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

Content warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody.First up on the show we were joined by Rachana Rajan Associate Legal Director in the Human Rights Law Centre's First Nations Justice team, with an extended interview on the Crisafulli Government's shameful adult sentencing laws and the ways the Queensland Government will harm kids, families, and communities, particularly First nations communities.  After that, we brought listeners an interview with Brett Collins from Justice Action who gave some important Updates on the Youth Justice Senate Inquiry. A few weeks ago, the Community Justice Coalition presented to the Youth Justice Senate Inquiry and is now building on that work. Justice Action discussed their report and the crucial importance of essential services in Prison such as External counselling and computers in cells for children and young people, to build important connections with family, education and the Arts.

This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody.First up on the show we will be joined by Arif Hussein Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre. We will bring you an interview about how the South Australian Government must take historic opportunity and adopt Human Rights Act after Parliamentary inquiry recommendation.  Then we will hear from Renuga Renuga Inpakumar, Tamil Refugee Council spokesperson about the genocide Sixteen Years Since Mullivaikkal: The Tamil Genocide Continues. A debrief of the Free Palestine 77th anniversary of the Nakba rally from the Monday Breakfast was also played in which presenters Rob and Edmi give accounts of the rally, its coverage in the mainstream media, and lessons learned of resilience from Palestine and the Free Palestine Naarm rally's organisers.

Gippsland Forest GuardiansLisa Barrand is a founding member of the Gippsland Forest Guardians, a small team working with community to protect Gippsland's forests for future generations of animals, plants and people. Lisa speaks about the campaign to protect the critically endangered slender tree-fern and why increased pine plantations are contributing to the destruction of native forests. You can follow their work by heading to https://gippslandforestguardians.org.au/ or at @gippslandforestguardiansinc on Instagram. International Workers' Day rallyBrunhilda is a member of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation, the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, and the Australian Unemployed Workers Union. Brun speaks about the upcoming International Workers Day rally on Thursday 1st May at 5:30pm outside the State Library. You can also tune into 3CR on Thursday 1st May and Sunday 4th May for coverage of workers' struggles, union work towards better wages and conditions, and the fight for democratic rights to organise and unionise. Doctors for Environment AustraliaKate Wylie is the CEO of Doctors for Environment Australia. DEA are medical doctors calling for climate action in recognition of the health harms caused by global heating and climate change. They work to protect biodiversity, knowing that the health of humans is inextricably linked with the health of the natural world and advocate for a sustainable healthcare system to reduce the health sectors carbon footprint. Kate speaks about the open letter that has been sent to all political candidates by members of DEA and Médecins Sans Frontières calling for candidates to take climate action this election. To find out more about the organisation, head to dea.org.au End the Raids! actionSanmati and Rory speak at the 'End the Raids' action that took place outside the Department of Home Affairs in Naarm on Thursday 17th April 2025. Sanmati is a migration lawyer from the Human Rights Law Centre and member of the United Workers Union. Sanmati speaks about the exploitative nature of the migrant system and how it impacts not only migrant sex workers, but all migrant and non-migrant workers. Rory is a peer support worker from Vixen, who speaks about the over-policing and surveillance of street-based sex workers and the need for full decriminalisation of sex work. Make sure to follow Vixen, peer organisation based in so-called Victoria, by going to www.vixen.org.au or on Instagram at @vixenworkers. Youth Homelessness in VictoriaDeborah Di Natale, CEO of the Council to Homeless Persons has a career-long commitment to social justice and advocacy for those who are experiencing disadvantage, who seeks to forge better social outcomes for people without a home, while supporting a strong and sustainable homelessness service sector in Victoria. Deborah speaks about the issue of youth homelessness in Victoria and the lack of updated policies to adddress it directly, as well as the landmark Victorian Youth Homelessness Assembly happening this week. To find out more about the work they do, visit chp.org.au SongsHere We Stand - Climate Choir MelbourneAlethea - Colony is a DragRokiah Wanda - Bulan Ditutup Awan

Refugees and supporters rally for justic.First up on this week's Doin Time is an interview with  Associate Professor Dr Hannah McGlade of Curtin University, expert member of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues and complaint author. We speak to her about a complaint which has been submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, with the support of the Human Rights Law Centre.Joining us after that we have David Glanz from the Refugee Action Collective, who will update us about a rally on Saturday in Brunswick to demand that Labor's deportation laws are scrapped and refugees in limbo are given permanent visas.

On this week's episode, we bring you speeches from the snap action for Poccum's Law - Bail Saves Lives that took place outside Parliament House in Narrm on Tuesday 18th March 2025. We hear from Nina, a member of Formerly Incarcerated Girls Justice Advocates Melbourne (FIGJAM) and then from Sarah Schwartz, Legal Director of the Democratic Freedoms team at the Human Rights Law Centre. Later in the episode, we hear from Sophie Ellis, Senior Lawyer at Youthlaw and finally, Aunty Marjorie Thorpe, Gunnaikurnai Elder.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, please be advised that this program includes references to Indigenous people who have passed away. There are also references to state violence and deaths in custody.  If you need to talk to someone about the issues covered in the program you can contact:Lifeline on 13 11 1413 YARN on 13 92 76 - a dedicated 24/7 national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesYarning Safe'n'Strong on 1800 959 563 - a free and confidential 24-hour counselling service for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

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.//

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody.This week's Doin Time features an extended interview with Josephine Langbien, Associate Legal Director from the Human rights Law Centre, regarding brutal new anti-migrant laws rushed through Parliament last year.   Next is an extended interview with Sohini Mehta, Senior Lawyer from the Human Rights Law Centre. She works on First Nations Justice, and we hear from her about The Allan Government's  proposal  to revivive the worst of dangerous and discriminatory bail laws which will harm Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and generations of Victorian children by keeping people needlessly locked away in pre-trial detention.

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 17th of March 2025. On today's show: - Last Tuesday the Allan Government announced that the public housing tower in Flemington, whose residents are currently part of an ongoing class action lawsuit, will be demolished and redeveloped without any new public housing. The decision involves what the Victorian government calls the 'Ground Lease Model' whereby the land is leased to a private company who will design, build, manage and maintain the sites for forty years. Rob spoke with Flora from the Renters and Housing Union to tell us more about this shameful move from the Allan government. The interview mentions this RAHU Fundraiser for the Union's eviction fund, taking place this Saturday at Mamma Chen's from 7pm. It also mentions a Noongar-led campaign to have Sister Kate's land returned to Noongar people. You can read more about the campaign here. - We hear an excerpt of Rob's conversation with Buzz from the Covid Naarm bloc, who work to supply COVID PPE via mutual aid and community support. This interview is particularly timely considering Long Covid Awareness Day was on March 15th. Read about Long Covid here, and follow the Covid Naarm bloc here.- Hannah spoke with Amelia Dunn and Tuia Suter about their show Lost Property, to support their show go to artists.australianculturalfund.org.au and search lost property a one-woman show, or go to their instagrams @ameliardunn @tuiasuter - more upcoming shows will be coming to naarm later in the year, keep your eye out!- CW: This segment features discussion of Indigenous peoples' deaths in custody as well as naming Indigenous people who have died in custody. On Wednesday last week the Victorian Government announced it would toughen bail laws to make them the toughest in so-called Australia. Within these laws, the Allan government plans to reintroduce the offence of committing an indictable crime while on bail -- which was scrapped in 2023 following the coronial inquest into the death of Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung and Wiradjuri woman Veronica Nelson in custody. The coronial inquest found that Victoria's bail laws were a 'complete and unmitigated disaster' that disproportionately impacted First Nations people, women and children. Maggie Munn, First Nations Justice Director at the Human Rights Law Centre and proud Gunggari advocate from south-west Queensland joined us on the show to speak about these harmful bail laws. Maggie is deeply committed to ending the mass incarceration of their people, and has spent many years as an advocate and campaigning on First Nations children, raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility, and youth justice.Tomorrow at 4:30pm there will be a snap action for Poccum's Law outside Parliament Steps, organised by Flat Out.- The show ends with a conversation with Jay Coonan, spokesperson for the Antipoverty Centre and a jobseeker recipient. Rob spoke with them about the latest report released by the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee. The organisation is involved in this educational event providing tips on how to speak about poverty in the media ahead of the budget and the next Federal election. Read more about the event here. Songs played:- A Dream With A Baseball Player - Faye Webster- Nothing Ever Changes - Backhand [https://backhandshc.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-ever-changes]  

News headlines // 7:15AM // Laura Sykes is a community organiser with Lock the Gate Alliance and part of the Beyond Gas Network. She has been involved with grassroots climate justice and youth organising for over a decade, and is passionate about building community led campaigns to fight for systemic change. Laura is on the show today to talk about some of the current campaigns and organising, including the demand for Labor MPs to apply the water trigger to Beetaloo fracking. Head to www.lockthegate.org.au for information on how you can join the fight to stop coal and gas.  7:30AM // Sarah and Emma from Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm Collective: Sarah is a white settler from France living on Wurundjeri Country, and Emma is a white settler and unionist also living on Wurundjeri Country. They join us on the show to update us on the current situation in Kanaky; the new pro-France New Caledonian government, the implications for the people and struggle for independence, as well as Radio RATA. You can find current updates and ways to support by going to @freekanakysolidarity.naarm and @radio__rata on Instagram. 7:45AM // Jordy Silverstein is a Jewish social and cultural historian and senior research fellow at Melbourne Law School. She was one of the panelists at the inaugural symposium unifying antiracist research and action organised by the Indigenous-led Carumba Institute last month, which has since faced backlash in mainstream media. This culminated in a parliamentary inquiry into the event last Wednesday, raising serious concerns over political suppression and academic freedom. Jordy discusses the symposium itself, how and why it's been misrepresented, as well as potential weaponisation of the IHRA definition against university staff and students. 8:00AM // Emma Darragh is a writer, editor and academic, who grew up in Wollongong on Dharawal Country where she completed her PhD in creative writing in 2022. She joined us to speak about her debut novel, Thanks For Having Me, which was the winner of The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 2024, and writing taboos about motherhood. You can follow Emma on Instagram @emmaldarragh or check out her website at emmadarragh.com 8:15AM // Sarah Schwartz is a Legal Director in the Human Rights Law Centre's Democratic Freedoms team, which defends democratic rights and freedoms such as the right to protest, the rights of whistleblowers, and rights to participate in public affairs. Sarah discusses the Hate Crimes bill which has recently passed through Parliament and the implications of mandatory minimum sentencing.  Songs:Summoning - Lisa Mitchell and Jess Hitchcock

Blowing the whistle on corruption, wrongdoing and unethical behaviour can come at a huge personal cost to those who choose to speak out. Kieran Pender, associate legal director at the Human Rights Law Centre, tells Nour Haydar why more needs to be done to ensure workers who speak up about wrongdoing are protected

Human Rights Watch publicó su informe anual sobre derechos humanos 2024, subrayando las prácticas de las autoridades australianas que afectan negativamente el historial del país en esta materia. Entre las principales preocupaciones se encuentran el tratamiento de niños en el sistema de justicia juvenil, la reducción de la edad de responsabilidad penal, y el uso de centros de detención en el extranjero para migrantes. David Mejia Canales, abogado en Human Rights Law Centre, resalta además el hecho de que Australia no tiene una ley que garantice los derechos humanos.

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

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

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody.First up in this week's episode of Doin Time, Marisa speaks to Maggie Munn of the Human Rights Law Centre about the new laws in Queensland that will allow children to be given adult sentences, and how they will disproportionately affect Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander children. Next, she speaks to Trinity Ford, interim president of People With Disability Australia. Trinity gives us a summary of the year in disability rights across Australia. Lastly, we hear from Meena Singh, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People in Victoria, about Victoria's Youth Justice bill and the factors affecting human rights of young people in Victoria.  

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

News and labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.We play an interview first broadcast on Thursday breakfast where 3CR's Priya Kunjan interviews Sanmati Verma, Legal Director at Human Rights Law Centre, about some recent updates in the legal landscape governing Australia's border regime, including in relation to the imposition of punitive visa conditions onto asylum seekers released from detention centres into the community.Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

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

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

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody.In this episode of Doin Time, Marisa brings us updates from the Melbourne asylum-seeker encampment regarding their battle with the fast-track visa system. After, she speaks to Laura John from the Human Rights Law Centre about the High Court's ruling on ankle bracelets and curfews. 

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

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

Send me a messageRegina Featherstone is a Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Legal Centre and  co-authored their recent publication Climate and Environmental Whistleblowing: Information Guide. On Regina, well you know when you meet someone who is clearly a star rising - articulate, steady, eager and virtuous - that is Regina. We didn't have the time today to get into more than just this guide but her background is immensely impressive.Regina has worked in top corporate law firms but also in community legal centres where she has focussed on migrant worker exploitation and workplace sexual harassment, and for several years worked as a solicitor on Nauru assisting asylum seekers to secure refugee status. To do that work and what she has worked on since, speaks of an incredible moral fibre and a courage that is not conditional - something we talk about in this episode.And this episode - you'll hear it in the opening, but I was nervous speaking about this topic. Whistleblowing is a contested topic - the actions of the dobber, the mole, the nark, the rat. Personally I don't really get it - I don't see why anyone would go to such an extent to create such danger to themselves if there weren't serious and credible evidence of wrongdoing. But it's often how whistleblowers are perceived that prevents wrongdoings from coming to light.The Whistleblower Project set up by the Human Rights Law Centre just over a year ago is a remarkable effort to educate, empower and shift how whistleblowers are perceived and dealt with in Australia. It is essential work, which is something Regina shares about, while the specific need for guidance on matters relating to climate and environmental wrongdoings is also fascinating and has the potential to re-shape how the many and lofty future state dreams and fantasies of many organisation's climate and environmental pledges are both made and acted upon. It feels like there is a double sided sword to this, but to really avert the worst outcomes of the already here climate and biodiversity crises, we need truth, no matter it's palatability or the discomfort it causes. These crises are real and based on chemistry, physics and biology - so should the disclosures and actions in response. Without that, we are only further endangering ourselves and the lives of beings to come.The work of Regina on this guide is not one you'll want summarised though, and I hope this conversation is the beginning for you in becoming curious about going and checking it out, plus the whistleblower project's work more broadly. I can barely think of a more important part of the climate action system at the moment than this - a legitimate channel by which to raise legitimate wrongdoings that harm the future of our ecosystems, our atmosphere and ultimately all of us from now onwards.The next newsletter comes out next Saturday morning, September 28 - a nod to the good old days of Saturday mornings with coffee and a newspaper and not six jillion content sources to be inundated by. These are longer form reads that are about timeless offerings from people in the finding nature community, and the next edition is on the concept and principle of time.Regina's work and that of her colleagues is captured by this great line from Pierre Corneille - a 17th-century French dramatist. “Patience and time conquer all things.”Until next time, thanks for listening.Today's show is delivered with Altiorem. Use the code FindingNature10 to get your first month free on their gold and platinum plans. Today's show is delivered with Gilay Estate. Add Finding Nature to your booking reservation for Thanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram

Welcome to another iteration of the Monday Breakfast show, broadcasted live from 3CR Community Radio in Naarm./Melbourne.  Last week the Victorian Government under Jacinta Allan backflipped on its promise to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 in so-called Victoria as part of its Youth Justice legislation passed this week. It is worth mentioning that the move coincides with the Country Liberal Party in 'Northern Territory' pledging to reinstate spit hoods and lower its own age of criminal responsibility to 10; in 'Western Australia' a seventeen-year-old Indigenous teenager died in Banksia Hill Detention Centre, marking the second death of a child in custody in the state in less than a year. To help us unpack the legislation introduced here in Victoria, Rob spoke with Monique Hurley, Associate Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre. Speeches from the Sunday Free Palestine Rally on the 25th of August:Legendary Aboriginal activist Uncle Robbie Thorpe gave a passionate speech about colonialism, racism and the parallels between Australia and Palestine. Audio captured by Tom McLaren. City of Melbourne Councillor Jamal Hakim spoke on his campaign for Lord Mayor, committing to disclosing all campaign donations in real time.We then hear Christy Cain speaking at the CFMEU mobilisation against "independent" government administration on Tuesday 27th August, outside Fair Work Commission offices in Exhibition St. The crowd stretched from the corner of Flinders and Exhibition down to Trades Hall.  On Tuesday last week supermarket giant Coles announced its annual financial results, reporting a post-tax profit of $1.1billion, an increase of 2.1 percent from the year before. Despite this, Coles Group's Chief Executive Leah Weckert continues to insist that household financial pressure is 'front of mind' and defends the company's profit margins. To help us understand more about the conditions in which a supermarket makes so much money, Rob spoke with the Secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, Josh Cullinan.Songs played: Radical Seed - Catherine SatourTook the Children Away - Archie RoachWhite Tears (Land Back) - Eden Fine DayAnother War (Feat. Ten Spencer & Ashlin Parker) - Cyrille Aim​é​e & Handmade MomentsA New England - Billy Bragg

Exploitation of Visa holders is notorious within the Australian system. We hear Samati Verma from the Human Rights Law Centre , at the Migrant Workers Centre Conference, covering new laws directed at making employer actions to coerce non citizen workers to do actions against their visas as illegal, she outlines a new visa category called the Justice Visa which is an extremely important development in protecting workers on insecure visas.

Headlines// 7.15: Nina from Flat Out and FIGJAM (Formerly Incarcerated Justice Advocates) Collective and Monique Hurley from the Human Rights Law Centre about their submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission's Justice Responses to Sexual Violence Issues Paper and efforts to  end strip searching in prisons. To read the report, head to www.flatout.org.au/submissions.Initially aired on Women on the Line. 7.30: Kaushi,  feminist and activist based in Thailand, who started her career in sexual and reproductive health and rights, is a co-founder of Chiang Mai for Palestine. She speaks with Kannagi about activism in this space and the impact the group is hoping to have. 8.00: Spokesperson for Palestine Library Action Network Naarm (PLANN) on censorship and discrimination at the State Library of Victoria, the silencing of pro-Palestine voices and the importance of public libraries.  8:15: Ajsela Siskovic, Executive Manager of Legal Services and Principal Lawyer at inTouch Women's Legal Centre, on the new resources released by inTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence to address coercive control within migrant and refugee communities. You can find these at https://intouch.org.au/legal-centre-resources/  SongsCould've Been U (Remix) - pastels feat. Jessica Domingo & RelyaeNobody's Baby - Thelma PlumSelfish Soul - Sudan Archives

On this week's episode, we speak to Nina from Flat Out and the Formerly Incarcerated Justice Advocates (FIGJAM) Collective as well as Monique Hurley from the Human Rights Law Centre. We speak about their report, Ending state-perpetrated sexual violence in prisons, a Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission's Justice Responses to Sexual Violence: Issues Paper published in May 2024. More specifically, Nina and Monique discuss the dehumanising, traumatising and humiliating practice of strip searching in prison and how it is being weaponized against women as a tool of coercive control.Listeners are advised that this conversation covers topics such as state violence and sexual violence so please take care when listening. If these subjects bring up anything difficult, listeners can contact 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or Lifeline on 13 11 14. Additionally, you can reach out to your community and networks for support and care.

David Mejia-Canales from the Human Rights Law Centre discusses the new report “Protest in Peril” on the latest episode of the Green Left Show. This episode of the Green Left Show: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/green-left-show-39-how-protest-rights-are-under-threat-australia The interview included discussion about: 2:21 the Protest in Peril report; 4:03 threats to protest rights; 6:41 draconian policing; 9:26 protecting protest rights; 11:06 responding to critics; 12:25 protest as a “gateway human right”; 14:48 broader attacks on democratic rights; and 16:54 disruptive protests. The report can be found here. We acknowledge that this was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleftonline TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenleftonline Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenleftonline/ Podbean: https://greenleftonline.podbean.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/greenleftonline Podcast also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Antennapod, Itunes and PodcastAddict.

Going for a run at 3:46am in the morning like a normal human man. Emerald and Tom are here for Budget Losers 2024! (8:31) What is their take on Jim Chalmer's third budget? What weird things have ABC winners & losers chosen this year? Why doesn't Tom know what a fit check is? Then a call to action (59:03), and finally, an extended extract from our recent live show with councillor Trina Massey, breaking down the recent Brisbane council election (1:02:47). The full show is live now on our Patreon. ---------------------------------------- Full video version of this episode at https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out over 30 full-length fortnightly bonus episodes, with guests like Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Lee Rhiannon, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Gabbi Bolt, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like boomers v gen Z, the history of the party, co-operatives, Taylor Swift, when Friendlyjordies owned us, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Links - Donate to the Human Rights Law Centre to support their Whistleblower Project which provides free legal advice and representation to whistleblowers: https://support.hrlc.org.au/donate  Read more about The Whistleblower Project: https://www.hrlc.org.au/whistleblower-project  Get tickets for Comedy in the West 2024 Victorian local election fundraiser on Sat May 25th: https://contact-vic.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=15677  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom's new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID Produced by Michael Griffin https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz/  Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau  https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Headlines// 7.15: Activist Nat Farah speaking at the A15 rally on 15 April for the A15 Global Action aimed at disrupting economic systems in solidarity with Palestine. Follow A15 on Instagram: @a15actions//7.30: Laura John, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, on the Senate Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024. The inquiry will report with its findings and recommendations on 7th May 2024. Follow the Human Rights Law Centre on Instagram @humanrightslawcentre//7.45: UNSW Professor Heidi Norman, researcher in Aboriginal political history, on the report Coming to terms with the past? Identifying barriers and enablers to truth-telling in so-called Australia//8.00: Professor Sandy O'Sullivan, Wiradjuri transgender/non-binary person and professor in the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University, on the issues and new Our Watch guidelines around reporting on violence against transgender and gender diverse communities//8.15: Gem Walsh, Jewish community leader and organiser from the Loud Jew Collective, on the Protest Seder that was held outside Josh Burns' office to mark the beginning of Pesach and call for a Free Palestine. Follow the collective on Instagram at @loudjewcollective// SongsBackground - WafiaUnwritten - Natasha BedingfieldEulogy - Ayesha Madon

NZYQ v Minister for Immigration (NZYQ) changed the landscape for immigration detainees in Australia. It led to the release of at least 149 people from indefinite immigration detention where there was no real prospect of removing them from Australia in the 'reasonably foreseeable future'. It also led to the rapid passage of new legislative provisions that could be used to restrict the freedom of those released. Under this legislation, the Commonwealth can seek Community Safety Orders if those released are considered to pose an ‘unacceptable risk of seriously harming the community by committing a serious violent or sexual offence', allowing re-detention or the imposition of other restrictive conditions. Continuing detention orders have been accepted by the High Court of Australia as valid for people convicted of serious violent, sex or terrorism crimes in Australia. Community Safety Orders, however, differ from continuing detention orders in important ways, and they have not yet been tested in Australian courts. This fully subscribed event was held on 3 April 2024, and sought to examine Community Safety Orders in detail, explaining what they are and what you should do if the Commonwealth seeks to issue one to your client. It also sought to examine the broader ramifications of NZYQ, including the conditions that people are being released under. Speakers included: Scientia Professor George Williams, UNSW Law, leading Australian constitutional scholar, who can advise on the possible constitutional ramifications of NZYQ and follow up cases. Paul Coady, NSW Public Defender, who has ample experience responding to continuing detention orders under state and territory legislation and can provide insight into how the existing system operates. Sanmati Verma, Acting Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre, who represents a number of clients in immigration detention and, along with the Kaldor Centre, intervened as amicus curiae in NZYQ v the Minister for Immigration. Sanmati will explain how NZYQ has impacted on immigration detainees since it was determined and what the future might hold for them. Chair: Anna Talbot, Affiliate and Strategic Litigation Network Coordinator, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law

Welcome to another episode of the Monday Breakfast show, coming to you live from the studios of 3CR in so-called Fitzroy. Following the Federal Government's attempt to rush through the Migration Amendment Bill last week, Rob conducted two interviews to understand as much as possible about what it means for refugees across so-called Australia. Among other things, the bill would give a minister ‘God-like' powers to force people to comply with their deportation orders or face a minimum of 12 months in jail. The first interview is with Dr Graham Thom, Refugee Advisor for Amnesty International. We spoke about the bill's timing, and what it means for Australia's already-tarnished international reputation surrounding refugee rights. We then hear Rob's conversation with Laura John, Senior Lawyer for the Human Rights Law Centre in which the pair discussed the spate of news surrounding refugee rights in so-called Australia in recent months and how the Labor Party's position on refugees has changed since it came to power.After that we hear James McKenzie of In Ya Face speak with Queer policy expert Alastair Lawrie about the conversion practices' bill introduced in Parliament by the NSW Government in mid-March. The segment aired is an excerpt of a longer conversation, which you can listen to here. You can catch In Ya Face live from 4 till 5pm on Friday nights or listen to it anytime on the 3CR website. Following that interview Rob briefly speaks about their reflections and thoughts on Trans Day of Visibility as a proud Non-binary person.  Finally, we hear a segment from the Yeah Nah Pasaran show in which Andy and Cam speak with Dr Claudia Leeb about their book Contesting The Far-Right: A Psychoanalytic & Feminist Critical Theory Approach. This segment is also an excerpt of a longer conversation, you can listen to the full interview here. Yeah Nah Pasaran airs on Thursdays from 4:30 to 5pm. Community Announcements: Today at 6:30PM Melbourne For Palestine will be hosting an Iftar at the North Melbourne MosqueAt 6:45 The Sit Intifada will also be hosting an iftar at Parliament Gardens for those who participate in Ramadan. On Tuesday the 2nd of April there will be a community protest to shut down AW Bell, a weapons manufacturer complicit in the genocide of Palestinians. The protest will be held at 145 Abbotts Rd, Dandenong South from 9:30AM. On Thursday there will be a snap vigil for Palestinian Children in Hobsons Bay from 6:30PM at 15 Civic Parade in Altona. Friday will see a snap rally for no deportations from 5pm on the steps of Flinders Street Station. Of course Camp Sovereignty is ongoing and people are encouraged to attend to show support. Events will be held throughout the week, the info for which can be found on the Old Country Calling Instagram account (@Old.Country.Calling). Alongside that the weekly protest for a Free Palestine will resume once again this Sunday at 12pm at the State Library. Songs played:Notion - Tash Sultana Babylon - David Gray Wishful Thinking - GrentperezThe Only Version of You - Alice Skye 

On this week's episode we look into the prison industrial complex in so-called Australia and how private companies profit from the prison system. In particular, we focus on the high cost of phone calls and how this is impacting families and communities. Across the country, calls are free via payphones but in Victoria's prisons they cost $7 and are limited to 12 minutes.We speak to Sarah Schwartz, Principal Managing Lawyer of the Wirraway Practice at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, and Monique Hurley, Managing Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, about the layers of privatisation and profit in the prison system, the exploitation of incarcerated people, and the importance of investing in the community.

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody.First on the show is Arif Hussein, Senior Lawyer at The Human Rights Law Centre. In the context of the submission to the Covid-19 Pandemic Response Inquiry, Arif discusses Australia's failures to consider human rights in law and policy-making, and provides an update on the campaign for an Australian Charter of Human Rights to challenge injustice and prevent human rights violations. Secondly, a proud Wani-Wandian man and member of the The Black People's Union, Keiran Stewart-Assheton, joins Marisa to talk about Invasion Day, the Block The Dock Naarm movement and standing in solidarity with the Palestinian People.    

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody.First on the show we hear from Sue-Anne Hunter. Sue-Ann is a proud Wurundjeri and Ngurai illum Wurrung woman, and the Deputy Chair and Commissioner of the Yoorook Justice Commission, as well as a professor of Global and Engagement at Federation University. She discusses the organisations work in addressing the historical and ongoing injustices experienced by First Nation's people in all areas of life since colonisation. Second on the show is David Mejia-Canales, a Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, joins Marisa to discuss South Australia's anti-protest laws and the erosion of our civil liberties. The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for governments across Australia to better protect protest rights, by releasing the “Declaration of Our Right to Protest”. The Declaration is grounded in human rights law, asserts the fundamental right to protest and offers ten practical steps to safeguard the right from further erosion.Last on the show, David Glanz of the Refugee Action Collective, brings us the latest news about refugees and asylum seekers.  

How can whistle-blowers contribute to Australia's national security? What roles do parliamentary committees and the courts play in national security oversight? And how should national security and secrecy be balanced with human rights and transparency?    In this episode, Kieran Pender and Dominique Dalla-Pozza join Danielle Ireland-Piper to talk about the importance of accountability, and mechanisms of oversight, in Australia's national security ecosystem.  Dr Danielle Ireland-Piper is an Associate Professor and Academic Director at the ANU National Security College. Kieran Pender is a senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre. He is also an honorary lecturer at the ANU College of Law. Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza is a Senior Lecturer at the ANU College of Law and has also recently joined the ANU National Security College.  Show notes:    ANU National Security College academic programs: find out more   The National Anti-Corruption Commission: find out more  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor report: find out more  We'd love to hear from you! Send in your questions, comments, and suggestions to NatSecPod@anu.edu.au. You can tweet us @NSC_ANU and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes. The National Security Podcast is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody.Retired lawyer and Refugee Action Collective activist Max Costello, is back in the studio following his appearance last week to continue the discussion about the High Court's ruling that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful. Josephine Langbien, a senior lawyer who is working to defend the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum at the Human Rights Law Centre also comes on the show to discuss the High Court ruling. 

This week, David McBride, a man who spoke out about alleged war crimes committed by Australian soldiers, is facing trial. He is accused of unlawfully disclosing sensitive information. There are laws in Australia to protect whistleblowers, so why is McBride facing life in prison? In this episode we speak to Kieran Pender, a senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre about what's likely to happen in this case, and what it means about the future of whistleblowing in Australia. CreditsGuest: Kieran Pender, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law CentreHosts: Ninah Kopel and Emma GillespieJournalist: Tom CrowleyProducer: Ninah Kopel Subscribe to The Daily Aus newsletterBuy our new book No Silly QuestionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Speaking up when you see something wrong is too hard in Australia. People who've spoken up about corporate fraud and dodgy government deals, and even those who've exposed war crimes, have faced life-altering consequences. Now, for the first time, there's a service dedicated to whistleblowers, to offer them support as they bring the truth to light for the rest of us. Today, senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre of Australia and contributor to The Saturday Paper Kieran Pender on how we can help the people who expose wrongdoing. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, Kieran Pender.

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody. First up on today's show, Marisa speaks with Nicole Lee (President of People with Disability Australia) about the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with Disability, and in particular about a recent research report on eliminating restrictive practises experienced by people with disability, "such as seclusion and restraint that is not only a traumatic violation of our human rights, but is also state-sanctioned within current state and territory laws". PWDA urges the Disability Royal Commission to make this recommendation in their final report. Next, Marisa speaks with Ian Rintoul from the Refugee Action Coalition, who gives listeners a run-down on the 10 Years: Too (Bloody) Long, demonstrations that were held in 28 cities across Australia from 19th-23rd July, marking 10 years since Rudd introduced the PNG deal, detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru, to the 'Pacific Solution' of mandatory offshore detention for refugees and asylum seekers. He gives a background of the situation, calls for the immediate cessation of offshore detention, and why we need to act quickly to bring the 75 individuals that remain in Papua New Guinea to Australia. Last up, Marisa reads a media release from the Human Rights Law Centre about systemic aged pension inequality, and the Federal Government's failure to close the gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people.  Head to www.3cr.org.au/dointime for full access to links and previous podcasts.   

It's the dawn of a new era in federal politics, with a brand new anti-corruption watchdog now operating and promising to help combat corruption in Canberra. In its first 48 hours since opening on Saturday, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) had already received 44 referrals for investigation. But there are concerns the way the NACC has been designed could mean it will struggle to meet the public's expectations for exposing corruption. Today, senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre and contributor to The Saturday Paper, Kieran Pender on why the NACC isn't designed to protect whistleblowers. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, Kieran Pender

 First up on the Doin' Time show this week, Marisa speaks with Brett Collins from Justice Action about his ongoing work in prisoner justice, specifically the Computers in Cells project, which by the end of the week will provide all prisoners in NSW with either a computer, tablet, or laptop in their cells. He talks about recent successes in international conferences in both Adelaide and Nairobi, and the specifics of telecommunications as a basic human right, allowing imprisoned people vital connections with family, education and legal services, telehealth and counseling providers, to name a few.  Next, Marisa speaks with Scott Cosgriff, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, who welcomes the news of the forthcoming evacuation of detainees in Nauru.  Unfortunately, however, the Albanese Government is failing to take responsibility for those >80 men who have been resettled from Manus Island to Port Moresby, and living in poor conditions in Papua New Guinea since 2013 as a direct result of punitive and arbitrary Australian Government policy. He talks about the predictable and horrific health deterioration and "untold suffering" these individuals have been subjected to, and how it directly impacts their third-country resettlement options. Scott also highlights ongoing issues of transparency, how visa status is used to punish and deter people (including Australian-born children of refugees and their families), and why the Australian government should end this policy now to provide people a chance at livelihood and dignity.   Later on the program, Marisa thanks all who donated to Doin' Time for Radiothon 2023, reads a media release from the Human Rights Law Centre entitled Independent review recommends overhaul of Australia's modern slavery laws, about the persistence of modern slavery for Australian businesses, governments and consumers, and gives a run-down of some of the topics Doin' Time has highlighted throughout the past year. You can still donate to help Doin' Time reach our Radiothon target:  make a tax-deductible donation online here, or give 3CR a call on (03) 9419 8377 during business hours.  Head to www.3cr.org.au/dointime for full access to links and previous podcasts.

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and of deaths in custody. First up on today's show, Marisa speaks with Sue-Anne Hunter who is a proud Wurundjeri and Ngurai (Nu-Ray) Illum Wurrung woman and Deputy Chair and Commissioner with the Yoorrook Justice Commission. She informs listeners on Yoorrook's work toward Treaty in Victoria through redress and address of the historical and contemporary systemic injustices against First Nations people. With in-depth discussion of the public hearings they have been running since her last Doin' Time interview in February, she highlights the importance of making public record of the true history in this state.  Next, Marisa speaks with David Mejia-Canales (Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre) about HRLC's call for the South Australian legislative council to block the proposed anti-protest laws that were recently rushed through the SA House of Assembly, discussing the potentially disastrous consequences of eroding civil liberties such as peaceful protest in this country.  Last up on the program, David Glanz from Refugee Action Collective (Vic) joins the program to discuss updates and news about refugees and asylum seekers, in particular about a forum being held on 29th May on the problem of children in detention and also of those who may live in the community, but in the precarious situation where lack of permanency denies them a future. Listeners are encouraged to get involved with regular events held by RAC Vic - check out their Facebook page here. Head to www.3cr.org.au/dointime for full access to links and previous podcasts.

This week, we speak with Sanmati Verma, a Managing Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre and a Law Institute of Victoria accredited specialist in immigration law. Sanmati is also currently an advisor to the United Workers Union, a board member of the Migrant Worker Centre and Deputy Chair of the national Visa Cancellation Working Group.  In this episode, Sanmati talks to us about the exploitation of migrant workers and the lack of protection currently offered to visa holders and undocumented workers, especially when trying to take action against wage theft or unfair treatment. We also discuss the report, 'Breaking the silence: A proposal for whistleblower protections to enable migrant workers to address exploitation', put together by the Migrant Justice Institute in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Centre.

 *Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains graphic audio images and descriptions of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died, and of deaths in custody. This episode of Doin' Time is dedicated to TJ Hickey, who died in custody on 14 February 2004 as a direct result of the actions of the Redfern Police. First up on the program, Marisa speaks with Tuffy Morwitzer, campaigner with Goongerah Environment Centre GECO, about campaigning to protect native forests and wildlife from logging on Gunnai, Monero & Bidelwel Country in so-called East Gippsland. They also speak about the mass meeting GECO is organising in regards to erosion of human rights with Victorian anti-protest laws. You can attend GECO's mass meeting on the right to organise at 6.30pm on Tuesday March 7 at 535 Elizabeth St, central Melbourne, to discuss and then vote on practical ways to support climate action and the environment, and to defend the right to protest - go to geco.org.au/calendar to book your ticket. Next up on the show, Marisa is joined by Cheryl Kaulfuss from the Indigenous Social Justice Association (ISJA) Melbourne, about First Nations teenager TJ Hickey who died during a police pursuit in 2004. Cheryl gave a solidarity support message in the leadup to a rally happening on 14 February on the anniversary of his death. Finally, Marisa interviews Scott Cosgriff, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, about the plight of asylum seekers and refugees, despite there being good news about visas. 

Marissa speaks with disability advocate, Samantha Connor, Vice President with People With Disability Australia, about the Disability Royal Commission and guardianship orders. They discuss the importance of rights over decisions, and the "dignity of risk", which is the right to make the mistakes we all make.The Disability Royal Commission held a public hearing about experiences of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) backgrounds with disability.  Lived experience witnesses told the Royal Commission about their experience of intersectional discrimination as people with disability who are also members of another minority groupMarissa also speaks with lawyer, Nerita Waight, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service about the harm caused by "tough on crime" politics, and the alertnative plan for Aboriginal justice in Victoria. They discuss how the government is dragging its feet on prison reform and they discuss what prison abolition would look like.Marrisa and managing lawyer, Monique Hurley, with the Human Rights Law Centre talk about how Australia is under scrutiny by the United Nations anti-torture watch-dog. Australia is a signatory to the Convention Against Torture, and yet youth in detention are suffering abuse. They discuss the horrors revealed in ABC's Four Corners episode, Locking Up Kids.

Marisa speaks with prisoners' rights activist Brett Collins from human rights group Justice Action, about their meeting with the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT). On the meeting agenda were issues such as forced medication and strip searching.Following this interview, the SPT were in the news when NSW refused to allow the United Nations torture investigators entry into a state detention centre. The UN officials visit was part of an investigation by the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT). NSW has so far been the only state in Australia to refuse to co-operate with the SPT, with NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet backing the decision, despite Australia ratifying the UN protocol in 2017. Marisa also speaks with Monique Hurley, a lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre, who are calling for the end of torture and human rights abuses in Australian prisons and police cells. Monique describes how the U.N. is shining a light on Australia with regard to mistreatment of prisoners.

There are growing calls for governments across the country to improve Australians access to health care through a charter of rights. It's hoped that this could help some Australians who don't currently receive the services they need. - தேவைப்படும் போது தேவையான மருத்துவ சேவைகளை சிலர் பெற்றுக்கொள்ள முடியாத சமத்துவமின்மை நாட்டில் உள்ளது என்றும் சுகாதார பாதுகாப்பை அணுகுவதற்கான உரிமையை நிலைநிறுத்த ஒரு சாசனம் வேண்டும் என வலியுறுத்தப்படுகிறது. இது குறித்து ஆங்கிலத்தில் Deborah Groarke எழுதிய விவரணத்தை தமிழில் தருகிறார் செல்வி.

There are growing calls for governments across the country to improve Australians access to health care through a charter of rights. It's hoped that this could help some Australians who don't currently receive the services they need.

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW - JULY 11TH 2022 D I S R U P T I O NBlockade Australia on the streets and in parliamentProduced by Vivien Langford Guests :Sue Higginson MLC -  Sue has been responsible for high profile environmental litigation in Australia. She has represented communities challenging mining giants, proponents of environmentally harmful development and holding Governments to account for the environment. She has delivered environmental legal services to rural, remote and regional communities and First Nations communities across NSW.You can find the footage and audio of Sue speaking in support of Abigail Boyd's disallowance motion in the NSW Parliament at this link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Aw3o0V1T5qG-D9kwjqqA__IVuwLPFAXE/view?usp=sharing Blockade Australia -  Members interviewed  in a safe location and also in their week of Non Violent Disruptive Climate Action in Sydney June 2022 Aunty Caroline Kirk - First Nations Ngemba Elder arrested at the B.A Camp Tom Hume  - Singing Petition for Dovetale:   https://dovetalemusic.bandcamp.com/releases As nurses and teachers were on strike outside, inside the NSW parliament they were consolidating the police state.Forty eminent and alarmed civil society groups  such as the Human Rights Law Centre, the MUA, Environmental Defenders Office and 350.ORG had petitioned the parliament in the accepted way. However, the government and opposition ignored their pleas and  voted against a disallowance motion to their harsh new anti protest laws.No wonder then  that non violent disruptive action seems to be the only way to stop our system fuelling more climate disruption. We interview some of the Blockade Australia people  who have come from all over the country to Sydney, where colonisation began and where the extractive and destructive system is most clearly seen.One person, whose own life has been disrupted by the Lismore floods, Mali,  said as a man swore and shouted at her, and she was locked into a car blocking a tunnel,  "To this man I would say I stand with you. It is for you, it is for your family that we do this. It's for everyone, people we love, that we take this stand. It is for all of us that we need our life support systems."Meanwhile climate events are disrupting the traffic, with flooded roads and landslides on rail tracks. What would it take for the parliament to send its hellicopters and dog squads to arrest the real climate criminals?To charge them with disrupting the traffic. To charge them with the massive costs they are inflicting on our homes and crops. To connect their profitable coal oil and gas export, their landclearing and  their global supply chains  with the over  heated  oceans turbo charging the flooding rains?Blockadia is making this thinkable, when will it be possible?https://theconversation.com/blockadia-helped-cancel-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-could-change-mainstream-environmentalism-155276We talk to the blockaders and to Sue Higginson lawyer and member of NSW Parliament.You can read Sue's  full speech in parliament (above) As there were so few MPs in the room and they can not have been moved by her words we are broadcasting it to a larger audience. Let us know what action you decide to take by leaving a messager at 3CR  03 94198377