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3CR 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.//News headlines//Tamala Shelton// Next up is a recording from a fundraiser held in December 2024 which was organised by the wonderful Ibi. The event raised money for Sisters Inside as well as mutual aid initiatives for people in Sudan and Palestine. In the following outtake you will hear the voice of proud Bundjalung and Lama-lama woman Tamala Shelton. Tamala is an actor, singer and author of the two spoken word pieces we are about to play. The first piece was written by Tamala to commemorate NAIDOC week last year, answering the call to keep the fire burning.The second piece is personal confrontation with the atrocities of genocide on social media as well as a call to action, in the name of justice for the Palestinian people. You can donate directly to Sisters Inside here, Bakri's (@bakri2) fundraiser for Sudan here, and Ibrahim's (@ibrahim_palestine20) fundraiser for Gaza here.//Yousef Alreemawi//Yousef Alreemawi is a musician, translator, educator and the founder of 3CRs much loved show ‘Palestine Remembered'. He is also the current director of Averroes Centre, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to promote knowledge about Arab culture in Australia. On Tuesday, Yousef joined me to talk about his exciting new project - a 12 week Arabic language course, hosted at Black Spark cultural centre. Instead of creating a standard course and then seeking out participants, Yousef will host a public gathering aimed at understanding the communities unique needs and interests for learning the Arabic language. You can register to attend the public meeting...which will be held at Black Spark on February 11th at 6pm...by emailing Yousef Alreemawi at “y.reemawi@gmail.com” to express your interest.//Sophie - Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS)// Joins us to unpack the service's Legal Observer Team Report on the policing of the Disrupt Land Forces protests, which was published on Monday this week. The report covers legal and human rights concerns about police conduct at and media reporting on protest actions undertaken to disrupt the Land Forces Exposition, so-called Australia's largest defence industry event, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 11-13 September 2024. You can read the full report here. If you are interested in participating in legal observer training or otherwise supporting MALS' vital work, you can visit their website here.//Invasion Day Rally Speeches// We'll listen back to speeches from Invasion Day rallies around the country, including by Guyala Bayles and Ruby Wharton in Magan-djin/brisbane, and Roxy Moore in Boorloo/perth. Roxy's speech focuses on the Land Back for Stolen Generations campaign being waged by Noongar women calling for the Uniting Church to hand back Whadjuk Noongar land that was stolen to establish Sister Kate's mission (support their campaign by signing the petition here). Our thanks to Anna Carlson at 4ZZZ for sharing the recordings of Guyala and Ruby's speeches, and to the Land Back for Stolen Generations crew for sharing Roxy's speech//.
Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We listened to part one of a talk given by Palestinian scholar and theorist Abdaljawad Omar during the early October 2024 teach-in 'The Left's Problem with Palestine', co-convened by CUNY for Palestine and Grad Center for Palestine. In this talk, held in the lead up to the first anniversary of the Al Aqsa Flood operation of October 7th 2023, Omar critically analyses the Western left's reflexive condemnation of Palestinian resistance both on that date and more broadly, and the implications of this hasty disavowal for a genuine engagement with anticolonial struggle. We'll play part two next week, but you can watch the full talk and subsequent extended discussion between Omar and Jodi Dean here.// Content warning: this conversation touches on themes of transphobia, sexual assault (r*pe), and suicide. If you require support, you can call QLife( (national) - 1800 184 527 (3PM - midnight), Rainbow Door(Victoria) - 1800 729 367 (10AM-5PM), Lifeline (national, 24/7) 13 11 14, and the Suicide Callback Service (national, 24/7) 1300 659 467. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can also call 13YARN on 13 92 76 or Yarning SafeNStrong on 1800 959 563. As part of our '16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence' we revisit a piece from 3CR's Trans Day of Audibility 2024 special programming, where Priya caught up with Katie and Stacey, two trans women with lived experience of incarceration in the Victorian Prison system. Katie and Stacey speak about their experiences of transphobic violence while being incarcerated in men's prisons, their fight to access gender-affirming care, self-advocacy, and how the state tries to quash rehabilitation and second chances in the community. Listen back to the full set of conversations for our Trans Day of Audibility 2024 broadcast here.// Antipoverty Centre spokesperson Kristin O'Connell joined us to talk about the catastrophic impacts of energy poverty on low-income folks in so-called Australia. On Monday this week, Antipoverty Centre, Parents for Climate and Sweltering Cities launched their Stop The Bill Shock Campaign by delivering a $173 million energy bill to Origin Energy headquarters, with the figure representing the estimated cost to the company to wipe the slate of energy debt owed by the 98,000 Origin customers currently on a hardship program. The campaign is demanding an end to price gouging by Australian energy retailers and immediate debt forgiveness for consumers experiencing financial hardship in the face of over a decade of increasing energy poverty in the country. As Kristin mentioned during our chat, Antipoverty Centre are encouraging people to share their stories about energy poverty and difficulties with energy retailers here.//Ibi spoke with us about a fundraiser event running this Friday the 6th of December at Catalyst Social Centre raising money for Sisters Inside and mutual aid initiatives for people in Sudan and Palestine. Head to Catalyst at 144/146 Sydney Road, Coburg, tomorrow from 6:30PM to enter an art raffle, enjoy food and drinks by We Eatin' Good, listen to music and poetry by incredible BIPOC artists, and grab some second-hand clothes for a good cause. Organisers are sharing updates on the fundraiser via Black Peoples Union's Instagram, and you can also donate directly to Sisters Inside here, Bakri's (@bakri2) fundraiser for Sudan here, and Ibrahim's (@ibrahim_palestine20) fundraiser for Gaza here.//
On this episode of Women on the Line we're looking at the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in prison as well as the current policies and systemic structures that focus on over-policing and criminalizing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and young girls. We first hear an excerpt from a press conference that followed the event ‘Truth Telling Yarns: Women in Prison that was held on the 26 June in Canberra. We hear speeches by Senator Lidia Thorpe and Debby Kilroy, the CEO of Sisters Inside. This excerpt was aired on 3CR's Tuesday Breakfast 9 July. Then, we hear from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women inside Dame Phyllis Frost Prison. 3CR Broadcaster Shiralee Hood hosted this conversation as part of the Beyond the Bars series during NAIDOC week in early July.
News headlines //7:15AM // (replay) There are 24-hour protests that are currently taking place outside the office of Clare O'Neil, the Minister for Home Affairs. These protests have been organised by Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality and they are demanding permanent visas for refugees currently on temporary visas. We revisited a conversation Kannagi had with Rati and Lavanya, two members of Refugee WAVE in September 2023, when they marched from Melbourne to Canberra to fight for visa equality and raise awareness about those who have been impacted by the Australian government's refusal to grant permanent protection visas. This interview originally aired on 26 September 2023.7:30AM // Last week, the Guardian Australia and SBS The Feed published a documentary showing harrowing footage of young people being locked up in isolation cells, in police watch houses. The documentary included shocking scenes of police officers brutally forcing children into cells and in the back of police wagons and using shackles to restrain their limbs. To speak about the horrors of this system and the ongoing violence perpetrated against children, we were joined by Debbie Kilroy, CEO of Sisters Inside and founder of The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls.7:45AM // Queen Victoria Women's Centre is opening its doors as part of Open House on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 of July with a program of free activities.The Feminist Historian in Residence Barbara Wheeler joins Tuesday Breakfast. Barbara's role is to revisit this history of the Queen Victoria Women's Centre from a feminist perspective, ensuring it is inclusive and accessible, generating new opportunities for the wider community to discover and access the QVWC. 8:00AM // Electromold Thomastown is the only currently known Chemical processing facility in Australia allowed to work with Lockheed Martin and Boeing in producing finished components for weaponry.Tomorrow, Wednesday 24th of July there will be a third open community picket at Electromold in Thomastown. As well as surface finishing parts for F35s, Electromold does surface finishing on Ferra's JDAM kits, allowing Ferra to produce domestically completed products for Boeing.Mercedes joins the show this morning – an organiser and researcher with Renegade Activists and part of the Renegade Solidarity Audio Force crew – as well as fellow 3CR producer and host of UPRISE Radio, on air Wednesdays at 530pm.8:15AM // (replay) An excerpt from the event, "BDS and Building Solidarity with Palestine" that took place on Wednesday 17th July and was organised by Demilitarise RMIT and Free Palestine Melbourne. Sara gives a history of the 2022 Sydney Festival over its acceptance of Israeli sponsorship which was supported by more than 100 artists and companies – the biggest BDS action in this country to date. Sara Saleh is a writer, human rights lawyer, organiser and the daughter of migrants from Palestine, Egypt and Lebanon, and took part in organising this collective artist boycott. Songs:Feminine Urge - The Last Dinner PartyPower - Jess B feat Sister Nancy & Sampa the GreatShinin' - Emma Volard
We play excerpts from the press conference that followed the event, Truth Telling Yarns: Women in Prison that took place on Wednesday 26 June. In this excerpt we'll hear from Senator Lidia Thorpe and Debbie Kilroy, CEO of Sisters Inside and founder of The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls. Senator Thorpe and Debbie speak about the importance of ending the criminalisation and over-policing of women and girls and especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as well as reimagining safe communities by ending all harms of violence. We play an excerpt from Monday's Beyond the Bars live broadcast from Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Deer Park. In this excerpt, we hear from Shiralee Hood, Noongar, Kurnai, Gunditjmara comedian, broadcaster and educator, who speaks to women in DPFC about NAIDOC week. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, please be advised that this excerpt includes references to Indigenous people who have passed away. If you need to talk to someone you can contact: Lifeline - 13 11 14 // 13 YARN - 13 92 76 // Yarning SafeNStrong - 1800 959 563 Lucy Honan is an AEU conference delegate, a high school teacher, and a member of the Organising Committee of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine. Lucy speaks about why Palestine is AEU Business and the forum event: Teachers and School Staff Won't Be Silent: Palestine is AEU Business The Victorian budget, released in May, maintained the funding provided to disability advocacy organisations in recent years. But advocacy services report they have run down their savings to emergency levels because demand, inflation and the cost of delivery have risen while funding has not. Nia Giddings from Brain Injury Matters speaks about the impacts this will have on this service. Songs:Blak Britney - Miss Kaninna [2:33] (Language warning)Blak Matriarchy - Barkaa [3:02] (Language warning)Blak Nation - Emma Donovan [3:11]Deam Baby Dream - Spinifex Gum [5.08]Ngarrikwujeyinama - Emily Wurramara [3:39]
RADIOTHON IS ALMOST HERE! Please consider donating to the Breakfast Teams' crowdraiser, where we're doing our bit to contribute towards the station's goal of $275,000 to stay on air for another year. Don't forget to nominate your favourite brekky crew, i.e. Thursday ;) when you donate. Want to make a donation another way? Head to 3cr.org.au/donate for more options. All donations over $2 are tax deductible. Sound on for solidarity with 3CR Breakfast, Monday to Saturday mornings on 855AM! Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines//On Monday, the Victorian Government announced proposed updates to the state's minimum rental standards to make homes healthier, more affordable and more energy efficient. While there are some promising changes such as mandatory cooling, weather seals and better insulation, there are also some major gaps. To help us better understand these amendments to rental standards, we were joined by Sophie Emder, Senior Community Campaigner with Sweltering Cities. Sweltering Cities is a health NGO that works directly with people in hot suburbs and homes to campaign for more liveable, equitable and sustainable cities. If you'd like to have your say on minimum rental standards in Victoria, add your voice to Sweltering Cities' submission here or write your own via the Engage Victoria portal.// Kate Fitz Gibbon is an international research leader in the area of domestic and family violence, femicide, responses to all forms of violence against women and children, perpetrator interventions, and the impacts of policy and practice reform in Australia and internationally. Today, Kate joined us to discuss new research examining the merits and limits of domestic violence disclosure schemes (DVDS) in so-called Australia and Aotearoa.// MJ, working at Sisters Inside and a member of the National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, spoke with us about unequal access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people in custody and on remand. While it can be extremely challenging for people who have not already been granted access to funding under the scheme to complete an application in custody, MJ explained the barriers that people inside face when it comes to accessing already approved NDIS-funded supports. MJ is a formerly incarcerated Aeta woman and is committed to ending the criminalisation of women and girls.// Māori and Irish political organiser Te Raukura O'Connell Rapira joined us on the show to break down the New Zealand government's attempt to erode Māori representation in local government via an attack on the Māori ward system. Te Raukura is a lead claimant in the urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into this significant legislative move by the NZ government to undermine Māori political voice.// Songs//Party Tricks - Alice Skye//
In Episode 1.6 Until All of Us are Free, None of Us are Free we focus on the fundamental connections between the struggle for an end to the genocide in Gaza and the liberation of Palestine and Palestinian people with oppressed peoples everywhere. In particular in this episode we recognise interconnections and entanglements across the movements for prison abolition, queer and trans liberation, and for disability justice.You'll hear recorded speeches from Turtle Island (US)-based Black lesbian abolitionist Prof Andrea Ritchie at last November's Sisters Inside conference, and from trans woman and abolition organiser Necho Brocchi at Magandjin's Trans Day of Resistance gathering that took place on November 25, 2023. Both of these speakers trace the importance of recognising the co-constitution of struggles for an end to incarceration and to oppression and violence against trans people with the struggles for Indigenous sovereignty and to end the genocidal settler-colonial occupation of Palestine.Also in this episode, you'll hear Han in deep discussions with queer Palestinian academic and community organiser Fahad Ali, and with Wiradjuri, Irish and Flemish disability justice organiser and writer Vanamali (Mali) Hermans. And we have extracts from an interview conducted by Anna in collaboration with Belle from 4ZZZ's Only Human with deaf Palestinian Mazen Al-Khaldi, who went viral for his video sharing how to sign “Free Free Palestine” in Auslan, the sign language of the majority of the australian deaf community.If you've just found your way to our podcast, our aim is to archive the ongoing movement for Palestinian liberation as it unfolds on the unceded lands of the Yuggera, Yugarapul, Jagera, Turrbal and Yugumbeh peoples, across so-called brisbane and the surrounding cities of south east queensland. You can start here with Episode 1.6, but you might want to scroll back a bit further to begin with Episode 1.1 Settler Colonialism and the Current Crisis.This podcast is produced and recorded on unceded Jagera & Turrbal country. Our deepest respects to the rightful owners of these lands, and to all First Nations peoples listening. Musicking on these episodes is by cyberBanshee (aka Han), and our series artwork is by Anna.If you're interested in accessing or supporting the audio archive from which this podcast draws, please get in touch with us via substack.For some additional reading and listening on this topic, check out:Why Palestinian Liberation is Disability Justice | Alice WongPalestine is Disabled | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-SamarasinhaDisability Justice Network of australia Palestine Solidarity Statement (this one is from 2021 – the disability community has long recognised israel's tactics of violently disabling Palestinians en masse)Stronger Than Words – Deaf in Gaza | Al Jazeera RemixStatements from Queers in PalestinePinkwashing | BDS MovementWhy Queer Solidarity With Palestine is Not "Chickens for KFC" | Saed AtshanBlack Queer & Trans Justice | Triple A Let's Talk Social Justice (Kevin Yow Yeh)The central purpose of this podcast is to honour the power of Palestinian resistance in this moment, and to learn from the struggle as it unfolds here in Magandjin. If you're listening in and you're not yet involved in the Justice for Palestine Magandjin movement, please consider signing up to our mailing list so that you can get up to date details about upcoming events, calls-to-action, and ways to support the movement for Palestine. You can also follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter to stay up to date. You can also follow the amazing work of Queensland Muslim Incorporated, and campaigns directly targeting the expansion of the weapons industry here in so-called queensland, including Shut Down Ferra and Wage Peace.If you're listening in from further afield, we suggest following the incredible work of the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) to keep up to date with organising happening in your area.We also encourage everyone who is getting involved in the struggle for justice for Palestine to also recognise the intimate connections between settler colonialism and racial violence in Palestine and the continuing violence of occupation on this continent. There is a rich and powerful tradition of Blackfulla Palestinian solidarity in this place, which you can trace here and here.We also encourage listeners to get involved with and support campaigns against settler colonial violence on this continent, including the work of the Black People's Union, Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance, Stop Blak Deaths in Custody, Treaty Before Voice, the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy, and independent Black media sites like Amy McQuire's incredible substack, Black Justice Journalism.Solidarity with all Indigenous peoples' globally struggling against injustice, extraction, occupation, and oppression.Yours in the strength of our combined resistance,Han for the Radio Reversal Collective This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit radioreversal.substack.com
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Melissa Lucashenko is a Goorie author of Bundjalung and European heritage. She writes about ordinary Australians and the extraordinary lives they lead, and her latest novel is Edenglassie. Her first novel was published in 1997 and since then her work has received acclaim in many literary awards. Killing Darcy won the Royal Blind Society Award and was shortlisted for an Aurealis award. Her sixth novel, Too Much Lip, won the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance. It was also shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction, the Stella Prize, two Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, two Queensland Literary Awards and two NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Melissa is a Walkley Award winner for her non-fiction, and a founding member of human rights organisation Sisters Inside. You can read the transcript for this interview here. About The Garret: Writers and the publishing industry Follow The Garret on Instagram, and perhaps follow our host Astrid Edwards there too.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Episode 2, Amber Bonney Bites Big with guest co-host Fatuma Ndenzako a new generation boss woman and co-founder of Melbourne-born brand Collective Closets, a slow fashion label that celebrates African/Australian heritage.Inspired by Amber's own Mantra, 'bite big and chew like hell', in this episode, Amber gets under the skin of Fatuma's personal mantra, 'Always be kind, life is too short to not be kind to others'. We look at how Fatuma's own mantra came to be through her family and community, how it has filtered through her life from when she was growing up, to how it has impacted her work decisions.We get under the hood and discuss the impact that previous generations can have on an individuals own outlook, and how Fatuma's, 'Give Back' philosophy intertwines with her mantra and her business, and how this ultimately helps to empower others. We talk about the business of kindness and how this has influenced Fatuma's ethical fashion business in terms of sustainability and the support of women both here and in Kenya.Don't miss this exciting episode to give you a very different perspective on what the fashion industry is doing and how it is changing for the better both here and abroad thanks to people like Fatuma.This episode is dedicated to a charity close to Fatuma's heart, Sisters Inside - a charity supporting criminalised women, girls, children, and families both inside prison and out. As Fatuma states 'we all make mistakes it doesn't have to shape the rest of your life'.If you would like to know more about our host Amber Bonney her business The Edison Agency or co-host Fatuma Ndenzako you can connect and follow these boss women via the socials links below!Fatuma's InstagramCollective Closets InstagramCollective Closets LinkedinFatuma's author recommendation James BowenThe Edison Agency's LinkedInThe Edison Agency's InstagramAmber's InstagramAmber's LinkedIn Sisters Inside
Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// On Friday the 14th of July, James McKenzie from In Ya Face spoke with Jacob Thomas, who designs and makes wings with the Rainbow Community Angels. We listen back to their discussion of the wholesome joy of drag children's story time, and the role played by the Angels to keep everyone safe in the face of disrupters. Listen to In Ya Face on 3CR every Friday from 4-5PM.// We'll replay the final episode of the 'Loss, Damage, and Denial' miniseries, in which Jacob Gamble of Earth Matters spoke with Netta Maiava, a young Samoan Pacific Climate Warrior, about the need to centre First Nations perspectives in climate solutions. You can listen back to the full series at www.3cr.org.au/earthmatters, and catch Earth Matters every Sunday from 11-11:30AM.// Content warning: please be advised that this discussion includes mention of experiences of violence against people with disability through the use of restrictive practices. Dr Claire Spivakovsky, senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Melbourne, joins us to discuss the recently released report commissioned by the Disability Royal Commission titled 'Restrictive practices: A pathway to elimination'. The report, co-authored by Claire, University of Technology Sydney Associate Professor Linda Steele, and University of Sydney Associate Professor Dinesh Wadiwel, emphasises the urgency of ending the use of forced restraints and restrictive practices against people with disability in the face of their continued and expanding use across multiple sectors. Claire spends much of their time drawing attention to the violent, restrictive and coercive practices that continue to segregate, control and limit the lives of people with disability in the community.If you wish to speak with someone about any of the issues mentioned in this interview, you can always call lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636. If you are at risk of domestic, family or sexual violence, please call 1800 RESPECT, that's 1800 737 732. You can also contact the National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline on 1800 880 052. Further resources and support line details are available on Disability Gateway.// Lara Week, a resident of Techno Park Drive in Williamstown, joins us with an update about the campaign by Techno Park residents to stay in their homes in the wake of eviction notices issued by Hobsons Bay Council, which decided to enforce the area's long-standing industrial zoning in May of this year despite it being used for residential accommodation since the post-WWII era. Residents of Techno Park Drive are holding a rally next Tuesday the 8th of August prior to the next Hobsons Bay Council meeting, and are calling for supporters to meet at Logan Reserve, Altona at 5:30PM with plans to march to the Altona Civic Centre ahead of the Council's 7PM meeting. Find out more about the campaign and how to write to Hobsons Bay Councillors here, and sign their petition here.// Announcements:Attention all social workers! The Australian Association of Social Workers' EGM is being held today at 4PM AEST. Social workers with lived experience of the criminal punishment system are calling for members to use their votes to remove the discriminatory criminal history clause from the AASW constitution. This clause prohibits membership to people with lived prison experience of over 12 months. Credit to Tina at Sisters Inside for leading the charge on this important motion.//Please sign the Keep Our City Alive petition in support of a medically supervised injecting room in Melbourne's CBD.// Songs// Disconnected - Kiwat Kennell// We Dat Good - Inkabee and Flewnt//Rain - JK-47, Jay Orient and Adrian Eagle//
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.Chloe Quayle is a proud Malyangapa, Barkindji woman, a talented artist and rapper and a respected member in her community. But 3 years ago things were wildly different. Chloe had been in and out of the system since she was 14 but this time Chloe turned herself in. She was pregnant and she was going to give birth in prison. This is a brutal story of a mother's love, the day that changed it all and how she is now thriving by overcoming the hardest moments of her life.Content warning: this episode deals with drug and alcohol abuse. For free and confidential advice about alcohol and other drugs, call the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline 1800 250 015.Please support Sisters Inside.Follow Chloe on Instagram: @barkaa__ and listen to her music on Spotify.Credits:Joanne Helder - Audio ProducerCaleb Jacobs - Sound and MusicAJ Davis - Comms ManagerPlease DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy. Join the community and go 'deeper' with Zoe to gain access to exclusive bonus episodes, early access and ad free listening to regular episodes and extra juicy content from Zoe. https://plus.acast.com/s/the-deep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Debbie Kilroy was sentenced to 6 years in prison in 1989 for trafficking drugs. She witnessed her friend get murdered inside and was stabbed herself during the incident. While in prison she lost almost everything, but after extensive studies and her release on parole, she established Sisters Inside which advocates for the human rights of women in the criminal justice system. Founder of www.thevoiceofasurvivor.com Find Russell on Instagram here Find Russell on TikTok here Contact Deb hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this week's episode of Women on the Line, we're joined by Anne-lise Ah-fat, who has been involved in coordinating and editing a recently-released collection of poems by community members on the inside called ‘None Of Us Are Free Until All Of Us Are Free'. This is the second edition of poems from the inside published by Incendium Radical Library and Press, and has been in the making for over a year. The collection features creative writing from a range of contributors including Stacey Stokes, who kindly gave us permission to include her thoughts on writing as part of this episode and asked that Anne-lise read them out.Sales for ‘None Of Us Are Free Until All Of Us Are Free' have been going towards supporting the Inside Out newsletter, a quarterly newsletter by and for LGBTIQ+ folks, sistergirls and brotherboys incarcerated in prisons or detention centres. You can help cover the costs of producing Inside Out and find out more by heading to Inside Out Solidarity Network on Facebook or visiting their website. Some other excellent initiatives providing support and resources to incarcerated community members:Sisters Inside's Free Her campaignBeyond Bricks and Bars: Trans Gender Diverse Decarceration ProjectIncarcerated Trans & Gender Diverse Community Fund
This conversation will elaborate upon the relations between sovereignty and dwelling struggle in the political projects of panellists. Themes include incarceration, displacement, policing and race, making explicit connections between those intersections of dwelling and sovereignty.Natalie Ironfield is a Dharug person whose PhD research focuses on the limitations and consequences of carceral reformism for First Nations people. Natalie is also an educator and is currently working on the #BanSpitHoods campaign.Debbie Kilroy OAM is one of Australia's leading advocates for protecting the human rights of women and children through decarceration – the process of moving away from using prisons and other systems of social control in response to crime and social issues. She is a founding member of Sisters Inside.Roj Amedi's life work is racial and economic justice which she aspires towards as a community organiser, building solidarity between intersecting communities. Roj is the current head of Communications and Engagement at Justice Connect, a legal services organisation and charity that designs and delivers high impact interventions to increase access to legal support and progress social justice.Idil Ali is a proud Somali woman raised by the east African community in the Carlton flats. A settler on unceded Wurundjeri land, Idil embeds her belief in freedom, sovereignty and resistance into her work as a writer, performer, youth practitioner and community organiser.Witt Gorrie is a transgender social worker who, for the past decade, has worked alongside communities impacted by criminalisation and incarceration. Witt runs a project at Flat Out called Beyond Bricks & Bars, providing direct support to trans and gender diverse people who are incarcerated in Victoria and also the Incarcerated Trans & Gender Diverse Community Fund.From September 8 - 29, each Thursday from midday - 1pm 3CR will be broadcasting some of the conversations from the Forum for Dwelling Justice that brought together grassroots individuals, groups and activist-scholars to identify the radical potential for resistance to dispossession, displacement and precarity in our campaign work. The purpose of the event was to foreground the relationship between ongoing colonial dispossession, housing injustice, incarceration, racial violence and poverty, and to build solidarity among movements.The forum was organised by RMIT's Centre for Urban Research and supported by the International Journal of Housing Policy(link is external), Renters and Housing Union and 3CR Community Radio.#DwellingJustice #housingjustice #ForumForDwellingJustice
Acknowledgement of Country// News// Cathryn Murdoch//Cathryn Murdoch, a member of People from Public Housing, Defend and Extend Public Housing, and Victorian Socialists, joined Zeb and Kevin on 3CR's City Limits show yesterday to discuss homelessness crisis accommodation and the Coburg Motor Inn. Catch the rest of the show here, and tune in to City Limits on Wednesdays from 9-10AM// Miranda - Inside Out//Then we are joined by Miranda, a queer prison abolitionist. They co-founded the Inside Out solidarity network 7 years ago and have been one of the coordinators ever since. They have been involved in other abolitionist projects such as the International Day of Solidarity with Trans Prisoners. They join us today to speak on the the importance of the Inside Out LGBTIQA+ Prisoner Solidarity Newsletter and fundraiser https://chuffed.org/project/inside-out-lgbtiqasb-prisoner-solidarity-newsletter For a starting resource on abolition please visit: https://millionexperiments.com/// Elizabeth Strakosch - Institute for Collaborative Race Research (ICRR)//Liz Strakosch is a co-director at the Institute for Collaborative Race Research, which aims to do politically useful, community led research grounded in Indigenous sovereignty, and she joins us today to discuss the Institute's submission co-authored with Sisters Inside to the Commission of Inquiry to examine Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence calling to defund QPS. Liz is a white Jewish heritage settler and an academic at Melbourne University whose work focuses on Indigenous policy, bureaucratic violence and comparative colonialism.// Sam Wallman - Our Members Be Unlimited//Comics journalist and cartoonist Sam Wallman joins us to speak about his powerhouse comic 'Our Members Be Unlimited', a beautifully illustrated narrative of workers and their unions that inspires hope, solidarity and radical action. 'Our Members Be Unlimited' is published by Scribe, and is now onto a second printing after selling out since its original publication in late May this year.// Songs// Twisting Words - Miiesha//RĀIN - The Merindas Samuel Gaskin//Waitin' On Ya Remix - Genesis Owusu//
On the fifth episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by Debbie Kilroy OAM, the CEO of Sisters Inside, one of Queensland's leading criminal solicitors, and one of Australia's leading advocates for the human rights of women in the criminal justice system. On this episode of Women Beyond Walls, Debbie shares her own compelling life-story and shines a powerful spotlight on the many injustices that still prevail in the criminal justice system. How does youth criminalisation feed in to the issue of the over-incarceration of women? Why is it vital to centre the voices of women with lived prison experience? What needs to happen to change lives and to change the system? Debbie unpacks all of this and more on this episode. Visit the Women Beyond Walls website to find out more.
Happy Friday angels! We hope you've been enjoying our International Women's Day content this week, but sadly it's coming to an end with this very last, very special interview with Kait Fenwick.Kait is a transgender diversity and inclusion specialist, SOTM community member and public health student living in Muloobinba on unceded Awabakal Country. They're wildly passionate about equity in the context of health, dismantling exclusive organisational culture and centring the lived experience of historically underrepresented peoples within workplaces - what a special human! We love talking to Kait, and this interview is absolutely no exception. We hope you love them just as much as we do.Here are all the brilliant resources mentioned in today's show:Out For Australia: https://www.outforaustralia.org/Trans hub: https://www.transhub.org.au/Pride in Diversity: https://www.prideinclusionprograms.com.au/Sisters Inside: https://www.sistersinside.com.au/Find and follow Kait Fenwick here: https://www.instagram.com/kaitfenwick/ or here https://www.linkedin.com/in/kait-fenwick/ The advice shared on She's on The Money is general in nature and does not consider your individual circumstances. She's on The Money exists purely for educational purposes and should not be relied upon to make an investment or financial decision. Victoria Devine is an Authorised Representative of Infocus Securities Australia Proprietary Limited ABN 47 097 797 049 AFSL - AFSL 236523.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Happy Friday angels! We hope you've been enjoying our International Women's Day content this week, but sadly it's coming to an end with this very last, very special interview with Kait Fenwick. Kait is a transgender diversity and inclusion specialist, SOTM community member and public health student living in Muloobinba on unceded Awabakal Country. They're wildly passionate about equity in the context of health, dismantling exclusive organisational culture and centring the lived experience of historically underrepresented peoples within workplaces - what a special human! We love talking to Kait, and this interview is absolutely no exception. We hope you love them just as much as we do. Here are all the brilliant resources mentioned in today's show: Out For Australia: https://www.outforaustralia.org/ Trans hub: https://www.transhub.org.au/ Pride in Diversity: https://www.prideinclusionprograms.com.au/ Sisters Inside: https://www.sistersinside.com.au/ Find and follow Kait Fenwick here: https://www.instagram.com/kaitfenwick/ or here https://www.linkedin.com/in/kait-fenwick/ The advice shared on She's on The Money is general in nature and does not consider your individual circumstances. She's on The Money exists purely for educational purposes and should not be relied upon to make an investment or financial decision. Victoria Devine is an Authorised Representative of Infocus Securities Australia Proprietary Limited ABN 47 097 797 049 AFSL - AFSL 236523.
This week on Pop Culture Boner we're taking a look at the enduring popularity of police procedurals and their recent reckoning with systemic racism and violence. Can the genre overcome its copaganda origins to become more thoughtful, or should we just give it a rest?You can donate to Sisters Inside here. Visit the website for episode notes and a full transcript: www.popcultureboner.com
Melissa Lucashenko is #2 on our list of our highest rating fiction interviews in 2020. Melissa is a multi-award winning Goorie writer. Her novel Too Much Lip received the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. It was also shortlisted for the Stella Prize, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and the Australian Book Industry Association Awards. Her 2013 novel Mullumbimby was awarded the Deloitte Queensland Literary Award for Fiction, won the Victorian Premiers Prize for Indigenous Writing, and was longlisted for both the Stella and Miles Franklin awards as well as the Dublin IMPAC Literary Prize 2015. Melissa is a Walkley Award winner for her non-fiction, as well as a founding member of the prisoner's human rights group, Sisters Inside. You can also listen to this interview with Melissa, recorded in 2019 the day after Too Much Lip was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Pride in Protest is tackling the prison system - who is incarcerated, how the system is deeply rooted in racism and the case for abolition. Our guest Danika gives insight into the experience of trans people in binary sex-segregated prisons and how prison is a revolving door for many working class communities. We encourage you to follow Australia's leading prison abolition organisation Sisters Inside and their conference Imagining Abolition here: https://sistersinside.com.au/
Marisa interviewed Nicole Watson, daughter of First Nations Community leader and activist, Sam Watson. They discussed a beautiful mural of Sam Watson who passed away on 27 November last year, which has been painted at Bunyapa Park in Brisbane's West End. Marisa then interviewed Tabitha Lean, First nations academic and writer about her lived experience of prison, prison abolition and also her participation with Debbie Kilroy from Sisters Inside about establishing a national network of criminalised women. Tabitha's recent article from the Saturday Paper was also discussed. Finally, Marisa interviewed Tiffany Overall from Youththlaw about pushing the criminal age of youth to 14 years of age. Criminalisation of youth was also discussed, and alternatives to prison, in particular focusing on the overincarceration of Aboriginal youth. https://youthlaw.asn.au/
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.Chloe Quayle is a proud Malyangapa, Barkindji woman, a talented artist and rapper and a respected member in her community. But 3 years ago things were wildly different. Chloe had been in and out of the system since she was 14 but this time Chloe turned herself in. She was pregnant and she was going to give birth in prison. This is a brutal story of a mother's love, the day that changed it all and how she is now thriving by overcoming the hardest moments of her life.Content warning: this episode deals with drug and alcohol abuse. For free and confidential advice about alcohol and other drugs, call the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline 1800 250 015.Please support Sisters Inside.Follow Chloe on Instagram: @barkaa__ and listen to her music on Spotify.Credits:Joanne Helder - Audio ProducerCaleb Jacobs - Sound and MusicAJ Davis - Comms ManagerPlease DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.
In todays episode I am chatting to Kellie Andrews about her two home births. Kellie has just started a project called The Furry Turtle, where she creates upcycled garments. All profits go to Sisters Inside, an independent community organisation advocating for the human rights of First Nations women and girls in the prison system, and providing services to meet their individual needs. If you would like to support Kelly and Sisters Inside, you can find the The Furry Turtle on instagram @the_furry_turtle. Visit Sisters Inside at https://sistersinside.com.au/ to find out more about their services and for more ways to get involved. Kellie birthed both her two daughters at home and had very different but beautiful and empowering births. With Banjo Kellie had a long labour and birth which ended in a hospital transfer after birth due to excessive bleeding and retained membranes. During Wilke's pregnancy Kellie experienced a condition where her heart rate suddenly increased and changed in rhythm. She was lucky to get treated and discharged from hospital quickly and went on to have a fast powerful birth at home. This time around Kellie opted for a managed third stage and although she did still experience heavy bleeding it was able to be managed at home. Kellie takes us right through both of those births, and along the way we discuss consent in the context of the hospital system, experiencing pleasurable feelings during birth, and the importance of prioritising a woman experience of her birth as well as a healthy baby. Kellie had a birth photographer at both of her births and the images are absolutely amazing so make sure you check those out at keepbirthwild.podcast
Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. NewsreportsDiscussion and analysis of the following news items from the presenters Jacob, Chloe & ZaneCoronavirus Victoria: what you need to know about Melbourne's stage 3 lockdown https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/09/coronavirus-victoria-melbourne-stage-3-lockdown-restrictions-metropolitan-metro-mitchell-shire-explained-covid-19-what-you-need-to-know More than 6,500 applications for JobKeeper rejected due to ineligibility or fraud, ATO says https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-03/more-than-6500-applications-for-jobkeeper-rejected-due-to-fraud/12415670Defend and extend JobKeeper: Young workers bear brunt of coronavirus economic pain https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/defend-and-extend-jobkeeper-young-workers-bear-brunt-coronavirus-economic-painInterviews and Discussions A recording of a speech by Debbie Kilroy who is a prisoner rights activist, founder and CEO of Sisters Inside speaking at a public forum that was organised by Socialist Alliance and Green Left on the topic of "Defund the police & abolish the prison system: What does it mean & how can it be done?". You can listen to her individual speech here.A interview and discussion with Socialist Alliance Moreland Councillor Sue Bolton on the hard lockdown of Public Housing Residents in Flemington and why the response from the Victorian Government is racist and discriminatory. Listen to her interview here.
In 2018 the Australian Human Rights Commission stated that the trend towards incarceration saw a 77% increase of women in prison, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women making up the majority of this increase. Indigenous women and girls are the fastest growing group of people being incarcerated in 'Australia'. Approximately 90% of women in prison are mothers, and the majority of these mothers are single parents. Statistics also stated that almost 1 in 50 women reported being pregnant while in prison.In this episode of Pregnancy Birth and Beyond, presenter Kirilly Dawn speaks with Debbie Kilroy OAM, founder of Sisters Inside, about the targeted impact of the Prison Industrial Complex on mothers, women and girls. Debbie is one of Australia’s leading advocates for protecting the human rights of women and children through decarceration - the process of moving away from using prisons and other systems of social control in response to crime and social issues. In this conversation, Debbie discusses why she is a prison abolitionist, why she started Sisters Inside after her own experience of prison, and the justice a world without prisons would provide. She unravels the racial capitalist system which is responsible for the alarmingly yet strategically high incarceration rates of women, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls. We also speak about reproductive justice, maternity care inside, and the realities many women face when being pregnant and birthing in prison. And lastly Debbie speaks to the Free Her campaign run by Sisters Inside, which has now raised over a million dollars to pay off the fines of women in Western Australia who are being incarcerated for poverty, many of whom are Aboriginal women. Debbie Kilroy OAMDebbie’s passion for justice is the result of her personal experience of the criminal (in)justice system and an unwavering belief that prison represents a failure of justice. During her time in prison, Debbie worked hard for a degree in Social Work and took on the huge task of turning her life around. Since then, she has qualified as a Gestalt Therapist and Legal Practitioner, and has completed a Graduate Diploma of Forensic Mental Health.After her release in 1992, Debbie established Sisters Inside, which advocates for the human rights of women in the criminal justice system and responds to gaps in the services available to them. Sisters Inside has won international recognition for its work and its unique structure which ensures it is driven by women with lived prison experience.In 2003, Debbie was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the community for working with women in prison. She was also awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal in 2004 and a Churchill Fellowship to explore decarceration strategies and programs internationally in 2014. In 2017, Debbie was appointed to the Queensland Government Sentencing Advisory Council. Debbie was admitted to the legal profession by the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2007 – a rare achievement for someone with serious convictions. She now has her own law firm and (in addition to her work as CEO of Sisters Inside) is one of Queensland’s leading criminal solicitors.To read more about Debbie and her work at Sisters Inside visit:www.sistersinside.com.auTo donate to Sister's Inside 'Free Her' campaign assisting women in Western Australia visit:https://www.gofundme.com/f/bfvnvt-freethepeople
In 2018 the Australian Human Rights Commission stated that the trend towards incarceration saw a 77% increase of women in prison, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women making up the majority of this increase. Indigenous women and girls are the fastest growing group of people being incarcerated in 'Australia'. Approximately 90% of women in prison are mothers, and the majority of these mothers are single parents. Statistics also stated that almost 1 in 50 women reported being pregnant while in prison.In this episode of Pregnancy Birth and Beyond, presenter Kirilly Dawn speaks with Debbie Kilroy OAM, founder of Sisters Inside, about the targeted impact of the Prison Industrial Complex on mothers, women and girls. Debbie is one of Australia’s leading advocates for protecting the human rights of women and children through decarceration - the process of moving away from using prisons and other systems of social control in response to crime and social issues. In this conversation, Debbie discusses why she is a prison abolitionist, why she started Sisters Inside after her own experience of prison, and the justice a world without prisons would provide. She unravels the racial capitalist system which is responsible for the alarmingly yet strategically high incarceration rates of women, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls. We also speak about reproductive justice, maternity care inside, and the realities many women face when being pregnant and birthing in prison. And lastly Debbie speaks to the Free Her campaign run by Sisters Inside, which has now raised over a million dollars to pay off the fines of women in Western Australia who are being incarcerated for poverty, many of whom are Aboriginal women. Debbie Kilroy OAMDebbie’s passion for justice is the result of her personal experience of the criminal (in)justice system and an unwavering belief that prison represents a failure of justice. During her time in prison, Debbie worked hard for a degree in Social Work and took on the huge task of turning her life around. Since then, she has qualified as a Gestalt Therapist and Legal Practitioner, and has completed a Graduate Diploma of Forensic Mental Health.After her release in 1992, Debbie established Sisters Inside, which advocates for the human rights of women in the criminal justice system and responds to gaps in the services available to them. Sisters Inside has won international recognition for its work and its unique structure which ensures it is driven by women with lived prison experience.In 2003, Debbie was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the community for working with women in prison. She was also awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal in 2004 and a Churchill Fellowship to explore decarceration strategies and programs internationally in 2014. In 2017, Debbie was appointed to the Queensland Government Sentencing Advisory Council. Debbie was admitted to the legal profession by the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2007 – a rare achievement for someone with serious convictions. She now has her own law firm and (in addition to her work as CEO of Sisters Inside) is one of Queensland’s leading criminal solicitors.To read more about Debbie and her work at Sisters Inside visit:www.sistersinside.com.auTo donate to Sister's Inside 'Free Her' campaign assisting women in Western Australia visit:https://www.gofundme.com/f/bfvnvt-freethepeople
In a bid to educate ourselves on Australia’s racist past (and present), we heap shit on the COLONial statues who heaped shit on the traditional owners of this here land and cancel them to oblivion. We wanted to draw attention to this issue in light of the absolute legends pulling down statues all over the world fuelled by the George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter movement. Follow these accounts for more on how to support Indigenous Australian art, voices, history and creators:BlakBusiness - https://www.instagram.com/blakbusiness/Tiddas4Tiddas - https://www.instagram.com/tiddas4tiddas/Aus Indigenous Fashion - https://www.instagram.com/ausindigenousfashion/You can also donate to the following organisations supporting justice for Indigenous Australians:ANTaR - https://antar.org.au/ Sisters Inside - https://sistersinside.com.au/National Justice Project - https://justice.org.au/ VOTE FOR US IN THE RODECAST COMPETITION:https://myrodecast.com/listen/entry/2935#_=_/~~~You can now Suggest A Topic for us to review! Go to http://tbqfh.com.au/suggest-a-topic/ or click the Linktree in our Instagram bio to submit anything…now scram.~~~For articles and other content: https://tbqfh.com.auFollow us on Instagram: @tbqfh.com.auFollow us on Twitter: @tbqfh_Unmasked by Scomber © 2014. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.
The fellas weigh in on the PS5 reveal. The games. The design. The hot takes surrounding Last Of Us Part 2. It's all here.How to support the BLM protests from Australia: https://www.zeefeed.com.au/blog/how-to-support-george-floyd-protest-australiaSydney Vigil for George Floyd: https://www.facebook.com/events/20-lee-st-chippendale-nsw-2008-australia/stop-all-black-deaths-in-custody-vigil-for-george-floyd/246881229969044/Aboriginal Legal Service: https://www.alsnswact.org.au/Sisters Inside: https://sistersinside.com.au/ANTaR: https://antar.org.au/Noname Book Club: https://www.patreon.com/nonamebooksBlack podcasts you can listen to:The Read: http://thisistheread.com/Bobo and Flex: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bobo-and-flex/id1451036362Tiddas 4 Tiddas: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/tiddas-4-tiddas/id1471481625Yo, Is This Racist?: https://www.earwolf.com/show/yo-is-this-racist/Listen to Big Floyd: https://youtu.be/Jv-ZcmWiyXoLike what you hear? Get Pay Fam week by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/heyfam BUT BEFORE YOU CONSIDER THAT PLEASE DONATE TO THE LINKS ABOVE. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
To keep up the momentum and accelerate change, we need to take action on a recurring basis, not just when it's at the top of our social media feeds or trending. So what can we do: If you’re in a position to donate, please consider donating to one of the following organizations:The Black Lives Matter movementThe Black Visions Collective, a Black-led, Queer and Trans centering organization whose mission is to organize powerful, connected Black communities and dismantle systems of violence.Reclaim the Block, a community coalition representing activists, organizers, faith and community leaders united by the demand that Minneapolis divest from policing and invest in long-term alternatives that would decrease the scope of MPD and promote healthier, safer, more diverse communities.The ACLU, a nonprofit organization that works tirelessly in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the Constitution’s promise of liberty for everyone in our country.National Bailout, a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a community-based movement to support our folks and end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration.NAACP, an organization that ensures the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.Sisters Inside, an Australian organization that advocates on behalf of women with governments and within the legal system to try to achieve fairer outcomes for the most disadvantaged and marginalized women and children.Justice for David Dungay, Jr., a fund in memory of David Dungay, Jr., a young, Aboriginal man who recently died in police custody. Follow Wonder Media Network:WebsiteInstagramTwitterFollow host Jerico Mandybur:InstagramTwitterGo to madison-reed.com/beyondbelief for your color kit today!Go to sakara.com/beyondbelief for delicious meals, daily essentials, and more!
We’ve been playing 51 Worldwide Games, The Last of Us and pitch the long awaited Fast and Furious/Now You See Me team up film.How to support the BLM protests from Australia: https://www.zeefeed.com.au/blog/how-to-support-george-floyd-protest-australiaSydney Vigil for George Floyd: https://www.facebook.com/events/20-lee-st-chippendale-nsw-2008-australia/stop-all-black-deaths-in-custody-vigil-for-george-floyd/246881229969044/Aboriginal Legal Service: https://www.alsnswact.org.au/Sisters Inside: https://sistersinside.com.au/ANTaR: https://antar.org.au/Noname Book Club: https://www.patreon.com/nonamebooksBlack podcasts you can listen to:The Read: http://thisistheread.com/Bobo and Flex: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bobo-and-flex/id1451036362Tiddas 4 Tiddas: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/tiddas-4-tiddas/id1471481625Yo, Is This Racist?: https://www.earwolf.com/show/yo-is-this-racist/Listen to Big Floyd: https://youtu.be/Jv-ZcmWiyXoLike what you hear? Get Pay Fam week by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/heyfam BUT BEFORE YOU CONSIDER THAT PLEASE DONATE TO THE LINKS ABOVE. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Em's daughter Odie is stoked to be heading back to school, she also dropped a surprise reveal on where she's been heading to get info on the current protests and the Black Lives Matter movement. Em also has details about a great charity which helps Indigenous women called Sisters Inside. Then it's on to Masterchef contestant Simon and his claim that vegetables are the way forward for the future of Australia? They could well be, but Simon's offering of soggy broccoli isn't going to be the way forward for the mouths of Australia, the Masterchef judges, or for him on the show. The Final 10 are ready to fight it out for the crown and Em and Michael are feeling it's Reynold for the win. Cafes are slowly opening back up after lockdown and Michael is all about it. He's throwing himself at it with vigour by going EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. He makes his booking, uses his full hour, orders all of the things off the menu, whereas Em....not so much. Well she's been out to a cafe once, with her hand sani in tow of course, she ordered, she ate, everything went okay, but it'll be another month before Em's doing it again. Plus Scott's back to help Em with her “spiraling” issue, which has nothing to do with zucchini noodles, and everything to do with those moments where something goes wrong. If you find yourself panicking and going from 1 to 100 in those unexpected moments, almost worrying that the world is ending and the sky is falling in, fear not, Scott has some great advice to help you navigate it better. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/Emsolation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Black Lives Matter----------------------------------We encourage you to donate, if you are able. Below, you will find links to several Australian Aboriginal organisations.Sisters Inside – A not-for-profit organisation that advocates for the collective human rights of women and girls in prison, and their families.https://sistersinside.com.au/Free Her – Organised by Debbie Kilroy of Sisters Inside, this ongoing campaign uses collected funds to release Aboriginal women from prison or pay outstanding warrants.https://www.gofundme.com/f/bfvnvt-freethepeople?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheetBlack Rainbow – A wholly Indigenous-owned not-for-profit social enterprise that advocates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQI+ peoples.http://www.blackrainbow.org.au/Change The Record – Australia’s only national Aboriginal-led coalition of peak Aboriginal bodies and non-Indigenous allies.https://changetherecord.org.au/donateWarriors of the Aboriginal Resistance – A collective of Aboriginal youths advocating for decolonisation and the philosophies of Aboriginal nationalism.https://www.facebook.com/WARcollective/posts/2965226146906258?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCa8PWfEnKmL2S6B2283xlYwJY77MF3I2r0qA7EF_Q5TVD3C2NIW1deGQW4tuEoI5M4n2TQaWnKtV_0yt8mRLQ0yMNlbMdHt4iNvKUbzdSyIIiWBAhRjAmt6PRvyWjxobfVI8UY2Z3-Tri__RL4gl3dyAmkE1fC_M3tjs4t61PlRxPkMbuZ_w6ZRjiIFFBDQCnRlPc4I7t8XgNz_-GZxp6L7SFXdUz8x3sav_ipWOIikXuZCR3vaRO0ruYetK5QJIcwowMvmoZXRQnfPaZW6aDoE9eCbNpg6F3Uwh1cOdqzr1iyNdSdcnrWxmU_54BccXBZ6FJtLEuTxxTdLDLoXQ&__tn__=-R
We would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation who are the traditional owners of the land we are on, we pay respect to the Wurundjeri elders past, present, and emerging. Thug Mills feels strongly about the events of the last few weeks, where we have witnessed a horrific escalation of police violence against protestors and people of all colours across America. We continue to be aware of the injustice against the traditional owners of this land, whether it be police brutality, rates of incarceration, gaps in health, education, employment, and monetary inequity. We feel that what would make sense at this time would be to try and amplify black creators and voices. We feel that this is not the time for us to be heard, but to listen to the voices of others. And to try and educate ourselves to those who have been oppressed. There is no amount of education that will help us to understand what that is truly like. We encourage you to seek out and support black creators and artists, whilst you also find ways to support protestors. Other ways in which you can support include donating to the Justice for David Dungay Junior fund, the Sisters Inside bail fund, and Pay the Rent. You can also donate to the Aboriginal Legal Service, which aims to address the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the criminal justice system. We wish you all the best in health and safety at this time . https://www.gofundme.com/f/d9qkb6-justice-for-david https://www.gofundme.com/f/bfvnvt-freethepeople https://vals.org.au/volunteers/get-involved/donate-vals/ https://paytherent.net.au/ For further ways in which you can support, see the article https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/pkyb78/how-to-support-the-george-floyd-protests-from- australia Elements of this podcast have been transcribed from the My Brother, My Brother and Me episode “Feed Drop: Minority Korner”.
Black Lives Matter----------------------------------We encourage you to donate, if you are able. Below, you will find links to several Australian Aboriginal organisations.Sisters Inside – A not-for-profit organisation that advocates for the collective human rights of women and girls in prison, and their families.https://sistersinside.com.au/Free Her – Organised by Debbie Kilroy of Sisters Inside, this ongoing campaign uses collected funds to release Aboriginal women from prison or pay outstanding warrants.https://www.gofundme.com/f/bfvnvt-freethepeople?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheetBlack Rainbow – A wholly Indigenous-owned not-for-profit social enterprise that advocates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQI+ peoples.http://www.blackrainbow.org.au/Change The Record – Australia’s only national Aboriginal-led coalition of peak Aboriginal bodies and non-Indigenous allies.https://changetherecord.org.au/donateWarriors of the Aboriginal Resistance – A collective of Aboriginal youths advocating for decolonisation and the philosophies of Aboriginal nationalism.https://www.facebook.com/WARcollective/posts/2965226146906258?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCa8PWfEnKmL2S6B2283xlYwJY77MF3I2r0qA7EF_Q5TVD3C2NIW1deGQW4tuEoI5M4n2TQaWnKtV_0yt8mRLQ0yMNlbMdHt4iNvKUbzdSyIIiWBAhRjAmt6PRvyWjxobfVI8UY2Z3-Tri__RL4gl3dyAmkE1fC_M3tjs4t61PlRxPkMbuZ_w6ZRjiIFFBDQCnRlPc4I7t8XgNz_-GZxp6L7SFXdUz8x3sav_ipWOIikXuZCR3vaRO0ruYetK5QJIcwowMvmoZXRQnfPaZW6aDoE9eCbNpg6F3Uwh1cOdqzr1iyNdSdcnrWxmU_54BccXBZ6FJtLEuTxxTdLDLoXQ&__tn__=-R
Em’s daughter Odie is stoked to be heading back to school, she also dropped a surprise reveal on where she’s been heading to get info on the current protests and the Black Lives Matter movement. Em also has details about a great charity which helps Indigenous women called Sisters Inside. Then it’s on to Masterchef contestant Simon and his claim that vegetables are the way forward for the future of Australia? They could well be, but Simon’s offering of soggy broccoli isn’t going to be the way forward for the mouths of Australia, the Masterchef judges, or for him on the show. The Final 10 are ready to fight it out for the crown and Em and Michael are feeling it’s Reynold for the win. Cafes are slowly opening back up after lockdown and Michael is all about it. He’s throwing himself at it with vigour by going EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. He makes his booking, uses his full hour, orders all of the things off the menu, whereas Em....not so much. Well she’s been out to a cafe once, with her hand sani in tow of course, she ordered, she ate, everything went okay, but it’ll be another month before Em’s doing it again. Plus Scott’s back to help Em with her “spiraling” issue, which has nothing to do with zucchini noodles, and everything to do with those moments where something goes wrong. If you find yourself panicking and going from 1 to 100 in those unexpected moments, almost worrying that the world is ending and the sky is falling in, fear not, Scott has some great advice to help you navigate it better. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fam, the world is crazy rn so this week we're giving you both a regular ep AND an episode of Pay Fam we'd normally put on Patreon for FREE in one handy episode. Consider it some extra distraction, or consider donating to one of the charities below while you listen.It's a big one and we talk about a lot, including: 51 World Games for Nintendo Switch, Terrance Howard, Terrace House, Terrance House, Agents of Shield, Dorohedoro, Central Park, Space Force, Pickle Rick (non ironically) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.How to support the BLM protests from Australia: https://www.zeefeed.com.au/blog/how-to-support-george-floyd-protest-australiaSydney Vigil for George Floyd: https://www.facebook.com/events/20-lee-st-chippendale-nsw-2008-australia/stop-all-black-deaths-in-custody-vigil-for-george-floyd/246881229969044/Aboriginal Legal Service: https://www.alsnswact.org.au/Sisters Inside: https://sistersinside.com.au/ANTaR: https://antar.org.au/Noname Book Club: https://www.patreon.com/nonamebooksBlack podcasts you can listen to:The Read: http://thisistheread.com/Bobo and Flex: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bobo-and-flex/id1451036362Tiddas 4 Tiddas: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/tiddas-4-tiddas/id1471481625Yo, Is This Racist?: https://www.earwolf.com/show/yo-is-this-racist/Listen to Big Floyd: https://youtu.be/Jv-ZcmWiyXoLike what you hear? Get Pay Fam week by supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/heyfam BUT BEFORE YOU CONSIDER THAT PLEASE DONATE TO THE LINKS ABOVE. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Andrew and Lucy take a look at the unfolding protests in America, Australia's own problems with police brutality and deaths in custody, Riot Control Bees and Coronavirus Monkey Squads. We usually ask listeners to support our Patreon, but this week we're asking you to support a more worthy cause, like any of the following. For Australian listeners - Justice for David Dungay Junior: https://www.gofundme.com/f/d9qkb6-justice-for-david - Sisters Inside (https://sistersinside.com.au/about/support-us/) - ANTaR (https://antar.org.au/donate-antar) - Practical ways you can support Aboriginal Lives Matter (https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/practical-ways-you-can-support-aboriginal-lives-matter/12308386) For American listeners - Support orgs fighting against racism and police brutality (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ab_mn)
Melissa Lucashenko is a multi-award winning Goorie writer. Her novel Too Much Lip received the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. It was also shortlisted for the Stella Prize, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and the Australian Book Industry Association Awards. Her 2013 novel Mullumbimby was awarded the Deloitte Queensland Literary Award for Fiction, won the Victorian Premiers Prize for Indigenous Writing, and was longlisted for both the Stella and Miles Franklin awards as well as the Dublin IMPAC Literary Prize 2015. Melissa is a Walkley Award winner for her non-fiction, as well as a founding member of the prisoner's human rights group, Sisters Inside. You can also listen to this interview with Melissa, recorded in 2019 the day after Too Much Lip was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We feast on Clive Palmer’s lawsuit against Friendlyjordies and the IPA’s hilariously bad video on “regulatory dark matter”. We talk about the horrible way police treated Noongar woman Keennan Dickie, the great work Sisters Inside have been doing supporting First Nations women in prison, the mixed changes to the West Australian laws about unpaid fines, and the murder of Filipina woman Mhelody Bruno. For our main course we have a classic School Lunch and talk about the School Strike for Climate and our somewhat conflicting feelings about it. Donate to Sisters Inside: https://sistersinside.com.au/about/support-us/ Donate to Joyce Clarke’s family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/joyce-clarkes-funeral Donate to Auspol Snackpod: https://www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Tuesday Breakfast 23 July 20197.00am Acknowledgement of Country7:30 am Azra from IRL Info Shop discusses the Soli(darity) Brunch for Sisters Inside campaign7.45am We play a snippet of Alison Whittaker's The F Word Address 8.00am Gemma from Save Footscray Park shares tips for saving Footscray park + rally details8:10am Peter Sutton from OHS Reps shares the latest in OHS news8.30am EndSongssong: Tempoartist: Lizzo feat. Missy Elliotsong: Queen with Colourartist: P-UniQuesong: Black and Deadlyartist: The Last Kinection Black & Deadlysong: Big Yellow Taxiartist: Counting Crows feat. Vanessa Carltonsong: Miss Shineyartist: Kaiitsong: Kutjeri Ladyartist: Ruby Hunter song: Aboriginal Landartist: Nadeena Dixonsong: Work Thatartist : Yung Warriors (formerly known as D-Boy and Tjimba)
The Western Australian (WA) government plans to revise its current law that entails imprisonment of people with unpaid fines. At the moment, WA is the only state in the country that imprisons people for not paying fines after committing offenses that are often considered petty. In the reformed law, only a magistrate, or an official who handles minor crimes, will be authorized to order prison time for people who are unable to pay fines. Currently, an official from the Fines Enforcement Registry has the authority to issue a warrant for the imprisonment of a person with unpaid fines. Data from previous research showed that since 2010, over a thousand people in the state have ended up in prison each year for their inability to pay fines. A 2016 report claimed that people experiencing severe poverty are likely to receive jail sentences because of unpaid fines. These people mostly consist of native Australians called Aborigines, the unemployed, single mothers, and vulnerable groups such as the homeless. Therefore, the proposed change in the law, which will take effect in July, aims to prevent imprisonment of underprivileged people caused by the lack of means to pay fines. In addition, the changes will allow these people to pay their fines over a period of time or find alternative ways to pay them off. The government promised the reforms in the law following a campaign by Sisters Inside, a group that supports the human rights of women in prison. This group initiated the #FreeThePeople GoFundMe campaign in January this year to raise money to shoulder the fines of Aboriginal women who are serving time. The campaign has received donations from over 7,000 people and has raised nearly $300,000 to free people from prison and pay issued warrants. The group is targeting 10,000 donors to take part in the campaign.
In this episode Dave talks with Bridget Harilaou about the recent Imagining Abolition Conference organised by Sisters Inside. Bridget discusses the ideas that were discussed there, their implications for struggles and the kind of future abolishing prisons points to. She digs into how prisons quilt together histories of colonialism, the operation of patriarchy and the oppression of Indigenous people and thus why the struggle against them is so important. Bridget’s work can be found in many places. Here is some of it: Flavours Of Forgiveness — What Bao Tells Us About Family What we get wrong about smart Asian kids Why Asian Australians should call out racism beyond their own culture Activist Or Professional? A Feminist Question Sisters Inside do lots of amazing things. They are currently raising funds to free Aboriginal women imprisoned for the non-payment of fines. Chip in if you can
Ayan Shirwa sits in on a debriefing session organized by Naarm Imagining Abolition.Naarm Imagining Abolition was organized by Meriki Onus and Idil Ali to address the inequity of capital. Through a series of fundraisers they were able to send a group of young people to Brisbane for the Imagining Abolition Conference organised by Sisters Inside.
Tuesday Breakfast July 17th 7.00 am Acknowledgement of Country7.05 am News headlines 7.10 am Today, DJIRRA (formerly the Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria) launches its ‘Hidden Figures’ campaign in conjunction with NAIDOC month’s theme ‘Because of Her, We Can’. We play a short clip about the campaign 7.12 am The crew discuss My Health Records, an online summary of people’s medical records which will be operative later this year.7.20 am Jeremy Poxon, media officer for the Australian Unemployed Worker's Union, joins us in the studio to discuss Centrelink's new 'demerit points' plan and what it means for NewStart recipients.7.40 am Community Announcements 8.45 am Jocelyn Bignold, Chief Executive Officer of McAuley Services for Women, joins us to talk about their partnership with community legal centre WEstjustice, which helps women alleviate the stress of sexually transmitted debt when they are escaping family violence.8.00 am Debbie Kilroy, founder of Sisters Inside, an independent community organisation which advocates for the human rights of women in the criminal justice system, joins us to talk about the Qld government's announcement that it will open a new private women's prison to be run by Serco, why this decision is particularly harmful to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and how we can push back. 8.15 am We chat to Evan Dorrian, drummer from Tangents, about their new album 'New Bodies' and their upcoming gig at the Gaso this Thursday night.End!Songs artist: Thando song: What you Want (live version) artist: Eryka Badu song: Woo artist: Lady Leshurr song: OMWartist: Tangents song: Terracotta
Presented by Jacob and Zane plus special guests Rhys and Karen7am News: Acknowledgement of Tradition owners of the land Students of Sustainability starts this weekend at Melbourne Polytechnic Fairfield campus Right wing Federal Labor MP Michael Danby announces retirement ahead of next Federal election. Danby's time in office was distinguished by his rabid support for zionism. 713am News: - Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ("AMLO") wins Mexican elections in landlide - Big wave of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rounding up and jailing / deporting undocumented migrants (including children) in the USA. The protests were substantial especially considering they were organised in just two weeks and come hot on the heels of the preselection of Latina Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to a democratic senate seat in New York. - World cup displays FIFA's weak response to racism744am Green Left Radio guest host dfrom womens prisoner advocacy organisation Sisters Inside regarding the Queensland government's announcement that it is to open a private women's prison run by notorious British company Serco. The prison will be the endpoint for a pipeline that takes homeless women and women with mental illness and dumps them in gaol (and keeps them there for profit).Sisters Inside's Annual conference Imagining Abolition is coming up in Brisbane in November and is aimed at imagining and fighting for a world without prisons.8am activist calendar 811am Jacob, Zane and Rhys speak with Victorian Trades Hall ATSI organiser Edie Shepherd about NAIDOC week - which according to Edie in Victoria is more like NAIDOC fortnight. This years NAIDOC theme "Because of her, we can" focusses on the essential role that women have played - and continue to play - as active and significant role models at the community, local, state and national levels.Edie tells us about upcoming events including todays rally and a trades hall screening of Black Divaz, which "goes behind the glitz, glamour and hot glue guns of the inaugural Miss First Nation pageant". Click here to Reply, Reply to all, or Forward 8.27 GB (55%) of 15 GB usedManageTerms · Privacy · Program PoliciesLast account activity: 7 minutes agoDetails
Iris is joined in the studio by Emma Russell and Miranda Gibson to talk police and prison abolition. Emma has written extensively on criticisms of the police in criminology. Miranda is a part of the LGBTIQ+ prisoner support newsletter, Inside Out. They both are part of the Abolitionist and Transformative Justice Centre (ATJC).Here's some links to things mentioned in the podcast. You can find more information and a petition to change the Penpal ban in Victoria here. You can support CJ Palmer here. You can find out about about Sisters Inside's Imagining Abolition conference here. You can find Flat Out here.
Tuesday 12 November 2017with Ayaan, Ruby, George, and Lauren 7:00am Acknowledgement of Country 7:10 am George speaks with freelance writer Reena Gupta about denial of racism and lack of empathy in Australia. 7:30am Ayaan speaks with actor, comedian and social activist, Candy Bowers on being a woman of colour in misogynistic and racist spaces like the art world. 7:55am Lauren speaks with Gabby Skelsey, health education and support worker from RhED about violence against sex workers. 8:15am Ayaan and Lauren interview Debbie Kilroy, CEO of Sisters Inside on women in prison and why the prison system perpetuates, rather than reduces violence.
We listen to interview with activist, author, academic and prison abolitionist Professor Angela Davis during her visit to the Moroccan Deli-cacy on Lygon Street for a panel discussion organised by the Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance and RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees. Angela was here for Sisters Inside's 'Is Prison Obselete' Conference in Brisbane as well as the University of Melbourne’s 'Justice Through Conflict, Conflict Through Justice' Symposium. Blue Boss by Sampa The GreatClick here the full version of Angela Davis' speech.
Chris Munro was the Managing Editor of Tracker Magazine, Australia's most read Aboriginal Affairs publication which was shut down in 2014. Prior to this he was the Political Editor for the National Indigenous Television news team based at Parliament House and a reporter for the National Indigenous Times newspaper. Chris currently works as a freelance journalist. As an investigative journalist, Eric Schlosser continues to explore subjects ignored by the mainstream media and gives a voice to people at the margins of society. He’s followed the harvest with migrant farm workers in California, spent time with meatpacking workers in Texas and Colorado, told the stories of marijuana growers and pornographers and victims of violent crime, gone on duty with the NYPD Bomb Squad, and visited prisons throughout the US. Schlosser’s first book, Fast Food Nation (2001), helped start a revolution in how Americans think about what they eat. His second book, Reefer Madness (2003), looked at America’s thriving underground economy. Both were New York Times bestsellers. His most recent book, Command and Control (2013), examines the efforts of the military, since the atomic era began during World War II, to prevent nuclear weapons from being stolen, sabotaged, or detonated by accident. Command and Control was a New York Times Notable Book, a Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book, was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize (History) and also received the Gold Medal Award (Nonfiction) from the 2013 California Book Awards. Debbie Kilroy was imprisoned for drug trafficking in 1989 for 6 years. She was stabbed and witnessed the only murder inside an Australian women’s prison, and lost almost everything: her marriage, her home and her children. After her release in 1992, she established Sisters Inside, which advocates for the human rights of women in the criminal injustice system. Sisters Inside has won international acclaim for its work and for a unique structure which ensures it is driven by women inside prison. Debbie was awarded the OAM for services to the community for working with women in prison 2003 and in 2004 she was awarded the National Human Rights Medal. She has a degree in social work and is a qualified gestalt therapist. Debbie was the first person in Australian who has serious convictions to be admitted by the Supreme Court of Queensland to practice law in 2007. John Safran (chair) is an award-winning documentary-maker of provocative and hilarious takes on race, the media, religion and other issues. About VICE VICE is the world’s preeminent youth media company and content creation studio. Launched in 1994, VICE now operates in over 30 countries and distributes its programming to hundreds of millions of viewers each month across digital, linear, mobile, film and socials. VICE includes an international network of digital channels; a television and feature film production studio; a magazine; a record label; an in-house creative services agency; and a book-publishing division. VICE's award-winning programming has been recognised by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Peabody Awards, Sundance Film Festival, PEN Center, Cannes Lions, Frontline Club, Knight Foundation, American Society of Magazine Editors, LA Press Club, and Webby Awards, among others.