Podcasts about homeless persons union victoria

First up on the program, Kevin and Zeb speak with Spike Chiappalone and Kelly Whitworth, co-hosts of the former 3CR peer homelessness show, Roominations, and Homeless Persons Union Victoria co-founders.Together, they talk to us about about the upcoming launch of Homeless in Hotels, a 3-part radio series documenting life in hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic and discussion on what to expect from the series, including the rollout of Victorian Government initiatives during lockdown, safety, stigma and substance use, public housing and injustice, and more.The series premieres on 3CR, this Thursday 28 July at 12pm, and you can listen back online here.Later on the program, activist-scholars Libby Porter and David Kelly come on the program to discuss the upcoming Forum for Dwelling Justice, bringing together various groups and activists in a discussion of housing injustice with relation to sovereignty and land justice, as well as abolitionist movements.They discuss importance of galvanising a broader dwelling justice movement by bringing together interrelated movements and shifting the narrative to a wider one of disposession and what that means for discussions of public housing on stolen land. They also speak on their experiences as activists working as academics within colonial institutions, misdirected government resources, incarceration, and more. The free event will be held 1-7pm on Friday 26 August 2022 at the Capitol Theatre, and involves:Three facilitated panel conversations on how abolitionism, resistance to state violence and anti-racism intersect with housing struggle and sovereignty, andTwo sneak-peek film screenings (Bendigo St, and Things Will Be Different) and discussion with filmmakers and guests with lived experience of homelessness, displacement, squatting and public housing. For more information and to book tickets, go to www.cur.org.au/events/dwelling-justice/

Acknowledgement of Country// News Headlines// 7:15 - Yemurraki Egan and Naomi Kennedy-Bamblett//We'll hear a short clip of speeches from the Naarm NAIDOC March this past Friday the 8th of July, featuring Yorta Yorta, Wemba Wemba and Gunditjmara man Yemurraki Egan, and Yorta Yorta, Wiradjuri and Trawlwoolway woman Naomi Kennedy-Bamblett . Thanks to Ayan from Diaspora Blues for the recordings.  https://www.3cr.org.au/diasporablues Mondays at 2:30pm on 3CR 7:30 - Stephanie Bernard//Stephanie Bernard is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne, researching the most distant galaxies with space telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope. She joins us today to discuss the recent release of images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, and to talk about telescope's potential to deepen our understanding of the universe. Stephanie is also an astronomy and science educator at Scienceworks, the Melbourne Planetarium, and the Victorian Space Science Education Centre. Stephanie also co-presents an astronomy podcast called Spaghettification that you can listen to here.  7:45 - Kelly and Spike//Kelly Whitworth and Spike Chippalone speak with us about the upcoming launch of Homeless in Hotels, a 3-part radio series documenting life in hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic, which premieres on 3CR on Thursday the 28th of July at 12PM. Kelly produces Radical Australia here on 3CR and is passionate about peer-produced media. Spike is a peer support worker at a Melbourne homeless health service with a lived experience of homelessness and drug use. Together, they co-hosted the former 3CR peer homelessness show, Roominations, and co-founded the Homeless Persons Union Victoria. 8:00 - Ella Shi//Ella is the Digital and Communications Organiser at the Migrant Workers Centre. She's previously worked as a community organiser, student union representative and is also a former ASU workplace delegate. She joins us today to speak about importance of the Migrant Workers 2022 Survey, and how this impacts their work and policy recommendations.  8:15 - Renuga Inpakumar//Renuga Inpakumar from Tamil Refugee Council is a young Eelam Tamil activist and Law/Arts student with a long history of organising to amplify Eelam Tamil issues. She joins us today to provide an analysis of the economic crisis and mass protests in Sri Lanka from an Eelam Tamil perspective, highlighting some important concerns that have often gone neglected in mainstream media coverage. Renuga's activism and organising has focused on issues including the return of land to Eelam Tamil people, and the recognition of Tamil Eelam and Tamil Eelam genocide, calling for those responsible to be held to account. If you're in Sydney, support the action by joining the July 24 rally at Sydney Town Hall. Songs//Thelma Plum - When It Rains It Pours

Following the much publicised break up of the homeless and rough sleeping community outside Flinders Street Station in central Melbourne on February 1st, on this week’s episode of Women on the Line we’ll take a look at proposed amendments to by-laws by Melbourne City Council which would effectively ban homeless people from sleeping in the CBD. We’ll hear from Kelly from the Homeless Persons Union Victoria about the #nohomelessban campaign, and Tarni from Justice Connect Homeless Law about the implications of the possible legislative changes, and also what effective homelessness prevention looks like through a discussion of the Women's Homelessness Prevention Project.  #nohomelessbanhttps://www.facebook.com/Homeless-Persons-Union-Victoria-1489953661246085/https://www.facebook.com/nohomelessban/http://www.justiceconnect.org.au/our-programs/homeless-law

Intro + acknowledgement of countryCory Bernadi has split from the Liberal party. The Q society are holding an Islamophobia fest tonight with Bernadi and fellow far right Liberal MP George Christiansen in attendance; a counter protest organised bythe Campaign Against Racism and Fascism is happening.New Melbourne council by-laws banning homeless persons from ‘camping’ in the city. Homelessness is not a choice, it is a product of systemic issues like unemployment, the housing affordability crisis, and cuts to mental health services and domestic violence shelters. Homeless Persons Union Victoria and others are fighting the crackdown on vulnerable people in the city.The Tory government in the UK is bringing in pension and welfare cuts, and there are distinct similarities to the welfare cuts and robo-debt agenda being pursued in Australia.Trump’s shameful refugee policy is inspired by Australia’sThere is a resurgence of the March in March movement that kicked off in 2014 in response to the Abbott government’s grotesque first budget full of cuts and austerity.The one day inFremantle event on Jan 28, which was counterposed to Australia day / invasion day on Jan 26, was a resounding success and has helped push forward the debate about changing the date across the land.Jacob and Zane interview Graham Wells, Principal Lawyer and Clinical Supervisor at Social Security Rights Victoria regarding the Centrelink robo-debt scandal. Graham has been assisting other legal firms in assessing the legality of the robo-debt system, which he describes as a ‘scam’. Listen here.activist calendarJacob and Zane interview Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) Victorian Secretary Luba Grigorovitch about the union’s campaign to take the Victorian rail and tram system back into public ownership. Listen here. In the past 7 years, the private operators of the system have taken $350million in profit out of Victoria. The campaign has the support of Victoria Trades Hall council and the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Sign the petition at publictransportpublichands.comUpdate on the #NODAPL campaign to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Trump has overturned a ban on the pipeline implemented in the dying days of the Obama administration.

This week’s show has three special guests in studio: - Shazni Bhai, from the Parti Sosialis Malaysia (Malaysian Socialist Party / PSM)- Merck Maguddayao, from the Partido Lakas Ng Masa (Philippines party of the Labouring Masses / PLM)- Bronte Nicole Scott, a member of the Socialist Alliance, LGBTIQ campaigner and Save Sydney College of the Arts activistWe discuss the invasion day rally and Indigenous struggle in the Philippines and MalaysiaWe talk with Spike from the Homeless Persons Union Victoria about the upcoming protest on Saturday. Melbourne council is seeking to criminalise homelessness and force homeless persons off the street and, presumable, into prison instead. Listen here.Shazni plays a traditional protest song and we discuss the inaugration of Trump and a traditional anthem of labourers in Malaysia. We discuss the LGBTIQ movement in Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines. We finish with Shazni playing a stirring rendition of the Internationale in Malaysian.  

- This episode features an interview with Spike and Kelly from the Homeless Persons Union Victoria and the radio show Roominations on 3CR. - We also bring you some of the event Ending Homelessness in WA, Scenarios and Seeds of the Future. This recording is thanks to Karun Cowper from Perth Indymedia. - Increasing homelessness in Melbourne. - Government moves to criminalise homelessness in Melbourne. - Brainstorming solutions to overcome homelessness. - The best thing to do when passing homeless people asking for money. - Looking back on the Bendigo Street Occupation. - Imagining a future without homelessness. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/01/26/160/

This week on Women on the Line we’ll be presenting a snapshot of activism currently taking place around housing and homelessness in Melbourne. On the weekend of the 25th and 26th of June, in the lead up to the federal election, Women on the Line went along to two separate events took place in Melbourne CBD around housing and homelessness.https://www.facebook.com/expertsXexperience/https://www.facebook.com/houses4people/https://www.facebook.com/Homeless-Persons-Union-Victoria-1489953661246085/ 

Discussion on the TPP forum held in Melbourne on 21/04/2016Australian News:Australians supporting Bernie Sanders; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61581'Let's nationalise the banks for their crimes': Socialist candidate; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61551A bank Royal Commission is a good start; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61541How hard can it be to find a room to rent?; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61555CFMEU: What is wrong with the ABCC; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61553International News:United States: Chicago teachers push back against austerity; https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61563Interviews:Chris Tanti, CEO from Headspace talks about the state of mental health for teenagers in Australia, and their campaign to help fathers take care of their children.Ann Morrow, from the Hobsons Bay refugee Network talks about the film The Man Who New Infinity.Kelly, member of the Homeless Persons Union Victoria and participant of the Bendigo street occupation talks about the current situation in their campaign