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

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

Voices 4 Palestine here II Independent journalist Wendy Bacon Talks about the importance of journalistic integrity and the participation from the public in needing to stay informed. Speech from the Nov 3rd Sydney Pro-Palestinian Rally. Hank from Breadline (AUWU) VoxPop Public Housing here II Class action lawsuit into the Victorian government's decision to knock down the public housing tower reported on by Hank from AUWU and Breadline reporter. Vox Pop from public housing towers residents. Vijay Prashad Red Ant Russian Revolution Keynote address part 1 here II Red Ant (now Red Spark) October Revolution anniversary dinner event in Perth October 2024 record by Tobia, keynote address delivered by renowned Marxist historian and journalist Vijay Prashad. Part 1. Vijay Prashad Interview here II Exclusive interview with Vijay Prashad, Renowned Marxist Historian and Journalist & Founder of the Tricontinental Institute of Social Research.Vijay Prashad Red Ant Russian Revolution Keynote address part 2 here IIRed Ant (now Red Spark) October Revolution anniversary dinner event in Perth October 2024 recorded by Tobia, keynote address delivered by renowned Marxist historian and journalist Vijay Prashad. Part 2. 

 This housing week, Karina reads some news prepared by our regular Public Housing commentator Jack Verdins, then plays an interview recorded during national homelessness week with Jeremy Poxon, welfare rights advocate and officer with the Australian Unemployed Workers Union - check out the AUWU's new 3CR program, Breadline. Later we listen to a talk by Darebin Vic Socialists candidate Steph Price entitled A Socialist Response to the Housing Crisis, Originally broadcast on this week's edition of Solidarity Breakfast - thanks to Annie for the audio! Song: Happy Home by Siouxie and the Banshees To access all previous podcasts and any extra links in our podcast descriptions, visit 3cr.org.au/citylimits

Hello and welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show with Rob and Eric. This episode features: An interview from Yeah Nah Pasaran on Thursday 8th August in which Cam and Andy speak with Aurelien Mondon (lecturer in politics at University of Bath, and co-convener of Reactionary Politics Research Network) about racist rioting in the UK and Belfast in the wake of the murders in Southport. You can catch Yeah Nah Pasaran, 4:30pm Thursdays on 3CR, and listen back the the full interview with Aurelien by heading to their program page. On Saturday the 16th of August between an estimated 150 people attended a counterprotest on the steps of the Victorian Parliament to disrupt an event held by TERF and founder of the Women's Action Group Michelle Uriaru. A heavy police presence asserted their dominance by preventing the counterprotesters, a group of trans people, allies, and anti-fascists, from getting too close to the crowd of transphobes. However, the counterprotesters were able to disrupt the event by not only outnumbering the terfs but also playing music which the counterprotesters would dance to. To help capture the moments of Queer and Trans Joy in the crowd at that counterprotest, Rob spoke to a few of its attendees. The first was recorded while the counterprotest was happening outside state parliament; the second was recorded at Fitzroy Park, where the TERFs were supposed to mobilize following their 'rally' but didn't for reasons unknown.On Monday 5th August, Karina sat down with Jeremy Poxon from the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, in Coburg Mall.They discuss the day's intended activities (leafletting Coburg's welfare recipients attending some of the area's worst-rated Job Service Providers), plus a look at the Govt Inquiry into Workforce Aus, so-called 'mutual' obligations, the AUWU's campaigns and initiatives around welfare rights, and more. The AUWU National Advocacy Hotline is open Monday to Friday 10 AM - 2 PM AEDT,Ph: (03) 9811 7064 or (freecall) 1800 289 848. To hear the full interview, catch Wednesday's City Limits show from 9 - 10AM. From the 8th to the 14th of September the biggest weapons expo in so-called Australia will take place at the Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre. Its existence hasn't attracted much attention in the mainstream media, despite the fact that companies supporting genocides will be there. However, the planned disruption, as listeners will have undoubtedly heard about through announcements on 3CR, has. To speak more about the event and coverage of the planned disruption, Rob spoke with Nat Farah, an organiser for Disrupt Wars.Last week researched released by the Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy provided insight into exactly how Airbnb is compounding housing shortages and pushing rental prices beyond the reach of people both across the globe and here in 'Australia'. To find out how the global conglomerate does so, Rob talked with Karl Fitzgerald, Managing Director of Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy and former 3CR broadcaster. Songs played: 'Black Magic' - Baker Boy ft. Dallas Woods'Rebel Girl'  - Bikini Kill

Daryl McDonald is a man who will live to 100, at least, but he grew up dodging magpies in Geelong. Now he is the co-presenter of Breadline, a program of the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, broadcasting on Mondays at 6pm, here on 3CR. Daryl works on the advice line at the AUWU, letting people know about their rights as Social Security beneficiaries and generally working against the government. He says it is rewarding work. Daryl has had many different jobs in his life, from welding, truck driving, to the meatworks in Donald. Along the way he learnt to drum and eventually played percussion in orchestras and theatre companies when the band wasn't practising in his bedsit in Ascot Vale, a great location to watch the fireworks over the Melbourne Show. Listen in to the great work of the Breadline team here on 3CR and let people know about the AUWU. Thanks for joining us, Darly, and keep up the great work!Breadline - Mondays - 6pm to 6:30pm - 3CR - 3cr.org.au/breadline

The word "homosexual" was first uttered on American television on the night of October 21st, 1963. The show was Breaking Point, a drama series set in a psychiatric hospital. The episode was a confronting take on sexual harassment and toxic masculinity that directly posed the question to its audience: "What is a man?" Despite network objection, this milestone in queer history happened solely because of the determination of the show's producer: George Lefferts.  This show was just one of many socially conscious, thoughtful and progressive projects from Lefferts, a man whose long life was defined by his writing and his deep empathy for others. In 1960, he spent hundreds of hours interviewing everyday women about their problems for a groundbreaking show called Special for Women. But it was in radio that he'd really cut his teeth in the early days, working on dramatised science fiction shows like Dimension X and X Minus One in the 1950s. In 1953, he worked with Frank Sinatra on a noir drama series for NBC Radio, Rocky Fortune. Together, they came up with a wacky noir premise for which almost every episode followed the same formula: Rocky is unemployed. Rocky gets a new job. It all goes wrong for him in some way, and he ends up implicated in a murder. Rocky talks his way out of it and catches the killer. Rocky ends up unemployed again. The show was not a hit at the time, and decades of Sinatra biographers have dedicated one or two pithy sentences to it at most.  Today, with every episode widely available online in the public domain, Rocky Fortune sounds different. This week on SUDDENLY, we listen to two full episodes of the show plus one of To Be Perfectly Frank, Sinatra's other NBC show from the same period that saw him in the role of DJ. Looking at the work of Lefferts, Ernest Kinoy and Norm Sickel, we attempt to put Rocky Fortune in his proper context - and reclaim him as a hero for the marginalised, for women, and for the unemployed. Selected works of George Lefferts: * Dimension X: "The Professor Was a Thief" (1950) Radio episode, adapted from a story by L. Ron Hubbard. Available on Spotify, YouTube, Internet Archive. * Rocky Fortune (1953-54) Complete radio series available on Spotify, YouTube, Internet Archive. * X Minus One: "The Defenders" (1956) Radio episode, adapted from a story by Philip K. Dick.  Available on Spotify, YouTube, Internet Archive. * World Wide '60: "The Living End" (1960) TV film about senior citizens, cast with nursing home residents. Lost or unavailable. * Special for Women (1961) TV series, either unavailable or lost. Book of original scripts available to read in full on Internet Archive. One episode, "The Lonely Woman", is available on film at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. * Breaking Point: "The Bull Roarer" (1962) First use of the word "homosexual" on TV. Watch the full episode on YouTube. * Teacher, Teacher (1969) TV movie about an underqualified and ill-tempered teacher taking on the education of a disabled child. Watch on YouTube. * Family Album, U.S.A. (1991) Sitcom designed for English learners. Complete video series available on YouTube.  Norm Sickel was a writer active in 1950s American radio. He wrote banter for Sinatra's 15-minute DJ series, To Be Perfectly Frank. Later, he wrote for Rocky Fortune, apparently at Sinatra's request. His episodes were among the most dramatic and socially conscious of the series. They differed in tone considerably from the comedic noir that Rocky Fortune became most known for. Later, his poems inspired the 1956 instrumental album Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color. Little else seems to be publicly known about Sickel. If you have any more information on what else he might have done creatively or where he ended up, we'd be interested in hearing from you. Join the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union (AUWU) at their website, or follow them on Twitter. AUWU member Jeremy Poxon is also a great Twitter follow to keep up with the latest around Australia's corrupt and cruel welfare regime. CONTACT: SUDDENLYPOD AT GMAIL DOT COM @SUDDENLYPOD on TWITTER / INSTAGRAM / MYSPACE / ODNOKLASSNIKI / YOUTUBE Donate to the show @ ko-fi.com/suddenlypod

The only good backflip in politics. Emerald and Tom wonder if the government is setting up to do a backflip on the stage 3 tax cuts (5:23), which leads to the question - how should we best respond when the government does the right thing (26:51)? Finally, a call to action (1:04:59). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. New ep with Cam Wilson giving a CPAC RECAP coming this week. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Links - ‘Labor's plan to save threatened species is an improvement – but it's still well short of what we need' The Conversation (featuring weird sawfish monster) https://theconversation.com/labors-plan-to-save-threatened-species-is-an-improvement-but-its-still-well-short-of-what-we-need-191845  Watch @GideonCordover do a backflip!  https://twitter.com/GideonCordover/status/1576141320556453889  Monday October 17th is the International Day to Eradicate Poverty Meeting in Elder Park at 12:30pm https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/protest-break-the-poverty-machine-international-day-to-eradicate-poverty-registration-424847399007  Join the AUWU https://unemployedworkersunion.com/  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a super special excellent amazing NOT AN ELECTION special episode! We are heartily sick of the boring, reactionary, useless and misguided policies that are being floated, proposed and discussed during this election campaign. So we thought we would reach out to some of our extended Snackpod family who work or volunteer or study or live or care about various issues and topics to ask, what would an actual GOOD policy be? The potlucks we're serving this week are... Feminism: Leah from Loud Angry & Not Sorry gives some wide-ranging and incredible policy suggestions around gendered inequality. If you want more from Leah you can check out their podcast here: https://loudandangry.podbean.com/  Housing: David Kelly told us about housing policy, and blows our minds with some actually meaningful analysis instead of the nonsense housing policies that our politicians are proposing. Listen to a longer interview Zac did with David here: https://auspolsnackpod.podbean.com/e/075-pub-lunch-housing-with-david-kelly/ And follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davelkelly  Climate: Policy mastermind Sam talks to us about coal seam gas, fugitive emissions, and dodgy carbon accounting.  Fashy Fash: It couldn't be anyone other than Tom Tanuki, talking about how "leaders" can and should oppose fascism through their words and actions. Obviously you should be watching his videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYgRzstFX-CwCGq781If_dw  Queer Emancipation: Guest from our most successful of all time episode, Tilde Joy, talks to us about their experience of medical transition and some of the policies could support that process. Obviously watch them stream at https://www.twitch.tv/ultros_professional and follow them on twitter https://twitter.com/ULTROS_PRO  Poverty and Welfare: Jez Haywood from the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union (AUWU) runs us through their key demands and why they're necessary. Follow Jez on twitter: https://twitter.com/jezheywood And support the AUWU: https://www.auwu.org.au/   Cops: JB - our guest who spoke to us about sex work decrim a few months ago - is back on a related but totally different issue, which is: why are cops considered emergency services?  Media: Our erstwhile colleague and future guest host, Tom McLean from the recently-finished Not Good Enough podcast talks to us about the media landscape, the ABC, and employment in journalism. Follow them on twitter: https://twitter.com/mcccclean  Human rights: Steph was unable to record but sent us a script of their strong opinion that we should have a Bill of Rights to protect people of all sorts. Follow her on twitter: https://twitter.com/GivenToRant  Elections: How bad are elections? King of nuance, Jess, talks about sortition and why it's maybe an appealing option but also unlikely to fundamentally change anything.  Huge enormous thanks to everyone who sent us content and also to everyone we asked and couldn't do it this time. We're legitimately so pleased to have such a wonderful community and we can't overstate how much we appreciate you putting in the time and effort to get this done at very short notice (oops sorry).  If you love the show and want to support us financially you can do it over at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod  If you can't or don't want to listen to the show you can read transcripts over at www.auspolsnackpod.com  Watch Noon play games on twitch at www.twitch.tv/noonplaysgames 

On this Friday of Anti-Poverty Week, Anne & Kev chat with Daniel Levy from the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union (AUWU). We catch up on AUWU activities pre- and during the covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. We discuss organising amongst the unemployed, and how the pandemic impacts the most vulnerable workers. And never lose sight of the big picture: that the federal government contributes to poverty by choosing to have unemployment, and by choosing to pay unemployed people half the poverty rate. Like Rachel's tea towel says... "Poverty is a Political Choice". Show noteshttps://unemployedworkersunion.com/canberra [at] auwu.org.au - to get involved in Canberra based actionsValedictory speech by Rachel Siewerthttps://greens.org.au/magazine/farewell-rachel-siewert CreditsTheme music:One in Ten by UB40orangefreesounds.comSound effects permitted for non-commercial use under license“Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)”

Eviction Moratorium Ends II Mad F**** Bitch II OTW II This is the Week that Was II Voice from Myanmar II Adani's Connection to Myanmar militaryEviction Moratorium Ends II RAHU Rally held Sunday 28 March on Parliament steps on the last day of moratorium on evictions because of the covid pandemic. Mad F**** Bitch II reflections on system aggression against women.Two pre-recorded pieces1.    Clip from Marxism session Inside Argentina’s abortion rights victory – fascinating response from audience member2.    It's creative commons with attribution; written and performed by Kamala Sings; recorded by Alex Bainbridge for Green Left.Used at Brisbane celebrations for the 30th anniversary of Green Left (language warning)Over the Wall II Duncan talks with Kristen O'Connell at AUWU covering cover Jobmaker (the subsidy for under 35s), Job Agencies and the tiny increase to Jobseeker.This is the Week that Was II Kevin smashes the weekVoice from Myanmar II an exerpt from the Marxist Conference session on Myanmar, Thailand and Philippines. Just an excerpt with a voice from a student activist revealing what is at stake. Adani's Connection to Myanmar military II Andy Paine from Frontline Action On Coal Group on Adani’s connection to the Myanmar military. 

 Newsheadlines: Jobkeeper and rental moratorium end, Andrew Laming, Myanmar update and public housing lockdown class action case (lawyer under investigation).Alternative news: Senagal, once one of the most stable African countries, has been undergoing severe politcal unrest and protests, in relation to the arrest of popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. The protests have also been fuelled by economic inequalities and concerns over young people's standard of living.Interview: Kannagi speaks with Kate Robinson, the 2020 Feminist in Residence at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre, about her exhibition Make a Fuss, women not wanting to stay silent anymore and exploring biracial identity. Interview: Genevieve speaks with Ria (she/they), a youth worker based in Naarm, who has been a passionate advocate for social justice for many years. As the daughter of migrant parents, she feels very personally about global immigration rights. She has been fighting in the refugee movement with grassroots activist group ‘Fight Together for Justice’, and maintains close friendships with many refugees in detention and in the community. She believes in the right to safety and freedom for all human beings.Interview: Genevieve speaks with  Kristin O’Connell, media spokesperson for the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, about the implementation of the cashless debit card, and the impact of the discontinuation of JobKeeper and Rental Moratoriums will have on under and unemployed AustraliansSongs: too dang good - PRICIE Murnong Farm - AllaraHold up - Rissa 

 Acknowledgement of Country Jack, a delegate from the Renters and Housing Union (RAHU), spoke with us to provide an update about the eviction moratorium, which prevents landlords in Victoria evicting tenants for rental arrears. Kristin O'Connell, spokesperson for the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union, joins us to discuss the Jobmaker hiring credit and the end of the JobKeeper wage subsidy and COVID-19 JobSeeker supplement in light of the current Senate inquiry into job security. Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung, founding editor of the institutional critique platform Decolonial Hacker and curatorial assistant at the Julia Stoschek Collection, discusses Decolonial Hacker. Eugene is a writer based in Berlin, whose work has appeared in Art+Australia, Griffith Review, The Saturday Paper, Running Dog, and PW-MAGAZINE, among others.  Evelyn Araluen joins us to speak about her debut collection of poetry, Dropbear. Evelyn is a poet, researcher and co-editor of the Overland literary journal. She has been awarded the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, the Judith Wright Poetry Prize and a Wheeler Centre Next Chapter Fellowship. Evelyn was born and raised on Dharug Country and she descends from the Bundjalung Nation.  SongsHeatsink - imbi and Slim SetBones - TelenovaTwo Lovers - Tia GostelowCruisin’ - Emily Wurramurra

Over the Wall II first part of Duncan's interview with Kirsten O'Connell (AUWU) about the changes to jobseeker, the jobseeker agencies and the Federal Government's agenda.Break the Poverty Machine II rallies were held around Australia as the Federal Government cuts jobseeker. We hear from Jay Coonan, National Operations Coordinator at AUWU and Jordy from Hospos Voice about the connection between the low dole, low pay and insecure work.Incitement Case Update II Update on the incitement charges against Chris Breen which is, after 3 hearings, now in the hands of the magistrate.Note: Young environmentalists have been charged with incitement over the Friday 2pm rally on State Library Steps.X-Rebellion March Actions II Rosalina from X-Rebellion talks about the upcoming actions and the purpose and work of X-Rebellion. 

Jack Mundey Remembered II 3cr's Vivien Langford reports from the Sydney memorial for the late, great Unionist, Environmentalist and Communist Jack Mundey.International Women's Day Marked II Two of the grea speeches from the Melbourne IWD rally.Over the the Wall II Peter Davis talks to Kathryine Wilkes from the Say No Cashless Welfare Card  Australia about the insideous Indue Card that fills the pockets of the rich private corporations running it and disenfranchises and improverishes the Australian citizens on social security. This is the Week that was II Kevin sums up the week.Australian Unemployed Workers Union II As we move to the cut to the Jobseeker rate we talk to members of the AUWU about their work for a just system for people on social security.McCormick's Dispute II fantastic job by Jordan reporting from the McCormick's picket line. 

 Acknowledgement of country News Headlines Jay Coonan, the National Operations Co-coordinator for the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, joins us to discuss the coalition government's abysmal raise to Jobseeker, tightening of Mutual Obligations and AUWU's #80aDay campaign. Jay is also the outgoing policy coordinator for the AUWU. Ben Redford is the Director of Strategic Power at the United Workers Union. Ben joins us to update listeners on the government's proposed Industiral Relations bill and to discuss the United Workers Union's campaigns around stolen wages.  Sean, a renter in Thornbury, member of the Renting and Housing Union's eviction defence team, and neighbour to Louise, joins us to speak about RAHU's Keep Louise Home campaign.Alexander Powers is a DJ, music producer, event organiser, contemporary dancer and choreographer living and working on Wurundjeri land. they join us to talk about the upcoming launch of Powertrip, a label showcasing local queer dance music.SongsHold On - Emma Donovan and the PutbacksChurch - Kuya NeilPlease U - Becca Hatch ft. Planet VegetaMedusa - Jesswar

 Acknowledgement of country News headline We hear Yorta Yorta Bundjalung man John Patten speaking about the history of the Day of Mourning at the Invasion Day Dawn Service 2021.  We hear an excerpt of speeches from the Invasion Day Rally 2021 in Naarm. We hear from speakers Uncle Bill Nicholson, Stan Dryden, Sue-Anne Hunter and Mandy Nicholson.  Kristin O’Connell, spokesperson for the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union, joins us to discuss the impending second cut to the jobseeker payment and the need for vision and compassion in Australian social security policy. Priya and Carly fundraisers and petition that listeners can support, including:NATSILS - Petition calling on the Prime Minister to meet with families whose loved ones have died in custody for 30th anniversary of Royal CommissionLandBack Festival - Fundraiser for Wuurn of Kanak Refugee Voices Fundraiser for the men released from hotel detention  Songs Solid Gold - Sycco White Noise - Dancingwater Groovy - Barkaa About These Demons - Jimblah Australia Does Not Exist (ft. Kee'ahn) - DRMNGNOW 

We speak with Kristin from the AUWU, Loukas from RAFFWU and Giles from CUPUW about the year that was and the challenges for precarious workers across society in one of the most challenging and bizarre years in recent memory.

Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Mozhgan Moarefizadeh and Nicole Curby, co-hosts of The Wait, join us to introduce listeners to the podcast. The Wait is a new five-part narrative podcast series, telling the story of the refugees stranded in Indonesia as a result of Australia’s border crackdown. The Wait will be airing each week on Thursday Breakfast during our summer programming.  Kristin O’Connell, spokesperson for the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union, gives us a rundown of the big changes in social security policy in 2020. Shakira Hussein  joins us to discuss two of her recent articles: The Christchurch Massacre:an Australian Crime and the other on ecofacism and disability published on the other film festival. Shakira Hussein is a writer and researcher based at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of From Victims to Suspects:Muslim Women from 9/11.  Joshua Badge, a queer writer and philosopher living on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, joins us to discuss and contextualise the most recent spate of queer and transphobic articles in Australian media. Joshua's writing has been featured in places like Meanjin, Overland, The Guardian, & Junkee. They previously lectured at Deakin University and currently volunteer with Thorne Harbour Health and the Renters and Housing Union. Priya reads No Flowers, a poem by Bridget Flack, as a tribute to her memory. Vale Bridget Flack. SongsJerome Farah - Vibrate

Acknowledgement of Country  News May Kotsakis joins Rosie to talk about the Phillipines Australia Solidarity Network's upcoming event Legitimising Repression - a discussion that looks at the's Phillipines Anti-Terrorism Act and the proposed ASIO Ammendment Bill 2020. May is the co-chairperson of PASA (Phillipines Australia Solidarity Association). Kristin O’Connell, spokesperson for the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union speaks with Priya to demystify the government’s proposal for a JobMaker Hiring Credit and discuss some of its shortcomings. Jim Malo, journalist at Junkee, former property journalist at Domain, joins us to talk about housing in the pandemic. We discuss the Victorian Government's COVID-19 response to homlessness, the challenges of renting throughout the pandemic and the current property market in Victoria Michael-Shawn Fletcher, a Wiradjuri man and Associate Professor of Geography and Director of Research at Indigenous Knowledges Institute at the University of Melbourne, joins us to discuss the recently-released Bushfire Royal Commission report and the importance of Indigenous land management practices. 

In which, after some discussion of the impending ACT election, Melbournians' anti-lockdown protests, and the jackbooted response by Victoria Police, Ben and Jacob pare open the recent bust-up between youtuber Jordan Shanks and members of the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union. Phillip Mendes, "From Protest to Acquiescence: Political Movements of the Unemployed" in Social Alternatives, Volume 18, No.4, October 1999, pp.44-50. Slack Bastard on Jordies v. AUWU: https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=46800Savannah Benson in Challenge: https://www.challengemag.org/post/power-in-a-union-why-attacking-grassroots-unions-is-against-labor-valuesClosing music: The Clash - Career Opportunities (Live at Shea Stadium) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsE5NAAU39k

We sat down with Tom from the Australian Unemployed Worker's Union to chat about the AUWU's work advocating for those dealing with the punitive nature of the Centrelink/ JobSeeker system, and FriendlyJordies' beef. AUWU membership is free, you can join here: https://tinyurl.com/y6sm7tgs If you require help you can speak to an AUWU rep on 1800 289 848 UPDATE on the Mutual Obligations strike, since recording: https://tinyurl.com/yyck435r For more information on nascent chapters: https://tinyurl.com/y229qnzo https://tinyurl.com/y2kmbvyh

Kristin O'Connell is the Acting Communications Coordinator for the Australian Unemployed Workers Union. With more than a million Australians unemployed in this time of recession (and depression maybe?), the AUWU has been coordinating a Mutual Obligations Strike and campaigning against the cruel reduction in the JobSeeker payment. Kristin shares her story with me and explains why unemployed workers are workers (and why the AUWU is definitely a union) and just how fucked up and privatised Australia's unemployment "industry" is. If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you Strike for Climate this Friday! Yeah!  @kristin8X ARTICLE: Australian Unemployed Workers Union calls for strike against ‘pointless and punitive’ job agencies ARTICLE: Australia's jobless to face mutual obligation rule despite few job vacancies ARTICLE: ‘It's a heartless decision’: Morrison government reintroduces welfare mutual obligations ARTICLE: New Disability Support Pension recipients down by almost 60,000 due to Gillard-led crackdown My episode with the AUWU's Jeremy Poxon Cause of the Week: The Australian Unemployed Workers' Union (unemployedworkersunion.com) 

Kevin & Anne take the vision of a job guarantee to remote Australia. With the help of our guests Dr. James Juniper, Dr. Francis Markham, and Professor Jon Altman, we uncover some history with a near cousin of the job guarantee - the CDEP. In contrast, we discuss with AUWU's Jez Heywood the damage done to lives when people are punished for being unemployed through current regimes known as jobactive and the CDP.

There's only one topic being discussed this week: Jordan Shanks and his stoush with the AUWU. So we've got wall to wall friendlyjordies content, with a few regular stories - Mark Latham is an obsessed bigot, police have been lying about how many people break covid isolation, and we have a great potluck! Plus Noon tries to explain the current bunfight going on about Super.Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod 

Guest host Noon of Auspol Snackpod joins us for a roundup of media news, an explanation of how clean energy could get us out of the recession and a stirring dive into Marxist theory. News Corp are simpsBill Shorten declares that Scott Morrison is a simpA lot of government’s non-english Coronavirus safety information is gibberish.The Australian ran a front-page story claiming that a graph pulled from a random twitter user came from an anonymous government source. The Editor’s response is incoherent.Miranda Divine wants to you to take a drug for killing ringworms to cure coronavirus.Clean energy: It’s goodA report from business strategy consultants AlphaBeta shows that a push for transforming Australia’s energy grid could happen by 2035.Green manufacturing and energy could create 400,000 jobs and boost the economy by $50bn.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal ad shows a hopeful view of the future.Beyond Zero Emissions’ plans show policy suites for a green energy transition, including the creation of a million new jobs.Auspol Snackpod covered a bunch of options for clean energy transitions.Just in: Labour creates valueUnder the new ownership of venture capital vultures Bain Capital, Virgin airlines will be firing 3000 people and cutting Tiger Air.Treasurer Josh Frydenberg refused to consider public ownership of the airline.Australian farms rely on exploited guest workers.To make up for missing labour, Australia will be shipping in people from Vanuatu to pick fruit in the coming harvest season.The Australian Navy is also using underpaid workers from the Philipines.Workers create value, even the governor of the reserve bank agrees.Check out Auspol Snackpod’s episode on MMT for more!Workers at a Mitre10 warehouse stuck for safer work environments, and won a slew of concessions within two hours.Pulling up the ladderEducation Minister Dan Tehan (who got his Uni education for free) wants to cut funding to uni students who are failing their classes.Former Treasurer Joe Hockey protested against a $250 university fee in 1987.ActionsSupport the AUWU, if you’re able to.Listen to friend of the show Tom Tanuki’s podcast episode on Aussie QAnon.Listen to the 7AM podcast’s episode on the young Australians suing for climate action.Listen to Auspol Snackpod to hear more good takes from Noon!

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Dharug, the Boon wurrung and Wurundjeri of Kulin nation, the Gadigal of Eora nation, and the Dharawal. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties. G'day voters and welcome to the show notes for the eighth episode of 2020; we are 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation. It's been a while between drinks, but we are back with an interview recorded in May, which has remained unusually prescient for our particular brand of shitposting. Our plus guest this week is Asher Wolf: journalist, unionist, feminist, disability and digital rights advocate, and one of the most connected and online people you are ever likely to meet. Find us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspod Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

We take a break from doom and gloom to highlight some recent wins. Then we chat with broadcaster and conspiracy researcher Cam Smith about the sovereign citizens and far-right cranks at a Bunnings near you. Corona watchThe coronavirus infection rate in Victoria was reduced by the Stage 3 restrictions from 1.75 to 1.16, preventing at least 18.5k infections.For a lot of people, the lockdown has improved mental health.Former Liberal MP Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has blasted Tony Abbot for his gutting of the aged care system.Under Bronwyn Bishop’s watch, people in aged care were bathed in kerosene.Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has refused to cooperate with investigations to into the Ruby Princess fiasco.Solidarity foreverThe University of Melbourne is paying back millions in stolen wages.The workers in the Woolworths distribution center in Wyong have won a huge pay rise and additional safety procedures.The workers at a liquor distribution center in are striking for a safer work environment.The Spotless Laundry in Dandenong is being shut down after workers walked out over unsafe working conditions.The Australian Unemployed Worker’s Union is striking against “mutual obligations”.Read the AUWU’s strike demands and guidance here.Cam Smith chats QarenBunnings Qaren doesn’t believe in masks.Follow Cam Smith on twitter.Listen to the Hypothetical Institute podcast.Check out the Gather Around Me podcastHear Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CRCatch Cam spinning tunes on Gippsland FMActionsJoin a union. ACTU can help you find which you belong to.Support the AUWU and UWU.Listen to No Turning Back.

Acknowledgement of country// Introduction// Genevieve talks to Julie Feniwck, a writer based in Naarm/Melbourne, about her new project WhtWeSee. WhtWeSee comes in the form of a blog/website, and was designed to amplify voices, responses and experiences of BIPOC people in light of the Black Lives Matter protests and George Floyds murder. The website has a series of contributors and allows the stories of those that may otherwise be drowned out by the media tornado, to be heard. You can access the website at the link here https://www.whtwesee.com/ // Lauren interviews Kristin O’Connell, media spokesperson for the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, about mutual obligations and JobSeeker during the COVID-19 pandemic// Genevieve interviews Homelessness Australia's CEO, Jenny Smith, for Homelessness week this week. We discuss new data gathered, regarding the large gap between the number of homeless and the social housing needed to end homelessness, where this is an issue apparent across the state, not just metropolitan Melbourne. For this year's homelessness week, a series of interactive heat maps are being released that show both the problem of homelessness, and the solution of social housing. You can find them here: https://everybodyshome.com.au/heat-maps/// In light of the Government's announcement of new targets for 'Closing the Gap', failing to reach any desired targets for indigenous Ausyralians in the near future, we have incorporated some snippets from 'Beyond the Bars' 2020. A collection of four phone calls made to the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre// SONGS// Chicago Boy - Ari LennoxHold Strong - Miiesha

We hear news about the AUWU's #keeptherate campaign, the NTEU fightback, job cuts and news from regional Victoria, including EBA negotiations at Australian Paper and ATO job uncertainty in Geelong.The First Nations Workers Alliance launched their new advocacy course called "Voice Treaty Truth" this week, we hear from members who developed the training about the content and what they're excited about.We also hear Tim Kennedy UWU National Secretary, and Jess, an Early Childhood Educator answering questions for the Senate Inquiry into the Australian Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

By extensive outsourcing of social security programs to cut costs, is the Government permitting corruption on its watch? Valerie Farfalla discusses these issues with AUWU online advocacy coordinator, Gene Surace, AUWU worker Laine and disabled unemployed worker, Paul Baker.

Valerie speaks with:Tanya Cameron from the Country Women's Association about increasing Newstart benefits to make it a liveable income.Sue Bolton, Victorian Socialists candidate for Wills about their election policies.Alex North, national coordinator of the Australian Unemployed Workers Union AUWU about their current campaigns.

West Papua Mandeka protest II outside Indonesian Consulate in Melbourne marking the increased military actions against West Papuans as they consolidate control over West Papuan resources. As one speaker says: "they want the resources but they don't need the people".Vigil for the Darling II Friends of the Earth held a Vigil for the Darling River calling for people to stand up against what speakers called the 'murder of our rivers' by corporate greed and Government 'cronyism'.Fair Go for Pensioners IIthis is the Week that Was II The first for the year!! AUWU #Dignity not Dole II the campaign that is giving unemployed workers some activist skills to defend their rights as citizen.

PIBCI leader Dr Joe Toscano outlined his upcoming public housing vigil on Parliament steps, AUWU national branch coordinator Hayden Patterson gave an update on recent anti poverty conferences and the cashless welfare card and Geelong AUWU activist Duncan Storer explained policies which financially penalise and demonise single mums and rehab recipients under the LNP Govt.

Per Capita Communications manager Abigail Lewis talked about the 'Working it Out' report done in conjunction with AUWU, Victorian coordinator, AUWU, Anne Maxwell brought the latest news from unemployed workers and AUWU's event 'From Stigma to Dignity' for Anti Poverty Week and Suicide Awareness Advocate Anthony Smith discussed the complex area of suicide and unemployment.

The launch of a new report Working it out: a look at employment services in Australia which brings the unemployed person's voice to the policy table. AUWU. Per Capita and Monash University worked together to bring you this groundbreaking work.

Tuesday Breakfast October 9thwith Ayan, Lauren and Anya (we miss you George!) 7.00 am  Acknowledgement of Country7.05 am  News headlines  7.10 am   A pre-recorded interview by Hope Mathumbu, former 3CR Tuesday breakfast presenter and member of (VAHAN). Hope speaks with Dr Chris Lemoh, an infectious disease physician at Monash Health and president of the Victorian African Health Action Network (VAHAN). They discuss the history and evolution of the HIV response in Australia, as well as an upcoming free event for World AIDS Day which aims to amplify African Australian-led community voices and experiences.  7.30 am  Dr Kate Foord, general manager of Queerspace, joins us over the phone to talk about their iHeal program, a service for survivors of family violence, and the importance of embodying lived experiences in service delivery.    7.45 am  Alternative news - The team discusses the details of a new policy that the ALP have released which would permanently grant universal access to preschool or kinder for 3 and 4 year olds for 600 hours a year - around 15 hours a week. The team also discusses the need and importance of kinder and early childcare education funding, especially given that Scott Morrison has not made any commitment to securing funding for the arrangement as it stands (where the federal govt funds 1/3 of early education for 4 year olds and the states the other 2/3) beyond 2019.  8.00 am  Jeremy Poxon, media officer at theAustralian Unemployed Workers Union, joins us to provide an update on the cashless welfare card, the AUWU's recent trip to South Australia, and what else is happening for jobseekers in Australia.8.20 am  Dr Jordana Silverstein, historian and Jewish woman, joins us to talk about the intersections of her faith and her feminism as well as the impact of recent history on gender roles in Jewish diaspora culture.Songsartist: Janelle Monae, Jidenna song:Yogaartist: The Last Kinection song:Black & Deadly artist: Solange  song:Cranes in the Sky

YACSA CEO Anne Bainbridge joined Valerie Farfalla, Anne Maxwell and Ewen Kloas from AUWU to discuss submissions to government on youth unemployment in South Australia.  The AUWU's Anti-Poverty Week  event "From Stigma to Dignity", 12th October, at Trades Hall with two expert panels and the Victorian Trade Union Choir singing "It's Time" for a Newstart increase was also discussed.

Latrobe University cultural sociologist Dr Sara James discussed unemployed youth disadvantage in Australia with Valerie Farfalla and Jeremy Poxon (AUWU media), with Jeremy focusing on police welfare blitz in Werribee shopping centre. Hayden Patterson (S.A. branch, AUWU) examined cashless card trials along with Amanda Smith from Say No Seven.

Facebook Data Breach - BBC WORLD SERVICE REPORT and an update on the issueNick Savaidis - Etiko Founder & Director - Talking about the environmental impact of the fashion industry & human rights abusesJosie Evans- Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU) Inner West branch member. Today in NSW the AUWU are hosting a memorial and public forum to commemorate the life of Josh Park-Fing. The event will unite local people, welfare advocates and politicians in an awareness raising event about how we can work to ensure the safety of unemployed workers. Event on Facebook.In Ya Face James and YvettePhil Soliman  about Not Done Yet, a film he created about trans visibility. In Ya Face airs live on 3CR every Friday 4-5pm, or listen on-demand at www.3cr.org.au/inyaface for up to a week after initial broadcast.

Abdul & Jose: We hear from Luigi Acquisto co-director of Abdul & Jose, a film about children taken to Indonesia from Timor Leste during the occupation.Raising the Pension Age: We hear from Todd Morris, Melbourne University Phd student, who has investigated the effects of raising the pension age for women.Australian Unemployed Workers Union Campaign Day: the AUWU members came together to discuss the campaign against the attacks on Social Security by the LNP Federal Government. We hear from two speakers Lisa Newman (CPSU) & Father Bob "a tribal Catholic".

Apple Building for Fed Square? We talk to Citizens for Melbourne Action Group.Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU) National Day of Action against dracoian Welfare Reform Bill in Senate at moment - exerptsStephen Jolley talks about the Left coalition working towards getting a Socialist into Victorian Parliament in the November election.This is the Week that Was - Kevin HealyDon Sutherland talks about what faces workers in a system that needs rebalancing.

August 1917 saw one of the biggest industrial actions in Australian history. It began at the  tram and rail workshops in Sydney and spread across Australia as more and more sections of the community went out in support. It was all about the introduction of Talyorism or time and motion structures into the railway work shops. Colin Hesse talks to Pat Cranney about the theatre piece he and Christina Mimmocchi have developed to commerorate this important event in Australian Working history.The Australian Unemployed Workers Union has recently been denounced by Michealia Cash the Federal Minister for Employment proving the union’s effectiveness. The AUWU has responsed with the Call Out Cash Campaign. We talk to Owen Bennett from AUWU about this development.

Indymedia's Raymond Grenfell speaks to Valerie Farfalla from the AUWU regarding federal government plans to trial the mandatory drug testing of welfare recipients.

Zane discusses of personal experience of being sent a Centrelink Robo-debtZane discusses article by Ken Canning “January 26 is invasion day”. Ken is a poet and playwright from the Kunja clan of the Bidjara nation in Queensland and currenly lives in Sydney and is helping organise the invasion day protest there. "I have always been of the belief that once you can overturn the colonial mentality consuming our governments— resulting in the continued denial of justice of First Nations peoples and the oppression we all live under — you will, in effect, overturn the same mentality that is keeping 90% of our population prey to the whims of big business-run governments. On January 26, come and join us, walk with us and learn from us. For far too long, knowledge in this country has been confined to the world of academia. We, the First Nations peoples, carry a knowledge as old as time itself. Yes, we are protesting but we are all more than willing to share with those who walk with us." - KCZane discusses article by Fremantle councillor Sam Wainwright “Australia day: Change the date”. Sam discusses Fremantle council's decision to cancel the Jan 26 fireworks and why this caused such an outcry amongst right wing media and politicians. "Our purpose in dropping January 26 should be to focus on the changes we need to make if want a morejust and inclusive society for all." -SWZane interviews Petrina Harley, Lisen here. campaigner with the Save Beeliar Wetlands campaign in Western Australia and Socialist Alliance candidate in the upcoming WA elections. Petrina talks about how the local community have mobilised to try and halt the destruction that the Roe 8 highway extension would unleash. The wetland is a site of cultural significance to the Nyoongar people with artefacts there older than the pyramids, and is an ecologically special place. For more info visit savebeeliarwetlands.com Zane interviews Zeb Parkes, producer of the short film “For my Friends in detention”, which has been shown at several international short film festivals as well as picking up a gong at the Sydney Indie film fest. Zeb discusses the process of making the film and how rather than seeking to again highlight the vast and egregious abuses happening in Australia’s detention gulags, it instead looks at the human face of people in these prisons and those who organise to get them out. Listen here.Zane interviews Ewen Kloas, secretary of the Australian Unemployed Workers union, about the upcoming ‘Dignity not debt’ rally happening on Tuesday Jan 31. Ewen discusses the punitive and unjust nature of the robo-debt system and how it has caused immense distress to welfare recipients, several of whom have contacted the Unemployed Workers Union in a suicidal state. The AUWU is campaigning to have the robo-debt system abolished and a bunch of organisations have endorsed the Jan 31 rally. Listen here.­