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7:15AM // Annie McLoughlin spoke to CFMEU Organiser Lisa Zanatta and four union members.As part of 3CR's 24 hour International Working Women's Day coverage last Saturday, Annie McLoughlin spoke to women from the CFMEU. We listen back to that interview, starting with Lisa Zanatta, Women's Organiser for the union, and later, four rank & file members who talk about the work they do and how the CFMEU has made it possible. 7:30AM // Freja Leonard, Coordinator of No More Gas Campaign at Friends of the Earth joined us to talk to us about their national campaign that was launched last week to urge Grill'd to switch their business from polluting gas to all-electric cooking. Content warning: The following segment contains references to death and military violence. For support contact Lifeline on 13 11 14. 7:45AM // Debbie Stothard, Founder of ALTSEAN Burma in a panel discussion at the book launch of Women's Voices from the Revolution last Tuesday. Last week, we spoke to Debbie from ALTSEAN Burma about the upcoming book launch at Trades Hall. This is an excerpt from the panel discussion presented last Tuesday night, as part of Trades Hall Women's 'Women's Rights at Work' festival. Debbie begins with one of her favourite stories in the book, talks about increasing repression, and the key groups who have played a role in the civil disobedience movement in Burma. 8:00AM // Yasmine Johnson from Students for Palestine, a nation wide advocacy group in solidarity with Palestine. Yasmine is the leader of Students for Palestine at the University of Technology Sydney and an organiser of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the University of Sydney. Yasmine discussed recent changes to the definition of antisemitism adopted by 39 Australian universities and potential implications for freedom of speech and assembly, as well as recent bans to student protests enacted by the University of Melbourne. 8:15AM // Stephanie Sabrinskus, podcaster, producer, and educator joined longtime programmer Stinky as part of this year's international women's day 24-hour broadcast at 3CR about the Hazelwood mine fire and some of their work around community building and education. Songs: Peripheral Lover - Gordi
Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 4th of November 2024. On today's show: Ahead of the release of a documentary on the 1994 raid of the Queer club night known as Tasty, Rob spoke with Cam, a local filmmaker about the raid itself, its legacy, and why the raid should not be forgotten by the Queer community here in Naarm. Read more about the raids here. Stay tuned with updates on the documentary here. From last week's Bunjil's Fire show: Uncle Robbie Thorpe and Keiran Stewart Assheton discuss the illegality of the Australian occupation as well as updates on the court cases that Uncle Robbie Thorpe is apart of to hold the colonial Australian government accountable for its genocide of Indigenous people here in so-called australia. As always you can listen to the full Bunjil's Fire show live on Wednesdays from 11 or stream past episodes at 3cr.org,au/firefirstFrom this Saturday's iteration of the Solidarity Breakfast show ion which Annie McLoughlin spoke with Agapi, who is apart of a new art exhibition entitled 'A Visual Journey of Greek Australian Life'. Following the successful exhibition last year feauturing the weddings of first wave Greek Migrants to Australia Democratis House has created an photo exhibition which explores the Greek/Australian Life that includes work, culture, recreation, and politics. It runs to the 10th of November at the Steps Gallery 62 Lygon Street, Carlton. Catch Solidarity Breakfast from 7:30 to 9 on Saturday mornings or stream previous episodes at 3cr.org.au/solidaritybreakfastOn Saturday the 26th of October, 'IPAN Geelong & Vic Southwest' and 'Elbit Out Of Vic' (an initiative of the Free Palestine Coalition Naarm) hosted anti-military rally on the Geelong waterfront across from Federal Defence Minister Richard Marles' office. We hear a speech from Yosi Herma, member of Free Palestine Geelong and Geelong Anarchist-Communist Group, who denounces the push by ALL levels of Government to make Geelong a Military hub under the guise of 'job creation', discusses the key military institutions in Geelong, and the power workers have in denouncing and halting the arms trade. After that, we hear some field interviews with local residents.Thanks to Amy Ciara from 3CR's 'Local Food Connections' for the recordings form the day. Be sure to head down and support Krauatungalung Elder Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe in court cases against the Australian government:- On Monday 11th of November at the Federal Court, Attorney General Mark Dreyfus will be asked: Is our fire at Camp Sovereignty protected by Australia's constitution? The case will start from 9:30AM on level 8 of the Federal Court, 305 William St, Melbourne. - On Tuesday December 10 the genocide prosecution of Mark Regev, a former advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That will happen from 9:30AM at the Magistrate's Court, room 4, at 233 William Street, Melbourne. Songs played: 'Eat The Rich' - Concrete Surfers 'Blak Britney' - Miss Kanina
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Monday Breakfast show. Winner of the best short film at the recent Melbourne Documentary Film Festival director Matt Deavin talks to Annie McLoughlin of the Solidarity Breakfast show about Making Revisions. The Walpiri community collaborate with British artist Patrick Waterhouse as they look over colonial documents and artworks and how history was written under a European gaze. In this collaboration, they look to revise the story that was told. The interview originally aired on Saturday the 21st of September's Solidarity Breakfast show. Listen to the full episode here or catch the show live on Saturdays from 7:30 to 9AM. On Wednesday 11th Sept, Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) hosted a roundtable at Victorian Parliament in which Ministers, housing experts, and people with lived experience of the housing crisis came together. We hear some troubling housing trends presented by Professor Wendy Stone from Swinburne University, in a piece of research conducted by herself and colleagues, in conjunction with HAAG, Western Sydney University, and Curtin University. This paper is available on HAAG's website: oldertenants.org.au. Listen in to Tuesday Breakfast tomorrow morning for some of the firsthand accounts presented at this roundtable by older women and members of Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG), and listen in to their program this Wednesday (every 2nd and 4th of the month) on 3cr, from 5:30pm. If you a tenant 50 years or over seeking assistance or wanting to join, go to oldertenants.org.au or call (03) 9654 7389On Sunday October 5th there will be a community fundraiser for Lucifer, a Palestinian non-binary refugee to help them raise funds for top surgery and related expenses at T Generation Gym in 'Coburg'. Lucifer has faced forced marriage, conversion therapy, and imprisonment as a result of who they are. Rob spoke with Lucifer to hear more about their story as well as their experience settling here in Naarm following such trauma. Rob then spoke to Laura about the fundraiser itself as well as the community efforts to rally behind Lucifer in support of them. You can donate to Lucifer's fundraiser here or buy tickets to the event here.Finally Rob spoke to Flora, member of the Renters and Housing Union about the Federal Government's Build To Rent scheme as well as tax concessions to support it, which aims to allow corporate investors to invest in the renting market as a means of fixing the housing crisis. During the interview Rob and Flora unpack whether this approach will actually work. Join RAHU here. Songs played: Leave It All Behind - Charm of FinchesIt's You - Emily Wurramurra
Welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show, recorded at 3CR Community Radio in Naarm. In today's episode you'll hear: Annie McLoughlin's reflections on the week of Disrupt Land Forces events, particularly the police violence which occurred outside the Convention centre on Wednesday. The segment also features vox pops of attendees of the DLF events. It also includes swearing. The segment originally aired on Saturday during Solidarity Breakfast. You can catch the full episode at 3cr.org.au/solidaritybreakfast or listen live on Saturdays from 7:30 to 9AM. Speeches from the Free Palestine rally here in Naarm from Sunday the 15th of September:- First we'll hear from Mai Saif, a Palestinian activist and community organiser, a member of Free Palestine of Melbourne, and the Palestinian Community Association of Victoria. Mai speaks about what's currently happening in Jenin as Israel escalates its genocidal conquest of Palestine into the West Bank.- Then we hear from Yosi Herma, a member of Free Palestine Geelong, who spoke of Geelong'shistory of manufacturing weapons parts and the city's efforts to cover up those ties.Concrete Gang crew's update on the 'Line In The Sand' campaign, a campaign launched to push back against the Federal Government's draconian administration laws which threaten to reshape the CFMEU. You can listen to the full episode at 3cr.org.au/concretegang or tune in live on Sundays from 9:30 to 10AM.On Sunday the 22nd of September a fundraiser will be held at Shop Bao Ngoc in so-called Brunswick. The event hopes to raise funds for Blak and Brown community activists as well as their medical costs. To find out more about the event, Rob spoke with one of its organizers, Mo. You can read more about the event here and the fundraiser here.Community Events:On Monday the 16th of September five Melbourne choirs will come together to sing songs by Victor Jara, the famed Chilean poet and singer who was murdered on September 16 1973 after a military coup. The event is free for all, and will take place at Trades Hall, in the loading dock on the corner of Lygon and Victoria Street in Carlton from 7:30pm. Songs played: 'Letting Go' - Angie McMahon'Do The Labour' - RaceRage (Feat. Jamaica Moana) 'Hues of Red' - Marxist Love Disco Ensemble
News headlines // 7:15AM // Sara Saleh, artist, human rights lawyer, organiser, speaking at the event, "BDS and Building Solidarity with Palestine", organised by Demilitarise RMIT and Free Palestine Melbourne, on Wed 17 July. In these excerpts from the Q&A, Saleh discusses lessons learnt from the 2022 boycott of the Sydney festival. Recording by Annie McLoughlin and production by Kari. 7:30AM // Georgia Wallace-Crabbe, on her latest feature documentary, The Koalas. The Koalas is a feature documentary from Film Projects about the koala's survival and their predicted extinction by 2050, due to habitat deforestation and other stressors. For more info head to https://www.thekoalasfilm.com/7:45AM // Rathi, a Tamil refugee and one of the co-founders of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality, on the protests and ongoing encampment that began outside Clare O'Neill's office over two weeks and have recently moved to the Dept of Home Affairs. Refugees and advocates have been demanding permanent visas for thousands of refugees and asylum seekers. Follow Refugee WAVE by going to https://www.facebook.com/RefugeeWAVE and @refugeewomenaction on Instagram. 8:00AM // Rachael Hocking, Walpiri woman and journalist, who is currently completing her Masters in Social Change Leadership, on Pintubi, Anmatjere and Warlpiri (PAW) Media. PAW media (previously known as Warlpiri Media) have been creating TV, radio and music in the remote Aboriginal community of Yuendumu for 30 years, working with local people in language and according to local cultural protocols. 8:15AM // Jana Favero, Head of Systemic Change for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, speaking with us about the new health report the ASRC has released: Cruelty by Design: The health crisis in offshore detention, which documents the legacy of preventable deaths, medical neglect and countless human rights abuses that have occurred due to Australia's inhumane offshore processing of refugees. Songs:Fine Print - NehmasisPush Up - Miss Kaninna
Welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show. Our first segment is dedicated to Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old non-binary child who died on February 8th following a brutal, transphobic assault in the halls of their own school. In the wake of their death, we as a community and a society must mourn for those lost to transphobic violence across the globe and reflect on how we can protect Queer and Trans youth to ensure they live full lives and become Queer and Trans elders. This is the first part of an interview from 26th of February show in which Rob spoke with Annette Brömdal, co-author of the review titled: ‘Supporting the health and wellbeing of trans autistic school-aged youth: a systematic literature review'. Annette Brömdal is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Queensland. Their research interests fall within the areas of bodies, gender and sexuality in educational settings and healthcare services, specifically associated with critical trans studies. You can read the review in full here(link is external). This Saturday, the 22nd of June marks one year of inaction by the Victorian Government in making trams running along Sydney Rd, and across all of Naarm, accessible for all. The Sydney Road Accessible Tram Stops Now has been pushing for the 5.5km stretch of tramline to be made accessible before construction of the Sky Rail level crossing removals on the Upfield line begins. Once the construction begins, there will be no accessible public transport at all along the Upfield corridor for at least 18 months. To continue to pressure the Victorian Government, the campaign will rally on the corner of Wilson Av. and Sydney Rd in so-called Brunswick at 11AM. To hear about the upcoming rally and the campaign at-large, Rob spoke with Alicia Liley from the Sydney Road Accessible Tram Stops Now Campaign. We then hear speeches/panel discussions from the Western Sahara decolonisation, resources, and human rights event at Trades Hall on June 12th. The segment features: Mohamed Mayara, journalist, human Rights defender and cofounder of Equipe Media; Dr Randi Irwin, anthropologist and lecturer at University of Newcastle; Marisol Salinas, a Mapuche woman; and Keiran Stewart-Assheton, Traditional Owner from the Wandi-Wandi clan in the Yuin Nation. He is also President of the Black Peoples Union.Lastly we play Annie McLoughlin's interview with Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers' Union about last week's site walk-off which aired last Wednesday on Stick Together. Songs played: 'You & Me' - Amy Alex'What's Sown Will Be Reaped' - Pikelet'Postcode Anxiety' - Karen Took The Kids'To Have and Have Not' - Rights Tough
Headlines// 7.15: Rathi Barthlote, a Tamil refugee and co-founder of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality, and Samantha Ratnam, former leader of the Victorian Greens and current Greens Candidate for Wills, speaking at the Remembering Mullivaikkal Rally held at the State Library of Victoria Sunday 19 May to mark the 15th anniversary of the end to the state sponsored genocide against Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka. Recording by Annie McLoughlin. 7.30: 15-year-old Palestinian, May Mourad, speaking at the Free Palestine Melbourne rally on Sunday 26 May 2024, about Western media perpetuating the dehumanisation of Palestinians and the urgency of standing up, speaking up to fight the Zionist project and join the struggle for a Free Palestine. 7.45: Nacira Guénif, professor at University Paris 8, who researches the French colonial present from a gender, race and class cross-perspective, on the current tensions in Kanaky/New Caledonia, the historical context and decolonial process, and the resistance of the Kanak people. 8:15: Sue Lewis from Vic Forest Alliance, which brings together 38 groups actively protecting native forests across Victoria, on a snap rally held Monday 27 May outside the Victorian Environment Minister's office over concerns native logging has not stopped. SongsStick of Gum - NehmasisSend My Love - Jada Weazel
Acknowledgement of Country // First up we hear Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, Palestinian scientist, researcher, teacher and author based in Bethlehem, speak at the Voice for Palestine rally in Sydney on April 28. Recording provided by Vivien Langford. You can learn more about Prof. Mazin via qumsiyeh.orgThere will be a FREE Talk by Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh: A History of Human and Environmental Injustice, organised by Free Palestine Geelong. It'll run from 6 - 730 at Costa Hall, Wadawurrung Country, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong VIC 3220. The talk will reflect on Palestinian resistance to the past 76 years of occupation, dispossession and ethnic cleansing, as well as the environmental impacts of Palestine's colonisation.Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/from-nakba-to-genocide-a-history-of-human-and-environmental-injustice Next up we hear from Jess Black, spokesperson for the Binybara Camp up in so-called Darwin about the ecocide and destruction of centuries-old trees in Lee Point during construction for a Defence housing development. We discuss the history of the campaign, the community effort behind it, and what happens if the Dept. of Defense are held accountable in Court. To support the cause please follow Binybara Camp on Instagram, or alternatively call Senator Karen Grogan's office to pressure them to take action against this ecocide. You can reach Senator Karen Grogan at (08) 8269 6022.Next up we hear Saajeda Samaa from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre speaking at Kill the bill: no to Labor's deportation law on 11 May. Audio provided by Annie McLoughlin. The bill will be debated in the Senate this week after being rushed through the lower house weeks ago by the Labor Party to avoid scrutiny. If passed, the bill would:jail anyone who does not go along with being deported, even if to severe dangerallow the Immigration Minister to cancel someone's refugee statusallow the Immigration Minister to place a ban on anyone coming from a country if it does not cooperate with Australia over deportations.This puts tens of thousands of people living in the community at risk. Please contact your local member of parliament to let them know this bill should not be passed. The cost of a 12-minute phone call (the maximum duration which is allowed) from a Victorian prison to a mobile phone is nearly $7. For context, people in prison earn between $3.55 and $9.60 per day for their work. To coincide with Mother's Day, a coalition of organisations have penned a letter to Treasurer Tim Pallas, the Minister for Corrections, Enver Erdogan, and the Minister for Children, Lizzie Blandthorn. Rob spoke with Abigail Lewis about said letter. Abigail Lewis is the Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor at Vacro, a not-for-profit supporting people leaving the prison system and their families to create new beginnings and thrive in their communities. She is also a PhD candidate at RMIT University, researching tenancy management and tenancy sustainment in the social housing sector.Songs //'Samaritans' - IDLES,'Not Angry Anymore' - Thelma Plum
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Monday Breakfast show, hosted by Rob Harrison in the studios of 3CR. Today's show features the following segments: 7:10AMIn this episode of Stick Together, Annie McLoughlin goes into the murky side of the just transition economy where Powering the Future can sometimes mean unsafe conditions, and dodgy pay. Annie speaks with Michael Wright, National Secretary of the ETU, about a better future. Originally broadcast on April 24. You can hear more on trade and industrial issues via 3cr.org.au/sticktogether. 7:30AMOn Wednesday of last week, mere hours after launching, the Monash Gaza Solidarity Camp was attacked by a group of pro-Israel supporters, including someone who claimed to be a current IDF soldier. Following that, the camp was also attacked on Sunday evening, but with better preparation and more support, the camp was able to stop the attackers from getting close. Rob interviewed Connor, an organiser with Students for Palestine, about the attacks, the camp's condition following them, as well as the University's response to it. 7:45AM In this excerpt, Andy and Cam speak with Dr Alex Hanna, sociologist, writer, and Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), about AI hype and AI hell. Originally broadcast on April 18. You can hear the entire conversation via 3cr.org.au/yeahnahpasaran. 8:10AMOn Tuesday the 7th of May, Black Spark Cultural Centre is screening ‘The City Food Commons', a film about the Roimata Food Commons, an edible community garden in Aotearoa. The garden contains 95 heritage fruit and nut trees as well as over 1000 south island endemic natives, all of which were planted by the community. To learn more about the project, the film, and Happen Films, the organisation behind it, Rob spoke with Jordan Osmond, director and cinematographer for Happen Films.Songs played: Stay - The WaifsField of Dreams - A GenderSidelines - Phoebe Bridgers
Welcome to another Monday Breakfast show, produced and presented by Rob Harrison in the studios of 3CR. First up we hear an excerpt of Annie McLoughlin of Solidarity Breakfast's conversation with Anthony Kelly, from Melbourne Activist legal Support (MALS), about the VicPol's use of explosive weapons at the Webb Dock picket on March 22. You can listen to the full conversation here.Following that we play a part of Jan Bartlett's interview with James Hita about the campaign against deep sea mining from the Tuesday Hometime show. Jan starts the conversation by asking James how they got started in this type of activism and advocacy. The segment is just an excerpt of a longer interview, to listen to the full conversation, click here. Then we hear Phil Evans, of Earth Matters, speaking with Patrick O'Connor from the University of Adelaide about Whalers Way, a new orbital rocket launch complex. The site is located on one of the last remnants of uncleared land on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. This is just a portion of the full conversation which aired on the Earth Matters show, to listen to the full conversation, click here.For the past 10 weeks, Hume for Palestine has been organising actions at Heat Treatment Australia's Campbellfield location, including rallies and community pickets that have shut down work for a total of 13 days. HTA undertakes metallurgical processing of components for the F-35 striker jet and are integral to the supply chain of weaponry sent to the state of Israel. I spoke with Mercedes Zanker — an activist against militarism, 3CR broadcaster, and a member of Renegade Activists, who are part of the Hume for Palestine Collective — to talk about today's picket at HTA. The picket will continue until HTA publicly ends their contracts with Lockheed Martin and other weapons suppliers. For information about the picket and how you can get involved, see Hume for Palestine's Instagram. On Wednesday last week the Victorian Government released its response to the Yoorrook Justice Commission's report entitled ‘Yoorrook for Justice'. The commission is the nation's first formal truth-telling process set up to examine injustices experienced by First Nations people since colonisation. Of the 46 recommendations the report makes, the Victorian Government under Jacinta Allans supports just 4 in full, with 39 supported in principle or in-review, and 3 recommendations outright rejected. The establishment of a new police independent oversight authority, as recommended by the Commission, is being reviewed or supported in principle. The Victorian Government rejected recommendations that include: raising the criminal age of responsibility to 14 and the minimum age of detention to 16; overhauling discriminatory bail laws and creating a presumption in favour of bail for almost all offences; and strengthening the state's Charter of Human Rights to make it more accessible.I spoke with Nerita Waight, the CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service to talk about the Victorian Government's response. Community Announcements: Ongoing picket at HTA — 43B Lara Way, Campbellfield. For more info see Hume for Palestine's Instagram.On Tuesday April 16th there will be a protest outside Attorney General Mark Dreyfus' office against the Federal Government's alignment with Israel. It'll be held at 566 Main Street, Mordialloc from 5:30pm. Camp Sovereignty continues and your presence is encouraged. Events will be held throughout the week, for more info see the Old Country Calling Instagram. The Free Palestine rally will continue again this Sunday at 12pm outside the State Library to pressure the Federal Government to act of the genocide occurring in Palestine. Songs played: Sentimental and Monday - Holy HolyI Believe (When I Fall In Love It'll Be Forever) - Father John Misty recorded at Electric LadyMorning Sun - Bumpy
Welcome to another episode of the Monday Breakfast show. On this week's show we have: We start off with some good news: representation of LGBTQIA+ people on TV screens across so-called Australia is improving. A study published in Sage Journals has revealed the much-needed data surrounding Queer representation within scripted television across so-called Australia over the past two decades. Rob dissected the study and the trends it uncovered with one of the study's authors, Damien O'Meara, who is a television production culture researcher completing his PhD at Swinburne University of Technology. His research investigates the influence of production culture processes on gender and sexually diverse representations in Australian scripted television. The interview mentions an article from The Conversation about the study, which you can read here: https://theconversation.com/we-studied-two-decades-of-queer-representation-on-australian-tv-and-found-some-interesting-trends-224645. You can also read the study here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1329878X241236990 Following that we heard an excerpt of Annie McLoughlin's interview with Dr Nicole Ryan from La Trobe about her doctorate research into how deficient communication can lead to harsh outcomes for people trying to visit their loved ones in prison. Note: this is an excerpt of a full interview aired on the Solidarity Breakfast show, which airs from 7:30 to 9AM on Saturday mornings. You can listen to the full interview and more from Annie on the Solidarity Breakfast show at: https://www.3cr.org.au/solidaritybreakfast On the eighth of March the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority declared that the Great Barrier Reef is suffering its fifth mass bleaching event within the last eight years in what is yet another sign that this planet is in a climate emergency. Rob spoke with Kelly O'Shanassy, CEO of the Australian Conservation Foundation, about the extent of the bleaching, what it means for the future of the reef and how the ACF is fighting to break the toxic ties between the fossil fuel industry and the federal government. We then heard Declan Furber Gillick's speech at the MEAA members for Palestine rally outside the ABC to mark the Fair Work Commission hearing into the dismissal of Antoinette Latouffe that was held on Friday March 8th. This content was originally aired on the Solidarity Breakfast show. Lastly, we heard a part of Jan Bartlett's interview with PHD Candidate Sasha Gillies-Lekakis about the US blockade and sanctions on Cuba in the aftermath of COVID-19. Hear the full interview via 3cr.org.au/hometime-tuesday. More info on the economic crisis in Cuba via The Conversation. Songs played: The Opener - Camp Cope Guided By Angels - Amyl and the Sniffers Picture This - BlondieCommunity Announcements: Camp Sovereignty continues to run and attendance is important. Events are held throughout the week, you can find more info at the Old Country Calling Instagram page (@old.country.calling)On Monday the 18th of March there will be a community protest in Dandenong South in protest of weapons manufacturing in the area. The protest starts at 9:30 AM at 145 Abbotts Rd, Dandenong South. From 5AM on both Thursday and Friday this week there will be a community picket to shut down HTA, a manufacturer of parts for F35 jet strikers which are used to drop bombs on Palestine among other places. That's happening at 43B Lara Way, Campbellfield. Saturday will see a snap action for the restoration of Gazans' visas following the Australia government's decision to cancel Palestinian families' visas -- some of which were cancelled mid-flight. The action begins at 2pm at 187 - 189 High St, Thomastown. Of course, the rally for a Free Palestine continues this Sunday at 2pm outside the State Library.
Headlines// 7.15: Noura Mansour's speech at last week's International Working Women's Day rally in Naarm calling for an end to imperial feminism, an end to the silence about the genocide (particularly among women's organisations) and an end to the Zionist occupation of Palestine// 7.30: Environmental educator, campaigner and regenerative farmer Greta Carroll on the incredible community and grassroots organising that has been taking place to fight for an end to seismic blasting on Gunditjmara Sea Country// 7.45: Photographer and visual artist Pia Johnson on her upcoming exhibition Re-Orient showing at the Immigration Museum from 16 March - 11 August with a meet and greet session on 17 March. Follow @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram for updates// 8.00: Camp Sovereignty update 8.05: Melanie Joosten, author of the novels Berlin Syndrome and Gravity Well and the essay collection A Long Time Coming, on her most recent novel Like Fire-Hearted Suns// 8.15: Catherine Stong from Extinction Rebellion speaks to Annie McLoughlin on Solidarity Breakfast on climate activists disrupting traffic on the Westgate bridge last Tuesday 5th March, which began a week of disruptions// SongsSTANNA - Lana LubanySecret - Peach PRCSinner - The Last Dinner PartyLonely Love Affair - YARA
Headlines// 7.15: Solidarity Breakfast's Annie McLoughlin speaks with Kimba Thompson from Blak Dot Galleries and artist Peta Clancy about the exhibition at Counihan Gallery in Brunswick called Future River - an indigenous perception of the river and watercourses across Naarm//7.30: Elise West, Director at Teachers for Peace and Executive Officer at the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, and Elspeth Blunt from Teachers and School Staff for Palestine, on the launch of a national boycott of STEM education programs associated with weapons companies. Follow @teachers4palestine_vic on Instagram for updates//7.45: Solidarity Breakfast's Annie McLoughlin speaks with Dr Michelle Maloney from the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating Earth-centred systems change, by increasing the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred governance//8.00: Associate Professor Ronli Sifris from Monash University's Faculty of Law on reproductive rights globally and here in so-called Australia and her new book Towards Reproductive Justice//8.15: Mel Sik from the Australian Manufacturers Workers Union, talking about a sleep out happening on International Women's Day to raise money and awareness for the increasing proportion of women becoming homeless in Victoria. All donations go to McAuley to help women and children at risk of homelessness// SongsDestroy Myself - Gena Rose Bruce
Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// This Saturday, healthcare workers from across Victoria are rallying in Geelong to protest and demand an end to the genocide in Gaza. Sonia Spoke with Noor Al-Assafi (she/ her) a social worker in mental health, & Jackie Kriz (she/her) a delegate for the Australian Nurses & Midwives Association, on the Geelong Trades Hall exec & works as a mental health nurse with us on the line to discuss the action, welcome. Louise Morris, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) Oil and Gas Campaign Manager, spoke with Annie McLoughlin of Solidarity Breakfast about the transnational geotechnical company CGG lodgement of plans to conduct seismic blasting in the Otway Basin just kilometres off the coast of the Great Ocean Road and in the calving grounds of the endangered southern right whale. The community objection pharse finishes on 23 February with the AMCS offering submission support. For more info and to use the submission guide, head to marineconservation.org.au. Marisa from the Doing Time show spoke with Cheryl from ISJA Melbourne. Cheryl quoted the words of Warrior Ray Jackson who has since passed away but was a staunch supporter of the Hickey family, who said "Redfern Police continue to refuse to allow the installation of the Commemorative Plaque to be installed at the fenceline where TJ was impaled as a result of his bicycle being rammed by a police vehicle. The police want to see this as an accident. That will never happen". Doing Time is broadcast on 3CR on Mondays at 4pm. We will be talking more about this next Wednesday on the anniversary of TJ Hickey's death. Sonia Spoke with Kieran Stewart-Assheton, national president of the Black People's Union. Kieran talked about Camp Sovereignty. Songs: Leve Palestina By: Kofia BandEl Quds El Ateeka By: Fairuz Black Boy By: Emily Wurramara
Headlines// 7.15: Part 1 of Solidarity Breakfast's Annie McLoughlin and Kristin O'Connell from the Anti Poverty Centre's conversation about the changes to the Stage 3 tax cuts recently announced by the Albanese Government// 7.30: Laniyuk, Larrakia, Kungarakan, Gurindji and French political creative and performer about the sacred lands of the Larrakia people, which are currently under threat of being destroyed by Defence Housing Australia, and returning Lee Point to the Larrakia people. Sign the petition here and follow @laniyuk on Instagram for updates// 7.45: Dr Kathomi Gatwiri, Associate Professor and award-winning researcher at Southern Cross University, president of the peak body Australian Women & Gender studies Association and co-founder of Femicide Count Kenya, on running an organisation that 'counts, names, and puts human stories to women and girls whose lives have been ended through violence'// 8.00: Aruna Venkatachalam from Young Change Agents on Lighting the Spark - a program designed for and by First Nations youth here in so-called Australia that will soon be trialled in Meghalaya, India. Follow @youngchangeagents on Instagram for updates// 8.15: Part 2 of Annie McLoughlin and Kristin O'Connell from the Anti Poverty Centre's conversation on the impacts of changes to the disability support pension and impacts of their ability to enter the workforce// SongsCurls - Olympia VitalisShiver - NgaiireCatch the Night - Kee'ahn
Welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show, presented and produced by Rob Harrison and Grace Tan. This week we bring you four segments from across the spectrum of radical news. As Israel's genocidal conquest of Palestine continues to play out, the ways in which governments and companies all over the globe are complicit are simultaneously becoming transparent. One of those companies can be found right here in so-called melbourne. They're known as HTA Global. Rob spoke with Liz from Renegade Activists to talk about how. Come along to protest HTA Global's involvement in Israel's genocide of Palestinians on 11AM this Friday the 9th of February at 43B Lara Way, Campbellfield.Following that interview we revisited Grace's interview from last week's show with Dr Adrian Farrugia, Senior Research Fellow in the Drugs, Gender and Sexuality program at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University. They discussed whether pill testing is the answer to reducing harm of drug use and Australian youth drug education. We then played a speech by Uncle Robbie Thorpe, a fellow 3CR presenter. at yesterday's Free Palestine rally. You can catch him on the Bunjil's Fire show every Wednesday from 11am to 2pm. Rallies for a Free Palestine are ongoing every Sunday at 12pm at the State Library, please continue to show up for the people of Palestine. Finally we heard Cam Walker, from Friends of the Earth, speaking to Annie McLoughlin of Solidarity Breakfast to discuss FOE's plan for a 'Climate Ready Victoria'. You can listen to Solidarity Breakfast every Saturday from 7:30 to 9AM. Songs played: 'Perfect Home' by Diana Wolfe'Flesh and Electricity' by Camp Cope
Pippa speaks with Isabella Magee, a Type 1 Diabetic who is currently an ambassador for Diabetes Australia to tell people about her journey with Type 1 There are currently 1,500,000 people living with Diabetes in Australia.If you want to find out more information about Diabetes you can head to https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/ and check out their online resources. // Associate Professor Jake Lynch from Sydney University and the unholy alliance between Australian mass media and the Australian Jewish press. Lynch discusses the processes by which this mainstream media, in line with major establishment parties demonise or threaten journalists to avoid contextualising the October 7th conflict as an episode in the 75-year occupation of Palestine. This discussion was first aired on Tuesday Hometime on the 14th of November You can listen to Jan Bartlett on Tuesday Hometime every Tuesday 4:00pm to 6:00pm. // Sunehra speaks with nurse and midwife, Gabrielle Bennett who is a member of ANMF (Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation). Gabrielle talks about Healthcare Workers for Palestine Victoria who are a group of healthcare workers organising collectively to have unions take a public position demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, as well as to show support and stand in solidarity with Palestinian healthcare workers.To help healthcare workers and civilians in Gaza, you can donate to:https://www.msf.org/palestinehttps://www.redcross.org.au/iopt/// Annie McLoughlin of Solidarity Breakfast interviews co-editor Alex Etling of the publication "Knock the Top Off: A People's History of Alcohol". The book is described as "an intoxicating journey through Australia's relationship with alcohol". It features short expositions and deep dives into incidents, eras, groups and individuals, and provides an alternative history of Australian society and culture from the bottom up. You can listen to Solidarity Breakfast every Saturday 7:30am to 9:00amYou can purchase Alex Etling's book here: https://www.thebookshop.com.au/new-forthcoming/forthcoming/knocking-the-top-off-a-peoples-history-of-alcohol-in-australia// Songs:Morning Star by Paul Ah CheeThulumaay Gii by Thelma Plum
Paavali Jumppanen speaks with 3CR Community Radio about the amazing performances at the end of year ANAM chamber music festival, The Innovative Spirit of George Crumb.
AOC// Headlines// Jacques Boulet from Think Again interviews Lucinda Holdforth about her book: 21st-Century Virtues: How they are failing our democracy. Priya from Thursday Breakfast caught up with Professor Katerina Teaiwa and Itinterunga Rae Banteiti to discuss the colonial history of phosphate mining on Banaba and the fight by Banabans for reparations and an end to extraction. Annie McLoughlin from Solidarity Breakfast, speaks with Tania de Jong about Driftwood The Musical. Rob speaks with Tara Suamba, a lawyer from Q+ Law, which is a free and safe peer-led legal service for LGBTQIA+ people across the state. They offer initial advice, information and referrals for legal help online, over the phone or in person at the Victorian Pride Centre.
Acknowledgement of country// News// Solidarity Brekky Techno Park//First up, we'll hear a conversation from Saturday the 15th of July between Annie McLoughlin of 3CR's Solidarity Breakfast show and Lara Week, a resident at Techno Park Drive Williamstown, who talks about how the Hobson Bay Council sent eviction letters to the residents of Techno Park in May enforcing the estate's industrial zoning despite years of accepting residential use. Lara and Annie discuss this decision, and how the residents are fighting back. You can sign the residents' petition here. Tune in to Solidarity Breakfast on Saturday mornings from 7:30-9AM on 3CR.// Sarah Lord from HRVic's Pharmacotherapy Advocacy Mediation Support (PAMS)//Then we'll hear Spike's interview with Sarah Lord from Harm Reduction Victoria's Pharmacotherapy Advocacy Mediation Support (PAMS) service, where they discuss recent changes to the placement of opiate replacement therapy drugs on the medicare schedule. This is in an effort to help to reduce barriers to prescribing and access – and in the process reduce stigma.// Priya - Gertrude St Projection Festival//For ten nights from July 27 The Gertrude Street Projection Festival offers a confluence of projections from their artists-in-residence, alongside community projects, talks and screenings. This morning, we speak to artist and arts worker Priya Namana, about community, art in civic space, and the thinking behind the festival. Priya is the CEO and artistic director for The Centre for Projection Art, the proud presenter of the Gertrude Street Festival.// Daney Faddoul - Human Rights Law Centre//Daney Faddoul joined the Human Rights Law Centre in March 2020 and focuses on the campaign to create an Australian Charter of Human Rights. Daney previously worked at GetUp where he was a Senior Campaigner and then their Political Director, and before that worked as an Industrial Officer in the trade union movement. He joins us today to talk about the Centre's campaign for an Australian Charter of Human Rights.// Jaanu - DJ & e.merge Agency//Jaanu is a queer Telugu asylum seeker from South India. She currently lives in Naarm and connects to community through youth work and djing her fav Desi tracks with the spice uncompromised. She joins us today to chat about her art, music, and her next event! Gertrude Street projection festival x e.merge agency live set. Thrusday 27th July 5:30-8:30 https://www.gspf.com.au/program-2023 //
In the final episode of the 'Loss, Damage, and Denial' miniseries, Jacob Gamble of Earth Matters speaks with Tristan Ward, a social and behaviour change officer at UNICEF from Barbados, about the climate losses and damages facing the Caribbean and the need for climate finance. Patrick spoke to Senior Lecturer in Climate Science at Melbourne University, Andrew King, regarding the catastrophic weather which has hit the Northern hemisphere recently with Greece facing the worst wildfires in decades with the heat on par to broken records that were in place 50 years ago, and discuss what the upcoming Australian summer look like and with all this hot weather around? Does this cause an increase in turbulence when flying? Em and John from 3CR's The Sporting Record spoke with Peter Cullen, Rec-link Founder and Director about his book 'The Power of Football', sharing the stories of some 30 people who have benefited from Rec-link's football programme. A note that this conversation contains references to mental illness and suicide which may be distressing.If you wish to speak with someone about any of the issues mentioned in this interview, you can always call Lifeline on 13 11 14, and for First Peoples support, you can call 13YARN (13 92 76). The Save The Preston Market Action Group is a committed group of Darebin residents fighting for their local community hub, the Preston Market, to be protected and placed under public control. The Group is gearing up for their next big event on Saturday, August 12th, 11am.Annie McLoughlin from 3CR's Solidarity Breakfast caught up with Conor Flynn from Save the Preston Market to hear what's at stake and the next step in the campaign to save the market from developers. Songs:1. Get up, Stand up by Bob Marley2. Peggylee by General Special
3CR Breakfast Wednesday 12th July 2023With Grace and Claudia 7.15am Annie McLoughlin speaks with Jasmine Duff from the Campaign against Racism and Fascism about their work protesting the now postponed speaking tour of Trump Junior and Nigel Farrage, and the Nazi gym operating in Sunshine. Download the CARF Welcome Pack to find out more at www.carf.melbourne 7.30am Bec Horridge from Earth Matters speaks with Gee, Lynn and Colleen from the Knitting Nanas who were out at Bateman's Bay, NSW in May to protest the logging of native forests. 7.50am Claudia speaks with Melbourne artist Setken about his art exhibition - Adventures in Zoomorphic Idolatry - showing at Brunswick East's newest artspace The Dollshouse. Read more about Setken and his work here. Adventures in Zoomorphic Idolatry Until July 21st The Dollshouse GalleryUpstairs at This is Not a Toystore, 289 Lygon Street East Brunswick Tuesday – Sunday 11am to 5pm or 6pm (depends on day, check website here)Talks this Saturday at 2pm + 2.15pm. Film screenings – Friday 21st July 6- 8pm (on loop) NB: Gallery is upstairs so may not be accessible for all visitors. To access the Virtual exhibition click here. 8.10am Grace speaks with Dr Dilan Thampapillai, Associate Professor at University of NSW, expert on contract law, copyright law, and commercial law. We will be discussing Australian copyright laws, following the recent United States court case against ChatGPT concerning the copyright of two author's books. EventsPanel discussion - Looking Back At Wars: What Have We Learnt?Tonight, Wednesday, 12 July, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Victoria Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street Carlton nibs.org.au/new-eventsReadings author conversation - Eda Gunaydin Root and Branch – Essays on InheritanceFriday 14th July 2023, 6:30pmReadings bookstore, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053 Songs Like a hero – Mac-too_ChoiAndrew Gurruwiwi Band – GatjumOh, the River! – The Zen Circus and Brian Ritch
Deborah Wace – a botanical artist, fabric designer and professional print maker from Tasmania who uses kelp and other endangered Tasmanian plants in her designs to show their beauty, tell their stories and why we need to protect them. Deborah spoke to Judith Peppard from Earth Matters on 2 July 2023. // Sue McKinnon from Kinglake Friends of the Forest spoke to Annie McLoughlin from Solidarity Breakfast on 1 July 2023 about the successful legal action to stop VicForest from continuing to log the old forest in the east of the State of Victoria. // Dr Kim Loo is a GP and the NSW Chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia. She is the child of Malaysian immigrants who came to Australia in the 1950s and is a part of the organisation Australian Asians for Climate Action, an organisation that aims to create awareness about the climate and environment within Asian Australian communities. // Katy Chan is the co-host of Hong Kongology, a new radio show on 3CR dedicated to gathering and sharing stories and voices of Hong Kong and its diaspora. She is also a researcher and ethnographer of the region. Instagram: @hongkongology3cr // Noura Mansour is a Palestinian educator, political analyst, writer, activist, and community organiser from Akka, who currently works as the Community Organising and Advocacy Lead at Australian Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN). Noura joins us on the show this morning to speak about Israel's attacks on Jenin Refugee Camp and the ongoing impacts of these airstrikes. Instagram: @apan4palestine Twitter: @APAN4Palestine // Songs: //Sunsets - Kee'ahn //King of Disappointment - Jem Cassar-Daley //Body Memory - Jess Cornelius //
7.15: Annie McLoughlin of Solidarity Breakfast talking to members of Healthy Futures - medical practitioners on the steps of Victorian Parliament giving Climate Action Minister Lily D'Ambrosio an open letter on 1 June.//7.30: Ursula Alquier from Healthy Futures about the impacts of climate change on our physical and mental health and the open letter signed by healthcare workers demanding that the Vic Government commit to 100% renewable energy by 2030. This interview first aired on Tuesday Breakfast on 20 September 2022.// 7.45: Azja, community organiser and part of the fundraising team at IRL Collective, about the fundraising gig for No Borders Poland, taking place on Saturday 24 June at Cafe Gummo, providing support to people seeking refuge who are left by governments to die. To find out more you can follow @irlinfoshop on Instagram or go to www.facebook.com/IRLinfoshop// 8.00: Bridget Jolley from Women with Disabilities Victoria about Pride In Conversations, an upcoming free public event hosted by WDV and their Youth Experts by Experience group, in celebration of Pride Month.// 8.15: Lavanya Thevarajah from the Tamil Refugee Council on her experiences as a refugee, how the government continues to fail refugees, and how we can meaningfully support refugees in Australia. Today is World Refugee Day, check out what events are on this week and show your support.// SongsBlak Britney - Miss Kaninna (Language warning)Saturn Return - Angie McMahonKoori Woman - Marlene CumminsCoffee - Memphis LKDo the Labour - Racerage ft Jamaica Moana (Language warning)
Headlines// 7:15: Flic Manning, host of Brainwaves, chats with Stephanie Fornaiser from the 'Psychocinematic Podcast' about her lived experience of anxiety and depression and why we should care about ethical, authentic portrayals of mental illness and disabilities// 7.30: Annie McLoughlin from Solidarity Breakfast talks with Tania de Jong about Driftwood The Musical, a local, true account of remarkable people surviving through art upon arrival in Australia from war-torn Europe// 7.45: Annie McLoughlin from Solidarity Breakfast talks with Laura about the Save The Preston Market campaign [Art by Nicky Minus]// 8.00: Will Stracke, Assistant Secretary at the Victorian Trades Hall Council, on their campaign to end the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). Sign the petition and register to join the online campaign on 10 May from 6.30-7.30pm via Zoom// 8.15: Brit from Harm Reduction Victoria on the vigil for Tangaraju and others murdered under the death penalty in Singapore. The vigil will be held tomorrow, Wednesday 10 May at 6pm in front of the State Library// SongsLonely Love Affair - YARACome Meh Way - Sudan Archives
Headlines// 7.15: Dr Piper Rodd, branch president for the NTEU's Deakin branch, on their non-union ballot and the next steps for Deakin staff fighting for better working conditions. 7.30: Annie McLoughlin from Solidarity Breakfast speaks with Zelda Grimshaw from Wage Peace about the successful blockading of NIOA bullet factory and Thales mortar and shells operation at a plant outside Benalla. 7.40: Sherene Stewart, Taungurung/Filipino woman, curator, artist, and Creative Lead for YIRRAMBOI, on the 10-day festival that platforms the interconnectedness and diversity of First Nations creatives, locally, nationally and internationally happening 4-14 May. 8.00: Judith Peppard, 3CR producer and presenter, provides an update from the 2023 Harm Reduction International Conference. 8.15: Dina Bassile, founder of Tibi Access, on accessibility consultancy specifically for live music and events and the second iteration of Groove Tunes happening at the Corner Hotel on Saturday 3 June. Songs// OMG New Jeans Bootleg remix - HongyeWhite Noise - DancingwaterGood Company - KYEDan Sebanarnya - YUNA
Sunehra speaks with Dr Paula Gerber, Professor of Law at Monash University, discussing how the collapse of Home Builder, Porter Davis affected thousands of customers and the construction industry. Grace speaks with writer, editor and critic, Ben Brooker, about his recent article called "Congo line to Armageddon: the rush to get us into war with China" (Overland 24/3/23) in which he critiques the uproar brought by media outlets Sydney Morning Herald and The Age as a result of warmongering commentary badged 'Red Alert' against China . They also discussed the tales of China's invasion and why war continues to be a discussion at this time. Universities continue to be under fire from disgruntled overworked staff, many of whom claim they are doing work which is unpaid. The National Tertiary Education Union report issued earlier this year showed that university employees around the country have been subsidising employers through unpaid work to the tune of over $80 million dollars. This figure is now reported to have risen to over $100 million. We hear from Dr Alison Barnes, national president of the National Tertiary Education Union who spoke to Annie McLoughlin from 3CR's Stick Together programme about the report and the workplace issues facing staff at Australia's tertiary institutions. This conversation first aired on Stick Together on March 1st. Claudia speaks with autistic autism researcher, PhD candidate and Neurodiversity Project Manager at La Trobe University, Beth Radulski about neurotypical privilege, autistic burnout and safety for autistic staff and students in the university environment. You can follow Beth on Twitter @BethRadulski and Tik Tok @bethradulski.Further resources: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/students/support/wellbeing/resource-hub/Neurodiversity https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/masking-my-autism-at-work-was-exhausting-the-program-boosting-employment-for-the-neurodiverse-20230409-p5cz2y.html To learn more about autism head to the Amaze website www. amaze.org.auFor support call the Autism Connect National autism helpline Phone: 1300 308 699The Young Leaders Program is open for young Victorians aged 14-25 who identify as having a disability.Applications close Wednesday 12th April at 5pm. http://YACVic.org.au/youngleaders Songs Hammock by Pirritu Lavender by Pphoebee_Still Running by Spacey Jane Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd
This week, to further discuss the AUKUS submarine deal, we are joined by Vince Scappatura who teaches Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University. He is an active member of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) and author of a book 'The US Lobby and Australian Defence Policy'. You can read or order a copy of IPAN's 'A People's Inquiry' that explores the questions: What are the costs and consequences of Australia's involvement in US-led wars and the US-Alliance? And what are the alternatives? We also bring you a speech from Alexia Fuentes, Chairperson of Anakbayan Melbourne Filipino youth group, at the ‘A Call for Peace: Truth not War' rally that was held on Saturday 18 March in Melbourne, with an introduction by MC for the day Dave Sweeney from the Australian Conservation Foundation.Thanks to Annie McLoughlin for the recording and you can hear more from the rally on Solidarity Breakfast.The Australian Anti-AUKUS Coalition is holding a National Zoom Meeting 'We're on the path to war. How can we stop it?' that will discuss the implications of the government reports on Aukus, nuclear submarines, war powers reform & the Defence Strategic Review on Sunday 26th March, 6.30pm AEDT. REGISTER HERE.
7:15 Nic Fox is a member of Warburton Environment, a community organisation dedicated to protecting the forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria. After two and a half years of grassroots campaigning, the Supreme Court handed down a judgment against VicForests, the state-owned logging business, in favour of Warburton Environment, that will increase protection for the endangered Tree Geebung. Nic spoke about this win with Annie McLoughlin on Solidarity Breakfast 10 December 2022. 7:30 Mere Tuilau a human rights activist, facilitator and a youth leader from Fiji. Her advocacy on self-determination, nuclear and ocean spaces comes from over 7 years of lived experience of engagement with Pacific youth and within regional civil society organisations and movements. She speaks about self determination and the Pacific Global Youth Movement pursuing the full UN Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Ban, as part of an event Reverse The Trend Pacific hosted to mark the international Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, on 28 September 2022. 7:45 Bettina Cooper is a proud Boandik woman and a Mob Strong financial counsellor and is on the show to give us an update on the collapse of Youpla (formerly Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund) and the compensation owed to First Nations policy holders. Bettina explains the central role of Centrepay in legitimising exploitative financial products and facilitating payments from vulnerable households during a sixteen-year period from 2001 to 2017, and talks about the ongoing harmful impacts this has had on Indigenous families and communities. 8:00 Katia Lallo is a community lawyer and advocate living and working on Woi wurrung Country. She is a long term member of Melbourne Activist Legal Support. Furthermore, Katia is a good friend of 3CR, doing OBs and is part of the board. Katia joins us on the show to talk about Violet Coco's arrest; the draconian anti-protest laws in Victoria; and the ways in which language is manipulated and co-opted to paint peaceful protestors as criminals. 8:15 Dr Claire Loughnan is a Lecturer in Criminology, at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne. Her research examines the modes, practices and effects of living and working in sites of confinement and on the carceral expansion accompanying border control practices. She is currently exploring practices of 'neglect' as a tool in the externalisation of refugee policies. Claire is a committee member of the Carceral Geography Network, and Co-convenor of the University of Melbourne branch of 'Academics for Refugees' and is on our show this morning to talk about the 5th International Conference for Carceral Geography, a hybrid conference taking place December 13-15th. Register for the event here. Songs:Bootlicker - Super Tart You've Got a Friend - Jem Cassar-Daley Party Tricks - Alice SkyeStand Yr' Ground - Goanna
Dirt Radio & Cam Walker on Environmental issues for the Victorian State Election, Critical Mass bike ride with Annie McLoughlin & Faith Hunter, Witt Gorrie with updates from Beyond Bricks & Bars, Robodebt Royal Commission, Logging of Old Growth Forest with Tuffy Morwitzer.// Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Dirt Radio brings us the latest on Environmental issues for the Victorian State Election. Sam and Jack speak to Cam Walker about gas extraction in Victoria and the protection of the Greater Glider in Victorian state forests. You can hear the full episode at www.3cr.org.au/dirtradio// Faith Hunter joined Annie to talk about the Critical Mass Bike ride to be held on Nov 18 starting at 5pm at the State Library (or join at 5.30pm at Avenue Reserve, Royal Pde leading in to Sydney Rd ride for better bike lanes and bike facilities.)// Witt Gorrie provides us with updates from the Beyond Bricks & Bars: Trans Gender Diverse Decarceration Project, which is continuing to fundraise to support vital work with trans and gender diverse people impacted by the criminal punishment system, and to speak about the Project's plans for 2023 and beyond. Witt is a white trans social worker who has worked alongside communities impacted by criminalisation and incarceration for the past decade. They have been building Beyond Bricks & Bars over the past 3 years, providing direct support to trans and gender diverse people incarcerated, at risk of incarceration and those re-establishing life after prison.//Welfare advocate and activist Thomas Studans speaks with us about the Robodebt Royal Commission, which wrapped up its first block of hearings at the end of last week. The Royal Commission is investigating serious concerns about the establishment and legality of this devastating program of automated debt recovery. Thomas is a JobSeeker recipient and a member of the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union.// Tuffy Morwitzer from Goongerah Environment Centre joins us to discuss recent revelations that the Victorian state forestry agency, VicForests, has been logging areas of old-growth native forest despite a 2019 promise from Premier Daniel Andrews that such forest areas would be protected. Goongerah Environment Centre has been fighting to protect East Gippsland's forests from logging since 1993.// Songs// Flex by Komang//Roadtrain by The Pigram Brothers//
Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// 7:15 Mercedes Zanker//Mercedes Zanker is a producer and host on 3CR's Uprise Radio and an anti-military activist with Renegade Activists, conveners of the Raucous Anti-AUKUS Caucus online symposiums. Mercedes joins us to provide updates on AUKUS, the trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced late last year.Hear more AUKUS updates on 3CR's A Friday Rave this Friday the 20th of May from 5-5:30PM.// 7:30 Nakba Day Speeches May 15 2022//We heard a recording of speakers from Free Palestine Melbourne's Nakba Day and Justice for Shireen Abu Aqleh Rally, which was held on Nakba Day, May 15 2022. These speeches were recorded by 3CR's Annie McLoughlin, and you can listen to more about the fight for a free Palestine on 3CR's Palestine Remembered show, Saturdays from 9:30-10AM.// 8:00 Selena Repanis//Selena Repanis is a graphic designer who designed Voiceworks Magazine from 2020 until recently. She also co-runs Amici Studio. She's running the 'Graphic Design as World Building Workshop' for The National Editing and Writing Students Conference (NEWS). She joins us today to share her journey into graphic design, how to build worlds, and how to create creative and authentic work. The online workshop will run tomorrow, Friday the 20th of May, starting at 12PM.// 8:15 Tamar HopkinsTamar Hopkins joins us to speak about concerns with proactive policing operations by Victoria Police, and attendant issues with accountability, scrutiny and oversight. Tamar is a lawyer and researcher who has worked in the area of police accountability, police powers and racial profiling since 2005. She is currently working for the Inner Melbourne Community Legal Centre (ICML) on a COVID policing project. IMCL's Policing Health Survey is still open, and you can find out more and fill it out here.// Songs//Formations - Mild Minds Fashion Model Art - Haiku Hands White Noise - DancingwaterWalk Away - DOBBY ft. The Merindas
Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// On last week's Friday Breakfast show Chloe and Jacob spoke with Joey, who is detained at Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation or MITA, about Section 501 of the Migration Act. This Act allows the government visa cancellation powers, and Joey discusses how the present government has been using these provisions. You can read about last month's rally to free those detained at MITA, many of whom are held under 501 provisions, here.// Elise Almond is a lawyer at Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service, a state-wide service that represents disabled people, including via providing assistance with NDIS appeals at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Elise joins us today to speak about the large spike in NDIS participants who have had their funding slashed, often without warning, in the recent months, with many taking their cases to the AAT.//You can find out more about the issue here, here and here, and about the Melbourne march and rally against NDIS cuts and appeals being organised by Every Australian Counts for Thursday the 19th of May here.// On Wednesday the 4th of May, members of the Australian Services Union and Municipal and Utilities Workers Union employed at Moreland Council downed tools to rally for decent wages and conditions. Like many workplaces across Australia, Moreland Council workers have been given an offer below the inflation level in their latest EBA negotiation. Solidarity Breakfast's Annie McLoughlin joined them outside the Brunswick Townhall on Sydney Road.// Alec Ferguson joins us to discuss the recent BDS resolution passed by the University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) - ‘UMSU Stands with Palestine – BDS and Solidarity Policy' - and Students For Palestine's on-campus rally, which will be held today from 1PM on South Lawn. Alec is a Lebanese-Australian socialist activist at Melbourne University, and is involved in Students for Palestine and Free Palestine Melbourne. You can find the academic solidarity statement Alec refers to here.//Free Palestine Melbourne's 2022 Nakba Day Vigil will be held on Sunday the 15th of May from 12PM outside the State Library of Victoria. More information is available here.// Songs// Return Home - Bumpy// Don't Sleep - Alice Ivy, imbi, BOI//
Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Leo Crnogorčević, Sue Bolton, Annie Mcloughlin.NewsreportsDiscussion from our presenters responding to the verdict of the murder trial of police officer Zachary Rolfe who was on trial for the murder of a young Aboriginal man in the Northern Territory.News from Green LeftCorporate philanthropy or real disaster reliefTo help Ukraine, cancel its foreign debt and expropriate Russian, Ukrainian oligarchs' wealth abroad Has Germany's global role shifted due to increased military spending?Interviews and DiscussionInterview with Isaac Nellist, writer for Green Left and member of Socialist Alliance about thre links between war and climate destruction, why climate change represents the greatest existential threat for humanity despite the inaction from the Morrison government including their disastrous response to the floods in Northern NSW and Queensland. You can listen to the individual interview here.Interview with William Briggs, regular writer for Green Left and political economist about the push for millitarism and increased millitary spending from the Morrison government and the hypocrisy of the western capitalist governments about the percieved “arc of autocracy” that challenges our freedoms and how this push for millitarism is ultimately about taking away our civil liberties and supporting their geopolitical interests over that of working people. You can listen to the individual interview here.Interview with Mukhlis Mah from Stand 4 Uyghurs Australia about the oppression of the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in China's Xinjiang province and about the upcoming National Day of Action on March 20 which is inviting people across all major cities in Australia to take a stand against oppression of Uyghurs. You can listen to the individual interview here.You can view more details of the organisation and the upcoming protests at https://standforuyghurs.com.au/.
It's another transport week on City Limits!This week, Zeb, Kevin and Karina kick off the show by listening back to an interview from Solidarity Breakfast, where Annie McLoughlin gets a run-down on the #FakeStrike of NSW rail workers from Stewart Prins, Executive Director of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU). Karina reads RTBU National Secretary Mark Diamond's open letter to Scott Morrison (issued 23 Feb 2022) seeking a retraction and apology for his false statements about workers at Sydney Trains, after a week of backlash and abuse from disinformed members of the public. Later, we talk to regular transport commentator John McPherson, hearing his perspective on the influence of the right-wing media on public perceptions, the Port of Melbourne failing to meet efficiency standards only five years into their 50-year private lease, regional and freight trains having to squeeze onto the same tracks as suburban Melbourne trains, the Victorian Government's level crossing elimination projects being geared specifically toward improving conditions for motorcar drivers, and more.
Monday Breakfastwith Jacob and Phuong // 7.00AM James Brennan from Stick Together spoke with senior economist from the Australian Institute Alison Pennington about the impacts of working from home. To check out the research, head to the australiainstitute.org.au // 7.30AM Kate Colvin speaks with Solidarity Breakfast's Annie McLoughlin about the national campaign against homelessness, which highlights among other things that some essential workers are being priced out of the housing market. // 7.45AM Priya Kunjan spoke with Paul Healey, State Secretary of the Health and Community Services Union or HACSU to discuss Victorian mental health workers' fight for fair remuneration and working conditions as part of their new multi-year enterprise bargaining agreement. // 8.05AM Jacob and Phuong spoke to Dylan from the Vixen Collective about the overpolicing of sex workers and Victoria's recent announcement to decriminalise sex work. To support sex workers who are out of work during COVID, donate to the Emergency Relief Fund at https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support // 8.15AM Sally Thompson spoke with Annie McLoughlin on Solidarity Breakfast about the community campaign that successfully forced the Maribyrnong Council in Melbourne's west to overturn their no vote to repurpose an unused international student residence into social housing during COVID. // SONGS: Stay in Bed- by Alice Skye //Always Was -by Flewnt ft. Dylan Voller and Tani Walker
Monday 24th February 20207am Acknowledgment of Country 7:09 Annie McLoughlin talks with Maya Newell, director of In My Blood It Runs, a documentary that follows the story of 10-yr-old Arrernte Aboriginal boy Dujuan as he grows up Alice Springs. (interview conducted by Annie McLoughlin, Solidarity Breakfast)7.23am Trent McCarthy speaks on the role of local councils in addressing climate change. Audio recorded at Wake Up Call, a session held as part of the National Climate Emergency Summit.7.37am Alternative news - domestic violence and male responsibility in Australia. Women's Crisis Line 1800 811 811Lifeline (24 hour crisis line) 131 114 If you're a man who uses violence or coercive control in your intimate partner relationship make a choice to changering 1800 RESPECT 7.48am Ella interviews Bo Li about the upcoming Election Candidate Information and Training sessions being held by the Victorian Local Government Association (VLGA). Bo is Senior Policy Advisor at VLGA. 8am Interview with Dr Beth Johnson, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health at Monash University talking about the Magnet Project investigating autism and ADHD genetics and neurodevelopment. 8.15am Brad Coath is a family friend and advocate for Priya, Nades Kopika and Tharunicaa, the Sri Lankan family who were living in Biloela, Queensland before they were taken into immigration detention and are now being held on Christmas Island. Brad discusses the court hearing held on Friday. SongsThelma Plum- Better in BlackSunnyboys- The SeekerDreaming Now- Always Remember
On this week's show, along with the weekly news wrap, we're back out the front of the ALP state conference to hear from HACSU about their ongoing fight with the Victorian Labor government over the plans to privatize disability services.Collin Hesse talks to MEAA CEO Paul Murphy about the recent strike at Fairfax and Annie Mcloughlin speaks with Sally McManus about the future struggles of our movement.
Karl interviewed on Solidarity Breakfast with Annie McLoughlin & Kim Doyle, discussing the recent housing bubble spotlight and how the political process is so contorted when it comes to addressing this issue. Show Notes
Kevin Healy and Annie McLoughlin host this week. They start by discussing the ACTU congress which Annie attended at the Docklands Stadium from the 26–28 May. Then John McPherson, former vice-president of the Public Transport Users Association, comes on to discuss public transport in Melbourne.
Kim Doyle & Annie McLoughlin talk to Activist Liz Ross, author of Dare to Struggle Dare to Win, about the Abbot attacks on the CFMEU; Rank & File Radio features Dave Kirner from SA CFMEU on the legal action taken against them for having an anti suicide meeting on-site; Kevin Healy gives his pithy run down of the week; John Rainford, author of A Short History of Social Democracy, talks to Annie & Kim about the social democracy end game.