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Labor Party Abandons Sexual Violence Victim-Survivor Protections | Impact of Planned Burns | Agriculture as a tool of colonisation |

On today's show: Headlines: August 26 hottest August on record globallyDocumentary Naza on Friday won the special Jury prize at the 83rd Venice International Film FestivalPublic hospital doctors to stop work tomorrow in demand for better pay, safer working conditions and compensation for overtime hours.Segments: Dr Phil Zylstra speaking at an event put on by the Goongerah Environment Centre (geco) and the Victorian Forest Alliance in August about the science of planned burning, debunking some of the "fuel load" theories, the impacts fire management practices have on forests and colonial methods of fire managements. Dr Phil Zylstra is a post doctoral fellow at the University of NSW specialising in Fire Behaviour Analysis. You can listen and watch the rest of this talk here.Two segments from Freedom of Species' 6th of September show speaking about agriculture as a tool of colonisation -- specifically the wool industry here in so-called Australia, how it has propped up British invasion and it war efforts, as well as how introduction of agriculture has destroyed ecosystems across the continent. Freedom of Species airs on Sundays from 1 until 2pm. You can listen live during that time or catch previous episodes here.Jacinta Masters, Campaign Manager at Fair Agenda, an organisation campaigning for a a fair and gender equitable future. We spoke about Brittany Higgins' letter published in The Age last week accusing the Victorian Labor Government of using her public credibility to bolster support for the ALP and its promise to legislate the choice for victim-survivors of sexual violence to pre-record their testimonies and keep their counselling records out of court. Please note that this segment contains discussion of sexual violence, if you feel it may cause distress, do not listen or reach out to one of these CRISIS LINES:The Rainbow Door 1800 729 367 Lifeline 13 11 14, 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) 13 YARN (13 92 76), or Qlife at 1800 184 527 Songs played: Crocodiles - KAYPSRacist Friend - The Specials
6 Sept

Renters and Housing Union | Unite Against Racism Forum | National Endangered Species Day | Younger Children Education in Gaza

Headlines: BHP coal mine extension approved as a UN report warns of dangerous climate overshooting NextDC, an Australian data center company, has reported profits above forecasts as its water and energy use rise for the third consecutive year. Next DC has a data centre running next to Tottenham stationSegments: - Adu Hani, Secretary of the Renters and Housing Union, joined us to discuss RAHU's recent success with collective tenant bargaining and its implications for future tenant organising in Victoria. Adu also spoke about upcoming rental reforms coming into effect on 13 October, and key commitments tenants should be mindful of when it comes to the November state elections. - Unite against racism and a coalition of organisations are hosting a forum this Wednesday to build the fight against one nation. We were joined by David Glanz, an organiser of the event and member of the Refugee Action Collective. - Interview with Violet Coco and Collette Harmsen about National Endangered Species Day and an action mourning endangered species at DEECA - Jan Bartlett spoke to Ken Davis, International Programs manager of APHEDA, Union Aid Abroad. Who begins the segment here with a background on the current state of education for younger children in Gaza since the intensification of Israel's siege over the past 3 years… a content warning that this interview mentions violence against children which may be distressing to listeners. General Lines: Lifeline: 13 11 14 | lifeline.org.au 13YARN: 13 92 76 | 13yarn.org.auYarning Safe'n Strong: 1800 959 563 Music: Signing Off by Daisy Picker
30 Aug

Corporate Investment into F35 Parts Manufacturers | Protesting Mining and Logging on Gumbaynggirr Country | Stories of Queer Refugees in Kenya |

On today's show: Headlines: Human Rights Law Centre releases its recommendations as Royal Commission Into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion comes to last week of public hearings31st of August marks five years since Taliban came to power in AfghanistanVic Pride Centre hosts employment fair with the ADF, Coles, Amazon, John Holland and other suspect employers boasting their ‘inclusive workplaces’.Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek calls for Labor to consider tighter reforms around the depiction of sexual violence online following death of a sixteen year old Sydney girlSegments: Last week Declassified Australia and Michael West Media both published an article written by Tom Orsag entitled '‘BLUE-WASHING’: CORPORATE PROFITS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF GAZA'. It explains the growing corporate investment into F35 parts manufacturers across the continent and how the Federal government props it up. We were joined by the article's author Tom Orsag, a retired member of the cfmeu and the article's author. Read the full article hereWe play an excerpt of Amy Aednit Ciara's interview with a group of LGBTQI+ refugees in a camp in Kenya. In this recording Amy speaks to Rasheed (he/him), Sammy (he/him), Brenda (she/her) and Rachael (she/her). These are cis gay and lesbian refugees from Uganda trying to build a self sustaining encampment that will hopefully have greater longevity than block 13, a previous encampment which was attacked and disbanded. LGBT+ refugees in Kakuma experience discrimination and violence from other refugees, Kenyan authorities and UNHCR employees. This was before block 13 was disbanded and before US AID pulled out. A content warning that in this segment we hear accounts of sexual assault and unwanted pregnancies. Please share their website www.queerpride.africa Funds will go to food and creating self sustaining projects like raising chooks to sell eggs for further projects.The show ends with a conversation with community organiser Jiggy about protesting logging and mining on Gumbaynggirr Country in so-called Coffs Harbor. Support the organisations mentioned - @savepinecreekforest, @bellingenactivistnetwork & Friends of Pine Creek & Lock the Gate Nambucca. Songs played: 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton You Don't Care About Poor People - Mudrat
23 Aug

Protecting Dingoes | Japanese Railway Worker Solidarity | AEU Fighting for Better Conditions

Headlines: - Archive Genocide has broken past two hundred million web requests in its second month — keeping record of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza on the internet. - Sally Goldner from Out of the Pan on 3cr wins Outstanding Contribution to Media at the Victorian Pride Awards. Segments: - Interview with Jo Samuel-King from the Dingo Conservancy about the difficulties in protecting dingoes, their lack of protections, common misconceptions and how beneficial they are in ecosystems. - Asia Pacific Currents' Jisell Hanna interviews the president of Doro Chiba -- representing railway workers in the privatised Chiba trainline about their four decades struggle against privatisation, and maintaining worker solidarity over decades of state repression. You can listen to more from the APC team here or Saturday from 9 to 9:30AM. - A deal accepted by the Australian Education Union will mean that teachers across so-called Victoria become the highest paid in the continent, it is a victory that comes after months of negotiations, strikes, and two previous offers which were rejected by members. An interview with Thomas Lock, a rank and file AEU member. He is also a member of Fight the Crisis - a group organising within the union. Music: The World Couldn't See Us by Nabihah Iqbal Good Bloke by Rub
16 Aug

| Flowering Gums | Uninclusive Census | Palantir's Imperialism | The Peoples Record | No Fresh Air Bill Rally |

Headlines: The Victorian Government has recently extended a pause in enforcing warrant of imprisonment for unpaid fines for another 2 months, human rights organisations have called for this to be permanently stopped.The NSW Supreme Court has rejected a push to place a terrorism supervision order onto a young Sydney man, with the prosecution falsely conflating criticism of Israel as antisemitic. Segments:- An ongoing segment we have here on the show, Wing Beats Per Minute - where two conservationists talk about the importance insects have on ecosystems, about flowering eucalyptus gums. - Segment from Out of the Pan where Sally Goldner was talking about the upcoming census and the inclusion of gender and sexuality but NOT variations in sex characteristics. - An excerpt from Uprise Radio back in May of this year dissecting the company's manifesto that was released earlier this year. This part talks about several points within Palantir's manifesto and how the company fits into colonisation and imperialism on a global scale. You can listen to more from Uprise Radio on Wednesday nights from 5.30 to 6pm on 3cr or at 3cr.org.au/upriseradio- An excerpt of the first episode of the new podcast by the Centre Against Racial Profiling, this series is called The People's Record. In this episode Idil is joined by ‘Ahmed,’ ‘Musab,’ Reem, Ilo Diaz, Crystal McKinnon, Charandev Singh and Tamar Hopkins, to explore growing up and community in the flats; first experiences of policing; histories of racialised police violence in so-called Australia; and traditions of community resistance. You can listen to the rest of this episode at 3cr.org.au/thepeoplesrecord the first 3 episodes of this series are out now, with more episodes to come. - Interview with Kelly Flanag and Karen Fletcher from Flat Out about the Victorian Government proposing amendments to the Corrections act, can you tell me a bit about what these amendments are and how that affects people in prisons. The Stop the No Fresh Air Bill Rally is on Wednesday 12th of August 12.45pm Parliament steps, more information here https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-no-fresh-air-bill?
2 Aug

| Gender Affirming Care | Water Sovereignty in the Murray River | 44 Flats United Fight To Keep Public Housing |

Welcome to Monday Breakfast, on the show we had: Headlines: More than 50,000 people swam 5 kilometers via the north African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco into SpainMost Australian states have backed stronger national rules to ensure the rapid growth of data centres is powered by new renewable energy An eighteen year-old woman held at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre died in custody last week Segments: - An interview with the Seahorse Collective - an anonymous, autonomous collective of trans people supporting people struggling to access gender-affirming care. If you or someone you know needs to contact the collective, you can email them at seahorsecollective@proton.me. You can also read a transcript of interview courtesy of a zine made by Seahorse Collective here. - Billabong Beats interview where Gavin Moore speaks with Marilyn and Peta from Friends of Nyah Vinifera Park campaign where they talk about water projects and water sovereignty in the Murray River. You can find more info about their campaign here.Support the blockade that the friends of nyah vinifera park have set up here. - Interview with Debbie, a public housing resident and member of 44 Flats United, a community organisation working against the Victorian government's plans to demolish all of the state's 44 public housing towers. LISTEN HERE. Music: Mantis by Courtney Barnett
26 Jul

| Close Pine Gap Convergence | Olympic Dam Mine Protests | Colonisation and Imperialism - Struggles Here and Abroad |

Headlines: The Whitsunday Conservation Council’s criticisms of the Queensland Government's State Development and Public Works Organisation (Critical Minerals) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026India’s Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned after a week of nationwide student protests over an exam leak scandalSegments:- Listened back to the Pine Gap Convergence, the traditional owners of the land of Kuyunba, the Hayes family gave a letter to Pine Gap. We heard Arrernte elder Felicity Hayes reading the letter from outside the gates of Pine Gap, last Monday. - The Hayes Family telling us what happened when they entered the gates of Pine Gap and presented their letter. - Close Pine Gap Convergence from outside the gates last monday, a few speeches from: Greens Senate David Shoebridge, Palestinian activist Remah Naji, two nurses from the MUA Union - giving a message from Paul Keating, the maritime union Sydney branch and First nations activist Desmond Blurton - The Art of Resistance tour drove in a convoy across the desert to protest militarism and extractivism. On the 6th of july they went to wellfield A on sacred Arabunna Country in south australia to shed light on the impacts this borefield has on one of the largest uranium mines in the southern hemisphere. Izzy Brown and first nations activist shed light on this issue. - Activists outside the gates of BHP's Olympic Dam mine in Roxby Downs On the 7th of July - 2 segments of one of the panels from the Close Pine Gap Convergence, this panel was about colonisation and imperialism - struggles here and abroad. We heard from first nations professor Katheryn Gilbey and Remah Nahi Music: War Pigs by Black SabbathBow Down by Barkaa
19 Jul

Exploring Activism, Queer Existence, and Socialism in Djilang aka Geelong | 44FlatsUnited on the Cost of Redeveloping Victoria's Public Housing Towers |

On today's show: Headlines: - US bombs Iran for eight consecutive nights in a row- MALS issues statement of excessive police presence across rallies on July 4- AEU members to strike again on Thursday 23 July- Radio Mogadishu to receive upgraded equipment in quest to digitise 70+ year old archiveSegments: Rob and Amy chat about being an activist, trans, and a worker in Djilang aka Geelong. We were then joined by Freya Headly, Socialist Alliance candiate for South Barwon who spoke with us about housing and working conditions in the area, as well as similarly being Trans in the area. The show ends with a conversation with David who is not only a housing researcher but an organiser for 44 Flats United -- are a group of residents, ex-residents & allies of public housing organising against demolition on stolen Kulin lands. David runs us through the costs of redeveloping the 44 public housing towers compared to the Victorian government's model to demolish them.Songs played: Grace - IDLES Dancing on my own - Robyn

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Rob, Hannah, Edmi
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2017 - 2026
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