Tuesday Breakfast Ivka, Frances, Kannagi, and Phuong

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

Headlines// 7.15: Katelyn Butterss, CEO of the Victorian Public Tenants Association speaks to Jennifer Borrell on 3CR's Think Again about the difference between community, public and social housing and what we know and don't know about the Victorian Government's plan to demolish the public housing towers. The full interview aired on Think Again on Friday 12th April 2024, listen here// 7.30: Naarm-based Italian performance artist and scholar Dr Angela Viora on her current exhibition at CO.AS.IT entitled THE P.R.OMISED LAND: New Italians in Australia. Follow Angela on Instagram @viora_et_labora// 7.45: General Manager of The Community Grocer Georgia Savage on running a not-for-profit social enterprise offering fresh produce markets and programs to increase social, economic and physical access to fresh food as well as launching a pop up store in Flemington on 20 April. Follow them on Instagram @thecommunitygrocer// 8.00: Nina Springle, member of Mums for Palestine, a community action group for people who identify as women working in the Palestinian solidarity movement, on co-hosting the new podcast series Palestinian Voices amplifying the voices of Palestinian women. Follow them on Instagram @mumsforpalestine and listen to Palestinian Voices on Spotify// 8:15: Award-winning comedian and co-producer of line-up show Queerly Beloved Maddy Weeks on performing their debut solo show at Melbourne International Comedy Fest. Follow Maddy on Instagram @maddyyweeks//  SongsSweet Mellow D - DanikaYou & I - Vallis AlpsCycles - Griff

Headlines// 7.15: Extracts from a webinar on Pine Gap and Gaza from 27 March that asked the question: What is Pine gap doing right now to First Nations people and to the people of Palestine. The first is a short speech from Yuwaalaayi/Gamilaraay woman and activist Barbara Flick on the history of First Nations protest at Pine Gap and the second is Alyawarre woman, scholar and academic activist Associate Professor Kathryn Gilbey on the surveillance of First Nations people in the NT today and its connections to the surveillance we're seeing in Gaza// 7.30: Senior Lecturer in Youth Work and Youth Studies Kathryn Daley on the dangers of ankle bracelet monitoring for young people and how we can better support the youth, particularly First Nations youth, through community support and systemic change// 7.45: Everybody's Home's National Spokesperson Maiy Azize talking to us about their People's Commission into the Housing Crisis. Find out more or make a submission// 8.00: Mel McGlensey, multi-award winning writer, comedian, and filmmaker, on her current show Motorboat – a show about someone who is part boat, part woman and full clown. Get tickets here// 8.15: Natalie, passionate advocate, writer & creative from the SWANA region on the upcoming A15 global action for a free Palestine// SongsRamona - Grace CummingsTil My Song Is Done - Emma Donovan

7:15 & 7:30  We replay Samah Sabawi's speech from when she spoke to educators at the Teachers for Palestine forum on 22nd January 2024 called ‘Why There’s No ‘Neutrality’ on Genocide’ which was organised by Teachers and School Staff for Palestine Victoria. Samah Sabawi Palestinian award-winning author, playwright and poet, and in Part 1 Samah provides context to the erasure of Palestinian history, culture and stories from the school curriculum and how this act of disappearing Palestinian voices has an impact on the ongoing genocide. In Part 2, Samah talks about the importance of teaching Palestine in schools. This speech was first played on Women on the Line on 18th March 2024.  7:45 We listen back to Merri-Bek Councillor's Sue Bolton's speech at the Land Day Free Palestine rally on 31 March 2024. Sue speaks about Israel's ongoing war crimes, the complicity of the Australian government and the importance of local and state-wide actions to keep the pressure on and to demand an end to partnerships with weapons companies, to call for a permanent ceasefire and a Free Palestine. 8:05 Refugee advocate and community organiser with the Tamil Refugee Council Lavanya Thavaraja speaks about the proposed changes to the Migration Act and their potential impacts on refugees. It was announced last week that the government's new Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 would amend the Migration Act 1958 to require non-citizens who are on a removal pathway, and have exhausted their options to remain in Australia, to cooperate with measures to arrange their lawful removal from Australia.  8:15 Elena Suares is a resident of Atherton Gardens and a law student in the final semester of her law degree. Elena is passionate about human rights, mental health and disability, and joins the show to talk about the legislative council petition to save public housing. In September last year, the Andrews government announced a controversial plan to demolish all 44 of Victoria’s public housing high-rise towers.  SongsBurn It to the Ground - Shreea Kaul [4.07]Way We Move - DJANABA [3.47]  Don't Say - Robinson [3.33]

Headlines// 7.15: Dacia Abela, lawyer and program manager at Naarm-based Community Legal Centre WEstjustice, on economic abuse in the context of family violence. Listen to the full Women on the Line episode here//7.30: Kathryn Kelly, convener of Independent Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) ACT, on the latest regarding the AUKUS deal between Australia, the US and the UK and the ongoing anti-AUKUS rallies in so-called Australia//7.45: Steph Thuesen, Projects and Political Liaison at the Health and Community Services Union (HACSU), speaking at the Free Palestine Palm Sunday rally. Revisit speeches from Free Palestine rallies and other events on 3CR//8.00: Fiona McCormack, Victoria’s Victims of Crime Commissioner, on the way the criminal justice system traumatises victims. The report and details about the Victims Charter including how to make complaints to Victoria's Victims of Crime Commissioner can be found here//8.15: Hiba, student at the University of Melbourne and organising member for Unimelb for Palestine, on protesting the university’s relationship with weapons manufacturers and "die-in" action planned for this morning. Follow @unimelbforpalestine on Instagram for updates and to get involved// SongsHigher Than This - Vallis AlpsLight on - Maggie RogersClouds - Anesu

Headlines// 7.15: Actor and improviser Alannah Parkin on the open letter to major festivals to reverse their decision to remove a pro-Palestine comedian from Australian arts festivals. You can read the full letter via @comedy4pal on Instagram// World Social Work Day special segment -7.30: Lawyer, social worker and senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne Dr Jennifer Davidson on World Social Work Day, the importance of grassroots led work in the profession and ideas of health justice//-7.40: Social and community development worker Charlotte Lynch on social work within the family violence sector and divesting from policing and prisons//-7.50: Social worker Chloe Span on engaging with families affected by alcohol and drug use and the role of social work in this field// 8.00: Camp Sovereignty update 8.05: Founder/Director of Grassroots Research Studio Myfan Jordan on workplace cultures in the pandemic and her new book Women's Work in the Pandemic Economy: The Unbearable Hazard of Hierarchy. Myfan is speaking with women who have been bullied by other women at work: see Facebook for details//    8.15: YA author Alison Evans on the cancellation of the Teen Writing Bootcamp Program by the State Library of Victoria over apparent 'child and cultural safety' issues. Follow Alison on Instagram to read and sign the open letter and for updates: @alisonwritesthings// SongsFor Granted - YaejiSympathy - Bad Bangs