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  1. 1d ago

    Australia Fails First Nations Children, Victorian Teachers’ Ongoing Fight for Fair Conditions, Launch of The People’s Record, Improving Climate Compliance Measures, Older Public Tenants Snubbed by Housing Minister

    Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Public housing residents rally and petition against demolitionsGaza update Violent attack at Camp SovereigntyAUKUS inquiry submissions / criticismsBird flu threatens Murray-Darling wetlandsImprisonment risk over unpaid fines  On 3rd August, Marisa Sposaro of 3CR's Doin' Time, sat down with Maggie Munn, Gunggari Advocate and Director of First Nations Justice at Human Rights Law Centre, to discuss Australia’s failure to make progress on targets to reduce the rates of First Nations children behind bars, while states and territories continue to detain children in remand at increasing rates, in direct contravention of International Law. In their chat, Marisa and Maggie also touched on a report released by the Victorian Commission on Children and Young People, and broke down the Northern Territory government's abolishment of key aspects of 'Child Placement Principles'.You can tune into Doin' Time every Monday 4-5pm on 3CR.// Melinda Davis, Senior Lecturer in Education at Swinburne University of Technology and former deputy principal, joined us to discuss why Victorian teachers are set to strike for the third time this year on Wednesday the 19th of August. Melinda outlined how we got here, the compounding pressure on the sector, where the Victorian Branch of the Australian Education Union’s negotiations with government currently stand, and teachers’ demands.// Idil and Ilo from the Centre Against Racial Profiling joined us for a conversation about the upcoming launch of 'The People's Record', a podcast about race, policing and public housing in Narrm. This incredible series tells the story of the public housing towers - the flats - focusing on the vitality and resistance of the community in the face of racialised policing and structural violence. This Saturday the 8th of August, The People's Record will be launched at IPCS, where the 6th and final episode of the show will be recorded live. The People's Record will be broadcasting daily on 3CR 855AM from the 8th of August.// Nic Seton, CEO of Parents for Climate, spoke with us about the organisation’s successful push to close the Climate Active program, the adequacy of voluntary climate claims, and new mandatory climate-related financial disclosure requirements for Australian companies. Parents for Climate are a national parent advocacy organisation working to empower communities to make the climate safer for children. They have campaigned for over three years to abolish the Climate Active program, including through a landmark court case brought against EnergyAustralia, community advocacy work, and sustained investigation into greenwashing by energy companies. Nic Seton is a former stay-at-home dad, and has over 12 years’ experience working across international environmental organisations.// Bill McKenzie, Deputy Chair of the 44FU Layfield Court Residents Committee, shared updates from yesterday's action, where public housing residents from over-55s flats from at least four estates across Melbourne took their petition to resist the demolition of their homes to the office of Housing Minister Nick Staikos. Bill was a member of a small delegation of representatives who entered 1 Spring Street to bring the residents’ petition to Staikos, who chose not to meet directly with residents despite being in the building at the time of the action. The Layfield Court Resident's Committee represents residents at 150 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park, an older persons' high-rise where Bill has lived for nearly 20 years.//

  2. Jul 29

    Grounding back in Djab Wurrung, Latin America in Australian media, 44FU petition against demolition to Housing Minister, alcohol and drug debates ahead of state elections, Homeless Persons Union of Victoria's ethical guidelines for journalists

    Acknowledgement of Country//News HeadlinesNauru asylum seekers seek urgent action over worsening conditionsQueensland pro-Palestine speech bans face High Court constitutional challengeIndigenous-led baseline data on First Nations languagesHealth workers protest IHRA antisemitism definition H5 bird flu transmission confirmed among South Australian wild birdsDeath in custody of 18-year-old woman in Victoria’s Dame Phyllis Frost Centre//In a conversation from Saturday 25th July, Yaraan Couzins Bundle spoke with Leila about the process of grounding back in Djab Wurrung country after visiting Mparntwe desert country the week before to stand in solidarity with Aunty Felicity and the Hayes family, demanding Sacred Arrernte Land Back at the Pine Gap Convergence. Yaraan describes how her old girls - ancestors living through Country - received her return to sacred Country with pride, and unpacks how the decolonial work on her ancestral lands is interwoven with work of liberatory justice for kin across the continent and expanding globally. You will hear waterways, land, animals and sky joining in the conversation along the way.//Rodrigo Acuña is a Spanish teacher, documentary filmmaker, and independent specialist in Latin American affairs. Rodrigo has been writing on Latin American politics for more than 20 years and in 2024 completed his first documentary film, 'Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire". After attending and speaking at the Independent and Peaceful Australian Network's national conference, themed 'Time to Break Free from the US', Rodrigo joined us to talk about key topics addressed at the conference, including AUKUS, the minimal coverage of Latin America in the Australian press, whether Australia's relationship with the US impacts this coverage, and projects he is currently working on. Rodrigo’s work, including a bi-montly newsletter he publishes on political updates throughout Latin America, can be found on his website.//Tom Cooper, Chair of the 44FU 150 Inkerman Street Residents Committee, speaks with us about an action planned by residents across at least four of the older persons' high rise public housing buildings slated for demolition by the Victorian Government to bring their concerns to the office of Housing Minister Nick Staikos next Wednesday. Residents aged between 55 and 100 are inviting Minister Staikos to receive their petitions against the planned demolition of their homes, and will be bringing the message directly to the Minister at 1 Spring Street at 1PM on Wednesday the 5th of August.//Chris Christoforou, CEO of VAADA, Victoria Alcohol and Drug Association, joined us to outline what the association would like to see from political parties as we approach state elections. We discussed blowout wait times for current alcohol and drug treatment services, gaps in the Victorian Government's current drug and alcohol strategy, and VAADA’s recommended multi-pronged approach to AOD services that prioritises evidence-based policies focusing on service expansion, harm reduction, and decriminalisation.*This conversation touches on drug and alcohol use. If you or anyone you know needs support, contact the national hotline for confidential counselling and referral on 1800 250 015.//Kelly and Dani from the Homeless Persons Union of Victoria joined us to discuss the group's recent publication of a jointly-authored statement alongside some of Victoria's leading health and justice organisations urging the Australian Press Council to adopt ethical guidelines for journalists and commentators reporting on homelessness. The statement was issued following the recent publication of an opinion piece by commentator and former shock-jock Steve Price in the Herald Sun featuring harmful representations of people experiencing homelessness and poor health in Melbourne's CBD. The Homeless Persons Union of Victoria is calling for the Australian Press Council to adopt the Council to Homeless Persons' Media Messaging Guide, which you can read here. If you wish to make your own complaint to the Australian Press Council about derogatory representations of homelessness by commercial mastheads, you can do so here.//

  3. Jul 22

    NDIS funding for blind and vision impaired people, US offshore mineral extraction in American Samoa waters, the tainted legacy of the World Cup in Mexico, the push for reproductive healthcare leave across Australia

    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//Israeli embassy interference in Labor national conference platform on GazaPine Gap convergenceCriticism of NT proposed child protection laws from child protection ministersReport: 99% of people seeking asylum Australia has transferred to Nauru are not able to access enough foodVictorian teacher’s strike action//Veteran broadcaster and activist Marisa Sposaro, host of 3CR's Doin' Time show, joined us for a conversation about disability support funding for blind and vision impaired people, in the context of looming cuts to the NDIS. In this discussion, we covered how different kinds of funding allocations facilitate inclusion for blind and vision impaired people under the NDIS, the implications of losing access to this funding, and more broadly, the way that conversations about legitimate support and functionality assessments occur within a society that holds very narrowed views about the kinds of lives that people with disability should live. Catch Doin' Time from 4-5PM on Mondays on 3CR.//Dr Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka, founder of youth-centred environmental organization Finafinau, joined us from Pago Pago to discuss recent progress in the United States government's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's moves to advance offshore mineral extraction in the waters off American Samoa. On the 16th of July, in the face of significant resistance in American Samoa and across the Pacific region, the BOEM agency issued a Proposed Leasing Notice for the American Samoa Outer Continental Shelf Pacific Mineral Lease Sale 1, another step in the direction of a potential lease sale this November. Sabrina spoke with us about the cultural and environmental impacts that deep sea mining for critical minerals will cause, and the ongoing fight to prevent this from happening in the waters off the islands of American Samoa. Dr. Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka is a Samoan Filipina educator, youth leadership mentor, and environmental justice advocate who works at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge, community organizing, and ocean conservation to amplify Pacific voices in local and global decision-making.//Isabel Maria Villalón is an independent researcher living and studying in Mexico City. She has a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, is about to enter into a doctorate program, and writes regularly for the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). As the 2026 World Cup wraps up, we spoke with Isabel to unpack the tainted legacy it left behind throughout Mexico City. She walked us through inequities in tax contributions paid to Mexico, Canada, and the US by participating corporations, and the rejection of the tournament by a broad assembly of social movements that led to street protests. Throughout the conversation, Isabel shed light on structural economic inequalities present across both legislation governing the World Cup and negotiations for the United States Mexico Canada free trade agreement that occurred alongside the tournament.//We listened to a podcast produced with All The Best Radio, international audio producer, Craig Garrett, and our Thursday Breakfast host, Kate, about the growing push for reproductive healthcare leave across Australia. The podcast features Emma Hardy, a writer with lived experience of managing PMDD in the workplace, Carolyn Dunbar, the Women’s Team Leader at the Victorian Trades Hall Council and advocate for the union’s campaign, It’s for Every Body, and Tom Hvala, a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne who adopts a feminist approach to push for greater legal protections within the workplace. A quick note, this podcast mentions suicide and self-harm. If you or anyone you know needs support, you can call Lifeline 13 11 14 or SuicideLine Victoria on 1300 651 251. This story was originally produced for fbi radio's audio storytelling program, All The Best, published in June 2026.//

  4. Jul 15

    Continued fight against NDIS cuts, Push for ACT gambling reforms, Human rights abuses and deforestation for sugar in West Papua, Emu Fields Nuclear Tests and AUKUS Public Inquiry

    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//Calls for Royal Commission / Segal to address incorrect claims about Gaza death toll evidenceGovernment fast-tracks data centre approvals and delays AI legislationGrattan report criticising the Pharmacy Guild's influence over funding dealsUpcoming national convergence at Pine Gap// Oriela Williams (they/them), co-organiser with the Protect Our NDIS Alliance National and Magan-djin team, caught up with Priya earlier this week to discuss the ongoing fight-back against massive cuts to the NDIS announced in this May's federal budget. Changes to the scheme have been brought to Parliament by the Albanese Labor government under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026, which is currently subject to an inquiry by the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee. Oriela is a proudly Disabled Lebanese Non-Binary Dyke based in Magan-djin/Meanjin/Brisbane. Oriela has lived experience as an NDIS participant themselves, with high physical disability and psychosocial support needs; being a full time power wheelchair user, requiring daily caregivers and living in Specialist Disability Accommodation / Supported Independent Living (SDA/SIL) environment. As well as being a dedicated community organiser and activist; Oriela is a passionate disability justice advocate, lived/living experience peer worker and trained Alt2su facilitator with a focus on anti-carceral, peer-lead and trauma-informed responses to distress.// Content note: This interview mentions gambling harm. If you, or anyone you know needs support, you can call Gamblers Helpline 1800 85 858 or go to gamblershelp.com.au. Kate Seselja is the Co-Chair of Gambling Harm Lived Experience Experts, Founder of The Hope Project Australia, a gambling reform advocate, and recovery coach. She has also been appointed to the Ministerial Advisory Committee to implement gambling reforms within the ACT. Today, Kate joined us to talk about her experience with gambling harm, where reforms on poker machines are up to in the ACT, the Canberra Labor Club, and solutions preferred by the Gambling Harm Lived Experience Experts to manage gambling harm.// Louise Byrne of the West Papua Women's Office joined us to discuss the connections between Sugar Research Australia, the Indonesian sugar industry, and alleged rights abuses and illegal deforestation in Merauke, West Papua. In December 2025, Greenpeace published the report 'Sweet Promises, Bitter Reality: Inside the Merauke Sugarcane Project' detailing serious concerns about the role of the Indonesian state and agribusiness in land theft and mass deforestation in Merauke. More recently, Royce Kurmelovs of Deepcut News has written about the connections between the Australian government-funded body Sugar Research Australia and land clearing in Merauke. Louise has been working for West Papua's freedom and self-determination since 1999, and helped found the West Papua Office in Docklands in 2014. There will be a screening of Pesta Babi: Kolonialisme di Zaman Kita (Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Time), an investigative documentary examining contemporary colonialism, militarisation, and large‑scale development projects in West Papua, on the 29th of July at Eclipse Cinema in Collingwood, and on 31st August at the University of Melbourne. The documentary is also available to watch on YouTube.Louise shared the following information to supplement our conversation about Wilmar:Wilmar, the corrupt Indonesian sugar company in TownsvilleIndonesian oligarch Martius Sitorus has owned Wilmar Sugar in Townsville since 2010 when he bought CSR's sugar and ethanol division for $1.5 billion. Wilmar has eight mills in Queensland, and manufactures half of Australia's raw sugar. Sitorus is Batak, from Sumatra, and lives in Singapore, with an estimated net worth of $3.55 billion. In 2013 Sitorus and his brother Ganda (as Gama Group, then KPN Corp), with demonstrable government support, began forcing sales of customary land in Boven Digoel and Merauke (West Papua) for large-scale deforestation and agribusiness. Wilmar pays no tax in Australia. In 2022 Wilmar subsidiaries in Indonesia were found guilty of corporate fraud and systematic judicial corruption, including payment of 'Billions in bribes to avoid trillions in fines', Mongabay, 15 April 2025). In 2025, Wilmar's Duta Sugar was convicted for unlawful acts over the import of raw sugar into Indonesia. Also in 2025, and court officials ($4 million to four Indonesian judges Wilmar's huge subsidiary in China, Yihai Kerry Arawana (the largest food processor in the People's Republic and responsible for 21% of its palm oil imports) was found guilty of fraudulent documentation in palm oil trades. You can visit the West Papua Women's Office at 211/838 Collins Street, Docklands 3008 (VIC), and contact them at frwpwomensoffice@gmail.com or via SMS at 0424 745 155.// Content note: this interview includes mentions of a First Nations person who has passed away. For support, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can call 13 YARN (13 92 76) or Yarning Safe'n'Strong (1800 959 563). Karina Lester is a Yankunytjatjara Anangu leader and second-generation survivor of British nuclear tests at Emu Field in South Australia. She is a senior Aboriginal language expert, anti-nuclear activist and ICAN Ambassador. Most recently, Karina has been selected as a commissioner for the independent AUKUS Public Inquiry. We spoke with Karina about the impacts of the Emu Field nuclear tests, AUKUS associated nuclear waste risks, First Nations peoples' concerns around AUKUS, and what the Public Inquiry is hoping to achieve.//

  5. Jul 8

    Gunditjmara writer, activist and singer Richard J. Frankland, ASU council workers action updates, Monique Clubb campaign with Martin Hodgson, RAHU on Victorian rental policy changes.

    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//Royal Commission criticised over pro-Israel witness focus//Experts call for more resilient transport communications systems following Telstra outage//Victorian gov proposes limiting prisoners’ daily outdoor access rights//Tonga joins nuclear bans, strengthening Pacific disarmament push//Gunditjmara writer, activist and singer Richard J. Frankland spoke with us about screening his 1996 film 'No Way to Forget' at ACMI as part of tonight's NAIDOC Shorts event, and discusses his new album, 'Discovering Leerpeen Mara', which was released last month. Richard delivered this year's Elder in Residence Oration for NITV, which you can listen back to here. NAIDOC Shorts is running from 7-8:30 tonight at ACMI, screening a selection of films created by First Nations filmmakers over the past 50 years as part of this NAIDOC week's '50 Years of Deadly' celebrations - get your tickets here.// We will heard from Tash Wark, Branch Secretary of Australian Services Union, who talked us through current action by council workers against various local government councils across Melbourne. We will discussed recent strikes held by waste collection drivers across Darebin, Merri-bek and Hume councils, where their action is up to, and the responsiveness of local government councils and state government.// Content note: this interview includes mentions of a First Nations person who has passed away. For support, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can call 13 YARN (13 92 76) or Yarning Safe'n'Strong (1800 959 563). Martin Hodgson of The Disappeared Project discussed the campaign by the family of Butchulla and Woppaburra woman Monique Clubb calling on the Queensland Police Service to issue a $1 million reward for information about her disappearance on the 22nd of June 2013. Martin spoke about Monique's life and legacy, her family's struggle for justice, and the role of independent investigation and advocacy in the search for answers about what happened to Monique. Please sign the petition created by Monique's family (who you can follow here on Instagram) asking for QPS to offer a reward for information about her disappearance. You can listen to the Curtain the Podcast episode Martin mentioned here, where Martin and co-host Amy McQuire speak about Monique's case. Read Amy's June 30th article about Monique's case, featuring interviews with her family members, here.//  We were joined by Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) Secretary Adu Hani and Branch Delegate Harry Millward to go over some of the most recent changes in Victorian rental policy. Last week the state government announced their Portable Bond Scheme, which allows renters to transfer an existing bond payment to their next rental property bond when moving houses. Some of the changes we are seeing in rental rights are long awaited but slow policy changes have proven inadequate in providing safe and equitable housing.//

  6. Jul 1

    Stop the Plumpton AI Data Centre, Understanding H5N1 Avian Flu, Managing the Risks of Data Centres, Pacific Peace Pilgrimage Against Nuclear Harms

    Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:NT government replace transit and public housing safety officers with armed police//Palestine solidarity activists appear in court in Magan-djin/Brisbane//Calls to expel Israeli ambassador after flotilla abuse denials//Albanese government rejects majority of UN Universal Periodic Review recommendations//Kanaky elections impacted by French colonial interference//We listened to one of the speeches from the community Town Hall Meeting to 'Stop the Plumpton AI data centre planned for Melbourne’s West' held on Thursday 25 June at Sydenham Neighbourhood House. In this speech, AJ Harris-Peixoto took attendees through a presentation on data centre-related issues facing the community. Thank you to Amy from 3CR's Kill Your Lawn for sharing the recording - you can catch Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence every week on 3CR Fridays 9:00am to 10:00am. Stay tuned to 3CR’s Breakfast programs to hear more audio from this Town Hall.// Researchers Dr Meagan Dewar (Federation University Australia) and Dr Sara Ryding (Deakin University) joined us to discuss the implications and emergency management of the highly infectious H5N1 strain of avian flu, which has now been detected in four migratory seabirds (including skuas and giant petrels) in Western Australia and one in South Australia since the first Australian case was identified nearly two weeks ago. Meagan is a wildlife biologist and lecturer at Federation University Australia researching infectious diseases in seabirds. Sara is an evolutionary ecologist researching bird movements, and how bird movements influence disease incursion risk, including for avian influenza into Australia.From the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: If you notice sick or dead birds or other animals, you should not touch them. If there are multiple dead birds or other animals, take photos or a video. Record your location and report it to the 24-hour Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.// Stephanie Bashir, CEO of Nexa Advisory and a leading voice in Australia’s energy transformation, speaks with us about how the surge in Australian data centre construction driven by generative AI risks pushing up power bills and climate pollution. Informed by the latest report by Climate Council ''Clouded future: Managing risks of the data centre boom'', Inez and Stephanie talked about the implications of this boom and what we can do to take action. Stephanie has over two decades of experience driving major reforms across consumer energy, renewables, battery storage, and grid integration. She is widely recognized for her ability to turn complex energy challenges into actionable, real-world solutions that accelerate the clean energy transition.// Merewalesi Tuilau (Fiji Nuclear Veterans and Families Association) and Samuel Barton (President of the Marshall Islands Student Association in Fiji) spoke about the 80th anniversary of the advent of nuclear testing in the Pacific, which occurred yesterday (Wednesday the 1st of July). Both Mere and Samuel have travelled to Australia as part of the Pacific Peace Pilgrimage, which shines a light on the history and intergenerational impacts of nuclear ‘testing’ in the Pacific region, including in Australia. The Pilgrimage is coordinated by ICAN Australia alongside The Quakers and the Pacific Conference of Churches, welcoming nuclear-impacted communities from the Pacific and Australia for a series of events which will highlight pathways towards nuclear justice in the region and call for a future that is decolonised, demilitarised, denuclearised and decarbonised. Listen back to Wednesday Breakfast's interview this week with fellow Pacific Peace Pilgrimage delegate Reverend James Bhagwan of the Pacific Council of Churches. Join Samuel and Frances Namoumou of the Pacific Conference of Churches this Friday 3 July at Balam Balam Place, Brunswick, for the public event ‘Commemorating the legacy of nuclear detonations in the Pacific: 30 years on.’// Events on Saturday 4 July:3CR’s 50th Birthday Celebration, 11AM-4PM, Collingwood Town Hall//Counter Protest: Smash Transphobia!, 11:30AM, Parliament House Steps//Anti-Imperialist Rally (LASNET), 12PM, State Library of Victoria//Protest - Close Pine Gap, 1:30PM, Defence Plaza (661 Bourke St, Melbourne)//Football is For All World Cup Screenings, Egypt vs Australia 4AM, Argentina vs Cabo Verde 8AM, Colombia vs Ghana 11:30AM, IPCS (78-80 Curzon St, North Melbourne)// Photo by NOAA on Unsplash.

  7. Jun 24

    S11 in the Archives, 1997 Police Infiltration of 3CR, Rise of Electoral Fascism, Criminalisation Tactics of Hate Crime Law, Expanded WA Police Surveillance, Degrowth and Globalisation

    Acknowledgement of Country//News Headlines//NDIS bill delayed, inquiry extended Third confirmed case of H5 bird flu detected in South AustraliaEight-week extension granted to the Senate inquiry examining controversial NDIS changesVictorian educators reject government pay offer Senate inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Gillham vs MSO case//As part of 3CR's 50th anniversary celebrations, we dove into the archives to take you back 26 years to a pivotal protest against the World Economic Forum, 11-13 September 2000, at the Crown Casino Complex in Melbourne, which brought disparate organising groups together into a broad coalition against globalisation & multinational domination. 3CR covered the massive public opposition and compiled highlights of the broadcasts on a 12-part CD - Globalisation Unplugged.//Honouring 3CR’s 50 year anniversary, we heard an 1998 interview with 3CR station manager Jan McCarther on Wednesday Hometime. In this excerpt, Jan discusses the legitimacy of the 1997 Victorian Police secret police infiltration that saw undercover officers pose as 3CR programmers and even undertake the community-funded 3CR training program. 3CR was one of multiple community organisations surveilled and monitored by Victoria Secret Police during a four year national security intelligence project that resulted in an Ombudsman investigation due to questionable legality and ethical conduct by police.//Trans activist Hazel joined us for a conversation about the rise of electoral fascism and failure of liberal politics in so-called australia, and shared information about an upcoming counter protest for trans liberation on Saturday the 4th of July on the steps of Parliament House. For more information about the action, follow @transqueersoli2026 and @trans.action.network on Instagram.//We heard from Zelda to understand how policing and legislative tactics like ‘hate crime’ law, the Security Investigation Unit (SIU) and the Federal Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) are leveraged to further criminalise liberatory justice movements and silence political speech. Zelda has been active in earth and human rights struggles on this continent and the Pacific region for decades and was a core organiser of Disrupt Land Forces. Currently, Zelda is preparing to head to Pine Gap for next month’s Sacred Land Back Convergence.//Lucinda Thorpe from Digital Rights Watch joined us to discuss concerns that WA Police's expansion of facial surveillance acts as a disproportionate and terrifying over-reach of police infrastructure that could result in innocent Australians being surveilled and criminalised.// We heard from Chadley Camp, owner of Little Homey Cafe, on why the space is so special for community, their screenings of World Cup games, and upcoming events at the cafe. The cafe has a screening of the Ghana vs. Croatia game coming up, as well as a community games night.Anitra Nelson is an activist-scholar affiliated with the Informal Urbanism Research Hub (InfUr-) at University of Melbourne, who investigates post-capitalism and non-monetary economies and has previously worked as a programmer with 3CR on Chile Lucha. Anitra has been investigating the phenomenon of Degrowth. As our Breakfast Shows have looked back on the 2000 S11 protests held by a broad coalition against globalisation, Anitra talked us through what degrowth is, why we need it, where it stands in relation to globalisation, and how the shifting global balance of power may work to help or hinder Degrowth For anyone wanting to find out more information on Degrowth visit The Commons Social Change Library or read through the open access Routledge Handbook on Degrowth.//

  8. Jun 17

    Homeless Community Demand Solidarity Not Charity, Understanding Unlawful Centrelink Payment Cancellations, Archival Audio: Policing of s11 Protest, cohealth Governance Under Fire in Damning Review, Fight Continues Against NDIS Cuts

    Headlines:Israel continues attacks on Lebanon in lead up to US-Iran ceasefire dealGaza and West Bank updatesFormer Don Dale detainees win High Court appeal over unlawful tear-gassingProtesters rally to prevent closure of Footscray’s Foley HouseClimate change makes El Niño impacts difficult to predict Kelly and Spike, founding members of the Homeless Persons Union of Victoria, joined us for a critical conversation about Vinnies' CEO Sleepout, and shared reflections on self-determined radio programming by folks with lived and living experience of homelessness at 3CR. Tonight, the Homeless Persons Union of Victoria in collaboration with 44 Flats United and Flat Out, are hosting 'Winter Wildfire' at Birrarung Marr, a downhill event to the CEO Sleepout. You can attend Winter Wildfire in person at the Federation Bells, Birrarung Marr from 7-8PM, or join the live stream on Homeless Persons Union of Victoria's Facebook page.// Jeremy Poxon, member of Antipoverty Centre, unemployed antipoverty activist and former spokesperson for the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union, helped us unpack how Centrelink continues to systematically and unlawfully cancel payments. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations has now suggested in Estimates hearings that over 100,000 people may have had their Centrelink payments unlawfully cancelled under the Targeted Compliance Framework (TCF) – roughly 10 times the number the Department has publicly admitted. Jeremy discusses the hearings, the TCF, the creation of a new complaints service, and how to get support if you are affected by payment suspensions or cancellations.// As part of 3CR's 50th anniversary celebrations, we dive into the station’s archives to take you back 26 years to a pivotal protest against the World Economic Forum, 11-13 September 2000, at the Crown Casino Complex in Melbourne. The s11 protest brought disparate organising groups together into a broad coalition against globalisation and multinational domination. 3CR covered the massive public opposition to the WEF and compiled highlights of the broadcasts on an award-winning 12-part CD, Globalisation Unplugged.// Christine Carolan, a member of Save Community Health, joined us again to unpack the recently released 'Review of Cohealth General Practice and Related Services, Final Report March 2026’. The Review was provided to the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, and the Victorian Department of Health in March and released publicly in June. Christine explains what the review found and recommended, why it is so significant, reactions to the report, and what comes next. Save Community Health is a community led campaign that receives no funding and is not affiliated with any political party or group. Contact them via email at savecommunityhealth@gmail.com and find out more on their website. Christine encouraged folks to email Health Minister Harriet Shing (contact details here) to demand that cohealth is appropriately resourced and governed to continue providing vital public health services to Melbourne’s community.// Chris Ferric is a Naarm-based painter and portraitist whose artistic practice explores social change, collaboration, and developing accessible practices, as well as a member of Disabled People Against Cuts. They were of a group from Disabled People Against Cuts that addressed the public hearing for the Senate Inquiry into the NDIS Amendment Bill 2026 last week. We spoke with Chris about their experience at the public hearing, the dangers of using AI within the NDIS, and why the inquiry report has been delayed. Disabled People Against Cuts encourages people to meet with their local member and senators to ask them to insist on the withrdrawal of the bill. Disabled People Against Cuts also shared The Commons Social Change Library as a resource to assist in taking action.//

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  • Creator
    Emily, Inez, Leila, Priya, River, Candy
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    403
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Thursday Breakfast