, where you can choose to pay for a single year's subscription or set up a recurring payment online,Phone (03) 9419 8377 during business hours (Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm), orSubscribe in person during business hours at 21 Smith Street, Fitzroy, where you can pay by cash, EFTPOS, cheque or money order.// Acknowledgment of Country// Headlines// Defend Dissent Coalition//Catherine from the Defend Dissent Coalition joined us to talk about the coalition's emergence in the face of the Victorian Labor Government's proposed anti-protest and social cohesion laws. The Coalition is a diverse group of activist organisations and individuals fighting to ensure the right to protest, which has been increasingly threatened in Victoria. In the face of mass protest in solidarity with Palestinians subjected to Israel's 15+ month genocidal assault on Gaza, the Allan Government has already introduced several bills into Parliament which encroach on freedom of expression and assembly, though the proposed legislation represents one of the harshest anti-protest crackdowns in recent years.  The Defend Dissent Coalition is organising a rally against the anti-protest laws on March 19th at 5:30PM outside the Parliament of Victoria - follow them on Instagram at @defenddissentcoalition for updates.// Amin Abbas at Palestine Rally//We listen back to a speech by Palestinian activist Amin G Abbas from the Free Palestine Rally on Sunday 9 February in Naarm, where Amin condemned Donald Trump's announcement of his intention to ethnically cleanse Gaza, and praised the strength of the people of Gaza as they return to their shattered homes.// Slingshot Books on Tabkha//Tess Cullity, founder of Slingshot Books, spoke with us about the process of publishing Tabkha: Recipes From Under the Rubble, a cook book written by Palestinian chef Mona Zahed while under genocidal siege in Gaza and illustrated by artists from Coffees For Gaza. We also play a clip of Mona talking about the book which she recorded last year before the announcement of the ceasefire agreement (our thanks to Mell Chun for editing and sharing this audio).  Mona has always loved cooking, artfully presenting food, and helping her friends prepare for their special occasions. Prior to October 2023 she ran a successful catering business, putting her skills and passions to practice. Tabkha is Mona's debut title, filled with twenty of her most beloved recipes.  Slingshot books is a tiny radical publishing house creating playful and politically potent books for kids and their grown-ups. Tess aims to serve a revolutionary readership, providing people with print objects that ignite their imagination and passion for change.  Preorder Tabkha by heading to tabkhabook.com - all proceeds from book sales (apart from printing and postage costs) will go to Mona and her community in Gaza.// PALM Scheme Worker Exploitation//RMIT PhD researcher Ema Moolchand joined us to discuss the co-authored report, Meat the Reality, which exposes the exploitation of workers under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme in Australia. People from Timor-Leste and Pacific Island regions working under the PALM scheme form the backbone of the Australian meat industry, but despite their crucial labour, PALM scheme workers commonly face "sub-minimum wages, sham contracts, and punitive deductions." Ema's doctoral research focuses on the ways that modern slavery shows up in local and global production networks, with a particular focus on the cleaning and meat industries.  Learn more about the conditions faced by PALM workers and what needs to change by reading the full report here. You can support the Australian Workers Union's campaign for fair conditions for PALM workers by signing this petition. Ema mentioned an exhibition of photographs taken by PALM workers which will be held at the Australian National University in March 2025 - find out more here.// Queensland Trans Youth Healthcare Access//Content warning: this interview includes discussion of transphobia, suicide and self harm. If you need to speak with someone for free and confidential support, you can call:Lifeline (national, 24/7): 13 11 14Suicide Callback Service (national, 24/7): 1300 659 467QLife (national, 3PM-midnight): 1800 184 527Rainbow Door (Victoria, 10AM-5PM): 1800 729 36713YARN (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only, national, 24/7): 13 92 76 Necho Brocchi, proud trans woman and service manager at Open Doors Youth Service in Magan-djin/Brisbane, discussed the impact of the Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls decision on the 28th of January to pause the provision of puberty blockers and gender affirming hormone therapy to new patients under 18 years old in the state. This decision, which was met with national outrage and protests around the country this past Saturday the 8th of February, forces 491 young people to wait for life-saving care until an inquiry into gender-affirming healthcare and hormone therapies takes place. Further information about the changes, state and federal inquiries, and their impacts are available in this resource developed by Transcend Australia, AusPATH, and LGBTIQ+ Health Australia. Necho shared several calls to action to support trans and gender diverse young people in Queensland:Write to Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls to express your concern about the government's decision to suspend access to gender affirming care for new patients under the age of 18. Contact details for Minister Nicholls are available here.Trans young people and their families can write to Open Doors Youth Service to share their stories about the importance of gender affirming health care here.Donate to Project 491, an initiative led by AusPATH in response to the Queensland Government's decision to restrict gender affirming care for trans and gender diverse children. AusPATH will these funds in collaboration with care providers in Queensland and across Australia (including Open Doors Youth Service) to establish multi-disciplinary pathways to ensure affected young people receive timely, evidence-based care.//  Image credit: Ember L, 2025. Follow and support Ember's work here.//

  3CR would like to acknowledge the Kulin Nation – true owners, caretakers and custodians of the land from which we broadcast. 3CR pays respect to Elders, past and present of the Kulin Nation. We recognise their unceded sovereignty.//News headlines//Tamala Shelton// Next up is a recording from a fundraiser held in December 2024 which was organised by the wonderful Ibi. The event raised money for Sisters Inside as well as mutual aid initiatives for people in Sudan and Palestine. In the following outtake you will hear the voice of proud Bundjalung and Lama-lama woman Tamala Shelton. Tamala is an actor, singer and author of the two spoken word pieces we are about to play. The first piece was written by Tamala to commemorate NAIDOC week last year, answering the call to keep the fire burning.The second piece is personal confrontation with the atrocities of genocide on social media as well as a call to action, in the name of justice for the Palestinian people. You can donate directly to Sisters Inside here, Bakri's (@bakri2) fundraiser for Sudan here, and Ibrahim's (@ibrahim_palestine20) fundraiser for Gaza here.//Yousef Alreemawi//Yousef Alreemawi is a musician, translator, educator and the founder of 3CRs much loved show ‘Palestine Remembered'. He is also the current director of Averroes Centre, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to promote knowledge about Arab culture in Australia. On Tuesday, Yousef joined me to talk about his exciting new project - a 12 week Arabic language course, hosted at Black Spark cultural centre. Instead of creating a standard course and then seeking out participants, Yousef will host a public gathering aimed at understanding the communities unique needs and interests for learning the Arabic language. You can register to attend the public meeting...which will be held at Black Spark on February 11th at 6pm...by emailing Yousef Alreemawi at “y.reemawi@gmail.com” to express your interest.//Sophie - Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS)// Joins us to unpack the service's Legal Observer Team Report on the policing of the Disrupt Land Forces protests, which was published on Monday this week. The report covers legal and human rights concerns about police conduct at and media reporting on protest actions undertaken to disrupt the Land Forces Exposition, so-called Australia's largest defence industry event, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 11-13 September 2024. You can read the full report here. If you are interested in participating in legal observer training or otherwise supporting MALS' vital work, you can visit their website here.//Invasion Day Rally Speeches// We'll listen back to speeches from Invasion Day rallies around the country, including by Guyala Bayles and Ruby Wharton in Magan-djin/brisbane, and Roxy Moore in Boorloo/perth. Roxy's speech focuses on the Land Back for Stolen Generations campaign being waged by Noongar women calling for the Uniting Church to hand back Whadjuk Noongar land that was stolen to establish Sister Kate's mission (support their campaign by signing the petition here). Our thanks to Anna Carlson at 4ZZZ for sharing the recordings of Guyala and Ruby's speeches, and to the Land Back for Stolen Generations crew for sharing Roxy's speech//.

Acknowledgement of Country Headlines Today's program included several interviews with distressing themes. If you need to speak with someone for free and confidential support, you can call:Lifeline (national, 24/7): 13 11 14Suicide Callback Service (national, 24/7): 1300 659 467QLife (national, 3PM-midnight): 1800 184 527Rainbow Door (Victoria, 10AM-5PM): 1800 729 367 1800RESPECT, the National Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Counselling Service (national, 24/7): 1800 737 732 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call:13YARN (national, 24/7): 13 92 76Yarning SafeNStrong (Victoria, 24/7): 1800 959 563 Content warning: this interview covers topics including forcible child removal, racism and sexual violence. Bev Burns, a spokesperson for the Land Back for Stolen Generations campaign, caught up with Priya earlier this week to unpack the fight to restore the site of Sister Kate's in Boorloo/Perth on Whadjuk Noongar land to Noongar community control. Bev took us through the history of Sister Kate's, a site of significant abuse and lasting trauma for Stolen Generations who were impacted by its operation under the Uniting Church, its transformation into the Aboriginal community-run Beananing Kwuurt Institute, and the Uniting Church's announcement last year that it planned to close the site and evict the BKI, bringing an end to the vital community and cultural connection, healing and services that it has provided to the local Aboriginal community. The campaign, led by Noongar women, is calling for the land to be handed back to Noongar people for the benefit of all Aboriginal people, including Stolen Generations survivors. Their occupation of the site which began on December 13th 2024 is still going strong. Support the Land Back for Stolen Generations campaign  by signing the petition here, and donating to cover essential costs via the details below. Name: Return Sister KatesBSB: 062 948Account Number: 3917 9786 Keep up to date with the campaign by following @landbackforstolengenerations on Instagram. We replay an excerpt of an interview from this week's Tuesday Hometime program where Jan Bartlett spoke to one of the three organisers of the Merchants of Death war crimes tribunal, Brad Wolf. Brad speaks about the years of work to bring the tribunal, which investigated US weapons manufacturers in relation to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, to fruition and its recommendations. To find out more about the tribunal's work and verdict, head to merchantsofdeath.org. Don't forget to tune in to Tuesday Hometime, 4-6PM every Tuesday on 3CR 855AM. Content warning: this conversation touches on themes of police violence, sexual violence, racism, queerphobia, and whorephobia. Damien Nguyen, a first-generation Vietnamese migrant sex worker and member of the Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group and Pride in Protest, joined us to talk about the impact of racial and gender profiling by so-called Australia's carceral border regime on migrants working in the sex industry. This conversation also included a discussion about the recent statement released by Pride in Protest in solidarity with trans women incarcerated at the Villawood detention centre, where detention centre workers are currently undertaking industrial action over a contract dispute - read it here. Scarlet Alliance have published translated resources on their site for Asian migrant sex workers who have experienced Border Force profiling and visa exploitation - you can find this information here. Content warning: this conversation includes discussion of transphobia. Dr Damien Riggs, a Professor in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work at Flinders University, speaks with us about the recently announced federal review into the Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents in Australia. Auspath, Transcend and LGBTIQ+ Australia have created a factsheet addressing both the federal review and the Queensland government's decision to block access to puberty blockers for trans youth in the state, which you can find here. Support the national day of action to protect trans youth by joining a rally this Saturday the 8th of February. In Naarm/Melbourne, the rally will be held at 10AM at the State Library on Swanston Street.  Image credit: Matt Hrkac, 2024. Support Matt's excellent frontline photojournalism here.

Acknowledgement of Country// Highlights from 2024: First Nations Stories & JusticeToday's show features a selection of interviews from First Nations interviews centering story-telling and fighting for justice. From challenging colonial copaganda, to uplifting storytelling, fighting for the protection of sacred Country, and so much more! Stay tuned to 3CR 855AM, 3CR Digital and streaming at 3cr.org.au or via the Community Radio App.//For First Nations listeners please be advised that the episode covers topics such as colonial violence, genocide, Stolen Generations, and land occupation. For 24/7 mob only support you can always contact 13 YARN 13 92 76, Yarning Safe'n'Strong 1800 959 563.//Challenging Colonial Copaganda - 1 Aug 2024//First, we listen back to an excerpt from Brisbane Free University and Radio Reversal's 'Challenging Colonial Copaganda' webinar, which brought together Professor Chelsea Watego, Dr Amy McQuire, Ronnie Gorrie and Associate Professor Amanda Porter to speak about the laundering and normalisation of policing in so-called Australia. In this segment, we hear Chelsea and Amanda critically discussing the normalisation of police presence at First Nations community events, and the machinations of police image-management through ties with other institutions//Frontier Wars and March on ANZAC - 25 Apr 2024//Professor Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, last surviving member of the original Aboriginal Tent Embassy's founding four, and Head of State of the Euahlayi Peoples Republic joins us to discuss the importance of commemorating the Frontier Wars on this date of colonial military remembrance. The March on ANZAC, which has been held on April 25th in Canberra for over a decade now, highlights the vital resistance of Aboriginal people who lost their lives in the Frontier Wars fighting against colonial invasion.//   Maya Hodge - 18 Jul 2024//These Arms Hold Maya Hodge is a proud Lardil emerging curator and writer based on the lands of the Kulin Nation (Melbourne). Her practise explores the power of disrupting colonial narratives to uplift First Nations storytelling, healing and artistic autonomy. In 2022, she co-curated Collective Movements at Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) which toured across Victoria and this year curated These Arms Hold, which showed at Incinerator Gallery  from 6 July 2024 - 8 September 2024. Beyond the Bars LIVE from Barwon Prison - 11 July 2024//We listen to an excerpt from this week's 2024 Beyond the Bars LIVE Broadcast, Tues 9th July from Barwon Prison in Lara near Geelong. 3CR Presenters Chris Austin and Keiran Stewart-Assheton speak with some of the First Nations men incarcerated at Barwon Prison. They discuss child removals, DHS & Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations, and offer some advice and thoughts on supports and solutions for Mob inside. Listen back to the full broadcasts from each prison here//Laniyuk - 02 May 2024//We listen back to an excerpt from a conversation with Larrakia, Kungarakan, Gurindji and French writer and performer Laniyuk. Thursday Breakky co-host and Women on the Line presenter Priya spoke to Laniyuk in February 2024 about the ongoing campaign to return Lee Point to Larrakia Care, as well as the history of the Australian and US defence forces' militarised occupation of Larrakia Country. You'll also hear from several Larrakia women - Jamilah Mills, Arbei Talbot, Hayley Mcadam, Aunty Aly Mills, and Arbei Adjrun - who have lent their voices and stories to the fight, using audiovisual storytelling as a medium to convey the significance of Larrakia people's relationship with Country as a foundation for community and cultural strength, and to ensure Larrakia futures. To hear the full interview, go to www.3cr.org.au/womenontheline. And if you're living on or around Larrakia Country, we encourage you help protect sacred land and to get down to Lee Point today!// Song: Homeland by Tjaka// Invasion Day Rally : Naarm/melbourneSunday 26 January 202510 am sharpParliament House, Melbourne/Naarm on Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Lands// 

Highlights from 2024: Harm ReductionYou're listening to Thursday Breakfast's Summer Programming on 3CR Community Radio. Today's show features a selection of interviews from the voices of those fighting for harm reduction. You will first hear from Martin Hodgson about the colonial crisis of domestic and family violence in so-called Australia, as well as important conversations about alcohol and other drugs harm reduction. Stay tuned to 3CR 855AM, 3CR Digital and streaming at 3cr.org.au or via the Community Radio App.// Acknowledgement of Country// Martin Hodgson - Thursday, 27 June 2024Martin Hodgson, senior advocate at the Foreign Prisoner Support Service and co-host of Curtain the Podcast, speaks with us about the colonial crisis of domestic and family violence in so-called Australia. This conversation occurs in the context of Martin's recent appearance at a Parliamentary hearing held as part of the ongoing inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children. While the Senate referred an inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on 4 August 2022, the inquiry process continues, with the reporting date extended to 15 August 2024.//Content warning: this interview will include discussion of domestic and family violence, femicide and racism. If you are feeling distressed, you can always call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or the Suicide Callback Service on 1300 659 467. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also contact 13 YARN (13 92 76), or Yarning Safe'n'Strong on 1800 959 563. If you need support or advice, please call 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732.// Dr James Petty - Thursday, 11 July 2024We were joined by Dr James Petty Senior Policy and Research Officer from VAADA, the peak for Victorian alcohol and other drug treatment services. We discussed the recent health alerts indicating that illicit drugs such as cocaine have been adulterated with a range of substances, including nitazenes. In acknowledgement of this risk, Harm Reduction Victoria (HRVic) and VAADA have developed a paper calling for the sector and the Victorian Government to work together on developing and delivering a Potent Synthetic Opioids Plan.// Dr Chris Gill - Thursday, 29 August & 5 September 2024Dr Chris Gill, Professor of Chemistry has co-lead the the team that has created revolutionary drug checking technology through spray mass spectrometry used around the world, and originating in ''british columbia, canada.'' In Part 1 of this interview, we speak about the importance of small sample sizes in drug checking, the nuances of sensitivity, and what we here in Naarm/melbourne can learn from innovative drug checking technology and the management of opioid overdose crisises. In part 2, we speak about translating this technology into supportive drug checking practices for the community, and check out Substance Drug Checking Service.//  Dr. George (Kev) Dertadian - Thursday, 14 March 2024Social researcher Dr George (Kev) Dertadian spoke with us about settler colonialism, criminalisation and drug prohibition as explored in his recent paper, ‘The Coloniality of Drug Prohibition' (open access).  Kev works on unceded Bedagal land and does field-based research with people who use drugs, including both marginalised and structurally advantaged groups. As a member of the Center for Criminology, Law and Justice Kev advocates for non-carceral responses to drug use, with a particular focus on harm reduction.// Alcohol and other Drug Harm Reduction Resources:National Alcohol and other Drug Hotline on 1800 250 015.Harm Reduction Victoria's Naloxone Training. No need to register, and you recieve a free Naloxone kit. How to get free Naloxone aka Narcan®HRVic's Naloxone Nasal Spray Instructions FlyerHarm reduction tipsSigns of an an opioid overdose //  

Highlights from 2024: Disability Justice//You're listening to Thursday Breakfast's Summer Programming on 3CR Community Radio. Today's show features a selection of interviews featuring the voices of Autistic and disabled folks, as well as those fighting for disability rights. Stay tuned to 3CR 855AM, 3CR Digital and streaming at 3cr.org.au or via the Community Radio App.// Acknowledgement of Country// Shaun Bickley - Thursday, 3 October & 10 October 2024 //Autistic disability activist Shaun Bickley caught up with Priya in October 2024 to discuss the labour exploitation of disabled people in so-called Australia with a focus on the issue of wage theft by Australian Disability Enterprises or ADEs. Today, you'll hear part one and two of that conversation. Shaun is campaigning for an end to subminimum wage for disabled people in Australia, and has created an open letter, which you can sign onto as an individual or endorse on behalf of an organisation [Plain English version linked at top of letter].// Leon Wingard - Thursday, 7 November 2024 //Leon Wiegard, Assistant Branch Secretary of the Australian Services Union, joined us in November 2024 to discuss how employers are attempting to make it lawful for community and disability support workers to be at work for up to 28 hours without overtime pay - a move the Australian Services Union has condemned as reckless, arrogant and unjust.// Melanie Hawkes - Thursday, 18 July 2024 //In early July 2024,  NDIS minister Bill Shorten announced that users of the scheme would be denied access to sex workers and sexual services under planned reforms. The NDIS Amendment Bill has been met with criticism across the board for its heavy focus on budget cuts and a failure to centre the experiences of people living with a disability. Today we will hear from Melanie Hawkes - a member of the management committee of Touching Base and NDIS participant with a physical disability, who joined me to share her experience of sex and disability. Touching Base is a charitable organization developed to assist people with disability and sex workers connect with each other, focusing on access, human rights, legal issues and attitudinal barriers. In response to Minister Shorten's announcement last week, they have released a joint statement alongside nine other organizations, calling for the right to protect access to NDIS funded sexuality services.Please note that the next segment details sexual experiences and sex work. If you would prefer not to hear this type of content, or have children around, we advise you to tune out for the next 20 minutes.// Kate aka Perno -  Thursday, 16 May 2024 //Kate is a queer, disabled activist who joined us in May 2024 to speak about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) during ME/CFS Awareness Week (12 -19 May). We will discuss international and evidence based guidelines and how australia has lagged in this area, how to reconnect with who you are while living with ME/CFS, and how we can learn more. Kate has also worked as a former nurse, a peer worker in drug harm reduction, been a fierce advocate for dancefloor safety through Cool Room and Safety Mates.// 

Highlights from 2024: Solidarity and Resistance3CR would like to acknowledge the Kulin Nation – true owners, caretakers and custodians of the land from which we broadcast. 3CR pays respect to Elders, past and present of the Kulin Nation. We recognise their unceded sovereignty.//Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh//Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh speaks about ecocide, resistance and the links between Palestine and so-called Australia. Professor Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian environmental scientist and author who has written several books including Sharing the Land of Canaan and Popular Resistance in Palestine. He is also the founder of the Palestine Museum of Natural History(PMNH), as well as the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS), founded in partnership with his wife Jessie Chang in 2014. This is a conversation from May 2024.//Michelle Fahy//We revisit the work of Independant journalist Michelle Fahy, who spoke to Thursday breakfast host Priya Kunjan about Australia's place in the global supply chain of Lockheed Martin's F-35 combat aircraft, which the Israeli military has been using to wreak widespread destruction across Gaza. Michelle has been investigating militarism and the arms trade since 2009, and recently reported that Lockheed Martin has deleted website details about its operations in Australia. You can read and support Michelle's work by subscribing to her substack, Undue Influence.//Teachers for Palestine: Bill Abrahams//We hear an interview from Thursday breakfast host inez winters and Bill Abrahams who discuses the resource Teaching for Palestine: Challenging Anzac Day and australia's historical and ongoing repression of Palestinians, how offical remembrance obscures the realities of war and promotes imperialism and militarisation, and the role of teachers and school staff in dismantling the myths set up by offical remembrance.//Prison to deportation pipeline: Sanmati Verma//Legal Director at Human Rights Law Centre Sanmati Verma who joined Priya earlier in 2024 to break down the violence of mandatory visa cancellation and the different experiences of non-citizens incarcerated in so-called Australia.Sanmati Verma and Dr Claire Loughnan from the University of Melbourne explored these issues in a recent report on the Prison to Deportation Pipeline, which found that there has been a tenfold increase in visa cancellations on 'character' grounds since 2014, leading to a significant rise in people held in immigration detention for this reason. You can read the report at Human Rights Law Centre's website.//Yoorrook: Professor Maggie Walter//Yoorrook for Justice is a truth telling commission that documents past and present injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria. The commission has seen thousands of people speak truth in court and on Country. The final interview features Palawa woman and Yoorrook Commissioner and Professor Maggie Walter. Maggie Walter has authored six books and over 100 journal articles in the fields of Indigenous sociology and Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Today, Maggie speaks to us about the importance of data sovereignty for First Nations justice and gives insight into Closing the Gap data released last week, along with updates on Yoorrook for Justice during the last week of submissions in 2024.//

Acknowledgement of Country// Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane - Stop LAPD Spying CoalitionPriya caught up with Stop LAPD Spying Coalition's Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane in July 2024 to talk about organising with unhoused community in downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row and beyond against militarised policing and surveillance by the Los Angeles Police Department. In this wide-ranging conversation about the group's work, broadcast in three parts across August 2024, Hamid and Matyos also discuss Stop LAPD Spying Coalition's abolitionist ethos, the importance of a structural analysis of police violence, and emphasise why it is crucial to resist liberal reformism and academic and non-profit complicity in state violence.// Tamar Hopkins and Ilo Diaz - Centre Against Racial ProfilingWe replay a conversation from October 2024 with Tamar Hopkins and Ilo Diaz of the Centre Against Racial Profiling, who joined us to speak about the launch of the Racial Profiling Data Monitoring Project. The project's website, racialprofilingresearch.org, hosts important data showing the extent of racial profiling in Victoria Police during street searches obtained via Freedom of Information requests covering four years worth of police search records. Tamar has been working in the area of police accountability and racism since 2005. She was the founding lawyer of the Police Accountability Project at Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre in Melbourne Australia in 2009. She has a PhD from UNSW on racial profiling, and has appeared as an expert witness at inquests and commissions investigating police accountability and racial profiling. Ilo has worked directly with communities experiencing human rights abuses in Melbourne, South America and Palestine. His background is in Human Rights observing in areas of conflict. Ilo also volunteers with Melbourne Activist Legal Support, providing his expertise to Legal Observer teams that observe police actions in protests.// Justice for Sonya Massey Oakland RallyThe Anti Police Terror Project joined organisations around the United States to coordinate a rally calling for Justice for Sonya Massey on the 29th of July 2024 in Oakland, California. Sonya Massey was a 36-year-old Black mother who was shot and killed by Deputy Sean Grayson of the Illinois Police Department on 6 July, 2024, after she called the police with concerns about an intruder entering her home. The rally was MC'd by APTP's Cat Brooks, and the recording we played in today's show (originally broadcast in August 2024) features poetry by Oakland's first Poet Laureate Dr Ayodele 'WordSlanger' Nzinga, as well as reflections from Uncle Bobby and Big Oscar, the uncle and father of Oscar Grant, who was killed on New Year's Day 2009 by Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland.//

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Belgium's Colonial Crimes with Geneviève Kaninda, Part 2Content warning: This interview covers distressing topics including forcible child removal, racism and sexual violence.If you need to speak with someone for support, you can call 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732), Lifeline on 13 11 14, Suicide Callback Service on 1300 659 467, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call 13 YARN (13 92 76) and Yarning Safe'n'Strong on 1800 959 563.We'll hear the rest of a two-part interview with Geneviève Kaninda, Brussels-based Policy and Advocacy Officer at the African Futures Lab, on the Brussels Court of Appeal's landmark decision earlier this month to recognise the Belgian State's responsibility in abducting and racially segregating biracial Métis children under its colonial rule of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The DRC was subjected to brutal colonisation by Belgium from 1908 until it gained independence in 1960, and the struggle for justice and reparations by Mètis children of Congolese mothers and Belgian fathers has been waged across several decades both in Belgium and in the Great Lakes countries of the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda. Listen back to part one of our conversation with Geneviève here. African Futures Lab is an independent research and advocacy institute that aims to raise global awareness of racial injustice across Africa and Europe and to empower civil society actors and public and private entities to demand justice and achieve reform.// Queensland's Carceral Crackdown on KidsThis week on 3CR's Doin' Time, Marisa spoke with Maggie Munn, a proud Gunggari advocate from southwest Queensland and Director of the First Nations Justice team at the Human Rights Law Centre. Maggie discussed the Liberal-National Crisafulli Government's rush to pass the Making Queensland Safer Bill 2024, through Parliament last Thursday 12th December, and the dire consequences that this new law will have on children in the state. The law will result in even more children being locked up in Queensland's overcrowded and unsafe police watchhouses and youth prisons, where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are already alarmingly disproportionately incarcerated. You can read Human Rights Law Centre's statement about the Making Queensland Safer Bill 2024 here.// Contextualising Diagnoses of Mental IllnessRMIT PhD researcher Tom Short joins us for a critical conversation about mental health, the carcerality of psychiatry and mental health facilities, and the politics of mental illness diagnoses. Tom's doctoral research focuses on on youth mental health from a critical/sociological perspective. During this interview, we briefly discuss the Australian Medical Association's Position Statement on Mental Health and Wellbeing, published on the 6th of December 2024 - you can read it here. We also shout out the excellent work of mad survivor, artist, activist and academic Indigo Daya - Indigo's website is linked here.// Fundraising for SudanJournalist, photographer, event organiser and passionate community advocate Bakri Mahmoud speaks with us about the fundraising he's been coordinating to support internally and externally displaced Sudanese people impacted by the ongoing war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Since April 2023, the conflict has caused mass humanitarian crisis in the country manifesting in famine, forced displacement and brutality against civilians. Bakri has published numerous works for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in News, Music and Arts. Bakri is currently completing a two year photography residency at Footscray Community Arts where he is platforming stories of resistance and survival from the communities he has access to. In his spare time, Bakri loves to play futsal, cook large meals in abundance and maintains an ongoing Mutual Aid campaign to support survivors of war back home in Sudan.Details for the fundraising account Bakri mentioned are below.BSB: 067872Account Number: 1561 8838//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Belgium's Colonial Crimes with Geneviève Kaninda, Part 1Content warning: This interview covers distressing topics including forcible child removal, racism and sexual violence. If you to need to speak with someone for support you can call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, Lifeline on 13 11 14, and the Suicide Callback Service on 1300 659 467. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call 13 YARN on 13 92 76 and Yarning Safe'n'Strong on 1800 959 563.We hear part 1 of a two-part interview with Geneviève Kaninda, Brussels-based Policy and Advocacy Officer at the African Futures Lab, on the Brussels Court of Appeal's landmark decision earlier this month to recognise the Belgian State's responsibility in abducting and racially segregating biracial Métis children under its colonial rule of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The DRC was subjected to brutal colonisation by Belgium from 1908 until it gained independence in 1960, and the struggle for justice and reparations by Mètis children of Congolese mothers and Belgian fathers has been waged across several decades both in Belgium and in the Great Lakes countries of the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda. African Futures Lab is an independent research and advocacy institute that aims to raise global awareness of racial injustice across Africa and Europe and to empower civil society actors and public and private entities to demand justice and achieve reform.// Femicide in Australia with Sherele MoodyContent warning: This interview covers distressing topics including sexual and gender based violence, violence against First Nations women and children, and racism. If you to need to speak with someone for support you can call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, Lifeline on 13 11 14, and the Suicide Callback Service on 1300 659 467 (all 24-hour hotlines). LGBTQIA+ listeners can also call QLife on 1800 184 527 between 3PM and midnight, and people under the age of 25 can call Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call 13 YARN on 13 92 76 and Yarning Safe'n'Strong on 1800 959 563 (both 24 hours).Sherele Moody joined us to discuss her work mapping femicides in so called-Australia, unpack mainstream media coverage of gender based violence and analyse the silencing of impacts of gendered violence on First Nations women and children. Sherele has over 20 years of experience reporting across a range of areas for some of Australia's major media companies. Sherele is also the founder and operator of The RED HEART Campaign and has been documenting the killing of women and children since 2015. Please consider supporting The RED HEART Campaign by making a donation here. A vigil organised by theThe Australian Femicide Watch to remember, mourn and celebrate Victorian women lost to violence in 2024 will be held on Saturday, December 14 from 4-6PM at the Darling Gardens rotunda, Clifton Hill.// ‘The Left's Problem with Palestine' with Abdaljawad Omar, Part 2We listened to part two of a talk given by Palestinian scholar and theorist Abdaljawad Omar during the early October 2024 teach-in 'The Left's Problem with Palestine', co-convened by CUNY for Palestine and Grad Center for Palestine. In this talk, Omar presents a critical analysis of the Western left's reflexive condemnation of Palestinian resistance both in relation to October 7th 2023 and more broadly, and the implications of this disavowal for the possibility of the West's genuine engagement with anticolonial struggle. You can watch the full talk and an extended discussion between Omar and Jodi Dean here.// Elijah Kose's Hands with Grace Dlabik and Dan ElborneNaarm-based artists Grace Dlabik and Dan Elborne join us to talk about the upcoming debut exhibition of works by Grace's son Elijah Kose, a collection of sculpture works produced in collaboration with Dan and titled Hands. Grace is an Austrian/Hungarian and Papua New Guinean woman from Lavaipia clan of Lese Oalai, and Motuan clan Botai of Hanuabada, and she is the founder and creative director of BE. Collective and BE. ONE. a grass-roots international collective that forges artistic opportunity and pathways for underrepresented creatives. Dan is a visual artist whose primary working material is clay, which he utilizes for long-form installation-based projects and sculptural series building work on intersecting foundations for memory, time, labour and materiality. Hands opens on Elijah's birthday, Sunday 15 December, 12-3PM at Art Haus Gallery on Wurundjeri Country, 20 Old Warrandyte Road, Donvale.//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We listened to part one of a talk given by Palestinian scholar and theorist Abdaljawad Omar during the early October 2024 teach-in 'The Left's Problem with Palestine', co-convened by CUNY for Palestine and Grad Center for Palestine. In this talk, held in the lead up to the first anniversary of the Al Aqsa Flood operation of October 7th 2023, Omar critically analyses the Western left's reflexive condemnation of Palestinian resistance both on that date and more broadly, and the implications of this hasty disavowal for a genuine engagement with anticolonial struggle. We'll play part two next week, but you can watch the full talk and subsequent extended discussion between Omar and Jodi Dean here.// Content warning: this conversation touches on themes of transphobia, sexual assault (r*pe), and suicide. If you require support, you can call QLife( (national) - 1800 184 527 (3PM - midnight), Rainbow Door(Victoria) - 1800 729 367 (10AM-5PM), Lifeline (national, 24/7) 13 11 14, and the Suicide Callback Service (national, 24/7) 1300 659 467. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call 13YARN on 13 92 76 or Yarning SafeNStrong on 1800 959 563. As part of our '16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence' we revisit a piece from 3CR's Trans Day of Audibility 2024 special programming, where Priya caught up with Katie and Stacey, two trans women with lived experience of incarceration in the Victorian Prison system. Katie and Stacey speak about their experiences of transphobic violence while being incarcerated in men's prisons, their fight to access gender-affirming care, self-advocacy, and how the state tries to quash rehabilitation and second chances in the community. Listen back to the full set of conversations for our Trans Day of Audibility 2024 broadcast here.// Antipoverty Centre spokesperson Kristin O'Connell joined us to talk about the catastrophic impacts of energy poverty on low-income folks in so-called Australia. On Monday this week, Antipoverty Centre, Parents for Climate and Sweltering Cities launched their Stop The Bill Shock Campaign by delivering a $173 million energy bill to Origin Energy headquarters, with the figure representing the estimated cost to the company to wipe the slate of energy debt owed by the 98,000 Origin customers currently on a hardship program. The campaign is demanding an end to price gouging by Australian energy retailers and immediate debt forgiveness for consumers experiencing financial hardship in the face of over a decade of increasing energy poverty in the country. As Kristin mentioned during our chat, Antipoverty Centre are encouraging people to share their stories about energy poverty and difficulties with energy retailers here.//Ibi spoke with us about a fundraiser event running this Friday the 6th of December at Catalyst Social Centre raising money for Sisters Inside and mutual aid initiatives for people in Sudan and Palestine. Head to Catalyst at 144/146 Sydney Road, Coburg, tomorrow from 6:30PM to enter an art raffle, enjoy food and drinks by We Eatin' Good, listen to music and poetry by incredible BIPOC artists, and grab some second-hand clothes for a good cause. Organisers are sharing updates on the fundraiser via Black Peoples Union's Instagram, and you can also donate directly to Sisters Inside here, Bakri's (@bakri2) fundraiser for Sudan here, and Ibrahim's (@ibrahim_palestine20) fundraiser for Gaza here.//

Fighting for Better Buses in the West, Inquiry into Government's Refugee Crackdown, Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Closing the Gap, Workplace Sexual Harassment of Migrant and Refugee Women Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Adele Vosper, spokesperson of the Sustainable Cities Collective at Friends of the Earth, spoke with us about the Better Buses Campaign, which is fighting for adequate and sustainable public transit servicing in Melbourne's West. The campaign launched a petition for bus network reform in the western suburbs which, after collecting over 3,000 signatures was debated last night in Victorian Parliament by Western Metropolitan Upper House member David Ettershank MP. Prior to the debate, community members gathered on the steps of Parliament to support the campaign and stand up for transport equity. Join the Better Buses Campaign's next action on Wednesday 11 December at 5PM at Tarneit Station - RSVP here. The Better Buses Campaign group meets weekly on a Wednesday from 6-8PM in person at Weekly meeting 312 Smith St, Collingwood, VIC 3066 and online via zoom (information here). For further information about the campaign, you can contact Elyse Cunningham at Friends of the Earth (elyse.cunningham@foe.org.au).// This Monday on 3CR's Doin' Time show, Marisa spoke with Laura John from the Human Rights Law Centre about the Senate inquiry the Migration Amendment Bill 2024, which was introduced by the government in response to the High Court of Australia's decision in YBFZ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The proposed measures will significantly expand the Government's powers, enabling it to warehouse people in third countries, reverse protection findings made for refugees, and continue the domestic imposition of punitive visa conditions on non-citizens in Australia. You can read HRLC's explainer on the Migration Amendment Bill 2024 here.// Palawa woman and Yoorrook Commissioner and Professor Maggie Walter discussed the importance of data sovereignty for First Nations justice and gave insight into Closing the Gap data released last week, along with updates on Yoorrook for Justice during the last week of submissions. Professor Walter has authored six books and over 100 journal articles in the fields of Indigenous sociology and Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Yoorrook for Justice is a truth telling commission that documents past and present injustices experienced by First Peoples in Victoria. The commission has seen thousands of people speak truth in court and on Country. Submissions close Saturday 30 September AEDT 11:59pm. Make your submission here.// CONTENT WARNING: This interview includes themes of sexual harassment and gender-based violence. If you need to speak with someone for support, you can always contact the Sexual Assault Crisis Line on 1800 806 292, 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732), Lifeline on 13 11 14, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call 13 YARN (13 92 76). To find out more about your rights at work and reporting instances of sexual harassment in the workplace, visit https://www.respectatwork.gov.au/.Professor Marie Segrave, Dr Siru Tan and Dr Chloe Keel joined us as part of 3CR's dedicated programming across this year's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence to talk about their co-authored research into migrant and refugee women's attitudes, experiences and responses to sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. The research project, a collaboration with ANROWS, was a national study that sought to investigate and document migrant and refugee women's experiences of, understandings of and responses to sexual harassment. Professor Segrave is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the School of Political and Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. Dr Tan is also based at the University of Melbourne, and is a Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social and Political Sciences and co-lead of the Borders, Migration and Gendered Violence Research Hub. Dr Keel is a Lecturer in Criminology at Griffith University. This project's research team also included Professor Rebecca Wickes from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, and Prabhapriya Bogoda Arachchige from the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. Check out the project's final report, published in August this year.// Unfortunately, we weren't able to get to our planned interview with Ngarrindjeri, Djab Wurrung and Gunditjmara musician, dancer and director Amos Roach about this Saturday's unveiling of the Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter statues at Atherton Gardens in Fitzroy. Tune in to 3CR's Solidarity Breakfast this Saturday morning from 7:30-9AM to catch Amos in conversation with Annie!Uncle Archie (Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung)/Bundjalung) and Aunty Ruby (Ngarrindjeri/Kokatha/Pitjantjatjara), Amos' parents, both had strong connections to Fitzroy and narrated their experiences of living, loving and building community as Stolen Generations survivors through their captivating musical talent and songwriting. The statues were commissioned by Yarra City Council in partnership with the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation, with the guidance of the Archie Roach Foundation and members of Uncle Archie and Aunty Ruby's family. This Saturday's event at Atherton Gardens will begin at 2PM, with the official unveiling at 3:30PM, and will feature live performances from musicians including Kutcha Edwards and Shane Howard.//

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines// Sanmati Verma - Legal Director at Human Rights Law CentreSanmati Verma, Legal Director at Human Rights Law Centre, breaks down the violence of mandatory visa cancellation and the different experiences of non-citizens incarcerated in so-called Australia. Sanmati and Dr Claire Loughnan from the University of Melbourne explored these issues in a recent report on the Prison to Deportation Pipeline, which found that there has been a tenfold increase in visa cancellations on 'character' grounds since 2014, leading to a significant rise in people held in immigration detention for this reason. You can read the report at Human Rights Law Centre's website here.// First Nations listeners, please be advised that the following two segments contain discussion of the ongoing impacts of colonisation and genocide, cultural erasure, Stolen Generations, and child safety. Feel free to skip forward to the last interview, and that you can also always contact 13 YARN (13 92 76) and Yarning Safe'n'Strong 1800 959 563 for 24/7 mob only support.// Clinton Hayden - Wiradjuri Blak queer artist and writerClinton Hayden is a Wiradjuri Blak queer artist and writer based in Naarm/Melbourne who's practice spans photography, AI image creation, print, drawing, and bricolage to explore the intersections of personal and collective histories. In a recent article published in IndigenousX, Clinton addressed the homophobia and erasure that persists in cultural institutions of colonial Australia. This week, Clinton joins us to talk creative practice and resisting cultural harms.// Meena Singh -  Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People in Victoria (Doin' Time)To mark Universal Children's Day on Wednesday 20th November, we revisit Marisa's April interview with Meena Singh on 3CR's Doin' Time show. Meena is a Yorta Yorta and Indian woman, and the Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People in Victoria. With over 20 years' experience in legal and advocacy roles, in organisations such as Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Human Rights Law Centre, Meena discusses the holistic approach needed to advance the rights and interests of Aboriginal children and young people in Victoria, legally and beyond. You can listen back to the full interview on Mon 14 April here, and catch Doin' Time Mondays from 4-5pm on 3CR.// Amy Ciara and Tilde Joy -  Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your FenceFellow 3CR legends Amy Ciara and Tilde Joy join us to chat about the launch of their new show Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence, which hits the airwaves tomorrow at 9AM. Tune in for critical conversations about the ideologies that prop up our atomised lives in cities and suburbs, and how we smash them to build a different world, every second Friday from 9-10AM on 3CR! Mentions: Covid Safety Bloc Naarm Reach out to them via their instagram to request free personal protective equipment in Naarm, kids masks are also now available.// Beyond Bricks & Bars Fundraiser Birthday PartyGet down on Sat 14 Dec 5pm to 10pm at Kines in Brunswick. All proceeds raised will be donated to Beyond Bricks & Bars and the Incarcerated Trans and Gender Diverse Community Fund. You can purchase tickets here as well as donating to ITGD Community Fund and Beyond Bricks & Bars// Image credit: Philip Mallis, Flickr, 2021 [source].

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Researcher and urbanist Guadalupe Granero Realini joined us to discuss the recent launch of the Global Observatory on Short-Term Rentals, an initiative led by a coalition of Latin American organisations working on housing and urban issues to track governance patterns, private sector pushes and activist action on short-term rentals and their impact on housing markets worldwide. Guadalupe works on territorial justice, and her research is currently focused on extractivist processes in Latin America which dispossess communities in cities as well as in rural and wild environments. Whenever she can, she teaches, collaborates with social organisations and participates in the media. She developed part of her research in Rio de Janeiro, as well as at Ryerson University and the University of Montreal as an ELAP fellow. In 2017 she published Territories of Inequality. Urban Policy and Spatial Justice (Territorios de la Desigualdad. Política Urbana y Justicia Espacial).// Sanmati Verma, Legal Director at Human Rights Law Centre, spoke about some recent updates in the legal landscape governing so-called Australia's carceral border regime, including in relation to the imposition of punitive visa conditions onto asylum seekers released from detention centres into the community, and the question of 'voluntary' cooperation with deportation orders. The former issue relates to the case of YBFZ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024], where last week the High Court determined by majority that the Albanese Government's imposition of curfew and ankle bracelet monitoring conditions are contrary to Chapter III of the Constitution and invalid - a decision that the Minister, Tony Burke, has immediately sought to overturn by introducing new legislation into Parliament. The latter issue of cooperation with deportation orders relates to whether indefinite detention was unlawful in circumstances where a person - in this case, an asylum seeker referred to by the pseudonym ASF17 - is not cooperating with their deportation because they fear harm in their home country. You can read HRLC's explainers on the cases of YBFZ here, ASF17 here, and NZYQ from November 2023 here.// We listen back to a conversation from last month between Wednesday Breakfast's Nita Okoko and artist Niki Koutouzi. Niki is an exhibiting artist at Incinerator Gallery's 2024 annual award show, ‘Art for Social Change'. This award provides recognition for artists addressing critical topics shaping our social-cultural worlds today, such as first nations justice, climate crisis, disability justice, queer histories and more. This year, Niki is one of 27 shortlisted artists showing alongside highly acclaimed artist and winner of this year's award, Sam Peterson. The exhibition is open until Saturday the 24th of November.// Chris Christoforou, CEO of VAADA, the peak body for Victoria's alcohol and other drug treatment services, joined us to talk about the long awaited news of Victoria's pill testing/drug checking trial, as well as the latest 2024 overdose statistics. Victoria's pill testing trial aims to reduce harm and save lives, and a mobile service will begin during this summer's music festival season, attending up to 10 festivals and events throughout the trial. A fixed site, due to open in mid-2025 will be co-located at a health service and operate from inner Melbourne, close to nightlife and transport.//

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines// Vikki John on Tuesday Hometime//Jan Bartlett from Tuesday Hometime, spoke with longtime activist Vikki John with updates from Bougainville. Including, the Class Action against Rio Tinto (and subsidiary: Bougainville Copper Ltd.), as well as the 'Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment' by Melbourne's Human Rights Law Centre. This November marks 5 years since Bougainvilleans cast their ballots in a non-binding referendum vote on independence. The referendum was a key part of the 2001 Peace Agreement that ended the war between Papua New Guinea and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army, which killed up to 20 000 people or 8-10% of the population, and in which Australia played a negative role supporting PNG. Tune into Tuesday Hometime every Tuesday from 4-6pm on 3CR,and listen back to past episodes of the program here.// Professor Mark Howden and Emma Bacon// Last Thursday 31 October, CSIRO and the Bureau of Meterology released the State of the Climate 2024 report, which shows Australians are already living through the severe consequences of climate change and pollution caused by fossil fuel emissions, including a rise in extreme fire seasons, extreme heat events, intense heavy rainfall and sea level rise. To discuss the report's findings and contextualise them within Australia's climate change mitigation and adaptation obligations both at the domestic level and internationally, we were joined by Professor Mark Howden, Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at The Australian National University, and Emma Bacon, Executive Director and Founder of Sweltering Cities.// Leon Wiegard, ASU Assistant Branch Secretary// Leon Wiegard, Assistant Branch Secretary of the Australian Services Union, joined us to discuss how employers are attempting to make it lawful for community and disability support workers to be at work for up to 28 hours without overtime pay, and seeks to classify sleepovers at as ‘breaks' between shifts, rather than as part of a continuous shift with the ordinary hours - a move the Australian Services Union has condemned as reckless, arrogant and unjust.// Dario Mujkic, UWU Executive Director// Dario Mujkic, Executive Director of the United Workers' Union, joins us to unpack Woolworths' controversial Coaching and Productivity Framework, currently the subject of complaint to the Fair Work Commission. The Framework, introduced in late 2023, sits within a broader field of workforce management strategies employed in warehousing to drive up worker productivity rates and increase companies' profit margins, initiatives which come at a significant cost to workers' health, safety and wellbeing.// Event: Murnong Gathering This Saturday 9 Nov 11am - 4pmCome along for a beautiful afternoon along the Merri Creek in Coburg for a celebration of Wurundjeri culture.With performances from the Djirri Djirri and Allara.Please BYO picnic to share with friends and family. Care for Country and please take your rubbish home with you.// 

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Language warning!We listen to Krautungalung Elder Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe's speech at last Sunday's Free Palestine Rally on the 27th of October. Uncle Robbie, introduced by Nour Salman, updated the crowd on his legal battles against those complicit in genocide, both in Palestine and here in Australia. Our thanks to 3CR volunteer Tom for recording!Uncle Robbie has two upcoming court hearings in the Federal and Melbourne Magistrate's Courts, where he's continuing to fight the illegal occupation of Aboriginal land here and israel's genocide of Palestinians. On Monday 11 November 2024, join Uncle Robbie at 9:30AM at the Federal Court, 305 William Street, Melbourne, where Attorney General Mark Dreyfus will be added as a respondant to the question: is the fire at Camp Sovereignty protected by Australia's Constitution? On Tuesday 10 December 2024, join Uncle Robbie at 9:30AM at Room 4 of the Melbourne Magistrate's Court, 233 William Street, Melbourne, to pursue the genocide prosecution of Mark Regev, former adviser to israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Stay up to date with these cases by following @blackpeoplesunion and @campsovereignty on Instagram.// We replay Michelle Fahy's presentation at the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) 2024 Conference, which was held earlier this month in Perth. In this speech, Michelle talks about the importance of a strong and fearless National Anti Corruption Commission for a peaceful democracy. The theme of IPAN's 2024 conference was Sleepwalking into War?, and you can find out more and watch the keynotes here. You can read and support Michelle's excellent independent investigative reporting on links between the weapons industry and the Australian government by subscribing to her substack, Undue Influence.// Jacquie Kelly and Nicole McKay from the community environmental justice group Friends of Nyah Vinifera Park join us to discuss the legal challenge that they're mounting with support from Environmental Justice Australia against the Victorian Government's planned environmental engineering works on the Murray River floodplain in northwest Victoria. Justified under the Murray Darling Basin Plan, the Victorian Government is seeking to embark on a multi-million dollar project creating levee banks and installing large pumps, weirs and water regulators at several locations along the Murray River to divert water onto floodplains and provide a reduced amount of water for these floodplain ecosystems. You can find out more about the legal challenge here, and support Friends of Nyah Vinifera Park's campaign fundraising here.// Palestinian filmmaker Reema joins us to talk about an upcoming film fundraiser on Tuesday November 12th for RISE Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees and Gaza Mutual Aid Solidarity. The event will showcase two documentaries made this year about Palestinian and Yemeni resistance: From Inside the Mind of Sinwar and We Shall Prevail, and starts at 6PM on the 12th at Kathleen Syme Library in Carlton. Stickers and zines will be available for free and t-shirts will be sold by donation. The venue is fully accessible and masks will be provided. Find out more here.// Songs// Find My Way Back - Samuel Gaskin and Kee'ahn// The Bridge - Yirrmal// Eternity - Mi-kaisha//

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Samoan climate justice activist Suluafi Brianna Fruean speaks with us about centring Pacific climate priorities during this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which is being held this week in Apia, Samoa, the first time that the gathering has been hosted by a Pacific Island Nation. Brianna also talks about presenting The Coconet's documentary series 'The Forgotten Pacific', which travels across five Pacific Islands to discover how communities are weaving Indigenous knowledges into their ongoing fight to save their homes from climate change impacts. Later today, Brianna will be speaking as part of a press conference and report launch for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty initiative, hosted by government leaders leading the initiative from Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Fiji. The event will be livestreamed and begins at 11AM Samoa/1PM Naarm - you can register here to attend.// Freelance journalist, writer and researcher Ann Louise Deslandes spoke with Priya earlier last week about the 10th anniversary of the Ayotzinapa student disappearances from the city of Iguala in Mexico's state of Guerrero. On the night of September 26, 2014, and into the next day, municipal, state, and federal police officers, alongside soldiers from the Mexican Army and members of the criminal syndicate Guerreros Unidos attacked six buses in the city of Iguala, five of which had been had been temporarily commandeered by students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College to travel to Mexico City in order to commemorate the October 2 anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. Today, you'll hear part 2 of this interview, where Ann continues our conversation to expand on how the AMLO government decided to kill the high-level investigation into the Ayotzinapa case as higher level state and military involvement came into clearer view, and how parents and families of the students marked the 10th anniversary of the disappareance of their children last month. Ann is based in Mexico City, and covers politics and culture in Mexico for international English-language media. She also writes, reports and consults on human rights (especially regarding gender and sexuality), social movements, and community development. Ann has most recently written about the Ayotzinapa student disappearances for The Nation on October 9. You can read her newsletter, The Troubled Region, here, and listen back to part 1 of our interview here.// Tallulah Waterson, PhD student at Swinburne University's Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, joins us in the studio to talk about man-made space debris in the wake of this month's unplanned break-up of the Intelsat 33e communications satellite in geostationary orbit. Tallulah is currently studying resident space objects - including satellites and space debris - with the aim of improving sustainability in the space environment, and earlier this week co-authored an article in The Conversation with colleagues Sara Webb and Christopher Fluke unpacking the scale and potential impacts of increasing orbital space debris.// We hear voices from the Flemington Public Housing Rally held on Saturday 19 October, which was co-hosted by various progressive left political parties and grassroots organisations advocating for public housing. The rally was called in opposition to the Labor Government's plans to demolish and privatise all 44 public housing towers in Victoria, starting with towers on the Flemington and North Melbourne estates.This segment included reflections from current and former public housing residents Beza, Jeannie and Barry, finishing up with a powerful speech from Karen Fletcher from Flat Out Inc about links between housing, incarceration and ongoing colonialism in so-called Australia. Our thanks to Danielle from 3CR's Breadline program for the audio!On Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 October, the public housing class action trial will begin at the Supreme Court of Victoria. Lead plaintiff Barry Berih, represented by Inner Melbourne Community Legal, will be arguing that the human rights of residents were not properly considered by the Victorian Government in its unilateral decision to demolish and redevelop the towers, beginning with 33 Alfred Street, 120 Racecourse Road, and 12 Holland Court. Find out more here.// Songs//Friend - Emily Wurramara// Blak Nation - Emma Donovan// Winter in Gaza//Palestinians in Gaza are approaching winter with very little to survive the season. With the increasing cost of commercial goods, families can't afford to feed or clothe themselves or their children making them vulnerable to illness or fatality. They need support to survive! A group of folks campaigning for different families in Gaza have decided to combine our campaigns to reach a total goal of $45,000 AUD by 25th October.//DONATE HERE:ACC NAME: Metals 4 Mutual AidBSB: 313-140ACC NUMBER: 1250 7209
Reference: Winter Fundraiser for Sudan//Donate to the $1,000,000 AUD appeal for Sudan coordinated by Project Blackseed.From the fundraising page:“The crisis in Sudan is demanding our immediate attention. This is a neglected emergency where for more than 500 days, millions of lives are hanging in the balance. Unlike other crises, aid can reach those in desperate need, making our collective action more crucial than ever as the conflict escalates. Your participation could mean the difference between life and death for millions.Our goalsRaise $1,000,000 for SudanProvide immediate relief to those facing acute malnutrition and food insecurityRaise awareness about Sudan's ongoing humanitarian crisisHighlight global fundraisers on our page to unite people and bring attention to this overlooked humanitarian crisisTo have as many people post about this as possibleFollow Project Blackseed on Instagram for more details.”//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Freelance journalist, writer and researcher Ann Louise Deslandes spoke with Priya earlier this week about the recent 10th anniversary of the Ayotzinapa student disappearances from the city of Iguala in Mexico's state of Guerrero. On the night of September 26, 2014, and into the next day, municipal, state, and federal police officers, alongside soldiers from the Mexican Army and members of the criminal syndicate Guerreros Unidos attacked six buses in the city of Iguala, five of which had been temporarily commandeered by students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College to travel to Mexico City in order to commemorate the October 2 anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. Today, you'll hear part 1 of this interview, where Ann speaks about the nexus of state and paramilitary violence that the students were unwillingly caught in on that night in September 2014, the attempt by then Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's government to establish a falsified "historical truth" to put inquiries to rest, and the promise of recently retired Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to support the students' families in their fight for justice. Ann is based in Mexico City, and covers politics and culture in Mexico for international English-language media. She also writes, reports and consults on human rights (especially regarding gender and sexuality), social movements, and community development. Ann has most recently written about the Ayotzinapa student disappearances for The Nation on October 9. You can read her newsletter, The Troubled Region, here.// Bec Pring, Magan-djin-based lead organiser of the Community Union Defence League Queensland, joins us today on the United Nations Day for the Eradication of Poverty (during Antipoverty Week, 13-19 October 2024) to talk about the role of organising, mutual aid and community kitchens in the fight against a bipartisan political choice to keep people living below the poverty line in so-called Australia. Bec is a community organiser and activist who has spent a significant part of the past two years working out of Musgrave Park alongside comrades providing community meals and building relationships of solidarity and mutual support. They're an advocate for community connection and breaking down barriers created by fear, isolation and capitalism to bring people together. During our conversation, Bec spoke about the 2025 People Against Poverty Summit being organised in Magan-djin/brisbane - donate to this effort here.// Scott Drummond, Head of Policy and Practice at VAADA, joins us to speak on a new report released 3rd of Oct by the Coroners Court of Victoria, showing that 547 Victorians died from overdose in 2023. The figures are very close to the 550 overdose deaths recorded in 2022 — which was the highest annual number of overdoses deaths recorded in the past decade.// Troy Williams, CEO of ITECA, joins us to speak on deep concern within segments of the tertiary education sector over the lack of clear direction in the Senate's review of the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024. The Bill, if passed in its present form, will pave the way for introducing international student caps that most damage independent Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) and higher education institutions.// Songs//Stick of Gum - Nemahsis//Listen to the story behind the music video here and find out why Nemahsis' label made the decision to drop this promising young Palestinian artist.// Rally for Public Housing//Saturday 19 October, 11:30AM-1PM126 Racecourse Road, FlemingtonThis rally has been called in opposition to the Labor Government's plans to demolish and privatise all 44 public housing towers in Victoria, starting with towers on the Flemington and North Melbourne estates. The rally is supported by the Victorian Greens, RAHU, BPU, SPHC, Friends of Public Housing Vic, Vic Socialists, Socialist Alliance, and 100% Public (formerly Save Barak Beacon).// Winter in Gaza//Palestinians in Gaza are approaching winter with very little to survive the season. With the increasing cost of commercial goods, families can't afford to feed or clothe themselves or their children making them vulnerable to illness or fatality. They need support to survive! A group of folks campaigning for different families in Gaza have decided to combine our campaigns to reach a total goal of $12,000 AUD by 18th Oct.//DONATE HERE:ACC NAME: Metals 4 Mutual AidBSB: 313-140ACC NUMBER: 1250 7209
Reference: Winter Fundraiser for Sudan//Donate to the $1,000,000 AUD appeal during the global week of action for Sudan coordinated by Project Blackseed.From the fundraising page:“The crisis in Sudan is demanding our immediate attention. This is a neglected emergency where for more than 500 days, millions of lives are hanging in the balance. Unlike other crises, aid can reach those in desperate need, making our collective action more crucial than ever as the conflict escalates. Your participation could mean the difference between life and death for millions.Our goalsRaise $1,000,000 for SudanProvide immediate relief to those facing acute malnutrition and food insecurityRaise awareness about Sudan's ongoing humanitarian crisisHighlight global fundraisers on our page to unite people and bring attention to this overlooked humanitarian crisisTo have as many people post about this as possibleFollow Project Blackseed on Instagram for more details.”// Image credit: Sapdiel Gómez Gutiérrez, 2014. 

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We replayed the opening speech from this Monday's Vigil for Gaza, 7th Oct 2024, at the Marquis of Linlithgow Monument, by Evelyn Araluen. Evelyn is a Bundjalung Nation descendant born and raised on Dharug Country. She is a poet, researcher, co-editor of Overland Literary Journal. You'll hear Evelyn deliver an emotional speech from an Aboriginal perspective on the psychological toll of genocide and settler colonialism, followed by a poem called "The Power of Prayer, the Promise of Peace."// Autistic disability activist Shaun Bickley caught up with Priya last week to discuss the labour exploitation of disabled people in so-called Australia with a focus on the issue of wage theft by Australian Disability Enterprises or ADEs. Shaun has educated on disability and access issues on 3 continents and organised the first successful city-level campaign to ban subminimum wage anywhere in the world, in Seattle in 2018. Today, you heard part two of that conversation (part one here). Shaun is campaigning for an end to subminimum wage for disabled people in Australia, and has created an open letter, which you can sign onto as an individual or endorse on behalf of an organisation [Plain English version linked at top of letter].// Tamar Hopkins and Ilo Diaz of the Centre Against Racial Profiling joined us to speak about this week's launch of the Racial Profiling Data Monitoring Project. The project's website, racialprofilingresearch.org, hosts important data showing the extent of racial profiling in Victoria Police during street searches obtained via Freedom of Information requests covering four years worth of police search records. Tamar has been working in the area of police accountability and racism since 2005. She was the founding lawyer of the Police Accountability Project at Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre in Melbourne Australia in 2009. She has a PhD from UNSW on racial profiling, and has appeared as an expert witness at inquests and commissions investigating police accountability and racial profiling. Ilo has worked directly with communities experiencing human rights abuses in Melbourne, South America and Palestine. His background is in Human Rights observing in areas of conflict. Ilo also volunteers with Melbourne Activist Legal Support, providing his expertise to Legal Observer teams that observe police actions in protests.// David Mejia-Canales is a senior human rights lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre. He joined us today to discuss the call from the HRLC that condemed the NSW Police Commissioner's Supreme Court application last week whichsought to stop people gathering for pro-Palestinian anti-genocidal rallies and candlelight vigils in Sydney over the weekend. This follows a history of concerning legislature across the continent on the right to protest, particularly in NSW. Earlier this year, the Human Rights Law Centre's Protest in Peril report found that the right to protest has been under attack by governments and institutions over the last 20 years.// Rally for Public HousingSaturday 19 October, 11:30AM-1PM126 Racecourse Road, FlemingtonThis rally has been called in opposition to the Labor Government's plans to demolish and privatise all 44 public housing towers in Victoria, starting with towers on the Flemington and North Melbourne estates. The rally is supported by RAHU, BPU, SPHC, Friends of Public Housing Vic, Vic Socialists, Socialist Alliance, and 100% Public (formerly Save Barak Beacon).// Winter in GazaPalestinians in Gaza are approaching winter with very little to survive the season. With the increasing cost of commercial goods, families can't afford to feed or clothe themselves or their children making them vulnerable to illness or fatality. They need support to survive! A group of folks campaigning for different families in Gaza have decided to combine our campaigns to reach a total goal of $12,000 AUD by 18th Oct.//DONATE HERE:ACC NAME: Metals 4 Mutual AidBSB: 313-140ACC NUMBER: 1250 7209
Reference: Winter Image credit: Matt Hrkac, 2024. Support Matt's excellent frontline photojournalism here.//

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Branka Marijan, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares Canada, spoke with Priya earlier last week about the regulatory landscape covering military usage of artificial intelligence, reflecting on the second Responsible AI in the Military Domain or REAIM Summit held during September in Seoul, South Korea. On today's program, we'll hear part two of this conversation (you can listen back to part one here). Branka leads Project Ploughshares' research on the military and security implications of emerging technologies. Her work examines concerns regarding the development of autonomous weapons systems and the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on security provision and trends in warfare. Her research interests include trends in warfare, civilian protection, use of drones, and civil-military relations.// Dr Jordana Silverstein, Senior Research Fellow in the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness and the granddaughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors and stateless refugees, joins us to speak about the upcoming launch of the Centre's new oral history podcast 'Being Stateless,' which she hosts. The podcast consists of interviews with people living in so-called Australia who have been stateless, offering a space to share stories, insights, knowledge and experiences of statelessness from people who migrated to this country in the second half of the twentieth century. Jordana is also the award-winning author of Cruel Care: A History of Children at Our Borders (2023) and Anxious Histories: Narrating the Holocaust in Jewish Communities at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century (2015). The launch event for 'Being Stateless' is from 5:45PM on Wednesday 9 October at the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness in Arts West. Registrations are essential - you can register here.// Autistic disability activist Shaun Bickley caught up with Priya earlier this week to discuss the labour exploitation of disabled people in so-called Australia with a focus on the issue of wage theft by Australian Disability Enterprises or ADEs. Today, you'll hear part one of that conversation. Shaun is campaigning for an end to subminimum wage for disabled people in Australia, and has created an open letter, which you can sign onto as an individual or endorse on behalf of an organisation [Plain English version linked at top of letter].// Louis is a regional campaigner with Frack Free NT, a grassroots community group that has been fighting back against the destructive fracking industry in the Northern Territory for over a decade. Louis joined us in the studio all the way from Larrakia Country/Darwin to discuss urgent demand to stop Beetaloo Basin gas fracking projects, as Tamboran Resources has already started drilling for its gas project and plans to soon commence fracking, leaving precious water resources at risk.// Calls to action:Attention Brisbane Lions supporters! We may have won the flag, but we've got some important work to do. Write to club@lions.com.au (especially if you're a paid member) to raise your concern about our club's partnership with Caltex, a service station company owned by Chevron and identified as a BDS target. Find out more about Caltex's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza here, and #BoycottChevron.//Frack Free NT Urgent Actions:Contact your local MP or Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek, urging them to provide an exact date or bring forward the advice requested from the Independent Expert Scientific Committee. This ensures that the advice is in before fracking starts, giving the Minister 28 days to act and stop the damage. She has the power, let's push her to use it! //Tell UniSuper to vote in favour of APA resolution. APA Group, Australia's largest gas pipeline operator, is pushing to construct pipelines to support fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. UniSuper, as APA's biggest shareholder has a crucial opportunity to live up to its climate claims and must commit to voting in favour of this resolution.//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// The Honourable Ralph Regenvanu, Member of the Vanuatu Parliament for Port Vila and Special Climate Envoy, joined us to unpack various pushes by Vanuatu in the international regulatory and climate governance space to fight for Pacific climate justice, including a recent proposal to the International Criminal Court to include ecocide as a crime under the Rome Statute.// Branka Marijan, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares Canada, spoke with Priya earlier this week about the patchy and shifting regulatory landscape for military usage of artificial intelligence, including a reflection on the second Responsible AI in the Military Domain or REAIM Summit held earlier this month in Seoul, South Korea. On today's program, we heard part one of this conversation - tune in for part two next week! Branka leads Project Ploughshares' research on the military and security implications of emerging technologies. Her work examines concerns regarding the development of autonomous weapons systems and the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on security provision and trends in warfare. Her research interests include trends in warfare, civilian protection, use of drones, and civil-military relations.// Louisa Casteldine and Dr Teina Rongo of Cook Islands grassroots collective Ocean Ancestors joined us from Rarotonga to discuss local concerns about and resistance to deep sea mining. On September 18 this year, Ocean Ancestors were involved in organising a sail-out rally to demonstrate community support for the fight to protect marine environments, ecosystems and kin from the threat posed by offshore extractive industries, as well as climate change, pollution and overfishing.// Emeritus Professor Alan Shiell from La Trobe University joined us today to speak on the shortfalls of public health spending, why the adequate allocation of funds matters, and what makes funding effective. Professor Shiell is an expert in health economics and is the lead author of new research published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// On Tuesday September 17, the Nuclear Truth Project held their final 'In Conversation' session for 2024, meeting with intergenerational hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors), Mitchie Takeuchi and Dr Kazuyo Yamane to remember Hiroshima. We heard the beginning of Dr Yamane's family's first hand account of the event, as well as some of their work in educating and remembering the atrocity. More discussion from this special presentation will be shared on 3CR's Radioactive Show in the coming weeks, and our thanks to speakers and the Nuclear Truth Project for continuing the conversation against nuclear warfare.// CONTENT WARNING: SUICIDE, SELF HARM, DISCUSSION OF ABORIGINAL DEATH IN CUSTODY. Roxy Moore, Noongar lawyer, community organiser, activist and campaigner, and Stephanie McGuire, Ballardong and Whadjuk Noongar community organiser and activist, spoke with us earlier this week about the campaign to close Unit 18, a child detention wing inside the maximum-security Casuarina Prison near Perth in Western Australia. The campaign escalated in the wake of the tragic death of Yamatji child Cleveland Dodd in 2023 after he self-harmed while incarcerated in the facility. Earlier this month, it was revealed that another child detained at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre, also near Perth, had died by suicide. Stay up to date with the fight to abolish youth prisons and watch the livestream of today's rally outside Parliament House in Boorloo at 12PM AWST/2PM AEST by following Justice for Cleveland (Instagram and Facebook) and Boorloo Justice (Instagram and Facebook).// Dr Sophie Rigney, Senior Lecturer in Law at RMIT University, joins us to unpack the series of Palestine-related decisions handed down by the International Court of Justice in 2024 and their pontetial implications for Australia, given its declared support for Israel and desire to maintain and strengthen bilateral trade relations. You can read Sophie's recent piece, 'Gaza at The Hague', on Inside Story for more detail. The article we referenced by Shahd Hammouri, 'The UK and Its Illusive Arms Embargo', was published by Al-Shabaka on September 15 2024. For a more in-depth discussion of the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Israel's Occupation of Palestinian Territory, check out this webinar organised by the Melbourne Law School's Institute for International Law and the Humanities from July this year featuring a line up of international law experts including Sophie and Shahd.// Fiza Zali, teacher educator at University of Melbourne, speaks with us about the experience of becoming politicised towards practising decolonial solidarity as a migrant settler based in Naarm. Her research explores the discomforts of becoming critically conscious, and the complexities of positionalities particularly as a settler of colour on stolen land who is Indigenous elsewhere.// Upcoming Events6:00PM, Friday 20 September: Latin American Solidarity Network, Chile Solidarity Campaign and Lucho Riquelme are co-hosting the ‘Lessons for Organising' event, sharing learnings from the 2019 Chile Popular Rebellion with a short film, photo exhibition and live music. The event will be held at Catalyst Social Centre, 146 Sydney Road, Coburg.12:00-2:00PM, Saturday 21 September: Renters and Housing Union are holding a Squatting Campaign Public Forum with Husk and Purplepingers at the Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre, 251 Faraday St, Carlton. There will be an online attendance option.The next 3CR Station Worker and Subscriber Committee Meeting is coming up next Wednesday 25 September from 6-7PM.Meeting link: Join the meeting nowMeeting ID: 426 306 672 141Passcode: 7eRKRkDetails on how to RSVP are in your 3CR Program Updates!

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Uncle Wayne 'Coco' Wharton - Free Palestine Melbourne Rally 8th SeptemberWe listened to Uncle Wayne 'Coco' Wharton, Kooma Murri Activist visiting from Magan-djin, speaking at this Sunday's Free Palestine Rally, outside State Library, 8th September. Later that day, also Uncle Coco spoke at the official launch event for Disrupt Land Forces held at Camp Sovereignty - Lest We Forget: The Frontier Wars. 3CR will be including audio from the event and other Disrupt actions in our special coverage across the week so stay tuned and listen back at 3cr.org.au/dlf2024 // Antipoverty Centre - National Suicide Prevention StrategyKristin O'Connell from the Antipoverty Centre joins us to discuss the relationship between poverty and suicide in the wake of World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10, when the Albanese government handed down its draft National Suicide Prevention Strategy.// Farhana Sultana - 'Bangladesh Now: Beyond the Headlines'We heard a clip of Farhana Sultana, Professor of Geography at Syracuse University, speaking during the webinar 'Bangladesh Now: Beyond the Headlines' organised by the Cornell-Syracuse South Asia Consortium. This virtual event was held on 29 August 2024, bringing together scholars in New York and activists in Bangladesh to share personal nuance and academic analysis to headlines from the beginning of the student-led quota reform movement on June 6th to the creation of an interim government upon the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5th. Our thanks to the South Asia Program at Cornell for sharing this audio with us - you can watch the full webinar here and keep up to date with the South Asia Program on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @SAPCornell.// Live Broadcast to Disrupt Land Forces - 12th SeptemberWe crossed live to 3CR reporters on the ground at this morning's actions for Disrupt Land Forces. Land Forces event is the largest land based weapons expo in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2024 it will be held at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre and a coalition of community groups working for a world free of war is organising a festival of resistance running from 8-14 September. Check out the Disrupt Calendar of Events, and watch the 3CR coverage here at https://www.3cr.org.au/dlf2024 - in the lead up and during the week! Be sure to check out Melbourne Activist Legal before attending events, be prepared, attend with a buddy and/or affinity group, and look out for each other in the next coming days with check-ins, meals, support of all kinds.// Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah - Anti-Palestinian racism in australian mainstream mediaDr Randa Abdel-Fattah spoke with us about anti-Palestinian racism in Australian mainstream media and concerns about media oversight by the Australian Press Council in the wake of a decision on her complaints to the APC regarding inaccuracies and misinformation shared in an article by The Age's Chief Reporter Chip Le Grand earlier this year. Dr Abdel-Fattah is a Future Fellow at Macquarie University. Her research areas cover Islamophobia, race, Palestine, the war on terror, youth identities and social movement activism. Dr Abdel-Fattah is also a lawyer and the multi-award-winning author of 12 books for children and young adults. Read her piece about the APC's decision on Le Grand's article here on Pearls and Irritations.//Image credit: Matt Hrkac, 2024. Support Matt's excellent frontline photojournalism here.//

Acknowledgement//Headlines//  Dr Marco de Jong - Pacific Historian & Lecturer at Auckland University Pacific Historian Dr Marco de Jong joins us to unpack last week's 53rd Pacific Islands Forum summit. We will be discussing climate change mitigation/adaptation concerns for Pacific Island nations, the imposition of western military strategic interests on regional priorities, and how this relates to the ongoing liberation struggle unfolding in Kanaky. Dr de Jong is a lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology Law School, and was raised in Tāmaki Makaurau with ties to Papa Puleia in Sāmoa where he holds the chiefly title Faumuinā. His work details the history of regional politics and environmental governance in the Pacific Islands with a particular focus on Indigenous knowledge, nature conservation, anti-nuclearism, and climate change. Find out more about the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent here.// Harry Millward - Renters and Housing Union Harry Millward, secretary of the Renters and Housing Union or RAHU interviews Clare Hanson from Save Public Housing Collective about her experiences of living in public housing. This interview was recorded and edited by Danielle Hassall with 3CR's Breadline program, a show by the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union. Catch Breadline on Mondays from 6-6:30PM on 3CR 855AM.// Dr Chris Gill - Professor of Chemistry at Vancouver Island UniversityDr Chris Gill, Professor of Chemistry has co-lead the the team that has created revolutionary drug checking technology through spray mass spectrometry used around the world, and originating in ''British Columbia,Canada.'' In Part 1 of this interview, we speak about the importance of small sample sizes in drug checking, the nuances of sensitivity, and what we here in Naarm/melbourne can learn from innovative drug checking technology and the management of opioid overdose crisises. In part 2 this week, we speak about translating this technology into supportive drug checking practices for the community, and check out Substance Drug Checking Service.// Dr Nico Clark - Clinical Director of First Step Dr Nico Clark is the inaugural Clinical Director of First Step, an addiction, mental health and legal services hub supporting over 1,800 people each year. He has worked in the field of addiction medicine for over 25 years, including 10 years with the World Health Organisation in the Substance Use Team, Medical Director of the North Richmond Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR), and currently also Head of Addiction Medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He joins us in the studio to talk about what organisations and systems can do to help end overdose, and we reflect on International Overdose Awarness Day 24 which was 31st of Aug last week.//Important: Information on how to access PREP during shortage via pan.org.au8-14 September: mobilise to disrupt land forces. Find out more via disruptlandforces.orgInformation on CFMEU latest and events via vic.cfmeu.org/news

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Slater and Gordon Class Actions Principal Lawyer Gemma Leigh-Dodds speaks about a recently-filed action on behalf of remote Aboriginal Western Australia Housing Authority tenants who have been forced to endure shockingly substandard public housing conditions. Find out more about the case here, and read about the Northern Territory High Court's decision from last year regarding the substandard provision of public housing in remote Aboriginal communities here.// Tom Orsag joined us to talk about the federal government's decision to put the CFMEU into forced administration, and the concerns this raises for organised labour in so-called Australia. Tom worked in the construction industry from 2004-2023, and is a retired member. Join the community solidarity meeting tonight at 46 Ireland Street, Docklands, to get involved in the fight against Labor's anti-union laws.// We hear part 1 of a conversation with Dr Chris Gill, Professor of Chemistry at Vancouver Island University, who co-led the team that has created revolutionary drug checking technology through spray mass spectrometry used around the world. In this segment, Dr Gill speaks about the importance of small sample sizes in drug checking, the nuances of sensitivity, and what we here in Naarm/melbourne can learn from innovative drug checking technology and the management of opioid overdose crises. Tune in for part 2 next week where we speak about translating innovative tech into supportive drug checking practices for the community, and check out Substance Drug Checking Service. // Sanne from Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Free Collective tells us about the upcoming annual Art Auction at Catalyst Social Centre raising funds to support the Collective's vital anti-nuclear campaigning. The event will start at 5PM, with music from 7:30 by Uncle Winiata Puru, and the live auction commencing at 8PM. Find out more about the event, including about how to bid remotely here. Learn about the broader Don't Nuke the Climate campaign for a clean, anti-nuclear energy transition here, and follow on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.// Alexia from the A30 for West Papua Canberra crew joined us to speak about the globally coordinated wave of action in solidarity with West Papua scheduled for Friday August 30, and what it has been like to become politicised in support of West Papua as an Indonesian student in so-called Australia. Find out more about the campaign and associated actions by following A30 on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.// Upcoming EventsVigil for Mano Yogalingham, 12:30PM Thursday 29 August, 808 Bourke Street, Docklands.//Hands Off the CFMEU: Community Solidarity Meeting, 6PM Thursday 29 August, 46 Ireland Street, West Melbourne.//Denial in a time of genocide, 6PM Thursday 29 August, Building 80 Level 4 Room 11, RMIT University, 445 Swanston Street, Melbourne.//Talking About Trees: Film Screening Fundraiser for Sudan, 4:30PM Friday 30 August,  David P. Derham theatre (GM15), Law Building, The University of Melbourne, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton.//Justice for Refugees: Permanent Visas Now, 5:30PM Friday 30 August, 808 Bourke Street, Docklands.//Friends of the Earth Nuclear-Free Art Auction: Make Art Not War, 5:00PM Saturday 31 August, Catalyst Social Centre, 146 Sydney Road, Coburg.// Image credit: Matt Hrkac, 2023. Support Matt's excellent frontline photojournalism here.//

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We listened back to sounds and speeches from the "Unite to Support the Refugee encampment" rally, a solidarity event held by the Refugee Action Coalition last Friday 16th August in support of refugees camping out in front of the Home Affairs office on Bourke Street in Docklands. The collective of refugees who initiated the encampment are demanding permanent protection from the government and have vowed to stay put until their permanent visas are granted, despite hostilities from police and local council and harassment and intimidation from neo-nazis. You'll hear organisers responding to confrontation by a small group of neo-nazis and speeches that resumed after the disruption by two refugee women from the encampment, Nagez and Rati. The Tamil Refugee Council, Unionists for Palestine and Campaign Against Racism and Fascism are organising another rally in solidarity with the encampment and against nazi attacks this Friday 23rd August from 5:30PM at 808 Bourke Street, Docklands.// Ishtar Hope, a North Branch delegate with the Renters and Housing Union (RAHU), joined us to recap the Housing Crisis Survival Expo protest which ran during National Homeless Week earlier this month and to discuss the importance of collective action as well as mutual aid in the struggle for housing justice, particularly for queer and trans people. Get your tickets for RAHU's Evict the Evictors fundraiser event this Saturday 24th August from 7PM at the Thornbury Bowls Club here, and check out Ishtar's political artworks by heading to @artfuldolebludger.// Shoshana and GG are members of Sicko Liberation Organism or S.L.O, a recently formed disabled/sick/mad led social and political group based in Naarm and working towards a future vision of liberation from all oppression and domination. On today's show, they speak about the Labor Hates Crips community picket organised by S.L.O. for 11AM today outside Bill Shorten's office at Suite 1A, 12 Hall Street Moonee Ponds to protest the federal government's rejection of the Disability Royal Commission recommendations and the ongoing exploitation and abuse of disabled people in so-called Australia.// Dr Alistair Sisson, Macquarie University Research Fellow in the Discipline of Geography and Planning, speaks with us about his current research into the calculation of housing stress in Australia. His current project, ‘The politics of housing data,' is a critical analysis of the ways that contemporary housing problems are quantified and how data is used to frame the housing crisis. Alistair is an early career researcher whose work focuses on housing, gentrification, and urban development and planning.// Songs// Still No Justice - Dem Mob// Push Up - Miss Kaninna//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Cindy Baxter, Senior Communications Advisor with Climate Analytics, joined us to discuss the organisation's recently released 'Australia's global fossil fuel carbon footprint' report, which reveals the massive scale of Australia's domestic and international carbon impact via both local consumption and export-associated emissions. Cindy has been with Climate Analytics for 12 years, and has been working on global climate change issues for the past 33 years. Check out Climate Analytics' Bill Hare's recent Conversation article summarising key takeaways from the report here.// We heard part 3 of an interview Priya did last month with Stop LAPD Spying Coalition's Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane. This week's excerpt is the final part of our conversation, and touches on the importance of resisting liberal reformism and academic and non-profit complicity in state violence and what it means to build a culture of resistance centering the experiences of unhoused community members. Listen back to part one of our conversation here and part two here. We replayed a conversation between Kenyan feminist and activist Nita Okoko and host Jiselle on Accent of Women's August 6 show, where Nita shares an analysis of the current protests in Kenya, the effect of state repression on the population, and where the country and its government sit in a wider global landscape. Listen back to the full interview here.// Matt Landolfo, Victorian Campaigns Manager for the Wilderness Society, spoke with us about the afterlife of Vic Forests and about the potential and pitfalls of pushes for improved federal environmental protection oversight. While Vic Forests ceased to exist on 30 June 2024 after years of campaigning by environmental justice advocates fighting its destruction of Victorian native forests, the emergence of a new organisation called The Healthy Forests Foundation has left many in the environmental justice space asking questions (check out ABC's investigative report on the organisation here). At the same time, a current senate inquiry into a suite of bills proposing to establish a federal Environmental Protection Agency may provide an opportunity to bolster native forest stewardship efforts.// Community member Amber joined us to talk about the upcoming autonomous rally for trans liberation scheduled for this coming Saturday August 17 from 12-2PM outside Parliament House. The rally will counter an event being held at the same time and location by a trans-exclusionary radical feminist group. You can find more details about the counter-protest by heading to @transqueersolidarity on Instagram.// Image credit: Matt Hrkac, 2023. Support Matt's excellent frontline photojournalism here.//

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Amelia Leavesley, University of MelbourneAmelia Leavesley is a Research Fellow in Urban Sustainability at the Melbourne Centre for Cities. Her research focuses on urban climate policy and governance, sustainability transitions and local implementation of global sustainability frameworks. She's here to talk about her last article which unpacked how understanding ‘tobacco tactics' can help fight the global plastic waste crisis, because the reality is plastic production is growing faster than we can recycle it.//Ariel Slamet Ries,  Alison Evans, and Jinghua Qian We play a speech from this past Sunday's Free Palestine Rally,  from outside the State Library Vic. Ariel Slamet Ries (Illustrator and Author), Alison Evans (Author), and Jinghua Qian (Writer and Critic), three writers who, along with Omar Sakr, had their Teen Bootcamp writing workshops terminated earlier this year by SLV. They speak about the hypocrisy of 'cultural safety', precarious employment and political censorship of artists and writers, and taking back our public institutions and our voices!// Stop LAPD Spying Coalition - Part 2 We will hear Part 2 of an interview Priya did last month with Stop LAPD Spying Coalition's Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane. This week's excerpt includes a dicussion of the group's abolitionist ethos and structural analysis of violence, as well as the importance of demystifying predictive and data-driven policing techniques. Listen back to the first part of our conversation and all our past shows at 3cr.org.au/thursday-breakfast. // Abdullah Al Zubaer EvanAbdullah Al Zubaer Evan joins us to talk the recent student-led mass protests in Bangladesh, which while met with violent state repression have led to the overthrow of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The situation continues to develop with tensions over the establishment of a genuinely democratic successor government. Evan is a PhD student at RMIT University investigating the implication of citizenship rights for ethnic minority Biharis in Bangladesh. // LIVE - RAHU's 2024 Homelessness Week protest Housing Crisis Survival Expo, coordinated by the Renters and Housing Union's North branch and established on the nature strip in the middle of St Georges Road in Preston early this week.//    

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We played a recording of two speakers at the small but powerful Kanaky Libre Solidarity Rally, which was held on Parliament steps on the night of Friday 26th July, discussing the history of Kanaky (so-called 'New Caledonia'). This excerpt also includes a discussion about boycotting the Olympic games in Paris, as the opening ceremony was held on the same day.// We listened back to an excerpt from Brisbane Free University and Radio Reversal's 'Challenging Colonial Copaganda' webinar, which brought together Professor Chelsea Watego, Dr Amy McQuire, Ronnie Gorrie and Associate Professor Amanda Porter to speak about the laundering and normalisation of policing in so-called Australia. In this segment, we hear Chelsea and Amanda critically discussing the normalisation of police presence at First Nations community events, and the machinations of police image-management through ties with other institutions.// Last week, Priya caught up with Stop LAPD Spying Coalition's Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane to talk about organising with unhoused community in downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row and beyond against militarised policing and surveillance by the Los Angeles Police Department. We played part one of this interview today.// The Anti Police Terror Project joined organisations around the United States to coordinate a rally calling for Justice for Sonya Massey on the 29th of July in Oakland, California. Sonya Massey was a 36-year-old Black mother who was shot and killed by Deputy Sean Grayson of the Illinois Police Department on 6 July, 2024, after she called the police with concerns about an intruder entering her home. The rally was MC'd by APTP's Cat Brooks, and the recording we played in today's show features poetry by Oakland's first Poet Laureate Dr Ayodele 'WordSlanger' Nzinga, as well as reflections from Uncle Bobby and Big Oscar, the uncle and father of Oscar Grant, who was killed on New Year's Day 2009 by Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland.//

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Lloyd Riman - Electromold Community Picket Yesterday, there was another community picket to stop work at the Electromold factory in Thomastown led by Whittlesea for Palestine. Electromold is owned by Lovitt Technologies and provides specialised surface coatings, platings, and finishings for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Jets. Electromold is the only NADCAP, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin approved processing facility of its kind in ''australia''. Lloyd Riman, Electromold Picket Community Activist, spoke at this Sunday's Free Palestine Rally (21st July), about the importance of direct activism in organising against local weapons manufacturers, and encouraging participation from all rallygoers.// Danah Ibrahim - Free Palestine Rally  Danah Ibrahim, Palestinian Australian Environmental Researcher, spoke at this Sunday's Free Palestine Rally (21st July) running for 42 consecutive weeks, relaying the experience of a trauma therapy doctor in Gaza.//Refugee Action Collective - SpeakOut: Permanent Visas Now  The 'SpeakOut: Permanent Visas Now!' Rally organised by the Refugee Action Collective Vic, held on Friday 19th July in the CBD (Naarm). This event was a commemoration of the 11-year anniversary, Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declared that that asylum-seekers arriving by boat would be sent to Nauru or Manus Island, and none would ever be settled in Australia, which is particularly pertinanent at the moment given the current Labor rush to implement Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024, which seeks to expand ministerial powers to unprecedented levels. You can listen to our previous interview on the Migration Bill with Democracy in Colour on 4th of April here.// Asian migrant sex workers against border force, racism, and deportation - Women on the Line Next we heard a replay of Xen's Women on the Line episode, which included Excerpts from 'Pride in Protest' panel 'Asian migrant sex workers against border force, racism, and deportation', held as part of their 'Provocations' conference, held on Gadigal Land in June. We hear from migrant SWers and activists Bee and NaMon speaking about anti-immigration and anti-SW operation called Project Inglenook, and also pros n cons of decriminalisation, and the harms of anti-trafficking laws on the migrant worker community in so-called aus. Check out the full episode that aired on 24th of June here, and listen to Women on the Line on 3CR Mondays 8:30am - 9:00am.Content warning: description of police raids and violence against sex workers.If any of the content has been distressing, you can also call QLife, on 1800 184 527 or visit qlife.org.au// Mentioned During the Show:Justice for Cleveland Coronial InquestFollow the Justice for Cleveland instagram, and Dhadjowa Foundation for updates.Content warning for suicide, self-harm, and Black Deaths in Custody. We pay respects and send all of our love to Cleveland's family and loved ones. Please read with care and reach out for supports if you need, 13YARN (13 92 76), Yarning SafenStrong (1800 959 563), and Suicide Callback Service (1300 659 467).// Justice for Sonya MasseyWe pay respects to the life of Sonya Massey who was tragically killed by the police in illinois in so called ''usa''.Content warning: coverage of Sonya Massey's death has included distressing footage of police violence, please read with care and reach out for support if you need on Suicide Callback Service (1300 659 467).// 'These Arms Hold' Exhibition at Incinerator Gallery (180 Holmes Road Aberfeldie) until 8 September.// Songs: Lonely Love Affair - YARAUntil We're All Free - Produced by DOBBY & Sereen, featuring over 20 artistsHomeland - Tjaka//  

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Peter Murphy - Assembly of the International League For Peoples StrugglesWe listen back to human rights activist Peter Murphy discussing his recent visit to Penang, Malaysia, for the Assembly of the International League For Peoples Struggles (ILPS) with Jan Bartlett on Tuesday Hometime on the 2nd of July.- Catch Tuesday Hometime on 3CR every Tuesday from 4-6PM.// Beyond the Bars LIVE from Barwon Prison - Tues 9th of JulyWe listen to an excerpt from this week's 2024 Beyond the Bars LIVE Broadcast, Tues 9th July from Barwon Prison in Lara near Geelong. 3CR Presenters Chris Austin and Keiran Stewart-Assheton speak with some of the First Nations men incarcerated at Barwon Prison. They discuss child removals, DHS & Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations, and offer some advice and thoughts on supports and solutions for Mob inside.- Listen back to the full broadcasts from each prison here (ahead of our highlights CD launch later in the year)// Fionn Skiotis - Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability (VALID)We were joined by Fionn Skiotis, CEO of VALID to unpack the impacts of rapidly dimishing supports for disability advocates and community members. Peak bodies such as Disability Advocacy Victoria (DAV) and Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) have called on the Minister for Disability, the Hon Lizzie Blandthorn MP, to provide urgent gap funding to the disability advocacy sector.//- Contact your local MP's and Minister for Disability, stating we need urgent funding for the disability advocacy sector.- Donate to your local disability advocacy service and/or send a message of thank you for their work.// Dr James Petty - Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA)We were joined by Dr James Petty Senior Policy and Research Officer from VAADA, the peak for Victorian alcohol and other drug treatment services. We discussed the recent health alerts indicating that illicit drugs such as cocaine have been adulterated with a range of substances, including nitazenes. In acknowledgement of this risk, Harm Reduction Victoria (HRVic) and VAADA have developed a paper calling for the sector and the Victorian Government to work together on developing and delivering a Potent Synthetic Opioids Plan.//- Harm Reduction Victoria's Naloxone Training. Next one Thursday 1st of August free on Zoom. No need to register, and you recieve a free Naloxone kit. - How to get free Naloxone aka Narcan®- HRVic's Naloxone Nasal Spray Instructions Flyer- Harm reduction tips- Signs of an an opioid overdose // Liss Fenwick - 'The colony cares for everyone' show Artist Liss Fenwick joins us to speak about their show THE COLONY CARES FOR EVERYONE, a more-than-human collaboration with giant northern termites to deconstruct colonial knowledge systems, showing from July 10-12 at RMIT's Chancellery Building in the city. Liss is an artist using photography, video, sound and material processes, working with visual languages to explore speculative outcomes of failing human-centeredness and eurocentrism. Liss is from Larrakia Country in the Northern Territory, and works between there and Naarm.- Catch the show until tomorrow Friday 12th of July at RMIT's Chancellery Building// 

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines// Melanie HawkesLast week NDIS minister Bill Shorten announced that users of the scheme would be denied access to sex workers and sexual services under planned reforms. The NDIS Amendment Bill has been met with criticism across the board for its heavy focus on budget cuts and a failure to centre the experiences of people living with a disability. Today we will hear from Melanie Hawkes - a member of the management committee of Touching Base and NDIS participant with a physical disability, who joined me to share her experience of sex and disability. Touching Base is a charitable organization developed to assist people with disability and sex workers connect with each other, focusing on access, human rights, legal issues and attitudinal barriers. In response to Minister Shorten's announcement last week, they have released a joint statement alongside nine other organizations, calling for the right to protect access to NDIS funded sexuality services.//Mililma May Mililma May is a Danggalaba Kulumbirigin Tiwi woman, writer and advocate. She is the Independent Candidate for the seat of Nightcliff in the 2024 NT Election, and is chatting to us this morning about her journey through activism, politics and what it means to be a Community Independant.// Maya HodgeThese Arms Hold Maya Hodge is a proud Lardil emerging curator and writer based on the lands of the Kulin Nation (Melbourne). Her practise explores the power of disrupting colonial narratives to uplift First Nations storytelling, healing and artistic autonomy. In 2022, she co-curated Collective Movements at Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) which toured across Victoria and this year curated These Arms Hold, now showing at Incinerator Gallery at 180 Holmes Road, Aberfeldie, VIC from 6 July 2024 - 8 September 2024.// Prof Jane WilliamsonWe will hear a segment from "out of the blue" from the 14th of July, where host James Whitmore (Out of the Blue) interviews Prof Jane Williamson (Macquarie University) about surveying the Great Barrier Reef after this summer's extreme sea temperatures. As a result, scientists declared that the reef experienced it's fifth mass coral bleaching event in March this year. Corals were exposed to the highest levels of heat stress ever recorded, and extreme bleaching was recorded on all three regions of the reef for the first time. You can find full length episodes of the show by going to https://www.3cr.org.au/radioblue.//  

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Andrew Yue - Jesuit Social Services Marisa on Doin Time interviewed Andrew Yue who has worked at Jesuit Social Services for over 10+ years, regarding raising the age of criminal responsibility. They spoke about the Youth Justice Bill 2024 that seeks to raise the age all the way to 14, and most importantly for young people who carry out certain behaviour, we have to address what's driving the behaviour and address trauma, and renegagement with community, education, family to ensure that young people can flourish. However, there are concerns around how the bill is implemented, police powers, and what this means for young people. You can catch the full show on Doin Time on 3CR Mondays from 4pm - 5pm. // Harry - Renters & Housing UnionLast month, the Allan government announced a long awaited amendment to minimum rental standards in Victoria. While change is welcomed by renters and advocates, there are significant oversights - some of which we covered in our talk on July 6 with Sophie Emder from Sweltering Cities. This week, we are joined by Harry, secretary of the Renters and Housing Union to discuss their submission on the proposed minimum standards. Sweltering Cities and RAHU worked together to centre community in their submissions by running a series of workshops, and today we will be delving into the recommendations formulated as a result.// Madi - Monash Palestine Solidarity Encampment. We hear from Madi Curkovic who is a Monash Student Association Queer Officer and an organiser at Students for Palestine Monash. She is also one of the nine students at Monash being threatened with expulsion or suspension for organising the Gaza solidarity encampment at Monash. In a speech given at the Free Palestine Naarm Rally on 30 June 2024, Madi spoke about the complicity of universities and educational institutions in Israel's genocide of Palestine and the silencing of pro-Palestinian students on campus.// Deputy Chair and Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter - The Yoorrook Justice CommissionYoorrook, or ‘truth' in the Wemba-Wemba language, is a fundamental element in the fight for First Nations justice in so-called Australia. The Yoorrook Justice Commission launched in 2022 as the first formal truth telling process investigating the ongoing impacts of colonisation on First Nations people. Last month, the Commission saw its seventh round of public hearings and today we are joined by Deputy Chair and Commissioner Sue-Anne Hunter to unpack them. Sue-Anne is a proud Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman, who is widely recognised for developing rights-based, transformative practice responses that empower First Nations people to heal from the continuing effects and processes of colonisation. Watch Jarvis Tell's His Story mentioned in this segment.// Looking Back at Beyond the Bars Next week marks the 23rd iteration of Beyond the Bars. Running since 2002, Beyond the Bars is a live broadcast featuring songs, stories, opinions and poems from First Nations inmates in Victorian prisons. In honour of Beyond the Bars 23rd iteration which will air next week and in commemoration of NAIDOC week, we will be replaying segments from last years show. Today, you will hear some audio recorded in Dame Phyllis Frost centre. Song - Love will keep us alive - Naihana & Amos 3.24//

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Last Friday 21st June, Disrupt Land Forces had its first public meeting (at Black Spark, Northcote) to plan actions in protest of 'Land Forces', a massive weapons expo and conference which will be running this year from September 11-13 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Ongoing actions in the previous host-city Magandjin (Brisbane) forced the conference to relocate to Naarm, and Disrupt Land Forces hope this year for the same - if not greater - level of disruption of harms dealers and their investors, both at the event and in the week leading up to it. Before the planning meeting various frontline community members and activists spoke of their experiences at the hands of the global military industrial complex, and the importance of international solidarity against imperialist structures. On today's show, we played a speech from the event by Adolf Mora, West Papuan community member and activist. Content warning: this speech includes mention of suicide in detention. If you are feeling distressed, you can always call lifeline on 13 11 14 or the suicide callback service on 1300 659 467. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also contact 13 YARN (13 92 76), or Yarning Safe'n'Strong on 1800 959 563.// Since the early days of Israel's genocidal onslaught in Gaza, community activists have been staging pickets outside companies involved in the weapons manufacturing supply chain across so-called Australia, including AW Bell in Dandenong. Amanda Villalobos, local activist and participant in community pickets of AW Bell, joins us this morning to speak about the upcoming picket at AW Bell this Monday the 1st of July, aiming to close operations for the day to disrupt the company's role in the global supply chain of Lockheed Martin's F-35A Lightning II aircraft or Joint Strike Fighter. Find out more about the action and keep up to date by heading to Weapons Out Of Naarm on Instagram.// Researcher and organiser Matilda Byrne joins us to speak about Australia's place in the artificial intelligence and autonomous capabilities arms race, which she recently authored an article about for Declassified Australia. By marketing itself as a site for AI innovation and framing this issue as a key area of defence policy, Australia is deeply embedded in global networks of weapons development further integrating autonomous functions into technologies of war and genocide. Matilda is currently undertaking a PhD at RMIT's Social and Global Studies Centre where she is a sessional lecturer in international relations, security, global governance and disarmament. She is the National Coordinator of the Australia Stop Killer Robots campaign, based at SafeGround, an Australian non-for-profit that seeks to reduce impacts of legacy and emerging weapons.// Martin Hodgson, senior advocate at the Foreign Prisoners Support Service and co-host of Curtain the Podcast, speaks with us about the colonial crisis of domestic and family violence in so-called Australia. This conversation occurs in the context of Martin's recent appearance at a Parliamentary hearing held as part of the ongoing inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children. While the Senate referred an inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on 4th August 2022, the inquiry process continues, with the reporting date extended to 15th August 2024. Content warning: this interview includes discussion of domestic and family violence, femicide and racism. If you are feeling distressed, you can always call lifeline on 13 11 14 or the suicide callback service on 1300 659 467. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also contact 13 YARN (13 92 76), or Yarning Safe'n'Strong on 1800 959 563. If you need support or advice, please call 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732.// We didn't end up having time to play the opening statement made by Karla McGrady, portfolio manager of Innovation at Our Watch, during last Monday's hearing as part of the Parliamentary inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children, but you can listen to it here. Our Watch is a national leader in the primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia, and Karla appeared alongside CEO Patty Kinnersly to provide evidence on the significance of primary prevention and the importance of attending to colonialism and racism in the context of the inquiry.//

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//​Independent journalist Michelle Fahy joins us to unpack Australia's place in the global supply chain of Lockheed Martin's F-35 combat aircraft, which the Israeli military has been using to wreak widespread destruction across Gaza for at least the past 8 months. Michelle has been investigating militarism and the arms trade since 2009, and recently reported that Lockheed Martin has deleted website details about its operations in Australia. You can read and support Michelle's work by subscribing to her substack, Undue Influence.// ​Sunday the 16th of June marked the 36th free palestine rally in Naarm.​ The previous march​,​ on Sunday the 9th​,​ saw police deploy violent force​ using OC spray against more than 30 protesters, as well as attempting to ban the sound system truck in an effort to silence the Free Palestine movement.​ At Naarm's most recent rally on Sunday 16th, Victoria Police again attempted to deny access of the sound truck to its rightful location outside the Victorian State Library. Tasnim Sammak​ joined us to unpack the events of the past two rallies. Tasnim is a speaker, organiser and monash PHD candidate engaged in counter-storytelling as decolonial methodology, as well as a member of the Free Palestine rally organising team.​// Architect Chris Barnett and George Avraam from the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne spoke with Vivien Langford on this week's Climate Action Show about possibilities for public housing retrofit sensitive to concerns about embodied carbon and sustainable design needs. We play a segment of their conversation which touches on some of the architectural thinking showcased during last month's Public Housing Towers Reimagined exhibition at the Australian Institute of Architects. Listen back to the full episode of this week's Climate Action Show by heading to 3cr.org.au/climateaction, and tune in live every Monday from 5-6PM.​//​Yousef Alreemawi, (veteran Palestinian activist, founder of Averroes Centre of Arab Culture, The Aspire Project, Palestine Remembered on 3CR, & musician with the Tarab Ensemble) speaking at the Public Forum "76 Years of Nakba & The False Idol of Zionism" hosted by Green Left & Socialist Alliance at the Resistance Centre in Melbourne CBD, ​h​eld on Tuesday 28th May.​//

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// ​The month of June marks RADIOTHON at the station and this year's theme is ‘Sound on for Solidarity'. 'Solidarity' has been at the heart of 3CR's work for nearly five decades across a range of issues and themes. Start saving your pennies people and we look forward to your financial solidarity during June. Any amount makes a big difference, and all donations over $2 are tax deductible.​ Donate ​online now. Artwork by Aretha Brown.​// Thursday Breakfast would like to thank all our wonderful pledgers and special guests ​Maiy Azize​, Emma Bacon​, Jordana Silverstein ​and Scott Drummon​d​.//