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QLD Attack on Human Rights in Prison | Palestine Rally | CANAM | Stop the F*ckery

On Mondays Breakfast Show October 26th we had: Headlines:16-year-old Noongar mother reportedly shackled to a hospital bed while in police custody in Joondalup, prompting condemnation from her family, community leaders and a national advocacy groups.The University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) has condemned the use of students’ academic and creative work to train artificial intelligence models without students’ informed consent. Amazon deforestation hits its lowest level in almost 40 years. From August 2025 to this past July, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by nearly 42 per cent. Segments:Conversation from Doin Time with Sohini Mehta, senior lawyer from the Human Rights Law Centre, discussing the Queensland Government's attack on human rights in prison which will fuel the incarceration crisis. Closing speech by Palestinian activist Nour Salman from the Free Palestine Rally on 11th October, for the 3rd anniversary of the genocide. Intro and Outro by Nour Mansour. Interview from the RadioActive with Gali from the organising team of this weekend's Conference Against Nuclear and Militarism (CANAM). The conference will feature panel discussions with first nations voices on Aukus and anti-militarism, workshops, meals and music all across this weekend, 30th October - 1st November. First of five weekly segments with Stop the F*keries campaign. The campaign focuses on 5 issues that are negatively impacting so-called Victoria's ecosystems. Today's topic was about feral species with conservationist and activist Jordon Crook. Songs:Vitus - Al Wootton The Magnificent Moon - Mildlife Links:Human Rights Law Centre Website DoinTimeRadioActiveCANAMStopTheFuckery
Oct 18

NTEU Member on Uni Strike | Doctor on Medical Strike in Victoria | Artist Talk on Radio Climate | Boyztoyz Trans Masc Strip Show

On Mondays Breakfast Show October 19th we had:Headlines:14 new homes have been handed over to tenants in Arnhem Land. It is part of the $4 Billion, 10 year Remote Housing Agreement. NSW’s 6 month trial for drone surveillance has been extended for two years. The Moree Dronge Programme is a plan to keep the indigenous community in Moree ‘safe.’ The lack of privacy and regulation has caused unrest in the community. Police in France have made 2000 arrests over the weekend from protests. French civilians have been protesting for weeks against cost of living and education conditions. 171 minors have been arrested. Interview one:Liv spoke to:NTEU member and senior lecturer for advancing journalism at the university of melbourne Jeff Sparrow. Last week there was a National Tertiary Education Union strike and teaching ban.They are fighting for better pay and sustainable workloads. A number of issues remain unresolved and will require more negotiation. Interview two:Liv spoke to: Dr Simon Judkins the president of Victoria's Australian Medical Association On the 21st of October Doctors in Victoria will walk off the job for 12 hoursAfter 16 months progress has still been stalled.Doctors want increase in pay and shorter shifts to avoid fatigue and burnout. Interview three:Hannah spoke to:Lana Nguyen, independent curator, organiser, producer for A Climate for Art.She discussed her new project and pdocast Cultural Curretns. On the 30th of october there is; ‘radio climate,’ at the science gallery from 5pm to 8pm with live interviews, DJ’s, food and art. Listen to Cultural Currents here: https://www.3cr.org.au/culturalcurrentsInterview four:Cece spoke to:Boyztoyz; a trans masc strip show company about their upcoming shows on 22nd and 29th October at Smith Street Hotel. Magic Dike and Mr Steal Your Girl are queer dance performers trying to make more accessible trans masc events and opening up sex work to the FLINTA community. We discussed drag, stripping, queer spaces and how to relearn desire for FLINTA outside of a patriarchal lense.Tickets for Boyztoyz here: https://linktr.ee/boytoyz?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=d19adb42-4f19-40e7-9b90-60707f51f14eBoyztoyz instagram: Boytoyz.au
Oct 11

Deep Sea Mining Lawsuit in Amerika Samoa | Experience on Flotilla Kidnapped by IDF| Christian Palestinian Activist on Motherhood and Family| Palestinian Solidarity Academic Speech To End Genocide

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast Show! This show had: The headlines: Pacifica environmentalists are taking court action against trump administration to deep sea mine pacific waters. Darwin’s largest homeless shelter is being shutdown. Run by the Yilli Rreung housing Aboriginal Corporation, the accommodation housed 400 indigenous people, some who are domestic violence survivors. Over 100 people are dead from a migrant boat sinking from Djibouti to Yemen. Amongst the 116 missing and 100 dead are 15 children. 80 people survived the capsizing. Part one of Interview with Seamalu Elora Raymond about lawsuit against trump administration over plans to lease pacific waters for deep sea mining. Activist Seamalu Elora Raymond is part of the community organisation Fa’asao Amerika Samoa, which strives to protect America Samoa indigenous culture, traditions, beliefs and the environment. Trumps administration wants to lease 125 million square metres of sea for deep sea mining from November 19th for 20 years. We discussed the environmental impacts and the effects it will have on marine life, and the creatures held sacred for America Samoans. The council of conservation of Hawaii is also taking legal action, as the mining will have mass effect on many of the islands in the area. Part two of interview with Seamalu Elora Raymond. In the second half of our interview we discussed AI Data Centres and the minerals the US will be mining, many of the materials used to build, power and create these centres being found on the seabed. Elora talks about the domino effect this will have on the rest of the world if the US’s proposals are approved. It creates fears that a global race as the flux of data centres rises to use the ocean to power these data centres. We discussed whether so called Australia may follow suit, as they are wanting to build 90 more data centres, and how China is already using the sea to cool down their data centres, rising sea temperatures. Song played: Sea creatures by SOAK. Audio from Vigil for Gaza last Wednesday from Gema O’toole. We played Gemma O’tooles speech made at the vigil about her experience being captured from the flotilla on the boat Adalah. In May, Gemma and a group of activists were kidnapped by the IDF.Gemma brought up distressing content of violence, torture and sexual abuse that she went through by the IDF. Exposing the Israeli military as cold blooded brutalists, she bravely went through the disgusting treatment they received for weeks whilst in Israel, and how she is banned for 100 years to return. A speech from Mira Abu Aita from the vigil for Gaza. Mira Abu Aita is a christian Palestinian woman and a mother. In her speech she shared her deep connection to Palestine and her family there, creating connection between First Nations people’s connection to country Amongst religious conflict she places importance on keeping her faith, and the injustices Palestinian Christians face. Second speech by Tasnim Mahmoud Sammack, a Palestinian Muslim academic and educator. Tasnim calls for the release of all Palestinian prisoners, and the end of the occupation for Palestinians. Working in anti racism and radical youth narratives, she asks for resolution and the end of the genocide. Promotion of:Close counters and Scott Reef on 13th October in Brunswick Ballroom. https://biggay.guide/au/melbourne/gay-events/close-counters-x-save-scott-reefVixen organisations sex worker meet ups: Trans and Gender diverse meeting on 27th October and Male Sex worker meeting on 28th October. https://www.vixen.org.au/events-1 Virtual Rally for: The U.S. government is considering an application from The Metals Company to conduct deep-seabed mining activities in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a vast area of international waters in the central Pacific Ocean.You can register below. Or search on Facebook; Fa'asao Amerika Samoa https://oceana-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wAnpX426T0KQ61bGhkKeEw#/registrationWhen: October 13th, 2026, 3:00-4:00 PM EDT Song: Deus E O Amor by Gal Costa.
Oct 4

Riverfest on the Birrarung | The Venny and Playwork | Golden Kelp Populations in Super El Nino

Headlines: - Operation of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline has been delayed - Voting across Brazil has just closed - Palestinians have been fired at by Israeli soldiers and settlers while trying to begin the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. - In the UK the Greens Party voted to class Zionism as a form of racism. Segments:- Interview from 3CR's Out of the Blue from 20 September 2026 - where host Stan Woodhouse sat down with Kaylah Gawn - PhD Candidate at Deakin University, telling listeners all about her work on Golden Kelp Populations in Port Phillip Bay, and what future-proofing those populations look like in the wake of the 'super El-Nino' event, which has been observed since March this year. - Evie Julliet and Alex Williams to discuss their event; Everflow - encouraging deep listening with the Birrarung - the closing event for river fest on the 18th of October. -Interview with Lloyd and Gabe, two members of a community-managed organisation known as The Venny which aims to break the cycle of disadvantage for young people through play. You can read more and support the project here.
Sep 27

Phillipines Marshall Law Anniversary | Workers' Perspective on AI Data Centres | Krill & Fish Farming Campaigns

With Rob, Cece, Liv7:00am - Acknowledgement of CountryHeadlines:Israel’s Central Elections Committee has voted to ban the country’s two main Arab-majority political lists from next month’s parliamentary election.Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces have conducted multiple air and ground operations in the southwestern governorate of Taiz as fighting intensifies with the Iran-backed Houthi group.Police fired water canons at protesters in India amid mounting fury over allegations the country’s elections are rigged. The Electoral Commission has removed 130 million names from the voter rolls, as part of what it calls a ‘special intensive revision’.Over three dozen political prisoners have been released in Venezuela on the 25th and 26th of September. Justicia and Encuentro y Perdon Segments:Standing with the people’s struggle back home; A recording from 54th Anniversary of the Marcos Sr. Regime's 'Martial Law' imposition on the country and its people in 1972.Interview with electrician Julian Ober; Current shortage of domestic/household electricians in the age of rapid data centre growth and incentives for workers in the booming sector. Interview with climate activist and campaigner for the Bob Brown Foundation Briony Venn; About krill farming and fish farming campaigns. Music:Kiss of life - SadeWork this time - King GizMob ties - Miss Kannina
Sep 20

| Indigenous Orchids | Against The Fear Machines - Anti-Fascist Public Conversations | NDIS Budget Ignores The Costs of Workforce Exclusion

Headlines: A study from World Weather Attribution confirms that climate change played an important role in the catastrophic Nepal flash floods last August. 541,000 students returned to education for the new school year in Gaza despite the major impact Israel's ongoing bombardment is having on children and students in Gaza This week Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he would change the laws that will remove Israeli citizenship for criticising the IDF The global petrochemical industry’s greenhouse gas emissions could increase by around 50 per cent by 2050 under a business as usual scenario. Segments: - Wing Beats Per Minute - two conservationists and ecologists Micheal and Jarred speak about the ecological impacts and benefits insects have within ecosystems. With it now warming, we're seeing more indigenous orchids popping up - with September following Guling season, or orchid season here on Wurundjeri Country, we're now in Poorneet season, or tadpole season - where more indigenous plants are now flowering. This segment was all about symbiotic relationships between indigenous orchids and their pollinators in and surrounding Naarm. - Conversation with Alex de Silva Faustino, a part of the Alliance for Praxis Research, member of the School for Social Change as well as Research Fellow at RMIT University's Centre for Urban Research. From Wednesday until the end of the year, the Alliance for Praxis Research will be hosting their series of public conversations known as 'Against The Fear Machines'. The events will focus on anti-fascist strategies as well as community responses to multiple converging crises, known as the polycrisis. You can find more information here www.aprcollective.com - Debate over NDIS budget ignores the cost of workforce exclusion. Conversation with Dr Jennifer Frean's research with university of melbourne about recent NDIS cuts, how that has affected public perception of people with disabilities. Then talking about workplace exclusion and the proposals she is designing to change this. Music: Triple Zero by Babyccino
Sep 13

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
Sep 6

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

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Rob, Hannah, Cece, Liv
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