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In a special double-Fiona episode, Shane and Fiona are joined by Fiona 2.0 to discuss some events HAAG is running as part of this year's Seniors Festival - retirement housing, quilting and more. Then we talk about the Andrews Government's recent Housing Statement, including some faint praise and a short list of okay announcements before we get to the really bad stuff in this garbage bag of antisocial policies. 

Victoria is set to become just the second state to ban the Nazi salute being displayed in public. New laws will impose hefty fines or even jail time on offenders as the Andrews Government cracks down on what it's described as hateful and harmful conduct.

The Andrews Government announces a ban on gas in all new homes. Plus, a showdown looms for the next week of parliament as the PM threatens a double-dissolution of his housing legislation and a big fight too, with the Greens.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

High-profile Melbourne restaurateurs have written to the Andrews Government over plans to open a safe injecting room on Bourke Street. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto has declared the state "broke" in a savage blast over the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Andrews government has been called out for pillaging Tasmania's timber stocks after it controversially banned native logging in Victoria earlier this year.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 3AW Drive host has questioned whether the government ever actually planned on holding the event.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jacques has a conversation with Tuffy Morwitzer, an activist from the Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO), about their reaction to the Andrews Government decision to stop logging old-growth forests by the end of the year - six years earlier than originally planned. Whilst that is a big relief for the 30 year old activist group - with whom Borderlands cooperated in the late 90s during the Goolongook tree-sits which lasted five years - GECO is very much watching the 'fine print' of the legislation for loopholes which are always sitting in such documents. The logging industry has a long and sorry story about finding - or even creating - loopholes.GECO is at present cooperating with First Nations elders to prepare for Aboriginal controlled regeneration, rehabilitating water ways, creating an economy of care, and creating a commons which may be offering healing for nature and wildlife - especially threatened species - for local humans and visiting humans alike.

RBA Governor Phillip Lowe suggested more people live together to remedy Australia's housing shortage. It's been a week of consequence in Australia's legal system with the Ben Roberts Smith Defamation verdict and Bruce Lerhmann breaking his silence. I'll break down all the facts and disputed facts on Tim's News Explosion. Melbourne experienced two aftershocks following last week's Sunbury-centred earthquake, there weren't any aftershocks in Melbourne after Victoria's 2021 earthquake. Following backlash, Dan Andrews has backed away from one of his new budget measures to remove the payroll tax exemption for private schools. VicRoads has ordered a motorist to hand back his Dan Out numberplates deeming them inappropriate. Victoria Police had to turn off social media comments on its advertisements for its Public Order Response Teams that brutalized Victorians during lockdowns. The suggestions from Reserve Bank Governor Phillip Lowe before Senate Estimates that Australians should work longer to lessen the blow of inflation and more people should live in the same household since the housing supply isn't keeping up with demand were not well received by the public. Hancock Prospecting owner Gina Rinehart has been named the 2023 Western Australian of the Year for her philanthropy. Roger Cook will replace Mark McGowan as WA Premier. The West Australian newspaper published an op-ed about how residents can grieve the loss of their state daddy. Airbus Albo travelled first to Singapore for Shangri-La Security Dialogue then onto Vietnam to drink beer with the locals. The latest Newspoll has the Aboriginal voice referendum at 46% Yes and 43%. Clearly the race blackmail is having the opposite effect on voters. Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith lost his defamation case against Nine, Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters with Federal Judge Anthony Besanko ruling they proved their accusations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Roberts-Smith has not been found guilty let alone charged with any war crimes. He was backed in his defamation case by his employer Kerry Stokes at Channel Seven. Bruce Lehrmann the man accused by Brittany Higgins of raping her in Linda Reynolds's office in 2019 gave an interview to Liam Bartlett on 7News Spotlight. Featured in that interview was CCTV footage from that night in Parliament House where Brittany Higgins looked excited to be there. Also aired was Lisa Wilkinson and her producer's pre-project interview chat with Higgins and her boyfriend David Sharaz where Wilkinson suggested things for Higgins to say during the interview. The four former Hawthorn Indigenous players who accused former coaches Alistair Clarkson and Chris Fagan of mistreatment have outed themselves and launched a Human Rights Commission complaint. One of the former players is Cyril Rioli whose wife Shannyn Ah Sam-Rioli believed a joke by former President Jeff Kennett about her ripped jeans was racist. Two National Socialist Network members Michael Nelson and Nathan Bull performed the Nazi salute with t-shirts that said 6 million a bit much at an Iranian protest in Melbourne? The Andrews Government is planning to outlaw the salute. The Queensland Government's proposed Criminal Code (Serious Vilification and Hate Crimes) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 increases the penalty for “bigoted public statements” from six months in prison to three years. Former Vice President Mike Pence is set to announce his 2024 campaign for President. Pence was cleared by the FBI for mishandling classified documents, but Donald Trump has not. Joe Biden fell when after speaking on a stage but was uninjured.  The Daily Wire gave away Matt Walsh's What is a Woman documentary free for the weekend on Twitter. Twitter originally threatened to limit its reach because the documentary features misgendering. But the weekend ended up with Twitter owner Elon Musk pinning the documentary to his account stating it was a must watch for all parents. The British mainstream media continue to platform TikTok social terrorist Mizzy. Phillip Schofield has gone on the PR offensive claiming he's the victim and that his affair with former ITV This Morning runner Mathew McGreevy was something that just happened, he didn't groom the teenager. Schofield said to the BBC he felt like killing himself as Caroline Flack did. Email: me@timwilms.comMessage: https://t.me/timwilmsWebsite: http://timwilms.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfrontMinds: https://www.minds.com/timwilmsGab: https://gab.com/timwilmsTelegram: https://t.me/wilmsfront Support the Show:Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membershipDonate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Other Unshackled Links:Website: https://www.theunshackled.netFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackledTwitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackledGab: https://gab.ai/theunshackledTelegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox HigginsVoice Over by Morgan MunroSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The return of mass migration post-pandemic is causing migraines in Australia and the US. The NSN shouted off with SAlt in Melbourne on Saturday at their Stop Immigration Rally. On the US Southern Border illegal crossings have resumed with the Title 42 expulsion order lifted by the Biden Administration. See where people are headed on tonight's Tim's News Explosion. On Saturday the Nazis and Socialists faced off again on Spring Street. The National Socialist Network (NSN) organized a snap Stop Immigration Rally on the steps of Victoria's Parliament House with the Socialist Alternative front group the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism counter protesting. Victoria Police first moved on NSN off the steps then from Spring Street completely. Avi Yemini of Rebel News interviewed Thomas Sewell of the NSN, while attempting to talk to the Socialists he was assaulted by a masked Antifa/Socialist coward thug. Moira Deeming was expelled from the Victorian Liberal Partyroom on the second attempt with Renee Heath a supporter of Deeming removed as Partyroom secretary. The margin for both votes was 19-11. The day before the vote Moira Deeming announced she had sent a defamation concerns notice to Liberal leader John Pesutto. Monica Smit of Reignite Democracy Australia was found guilty today in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court of two breaches of covid rules she was contesting. But no conviction was recorded nor was she fined. Community backlash has seen local governments across Victoria cancelled planned drag queen story times but Nillumbik Council is still planning one at its Eltham Library. An LGBT group calling themselves the Rainbow Community Angels are planning to protect this groomer event. Frankson serial killer Paul Denyer was denied parole but the Andrews Government so far will not support legislation to keep him locked away for life. The Tasmanian Liberal Government is now in minority after Lara Alexander and John Tucker moved to the crossbench over taxpayer funding for the new Hobart AFL stadium. In last week's Federal Budget Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a $4.2 billion AUD budget surplus thanks to high commodity prices, not due to any spending restraint. Pfizer Australia is the latest corporation to announce they are supporting the constitutionally enshrined Aboriginal Voice. Warren Mundine and Senator Jacinta Price have announced the merger of their respective no campaigns. An inquiry into the aborted prosecution of Bruce Lerhmann who was accused of raping Brittany Higgins has turned into an inquiry into the conduct of the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold SC who alleged a political conspiracy against Brittany Higgins but later withdrew that allegation. New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson has been caught following on Instagram an account called Cute Boys Philippines which features what appear to be underage boys in various states of undress. Robertson quietly unfollowed the account but Cam Wilson from the BFD was the only media outlet to put questions to him about this. A New York Jury decided that Donald Trump sexually abused E Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s and defamed her by denying it and ordered him to pay her $5 million in damages. In a CNN Town Hall Trump said he had never met E Jean Carroll who says she might sue him again. CNN host Kaitlan Collins kept attempting to trip Trump up on January 6 and Ukraine. Elon Musk announced former NBCUniversial advertising executive Linda Yaccarino would be the New Twitter CEO. Yaccarino has been a regular attendee at the World Economic Forum where she blamed the internet for the rise of fake news. Elon Musk has said his commitment to free speech hasn't changed. The US Government Title 42 executive order that allowed for the immediate expulsion of illegal migrants has expired. This has led to a migrant surge crossing over the US southern border with Mexico. President Joe Biden told graduate students at predominantly black Howard University that white supremacy is the most dangerous threat to America. Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in New York after Jordan Neely a 30-year-old violent homeless man died after he put him in a chokehold after he was being aggressive to passengers on the subway. mail: me@timwilms.comMessage: https://t.me/timwilms Wilms Front Links:Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/wilmsfrontWebsite: http://timwilms.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfrontMinds: https://www.minds.com/timwilmsGab: https://gab.com/timwilmsTelegram: https://t.me/wilmsfrontParler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms/ Support the Show:Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membershipDonate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions:Trad Tasman Talk: https://www.theunshackled.net/ttt/Report From Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog Ibac has cleared premier Dan Andrews and his ministers of corrupt conduct but warns of ‘grey corruption' in his government. Victorian state correspondent Benita Kolovos tells Jane Lee how the Andrews government bypassed competitive tender processes to award a Labor-linked union a $1.2m training contract, and how Ibac's findings could impact Andrews' legacy

Community group and not-for-profit funding is set to be slashed as the Andrews Government scrambles to rein in spending. An unlikely stoush between beer giant Coopers and Jim's Mowing seems to have been resolved. Professor Greg Craven has quit the federal government's Constitutional Experts Group on the Voice. Grand Prix fever has Melbourne revving up for a week in the fast lane.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at heraldsun.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Roadside Drug Testing Laws in Australia are discriminatory, and despite losing her seat in the 2022 Victorian Election, Fiona Patten is supporting the Legalise Cannabis Victoria Party's bill to create protections for cannabis users. In this episode we discuss the need for the law to be changed, why the Andrews Government essentially ignored the findings of the Inquiry Into Personal Cannabis Use, what civilians can do to lobby their local representatives as well as a brief discussion about decriminalization vs. legalisation. There's a great quiz in this one, too. Follow Fiona on Instagram @fionahpatten Follow Give and Toke on Instagram @giveandtoke Email giveandtoke@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/giveandtoke/message

In this episode of The Fifth Estate Podcast, Cameron talks about the following...Violence against VicPol (Herald-Sun)IBAC: CIRT's use of force increasing (Herald-Sun)VicPol have a go at the NSC (Herald-Sun)NSC's article criticising VicPol LRD (NSC)Firies have a go at Andrews (Herald-Sun)AnAl drops $1.4bn worth of funding for Victoria's hospitals (Herald-Sun)Steve Price says we should vote for Andrews (Herald-Sun)Wu-Flu scaremongering starts again (Herald-Sun, Daily Mail)Disney + snatches Dr Who from the ABC (Daily Mail)Want to have a rant, or call me out on something I said?Use the Fifth Estate contact form or send an email to cameron @ thefifth.estateYou can find my public key on keys.openpgp.org

Victoria's Ombudsman maintains the Andrews Government should apologise for the brutal hard lockdown of nine public housing towers in July 2020, due to COVID.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police union boss Wayne Gatt says the Victorian force is being treated like "second-class citizens" and lashed out at "political spin" from government about police entitlements.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opposition environment spokesperson James Newbury says the proposed regulations are "just loopy".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With protestors and hecklers against the monarchy being arrested by the UK Police leftists are suddenly concerned about a lack of free speech, some are planning to protest the Queen's Funeral. Tim and Stephen reflect on the Tasman nations' new King Charles III plus cover the latest local news on this week's Trad Tasman Talk. Jacinda Ardern has announced the 'retiring' of the covid traffic light system with New Zealanders able to go into the summer with certainty. She told people to 'respect' those who still chose to wear masks and who are not happy the mandate is gone. In Australia Teal Independent the member for Kooyong Dr. Monique Ryan is demanding a national summit to plan for future covid waves. She was confronted on Sky News Australia about why she was dancing maskless at a community event. Jacinda's decline has continued in the polls with the NZ general election around a year off. National and the ACT Party would be able to form government based on these polls. Stephen has compiled an epic biased guide to the Auckland local election on the BFD. Leftists all of sudden care about free speech again as anti-monarchy protestors are being dragged off for breaches of the peace. A man who called Prince Andrews 'a sick old man' in Scotland has been charged. The Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance are planning to protest the national day of mourning of Queen Elizabeth. The NRL players association believes a fine and ban handed to NRLW player Caitlin Moran for celebrating the Queen's death was disproportionate. Greens Deputy Leader Mehreen Faruqi is putting in a Human Rights Commission complaint against Pauline Hanson for telling her to 'piss off back to Pakistan' after Faruqi claimed Queen Elizabeth led a racist empire. A Republican Movement fundraiser to star Assistant Minister for the Republic Matt Thistlethwaite has been canceled. Recent Roy Morgan and Guardian Essential polls predict that Dan Andrews will be re-elected as Premier of Victoria but Labor's low primary vote could result in a hung parliament with independents and micro parties polling strong. Victorian Education Minister Natalie Hutchins apologised for telling a cancer patient she just had to roll with the punches after having to travel to Adelaide for a scan. The Andrews Government has made several healthcare announcements after recent damning health failures, particularly with Triple Zero response deaths. In other news NSW Labor Opposition Leader Chris Minns deleted a social media post in which he claimed a woman was more likely to be raped than smoke. Another La Nina wet summer has been forecast for Australia which most likely will result in more flooding on the East Coast. The Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.com/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled/ Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/theunshackled/ Free eBook: http://theunshackledbattlefield.net/ Support Our Work: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Store: https://www.theunshackled.net/store/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A couple battling a devastating brain tumour diagnosis has slammed the Andrews Government after a senior minister said sometimes people had to “roll with the punches”. Prince Harry says his “decade of service is not determined by the uniform he wears” after he was banned from donning a military outfit at the Queen's funeral or the events leading up to it. Wayne Carey will no longer be part of Triple M's football commentary team, with the radio station confirming on Wednesday they had parted ways. James Hird could be making a remarkable return to coaching at his former club Essendon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Union boss Peter Marshall says the Andrews government has "failed to invest" in firefighter safety, calling on Victorians to make the state government "accountable" on election day. The explosive claims come as his union demands a hefty 25.9 per cent pay rise for the state's firefighters over the next three years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The CEO of the Australian Private Hospitals Association told Neil Mitchell a national approach was needed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been a week of screeching voices by those claiming they are for inclusion and are speaking for others. I see through the latest virtue campaigns by the divisive identitarians on Tim's News Explosion.  It's been a week of screeching voices by those claiming they are for inclusion and are speaking for others. I see through the latest virtue campaigns by the divisive identitarians on Tim's News Explosion. There was a rare victory for people power pushback in Victoria with the Shrine of Remembrance CEO Dean Lee canceling plans yesterday to light up the shrine in rainbow flag colors which he said was to honor LGBTIQ+ veterans. Lee who has never served himself claimed the cancellation was due to ‘threats' and ‘abuse' against Shrine staff. RSL Victoria which was not consulted over the rainbow lights, its President Robert Webster said that a ‘threat' he received was that 10,000 veterans would march on the shrine to stop the rainbow lights. The Shrine did still raise the corrupted rainbow flag which has black and poo brown stripes. Voice of a Veteran Founder and SAS war veteran Heston Russell summed it up perfectly that the shrine is to honor Australian military service and sacrifice and not about the individual identities of the people to sign up to defend and serve Australia. Despite the shrine backlash, the Andrews Government is funding more LGBTIQ+ events with Equality Minister Harriet Shing announcing $220k of taxpayers' money for new grants. Anthony Albanese unveiled the wording of the question he proposes to put to the Australian people at a referendum to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torress Straight Islander Voice to Parliament at the Garma festival. Parliament would have the authority to decide how the Voice is assembled and operates. Polling from the Australia Institute claims that 65% of Australians support the voice. While the Coalition's Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister Julian Leeser supports the voice new Indigniuous Senator Jacinta Price's slammed the lack of detail about how the voice will actually operate and that process is being led by Indigenous elites. Greens Senator for Victoria Lidia Thorpe called the Queen a colonizer when she was taking her oath of office. She was instructed by Senate President Sue Lines to take the oath as it is printed, which Thorpe did after her stunt so she would be officially a Senator and therefore receive her 200k+ salary from the taxpayer. The first monkeypox deaths outside of Africa during the western outbreak have been recorded with 2 in Spain, and 1 each in Brazil and India. There has been a foot and mouth disease biosecurity breach at Darwin airport with a returning traveler from Bail being fined $2664 for failing to declare egg and beef sausage McMuffins and ham and cheese croissant in their luggage. Joe Biden has had a covid rebound infection after taking Pfizer's Paxlovid oral antivirals which also occurred to Dr Anthony Fauci when he had covid. In the UK the final two Conservative Leadership contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss had to react to a collapsing moderator Kate McCann during their recent debate on Talk TV. Julius Malema leader of the South African black supremacist Economic Freedom Fighters Party has again openly condoned violence against white people. Email: me@timwilms.comMessage: https://t.me/timwilms Wilms Front Links:Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/wilmsfrontWebsite: http://timwilms.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfrontMinds: https://www.minds.com/timwilmsGab: https://gab.com/timwilmsTelegram: https://t.me/wilmsfrontParler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms/ Support the Show:Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membershipDonate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions:Trad Tasman Talk: https://www.theunshackled.net/ttt/Report From Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Other Unshackled Links:Website: https://www.theunshackled.netFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackledTwitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackledGab: https://gab.ai/theunshackledTelegram: https://t.me/theunshackledMinds: https://www.minds.com/The_UnshackledMeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox HigginsVoice Over by Morgan MunroSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE Andrews government has been accused of hypocrisy by ploughing ahead with its $30-34.5 billion Suburban Rail Loop before having a business case assessed by Infrastructure Australia. CANNABIS laced vapes are being delivered direct to schoolyards by lucrative drug dealers as the dangerous craze continues to sweep Victorian schools. RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick has apologised for “overstepping the mark,” revealing his mother gave him a ‘stern' talking to following allegations he verbally abused an opposition player during a VFL match last weekend. A TIGER never changes its stripes, with today marking International Tiger Day. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription at heraldsun.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Foot and mouth disease arrives in Australia, fresh revelations surface of John Barilaro's controversial New York trade role, plus, Victoria's IBAC releases their findings into the Andrews Government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of The Fifth Estate, Cameron digs a little deeper into the "Gas Roadmap" released by the Andrews Government, and asks who benefits more, Victorians or overseas interests.More incompetence by Victoria Police.Finally, the Herald-Sun does a puff piece on Dan Andrews.

The mental health of Victoria's youngest students has been put front and centre in a $200 million dollar support plan. Every Victorian primary school will have a mental health and wellbeing leader within the next four years - the biggest single investment in student wellbeing in Australia according to the Andrews government.

Energy crisis; Michael sanctioned by Russia; Finance Update with Scott Phillips;  investigation into the Health System and calls for action from the ANDREWS Government; Face masks no longer mandatory in airports; Sports Update with Brett Thomas; Ambulance waits the longest on record as life-threatening calls hit 10-year high; US Open; Minimum wage; Victoria and NSW announce overhaul of preschool education with extra year of school. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The founder of the Australian Road Safety Foundation says Victoria is at risk of a "road safety pandemic" after the Andrews Government revealed it would be taking $3 billion away from the Transport Accident Commission over the next four years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cricket grounds around Australia where Shane Warne played to rock star status became shrines to his memory on Wednesday as fans mourned his death and remembered his exploits.  Victims of Victoria's crisis-addled triple-0 system have lashed out amid revelations more than $15 million has been spent on reviews into the service since the Andrews Government came to power.  Nine newspapers have lost one key “path to victory” against Ben Roberts-Smith‘s lawsuit after a court refused to compel an SAS soldier to testify about an alleged war crime murder.  Acting Premier James Merlino has lashed his federal counterparts, accusing them of failing to give Victoria a fair share in the federal budget.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at heraldsun.com.au. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Accused campers killer Greg Lynn was in an “abusive” relationship with his first wife, who died outside their Mount Macedon home in 1999 Shane Warne's final farewell at the MCG is expected to be held on Wednesday March 30, with a private family funeral slated for the end of next week. Fewer than two in five kids in some of Melbourne's northern suburbs have rolled up their sleeves for a Covid jab. And Firefighters' union boss Peter Marshall has sensationally pledged to refer the Andrews Government to Victoria's corruption watchdog See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Accusations of bullying embroil the Andrews Government. Plus, we go to the streets to chat about the rising cost of living. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peta discusses Liberal Party brawling, Andrews Government brutality and the latest from Parliament. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As New Zealand introduced a stalled stepped plan to reopen its border, the Canberra Convoy clashes with ACT Police. Polls show both Ardern and ScoMo are losing popular opinion. Religious freedom is once again in the spotlight. Join Tim Wilms and Dieuwe de Boer on Trad Tasman Talk. From Monday private hospitals in Victoria will be able to resume elective surgery as Omicron hospitalizations plummet. The Andrews Government also announced $1.4 billion in extra health funding after it was revealed that Victoria spends less per patient than any other state in Australia. Dan Andrews hasn't ruled out mandating further vaccine doses if they are recommended. There has been international outrage at Jacinda Ardern over pregnant NZ journalist Charlotte Bellis being denied a MIQ spot instead of remaining in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban even though she is an unmarried woman which is forbidden under Sharia law. In response and after emerging from isolation Ardern announced a complex 5 stage plan to reopen NZ to the whole world without any quarantine by October of this year. The other closed state Western Australia is now facing a food shortage after the road and rail transit routes on the Nullabour are currently flooded. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has compared WA to North Korea. The local WA Police last night interrupted a Catholic mass to check mask exemptions. Inspired by the Candian Truckers' Convoy many Australians have driven cars and caravans to Canberra to demand an end for vaccine mandates and passports. The ACT Police used brute force to drive the convoy participants from the Patrick White Lawns outside the National Library whom they deemed were packed and camping there illegally. Two ACT police officers were counseled for clinking their pepper spray bottles afterward. During this same week coincidently Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews announced $60 million in funding to combat violent extremism. Although the NZ general election isn't due until the end of 2023 Jacinda Ardern's stardust has taken a tumble in the polls. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has proposed a 3% tax increase in the government's redundancy insurance scheme. The Australian federal election is due in May 2022 with the latest Newspoll seeing Labor leading 56-44 and Morrison now only 2 points ahead of Albanese as Preferred PM 43-41. Scott Morrison's National Press Club speech didn't go to plan with Peter Van Onselen confronting him with a text message where former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian called him a 'horrible horrible person' with a serving Cabinet Minister replying calling him 'a complete physco'. The Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.com/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled/ Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_unshackled Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/theunshackled/ Free eBook: http://theunshackledbattlefield.net/ Unshackled Productions: WilmsFront: http://www.timwilms.com Trad Tasman Talk: https://www.theunshackled.net/ttt/ The Report from Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Support Our Work:  Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Store: https://www.theunshackled.net/store/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Flights in and out of Melbourne will be significantly changed to send more planes over the suburbs north and south of Tullamarine when a third runway is completed. The Andrews Government has cut off compensation claims for thousands of residents who will live above its road or rail tunnels after quietly changing acquisition laws. Melbourne is one of the most expensive cities in the country for educating kids. Australia's world-leading researchers will be backed by a new $2.2bn federal fund to turn their big ideas into successful businesses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Horse-drawn carriages are set to be banned in the CBD under changes to the road rules being proposed by the Andrews Government. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Horse-drawn carriages are set to be banned in the CBD under changes to the road rules being proposed by the Andrews Government. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The proposed pandemic laws are set to pass after the Andrews government struck an eleventh hour deal with a crossbench MP. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victoria's Pandemic Powers Bill is in disarray. As Sky News reported, "Former Labor cabinet minister Adem Somyurek has remained defiant in his opposition to the controversial pandemic powers bill after the Andrews Government successfully delayed a vote in the upper house. The Labor Government moved a motion on Thursday to delay the debate to secure Premier Daniel Andrews more time to pick off only one more cross bencher after Mr Somyurek revealed he would block the legislation. With the Andrews Government now scrambling to negotiate an additional vote before Parliament sits again in two weeks, Mr Somyurek said he could not be “bought off”. “I'm probably the only MP in this place that cannot be bought off,” he told reporters on Friday. “I'm not going to stand again so nobody can buy me off.” Mr Somyurek, who successfully applied to have his suspension lifted on Wednesday after he was banned for failing to disclose his vaccination status, told the Herald Sun his intention to block passage of the bill. The president of the Victorian Bar previously slammed that new pandemic legislation (https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/bills/public-health-and-wellbeing-amendment-pandemic-management-bill-2021) as “appalling” and claims the government “grossly misrepresented” its consultation with the barristers' peak body. Christopher Blanden, QC, said the new laws, designed to replace sweeping state of emergency powers, would give the Premier unprecedented power with little to no checks and balances. And now they are in limbo. Note some may find this content confronting.

In this episode of the Fifth Estate Podcast, I jump feet first into the murkiness that around the comments made by Andy Meddick recently, and decide that it is time he resigned from Parliament. Talk about the huge approval rating for the Andrews Government from a recent opinion poll. I also talk about the "story" doing the rounds that the PM is on a collision course with the GG.

The Andrews Government is scrambling to introduce new pandemic laws, before its existing emergency powers expire mid-December. Now, the fate of the legislation rests in the hands of a couple of upper house MPs, who were originally excluded from negotiations.

Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth at the weekend to vent their anger at lockdowns and vaccine mandates. The demonstrations are part of a global movement of so-called 'freedom rallies', with the largest turn-out in Melbourne where controversial pandemic legislation has become a lightning rod for anger at the Andrews Government.

Tom Elliott has called on four Victorian MPs to "forget their politics" and oppose proposed pandemic legislation put forward by the Andrews Government. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Eastern Victorian upper house MLC wasn't consulted on Tuesday morning about dramatic new proposals to make pandemic management powers permanent for the Andrews Labor government - even though the government does not hold a majority in the Legislative Council to pass its bill.

CEO of Fitness Australia, Barrie Elvish, has slammed a move announced by the state government yesterday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melbournians will be allowed to reunite with their loved ones for private gatherings earlier than planned, as the city's lockdown officially ends on Friday after a world-record 263 days. Fully vaccinated people who visit Tier 1 exposure sites will only need to quarantine for seven days as part of a major overhaul of the strict isolation rules. A new 90km rail line for Melbourne being planned by the Andrews Government would cost up to $120 billion if the whole project was built underground. And Victoria is being urged rethink Chinese investment in critical infrastructure such as the Port of Melbourne if Beijing continues its hostilities towards Australia. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atheraldsun.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Victoria continuing to break all the wrong pandemic records the Andrews Government's list of failures in managing it continues. On this week's WilmsFront Ken Phillips returns to the show to provide an update on his campaign to hold the government accountable for its 2020 Hotel Quarantine Failures. Ken Phillips is the Executive Director of Self Employed Australia. In September 2020 he wrote to WorkSafe Victoria's Enforcement Division requesting they investigating the Victorian Government's Hotel Quarantine Failures of 2020 which led to the state's second wave which saw 801 Victorians die with Covid and Melbourne in lockdown for 112 days. A year later WorkSafe Victoria announced it was charging the entity of the Victorian Department of Health with 58 breaches of the state's Occupational Health and Safety Act. Self Employed Australia has launched a Not Above the Law Campaign, they have identified 142 breaches of OHS and complied a list of Victorian Government officials including the Premier who should be prosecuted for those breaches. Contact: Email: me@timwilms.com Message: https://t.me/timwilms Wilms Front Links: Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/wilmsfront Website: http://timwilms.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Telegram: https://t.me/wilmsfront Parler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms/ Support the Show: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions: Trad Tasman Talk: https://www.theunshackled.net/ttt/ Report From Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Other Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.ai/theunshackled Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox Higgins Voice Over by Morgan MunroContact: Email: me@timwilms.com Message: https://t.me/timwilms Wilms Front Links: Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/wilmsfront Website: http://timwilms.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Telegram: https://t.me/wilmsfront Parler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms/ Support the Show: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions: Trad Tasman Talk: https://www.theunshackled.net/ttt/ Report From Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Other Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.ai/theunshackled Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox Higgins Voice Over by Morgan Munro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's claimed thousands of private hospital patients can't get a bed due to a deal between the Andrews Government and hospital operators to clear a backlog of public patients wanting elective surgery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's Tim's News Explosion: Norway joins the old normal club of nations, the latest NSW roadmap has again shown that the threat of passports was just a bluff. In Victoria, the police have crushed another round of protests. On Saturday morning after a week of protests triggered by the Andrews Government jab mandate for the construction industry Victoria Police arrested and charged Harrison McLean who operates the Melbourne Freedom Rally social media channels with incitement. Harrison joins Monica Smit of Reignite Democracy Australia as being another anti-lockdown activist sidelined by an incitement charge and strict bail conditions. The brutal Victora Police crackdown on the protests was beamed all around the world thanks to independent journalists like Rukshan Fernando livestreaming almost every day. Australia is quickly losing the moral high ground when it comes to attacking Communist China for its human rights record, Scott Morrison's address to the United Nations in New York about standing up for human rights lacked any self-awareness. Up in NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her Deputy John Barilaro announced the next two phases of the state's reopening roadmap. It revealed that the unvaccinated will only be locked out of venues until December 1st which means that as was the case in the United Kingdom the threat of vaccine passports was only a bluff to get more people vaccinated. Gladys and John still say there will be discrimination against the unvaccinated in some form and CHO Dr Kerry Chant says life will never go back to 2019 normal. However, Norway has just gone back to the old normal joining its Scandanavian cousins Denmark and Sweden. Germany held its federal election on Sunday with Chancellor Angela Merkel not seeking re-election after 16 years in power. Her party the Christian Democratic Union lost its status as the largest party in the German parliament with the center-left Social Democrats being able to lead the next government with the German Greens coming in third as climate change dominated this post covid election. Contact: Email: me@timwilms.com Message: https://t.me/timwilms Wilms Front Links: Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/wilmsfront Website: http://timwilms.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Telegram: https://t.me/wilmsfront Parler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms/ Support the Show: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions: Trad Tasman Talk: https://www.theunshackled.net/ttt/ Report From Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Other Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.ai/theunshackled Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox Higgins Voice Over by Morgan Munro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Victoria joining NSW in unveiling its roadmap to reopening only for the fully vaccinated we have seen roadmap rage breakout. We also another weekend of Victoria Police brutality beamed all around the world. I break it all down for you on this week's Tim's News Explosion live tonight at 9pm AEST on the WilmsFront channels. Construction workers gathered outside the CFMEU Melbourne office this morning angry about Victorian Secretary John Setka's lack of pushback against the Andrews Government's vaccine mandate for the construction industry announced last week which was to come into effect on Friday. Setka and the Secretary of the ACTU Sally McManus claimed the angry crowd weren't really union members or construction workers but far-right extremists. In breaking news tonight the Andrews Government will shut down the construction sector for two weeks as many covid case clusters have been linked to the industry. At the latest worldwide freedom rally in Melbourne, Victoria Police knocked down an old lady and pepper-sprayed her on the ground, the vision of this shocked the world. Police also pepper-sprayed the Real Rukshan and an Age photographer. Andy Nolch and Senator Slayer Neil Erikson join the news explosion a little later to offer their analysis. Andy believes that Victoria Police deployed rookie officers to the frontline of Saturday's protest knowing they would be overpowered so the media would capture footage of protestors breaking police lines to make them look bad. Contact: Email: me@timwilms.com Message: https://t.me/timwilms Wilms Front Links: Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/wilmsfront Website: http://timwilms.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Telegram: https://t.me/wilmsfront Parler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms/ Support the Show: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions: Trad Tasman Talk: https://www.theunshackled.net/ttt/ Report From Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Other Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.ai/theunshackled Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Piers discusses Victoria's new Roadmap to Deliver the National Plan with Geoff Wells, a senior consultant urologist at Melbourne's Box Hill hospital. While Geoff says there's some improvement for Melburnians, the slow pace of getting kids back to school is scandalous and the roadmap is confusing and lacking in confidence. He thinks people who are fully vaccinated should enjoy more freedoms now and if future lockdowns occur once vaccination targets are met, government ministers should have their pay cut.

Live-to-air radio interview with Piers Cunningham and Brendon Telfer. Regional status of Mornington Peninsula an increasingly hot issue; Shadow Health minister Georgie Crozier calls for more nuanced, targeted response to hotspots; risk averse Andrews Government plans for gradual and cautious reduction of tight restrictions; overseas lessons in benefits of rapid antigen testing; how to incentivise double vaccinations.

Dr Webster says the Andrews Labor Victorian government needs to work with industry and the federal government with the new visa arrangements to ensure workers be available on time for harvest

The State Government of Victoria is, according to The Age, secretly negotiating with three crossbenchers to introduce specific pandemic laws that would permanently replace controversial state of emergency powers and significantly change the way the state manages COVID-19 this year. Note some may find this content confronting. I certainly do. To read the reports, they can be found: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/andrews-government-secretly-negotiating-permanent-pandemic-laws-to-replace-state-of-emergency-20210611-p5807t.html https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/victoria-government-in-secret-negotiations-to-obtain-permanent-emergency-powers/video/d2ecc76012e995d05d70634492bd599b

The Federal Government is backing a plan to build a purpose built quarantine facility in Victoria, handing the State Government a Memorandum of Understanding for the project. The Andrews Government has proposed a 500-bed facility at Mickleham in Melbourne's north, and asked the Commonwealth to pick up the $200 million construction bill.

Victoria says it's beyond disappointed that the Federal Government is refusing to provide additional financial support for businesses and workers who enduring their fourth COVID-19 lockdown. While the Andrews Government has announced a $250 million dollar emergency support package, Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas says the state could do with support from the Commonwealth, who are "very slow to make a contribution."

The Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says the government is prepared to consider a new, national campaign for people to get vaccinated, but complacency is driving vaccine hesitancy. Around 35% of Australians now say they don't want a vaccine, and the Australian Medical Association warns we're sitting ducks for another outbreak.

The federal infrastructure minister is confident the Andrews Government will approve a multi-billion dollar intermodal freight terminal in Melbourne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A land compensation battle worth hundreds of millions of dollars is about to erupt as the Andrews government prepares to tunnel under thousands of properties. A groundbreaking Victorian study has linked sterilising dummies with an increased risk of food allergies among infants. The state government will today announce a new model for social housing that moves away from high-rise towers to ­accommodate families in low-rise apartments. And a top government school has issued holiday homework to parents after “harmful and ­offensive” social media posts were linked to its students. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atheraldsun.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learner drivers caught driving on their own would go to jail under tough new law changes being planned by the Andrews government. Australians are set to get the right to work in the UK under a free-trade deal being negotiated between the two countries. Victoria has so far exceeded its COVID-19 vaccination goals, administering almost a third more doses in the first month of the rollout than ­originally forecast.  Simon Goodwin's future as Melbourne coach is not solely contingent on the club making the 2021 finals, according to Demons chief executive Gary Pert.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at heraldsun.com.au. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridget McKenzie discusses the March For Justice movement across the country. Plus, the Andrews Government is being urged to overhaul its QR Code Check-In System, Peter Strong from the Council of Small Business joins the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victorian road projects are recording major cost blowouts as the Andrews Government battles to reign in growing expenses of labour and materials.  Major events organisers are rallying together to bring Melbourne and regional Victoria back to ‘business as usual' by September.  Australia's travel bubble with New Zealand is again under threat with a snap lockdown called for Auckland after a person with coronavirus roamed free for a week.  Actor Hugh Sheridan has been talking candidly about his brushes with the paparazzi with Samantha Armytage on her podcast called ‘Something To Talk About'. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at heraldsun.com.au.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peta Credlin speaks to Professor Peter Collignon on Australia's vaccine roll-out. Plus, struggling Victorian Businesses forced to repay COVID-19 grants wrongly paid by the Andrews Government, Finance writer Sophie Elsworth joins the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Flow FM Morning Show, Wayne Phillips looks at the Andrews Government's duck season declaration that has sporting shooters unhappy because it isn't broad enough, and animal advocates unhappy that it is happening at all. Read more at FlowNews24.com.au :- https://www.flownews24.com.au/blog/senate-condemns-drastic-victorian-duck-season-limits

Lockdown restrictions in Victoria have eased, but Paul Murray is still here to hold the Andrews Government to account. Plus, fired up debate with James Morrow, Stephen Conroy, Jenna Clarke and Joe Hildebrand.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peta Credlin welcomes back Alan Jones to discuss the issues you care about. Plus, Victorian Liberal MP, Richard Riordan on the Andrews Government spending $7.7 million to defend itself in front of the Coate Inquiry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a world-first move, dangerous cladding will be banned from use on multi-storey buildings in Victoria. A major law introduced to break up bikie gangs has been officially branded a failure, as gang memberships soar. The Andrews Government spent more money representing itself at the Hotel Quarantine Inquiry than the inquiry itself. Girls should not be complimented on their looks, beauty, clothes or bodies, according to authors of a new book who suggest we should take deliberate steps to make beauty less important, rather focusing on what girls do instead. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atheraldsun.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Federal Member for Farrer has some strong words for the Andrews Government.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a tale of two Christmases for Westerners. In the Great Southern Land of Australia, the domestic economy is open with us able to semi-freely enjoy our perfect summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, they are experiencing a dark winter with governments reimposing police state lockdowns as coronavirus infections rise. On the midweek edition of WilmsFront, we look at these two polar opposite seasons with guests Harrison McLean, a participant in the Melbourne Freedom Rally movement that has been active since the city's Stage 4 lockdown. Harrison and I review the end of year document dump from the Andrews Government relating to their pandemic response. They chose the police state response from the beginning because they knew their public health teams could not trace or prevent coronavirus infections once it got out into the community. Harrison joined the Melbourne Freedom Rally movement from the first September 5 Freedom Day at the Shrine of Remembrance when Melbourne was still under stage 4 lockdown and has been to most Freedom rallies since. He has received seven fines from Victoria Police for his activism which he intends of challenging in court. More lockdown fines have been withdrawn by Victoria Police than have actually been paid. The Freedom rally movement has evolved into a fully fledged community group. They will not rest until the state of emergency we are still living under Victoria is revoked and all coronavirus surveillance measures are removed. QR code mandatory check-ins in hospitality venues are being enforced and there is much concern about either a government or corporatist mandate of any of the coronavirus vaccines. Contact: Email: me@timwilms.com Message: https://t.me/timwilms Wilms Front Links: Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/wilmsfront Website: http://timwilms.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Telegram: https://t.me/wilmsfront Parler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms/ Support the Show: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions: The Uncuckables: http://theuncuckables.com/ Report From Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Other Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.ai/theunshackled Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox Higgins Voice Over by Morgan Munro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Queensland's border ban on Sydney is finally coming to an end, with millions of southern residents to be welcomed into the Sunshine State from December 1; Victoria is heading for record debt, after the Andrews Government delivered a big spending budget to try to kick start the COVID-19 ravaged economy; and Australia's athletes at next year's Tokyo Olympics will have to return home as soon as they've finished competing in a plan to stay COVID-safe. More news across the day on 7NEWS.com.au and 7Plus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Queensland's border ban on Sydney is finally coming to an end, with millions of southern residents to be welcomed into the Sunshine State from December 1; Victoria is heading for record debt, after the Andrews Government delivered a big spending budget to try to kick start the COVID-19 ravaged economy; and Australia's athletes at next year's Tokyo Olympics will have to return home as soon as they've finished competing in a plan to stay COVID-safe. More news across the day on 7NEWS.com.au and 7Plus. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tennis Australia is still locked in negotiations with the Andrews Government about a COVID-safe Australian Open and as South Australia grapples with a new outbreak, the upcoming Adelaide Oval Test against India is in question.

Acknowledgement of country News Karen Wyld joins us to talk about her newly published book, Where the Fruit Falls. Karen Wyld is a freelance writer and author currently based in South Australia but her grandmother's county, Martu is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.   Human rights defender and activist Adolf Mora joins us today to speak more about the situation in West Papua and the Make West Papua Safe campaign. Adolf came by boat in 2006 and has been detained in Christmas Island for a bit then granted temporary protection via and came to Narrm since then to continue the campaign for his people’s struggle under Indonisian colonialism.  Professor Libby Porter joins us to discuss the Andrews Government’s recent announcement of investment in social housing and what it really means. Libby Porter is a research fellow at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University and convenor for Darebin Community Friends of Public Housing which is a member of Save Public Housing Collective.  Dr. Fiona Foley joins us on the show to speak about her new book Biting the Clouds: A Badtjala Perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897. Fiona Foley is from the Wondunna clan of the Badtjala nation. Foley completed her fourth film titled Out of the Sea Like Cloud in 2019.  Her recent exhibitions include a 25-year photographic retrospective titled Who Are These Strangers and Where Are They Going? Dr Fiona Foley is currently a Lecturer at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.  Kamal Fadel, the representative for the Polisario Front in Australia and New Zealand joins us to discuss the Western Sahara independence movement and the end of a 29-year-old ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front, the Western Sahara independence movement, after the Moroccan military opened fire on a blockade halting civic and commercial flux on the only road connecting West Africa to Western Sahara, Morocco and Europe. You can find out more and how to support the Saharawi community in so-called Australia here. SongsEmma Donovan and The Putbacks - Leftovers

The Andrews Government has been criticised for its "lazy, sloppy" robocall service to check if businesses have a COVID-safe plan in place. Business Victoria has made more than 100,000 automated calls, but many business owners who received a call hung up because they thought it was a scam. CEO of the Council of Small Business Organisations, Peter Strong, slammed the strategy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of Cory Talks... Following the Australian Federal Government's 2020 Hope, payer and jobs budget, there's anger at the people it leaves out. Most notably half of the population. Also New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian is pretty angry herself. NSW businesses flouting COVID-19 rules has caught her eye. The Vice Presidential Debate this week between VP Mike Pence and nominee Kamala Harris was not as fiery as the first Presidential Debate... thank goodness. Seems like there's not going to be a second debate between Trump and Biden because the orange idiot is having a hissy fit over not being allowed to do it in person, on account of him being infected... with COVID-19 too. Never a dull moment in Victorian politics. Premier Daniel Andrews still copping it from the state opposition, but more so this week from the Murdoch press and fellow biased media outlets. There is some smoke there, but is there a legitimate fire the Andrews Government needs to attend to? Nearly 100 year old ice cream treat to get a new name. Australia in the dirty game of making weapons for war. Former US Mayor, Pete Buttigieg turns the tables on Fox News hosts. Guest: TRACEY MCGEE is back and this time we're talking about our Tracey & Cory Road Trip adventures. We are hoping to be able to get back on the road before the end of the month. Find Tracey on Twitter and Instagram as @aussiestorm65. kibo by Tracey on Instagram and Facebook. www.kibobytracey.com Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already and turn notifications on so you can be alerted when there's new episodes out. Cory Talks on Twitter - www.twitter.com/CoryTalksPod Cory Talks website - www.corytalks.com Cory Talks email - send via the website I source information from a variety of sources, most commonly ABC News Australia, Independent Australia and The Guardian. CORY TALKS. A PODCAST FROM CORY DIGITAL MEDIA CREATOR. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/corytalkspodcast/message

Cross-bencher Jeff Bourman said it was a win for society. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on City Limits, we get an update on Transport in Victoria from our regular transport expert John McPherson. We also invite Leigh Ewbank, climate justice campaigner from Friends of the Earth, on the show to discuss a recent announcement from the Andrews Government to repower all of Melbourne's metropolitan trains (and all state schools and hospitals) with solar and wind-generated electricity. We also discuss community resistance to the North-East Link project, and how since the transport sector is our state's 2nd largest (and fastest growing!) source of emissions, FOE is allocating their resources to promote sustainable public transport options in Victoria. FOE's climate-focused campaigns you can get involved in:Sustainable Cities campaign: supporting communities resisting the North-East Link, and making the case for the Melbourne Metro 2 Yes2Renewables campaign: arguing for greater investment in solar and wind, as well as energy storageAct on Climate campaign: calling for the government to set science-based emissions reduction targets, aiming to encourage investment into increased and sustainable public transport, writing a collaborative peoples' climate strategy   

Victoria has been electrified by the prospect that politicians and public servants from the Premier down could be charged and even jailed for deaths attributable to the Hotel Quarantine fiasco, under tendentious new industrial manslaughter laws only recently enacted by the Andrews Government. Governments must be held to account, but is this the job of the courts, or Parliaments and voters? If we start jailing politicians for incompetence, where will it end? (33:25-44:59). Scott Hargreaves and Chris Berg are joined by Research Fellow Morgan Begg to discuss this and also the litany of civil rights violations justified in the name of pandemic. Where have been the institutions meant to defend our freedoms, and what precedent does this rampant State create for our future? (1:50-17:59). The latest concern in Victoria is an “Omnibus Bill”, allowing government appointed ‘authorised officers' to arrest and detain individuals just on the suspicion of intent to break rules. Is this necessary or just a left-wing Government's adaption the Police State/‘law and order' playbook formerly used by the right? (18:00-33:25). Culture picks this week include the new Netflix film, Enola Holmes by Harry Bradbeer; Karl Ove Knausgaard's book on Edvard Munch, So Much Longing in So Little Space; and a Netflix documentary by Jeff Orlowski, The Social Dilemma (44:59-1:04:55).   Shownotes: Letter to WorkSafe Referring Ministers for Investigation; Ken Phillips https://icau.worldsecuresystems.com/Downloads/Corona-Virus/Victoria/SEA-letter-to-WorkSafe-29Sept20.pdf   Four Victorian ministers, 16 public servants may face prosecution over alleged OHS law breaches; Robert Gottliebsen https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/four-victorian-ministers-16-public-servants-may-face-prosecution-over-alleged-ohs-law-breaches/news-story/20ace50f6e620fe3be9953e6b8dd2290   Picnicking rule-breakers face $5000 fines with police to blanket parks; Simone Fox Koob https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/picnicking-rule-breakers-face-5000-fines-with-police-to-blanket-parks-20200928-p55zxj.html   Regulate? Innovate!; Chris Berg on social media regulation https://ipa.org.au/ipa-review-articles/regulate-innovate   Covid Totalitarianism; Morgan Begg https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/covid-totalitarianism   Culture Picks: Enola Holmes https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7846844/   So Much Longing in So Little Space https://www.penguin.com.au/books/so-much-longing-in-so-little-space-9781787300545   The Social Dilemma https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11464826/

A group of 14 retired judges and top QCs have written an open letter to Premier Daniel Andrews calling for a rethink of a bill which would grant authorised officers the power to arrest people who they suspect may breach COVID-19 restrictions in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lockdown restrictions eased for regional Victorians today which meant the ring of steel makeshift wall to keep Melboruians out was tightened. Elsewhere in Australia state border walls remain up and virtually no one is allowed in and out of Australia. The Uncuckables panel discusses the continuation of fortress Australia with Tim Wilms Editor of The Unshackled, David Hiscox Editor of the XYZ, James Fox Higgins Director of Rational Rise TV and Jarrad Searby found of the AMAG Project. Jarrad being a resident of regional Victoria enjoyed some semi-freedom today though he still cannot cross the NSW border to Wodonga's sister city Albury without a permit. Jarrad has founded the Australian Men's Action Group (AMAG Project) to promote fitness and educating men about their rights as Australians. With Melbourians still under curfew and not allowed out further than 5km from their homes Victoria Police have threatened them with a new $5k fine if they try to escape to regional Victoria. Though apparently, Victoria's police state can't function when it rains as was demonstrated at a checkpoint on the way to Geelong on Thursday morning. XYZ Satire is the most accurate predictor of the future with camps for Victorian Government dissents and conspiracy theorists looking possible with the Andrews Government seeking new detention powers for those considered 'high risk' of spreading the coronavirus. The Premier's office this week announced that Victoria's prison capacity would be expanded. The Spectator Australia has also started with its own XYZ inspired close to the truth satire, James Macpherson published a mash-up and Dan's dismissal of human rights concerns and that everything would be better if people didn't object to his government's policies. The lawsuits against the curfew and other lockdown measures are now starting to pile up. One is from a restaurant owner on the Mornington Peninsula Liberal Party member Michelle Loielo. Avi Yemini is suing Victoria Police for his wrongful detainment at the September 5 anti-lockdown protest. A whistleblower in the Victoria Treasury Sanjeev Sabhlok has quit exposing the police state that he believes has Victoria become. The US West Coast is becoming the modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah. Wildfires are ravaging the states of California, Seattle and Washington with more evidence pointing to fires being deliberately lit by Antifa and Black Lives Matter. The wildfires in California correlates with the state enacting laws to lessen the penalty for gay men committing sodomy on minors. The Uncuckables Links: Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/theuncuckables Website: http://theuncuckables.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-uncuckables-podcast/id1469242261 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-uncuckables https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/The-Uncuckables-p1229870/ https://open.spotify.com/show/6xjY4vTAZcPVFQnAEqgarO The Unshackled Links: https://www.theunshackled.net/ https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnshackled https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled/ https://gab.com/theunshackled https://t.me/theunshackled https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled/ WilmsFront Links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsmn2iALJ2NjebjthQA2mdQ Website: http://timwilms.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Parler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms Telegram Channel: https://t.me/wilmsfront Telegram Messenger: https://t.me/timwilms XYZ Links: Website: https://www.xyz.net.au/ Telegram: https://t.me/thexyztelegram Gab: https://gab.com/thexyz Minds: https://www.minds.com/thexyz/ Rational Rise/James Fox Higgins Links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdEfsAy6rUDPnm9HwKA_asg https://dlive.tv/jamesfoxhiggins https://rrtv.live/ https://www.facebook.com/theJFHshow/ https://twitter.com/jamesfoxhiggins See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If Victoria's current coronavirus lockdown has taught voters anything it's that elections have consequences. Even though civil liberties have been suspended in the state democracy has not. Local government elections are proceeding as scheduled in October. On the midweek edition of WilmsFront we explore how local government operates in Victoria and how you can make sure you cast an informed vote with City of Greater Dandenong Liberal Councillor Timothy Dark. Timothy is the sole Liberal Councillor in Greater Dandenong which has 9 from Labor and 1 Green. The council moving to the single council ward electoral system which has made his re-election campaign difficult. Party affiliation is not required to be disclosed in Victorian local government elections and with the unpopularity of the Victorian Labor brand at present Labor aligned candidates have no red in their election material. Local councils are elected in Victoria for fixed four-year terms, they operate under the council-manager system where the Councillors are part-time and appoint a CEO to run the day to day operations of the council, cities in the US use the strong-major council system with a full-time Mayor who also runs the day to day operation council/city. Timothy is a strong supporter of the role of local government plays in Victoria and to stop councils wasting time with things such as anti-Australia Day motions locals need to elect better Councillors. With the stage 4 lockdown extended for Melbournian's for another six weeks coupled with the dictatorial inflexible approach that Premier Dan Andrews has displayed during the coronavirus second wave and associated lockdown strategy community resentment is growing. There was a revolt in the local Muslim Dandenong community in late August which was aggressively suppressed by Victoria Police. Timothy as a local Councillor thought the police crackdown was over the top and unnecessary. He predicts this could see the Greater Dandenong area turn against Labor. The incompetence and dishonesty of the Andrews Government exposed during the pandemic has awoken the Victorian Liberal Party from its slumber with leader Michael O'Brien and frontbencher Tim Smith getting the Opposition message out much more effectively. Timothy believes for the 2022 state election the Liberals need many young fresh feisty candidates.  Contact: Email: me@timwilms.com Message: https://t.me/timwilms Wilms Front Links: Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/wilmsfront Website: http://timwilms.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Telegram: https://t.me/wilmsfront Parler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms/ Support the Show: Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Other Unshackled Productions: The Uncuckables: http://theuncuckables.com/ Report From Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ Other Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.ai/theunshackled Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Music and Graphics by James Fox Higgins Voice Over by Morgan Munro See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Just obey the rules, follow the orders is all you're allowed to say and do in Victoria now as the police and Andrews Government ramp up their crackdown on dissent to the stage 4 lockdown which still has no end in sight. The Uncuckables panel discusses the escalation of the Victorian Police state on this week's show with Tim Wilms Editor of The Unshackled, David Hiscox Editor of the XYZ, James Fox Higgins Director of Rational Rise TV and Stephen Wells Author of the Great Coronavirus Swindle. The Uncuckables Links: Entropy: https://entropystream.live/app/theuncuckables Website: http://theuncuckables.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-uncuckables-podcast/id1469242261 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-uncuckables https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/The-Uncuckables-p1229870/ https://open.spotify.com/show/6xjY4vTAZcPVFQnAEqgarO The Unshackled Links: https://www.theunshackled.net/ https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnshackled https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled/ https://gab.com/theunshackled https://t.me/theunshackled https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled/ WilmsFront Links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsmn2iALJ2NjebjthQA2mdQ Website: http://timwilms.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilmsfront Minds: https://www.minds.com/timwilms Gab: https://gab.com/timwilms Parler: https://parler.com/profile/timwilms Telegram Channel: https://t.me/wilmsfront Telegram Messenger:  https://t.me/timwilms XYZ Links: Website: https://www.xyz.net.au/ Telegram: https://t.me/thexyztelegram Gab: https://gab.com/thexyz Minds: https://www.minds.com/thexyz/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Victorian Government appears closer to securing an extension of the State of Emergency powers that allow it to enforce the COVID-19 directives of the Chief Health Officer.

Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews is seemingly delighted to have brought Victoria to an unprecedented standstill as he pursues eradication of the runaway coronavirus. But what will be the economic costs and how confident can we be that it will actually work, especially as second, third and fourth waves are reported across the globe? Where is accountability for past and present maladministration, when the Andrews Government seeks to shut down or obfuscate Parliament at every opportunity? (2:55-34:39) Donald Trump has announced that TikTok will be banned in the United States raising national security concerns. Are concerns valid or is the ban simply an attack on freedom of speech and/or a chance to extort the owners for Microsoft's benefit? (34:39-46:30) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Chris Berg are joined by the IPA's Cian Hussey to answer these questions and share their culture picks. This week's picks include Camila Russo's The Infinite Machine, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex and Yuval Levin's A Time to Build. (46:30-1:04:43)   Show Notes   Madness in Melbourne; Jeffrey A. Tucker https://www.aier.org/article/madness-in-melbourne/   If New Zealand's the coronavirus role model then we're in strife; Adam Creighton https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/if-new-zealands-the-coronavirus-role-model-then-were-in-strife/news-story/0dd4f1b0fbd5b1fcb9e969f5bc626da9   Coronavirus: Victoria stopped using the COVID app before virus spike; Olivia Caisley https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/victoria-stopped-app-use-before-spike/news-story/31a3928d308b9d96dae199b2922ab92d   The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away; The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/coronavirus-will-never-go-away/614860/?fbclid=IwAR027V4IY-Eysv5rl8kjLd1HTX_agvA9DOhQJyZurk5_PSHA3KHXztzP0nU   Trump Wants U.S. Government To Get ‘A Lot Of Money' For Allowing Microsoft-TikTok Deal; Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/08/03/trump-wants-us-government-to-get-a-lot-of-money-for-allowing-microsoft-tiktok-deal/   Culture Picks   A Time to Build; Yuval Levin https://www.amazon.com.au/Time-Build-Community-Recommitting-Institutions/dp/1541699270   The Infinite Machine; Camila Russo https://www.amazon.com.au/Infinite-Machine-Crypto-hackers-Building-Internet-ebook/dp/B07X8HS2WC   On the Basis of Sex; Mimi Leder https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4669788/

(0:00:00) Acknowledgement of Country. (0:20:00) At the beginning of this month of June, The Federal Court ruled that Vic Forests – a timber company owned by the Victorian government – breached environmental laws when they destroyed the habitat of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possumas well as the vulnerable greater glider. Today we’ll be speaking to Alexia Wellbelove, Senior Campaign Manager of Humane Society International’s Campaign about the Leadbeater possum’s win and how we can expect theirs and other forest campaigns to continue on for further victories in court. (0:42:00) This week’s Tram Thought looks at the newly introduced plans for further education fees in Australia. We discuss whether the plans are a good or bad thing and what they say about the Australian government’s view on education. (0:59:00) We speak to Chris from Gecko to discuss recent halts in logging in the 7 different coupes across Victoria. We discuss the corruption of Vic Forests and the Andrews Government in destroying habitat.   Mentioned in the show:       Bowraville Murders Doco – crowd fund https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/the-bowraville-murders/ ShenHua mine https://www.originalpower.org.au/gomeroi_protect_country?fbclid=IwAR2hwVATM2Nbb6cb0jTLIFraO4Xd3Ege_Z_I1qkZ32rIuahtV54KPxZrL2M Slater & Gordon class action https://www.slatergordon.com.au/class-actions/current-class-actions/nsw-strip-search-class-action?fbclid=IwAR1gC7yB45uybIA5Xlipr2fbg_YRfMyVCjKsjraeXT9LKQtecw2U-cvFBSg Blakfulla Lives Matter – June 23rd  (Live stream available on Youtube under Dardi Munwurro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8B36mAbiTQ   WAR Bank DetailsMelbourne: BSB 313 140 / ACC 122 671 76Brisbane: BSB 633 000 / ACC 154 594 758 

Heidi Murphy spoke with Beverley McArthur MP, Member for Western Victoria Region.

The economic impacts of the COVID19 pandemic are epic. Housing, a key human need in the best of times, is essential for the social distancing needed to curtail the spread. With many losing jobs and income, paying the exorbitant rent in Australian cities is even more challenging. Despite some positive noises, governments have been slow to protect renters, while property and business owners have recieved generous compensation through legislation. Jackson and James talk to Rent Stike Australia organsiers both before and after the Andrews Government announces new tenancy laws in Victoria. 

With Ministerial portfolios that cover Youth, Women and the Prevention of Family Violence, Gabrielle Williams has plenty on her plate, but she took some time our of her busy schedule to join us this week on Pod On The Hill. Toby Halligan spoke to the Minister about why she decided to quit studying creative writing to focus on the law, what speaking to ex-IRA prisoners taught her about how societies recover from violent conflict, and the progress the Andrews Government has made in helping survivors of family violence.

2019 has been a busy year across Minister Martin Foley portfolio's of Equality, Mental Health and Creative Industries. Toby Halligan sits down with the Minister to talk through the Andrews Government's iconic changes to Victoria's birth certificate laws, the stories from the mental health Royal Commission, and why it's important to have a portfolio dedicated to the arts.

Mark joined Daniel Bleakley on the steps of the Victorian Parliament for a chat about the past 7 days of his hunger strike, the global XR hunger strike, his methods and self-care through this experience, and much more. From Daniel;"Day 7. Seventh day of Extinction Rebellion Hunger strike. Starting to feel a bit weak but still focused. Today I'm continuing to request a meeting between members of the Andrews Government and a group of XR representatives to discuss our demands which are: That the Government come together to declare a climate emergency now. That the Government commit to net zero emissions by 2025. To avoid a further deepening of the Climate Crisis. That the Government install a citizens assembly to help guild the transition to a safe sustainable future. Our children don't deserve the future that they're facing right now..." Special Guest: Daniel Bleakley. Support Climactic Links: XR Global Hunger Strike - Extinction Rebellion Nature for Life Rally - Victorian National Parks AssociationVictorian National Parks Association School Strike 4 Climate Australia See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mark joined Daniel Bleakley on the steps of the Victorian Parliament for a chat about the past 7 days of his hunger strike, the global XR hunger strike, his methods and self-care through this experience, and much more. From Daniel;"Day 7. Seventh day of Extinction Rebellion Hunger strike. Starting to feel a bit weak but still focused. Today I'm continuing to request a meeting between members of the Andrews Government and a group of XR representatives to discuss our demands which are: That the Government come together to declare a climate emergency now. That the Government commit to net zero emissions by 2025. To avoid a further deepening of the Climate Crisis. That the Government install a citizens assembly to help guild the transition to a safe sustainable future. Our children don't deserve the future that they're facing right now..."Special Guest: Daniel Bleakley.Support ClimacticLinks: XR Global Hunger Strike - Extinction Rebellion Nature for Life Rally - Victorian National Parks AssociationVictorian National Parks Association School Strike 4 Climate Australia See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mark joined Daniel Bleakley on the steps of the Victorian Parliament for a chat about the past 7 days of his hunger strike, the global XR hunger strike, his methods and self-care through this experience, and much more. From Daniel; "Day 7. Seventh day of Extinction Rebellion Hunger strike. Starting to feel a bit weak but still focused. Today I'm continuing to request a meeting between members of the Andrews Government and a group of XR representatives to discuss our demands which are: That the Government come together to declare a climate emergency now. That the Government commit to net zero emissions by 2025. To avoid a further deepening of the Climate Crisis. That the Government install a citizens assembly to help guild the transition to a safe sustainable future. Our children don't deserve the future that they're facing right now..." Special Guest: Daniel Bleakley. Support Climactic Links: XR Global Hunger Strike - Extinction Rebellion Nature for Life Rally - Victorian National Parks AssociationVictorian National Parks Association School Strike 4 Climate Australia Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Hosted by Eiddwen and Will [segment times in brackets] || 3CR is proud to acknowledge the Kulin Nations as true owners and custodians of the lands from which we broadcast. We pay respect to their elders past and present and acknowledge that their sovereignty was never ceded and a treaty has yet to be signed || [08:37] North East Link: The Andrews Government is planning a $16 billion major roads project to connect the Eastern Freeway in Balwyn North and the M80 in Greensborough. Friends of the Earth Melbourne think that now is the wrong time to be pushing more traffic onto the roads and pumping more toxic gasses into the environment. Sustainable Cities Coordinator Rachel Lynskey comes on the show to tell us more about FOE's concerns and how you can make a submission to the ongoing environmental impact assessment process || [26:10] Climate Emergency Action: Last Friday saw huge numbers of climate protesters take to the streets urging action on the Climate Emergency, organised by Extinction Rebellion. Wednesday Brekkie's Eiddwen hit the streets to gauge the mood || [35:40] Self Defence in the Climate Emergency, The Verdict: Anti-Adani coalmine activist Greg Rolles went to court on charges associated with a protest action he undertook last year that blocked an Adani mine train line. Greg's "climate necessity defence" was denied by the court and the guilty verdict landed him an approximately $9500 penalty. Greg comes on the show to share his thoughts || [49:28] Decriminalise Public Drunkenness Now: In Victoria, 25% of people jailed for the offence of Public Drunkenness are Aboriginal, despite Aboriginal people only being 0.8% of the community. To Apryl Watson, Wemba Wemba, Yorta Yorta, and Barapa Barapa woman, this law is manifestly racist. It was this law that led to the death in custody of her mother Aunty Tanya Day, a proud Yorta Yorta grandmother, who was taken in custody after she fell asleep aboard a VLine service in December 2017. Hear Apryl at a free forum next Wednesday the 5th at the Wheeler Centre, Little Lonsdale St, next to the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. Bookings necessary || [1:01:14] Stuck in Limbo: Iranian refugee and community organiser Mozhgan Moarefizadeh spoke to Wednesday Breakfast earlier this year, telling us about the status of refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia. She talks about the impact of Australian Government policy and her hopes that Australians will stand beside refugees wherever they are. You can support Mozhgan's organisation the Refugees & Asylum Seekers Information Centre at raicindonesia.org || 

Marisa and Peter interviewed Meriki Onus, one of the Traditional Owners of Djap Warrung Land after the Andrews Government rejected calls to stop work on the Western Highway Extension, which, if it goes ahead, will destroy and remove the Sacred Djapwurrung Women's trees near Ararat, Victoria. Meriki spoke about the courageous warriors and Elders who have set up an Embassy on the land, and are out in full forcce protecting the trees.Marisa and Peter then spoke to David Shoebridge, Greens  Nsw, about a new petition that he is been trying to get into Parliament, ino rder to spark a new inquiry into Tj Hickey's death, and the injustices surrounding this gross violation of his human rights.       

7am Acknowledgment of country 7:02am Alternative news: Our hosts’ thoughts on the landslide election results7:15am Lucy Honan from Melbourne Educators for Social and Enviornmental Justice talks about what the election results means for education in Victoria. 7:30am Sue Bolton, Vic Socialists' Upper House Candidate for Northern Metro reflects on the first election campaign for the new Socialist coalition parliamentary party. 8:00am Tim Read, Greens lowerhouse candidate for Brunswick speaks about  the Greens' calamitious campaign and his own seat which at the time is too close to call. 8:15am Danny Pearson, succesful ALP member for Essendon speaks on the success of the Andrews campaign. 

Marisa interviewed Melanie Poole, Director of Engagement at the Federation of Community Legal Centres about some chilling anti-democratic laws rushed through by the Andrews Government without consultation. The proposed laws were discussed, with particular emphasis on police power to issue anti-association notices to children as young as 14. The Human Rights Law Centre's media release was also discussed. Peter spoke with Beth from Melbourne Educators for Social and Environmental Justice or "Mesej" Pronounced Message and talked about some events coming up about Indigenous education and incarceration, focusing on a  pannel discussion in August.Marisa interviewed Anthony Kelly, Chief Executive Officer from Flemington, Kensington Community Legal Centre about so-called African gangs, demonisation and racial profiling in the criminal justice system, with particular emphasis on historical context and the recent anti-democratic laws.   

Avi Yemini of IDF Training joins AHP to discuss self defence in Australia, firearms for self defence, how the Andrews Government has failed Victorians, and why he started IDF Training.

Mother Theresa https://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php/articles/8109 (click here) How good is the Andrews Government? http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/discrimination-in-religious-schools-faces-crackdown-20160831-gr5mot.html (click here) Essential Report http://www.essentialvision.com.au/category/essentialreport (click here) Militant Islam is a threat to liberty https://www.rationalist.com.au/militant-islam-threatens-liberty/ (click here) Birth control and climate change http://churchandstate.org.uk/2016/08/why-birth-control-could-be-the-best-weapon-against-climate-change/ (click here) Dear ISIS, … https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au/2016/09/episode-61-7-september-2016/ (Read more ›) The post https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au/2016/09/episode-61-7-september-2016/ (Episode 61 – 7 September 2016) appeared first on https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au (The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove). Support this podcast