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Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm, 'Colonisation of Souls' Kanak Resistance, Working Women's Union, Better Buses Campaign, International Women's Day Photography Exhibition

Headlines:- Fitzroy Stars netball players have been left "traumatised" after alleged racism endured by their players went without punishment at a tribunal meeting last week.- Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector and US Marine intelligence officer, stated that 'If there is a military attack against Iran, it's because the goal is to destroy Iran and eliminate the Islamic Republic.- The Brazilian government has revoked Decree 12600 following a month of protests by local indigenous communities in the city of Santarem, Para in Northern Brazil.- February 27 marked the national day for the non-self-governing country, Western Sahara. 7:15AM //Cathy and Emma, members of Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm, speak to Phuong about their campaign to raise $8000 by April. These funds will go towards paying for a Kanak delegate to come to so-called 'Australia' to educate us on their ongoing struggle against French colonisation, as well as to connect with decolonial First Nations elders and leaders across the continent. To find out more, you can go to @freekanakysolidarity.naarm. They have a Chuffed fundraiser going on at the moment which you can find on their Instagram.7:30AM //In September 2025, reporter Mell Chun from The Sunday Paper spent 10 days in Kanaky, reporting on the French state's suppression of the Kanak people following the uprising of May 2024, as well as their continued resistance and Independence movement. Colonisation of the Souls is a series of reporting in Kanaky by Mell Chun from The Sunday Paper. If you want to learn more about Kanaky and show your support, follow Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm on instagram. You can also donate to FKSN's Chuffed campaign, which goes toward food, medical supplies and legal representation for the Kanak people. You can order issues of The Sunday Paper at https://www.slingshotbooks.com.au/the-sunday-paper and subscribe to their podcast at https://thesundaypaperpodcast.substack.com/.7:45AM //Caro Dunbar is the lead of the Women's Team at Trades Hall. Caro leads campaigns on issues related to women's rights at work, including amplifying the voices of women in male-dominated industries, raising awareness about gender-based violence in the hospitality sector, and advancing reproductive rights. This Sunday marks International Working Women's day. In this interview Caro shares the meaning behind IWWD and the program of events that the trades hall is running to commemorate the week. You can find out more at the Women's Union website here. 8:00AM //Elyse Cunningham is a Coordinator for the Better Buses campaign at Friends of the Earth. The campaign aims to improve public transport access across theWestern suburbs of Melbourne, fighting for environment, socioeconomic, and racial justice. Elyse is here this morning to discuss the upcoming "the west deserves the best" symposium and what's next for the campaign in a state election year. For more information you can follow the instagram @better_buses or go to melbournefo.org.au/transport there is also a collective meeting on Wednesday 4/3 at 6pm.8:15AM //Suzanne Phoenix is a Melbourne based photographer who has an upcoming exhibition held at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre. Within her work, Suzanne uses a unique visual lense to emphasize subjects who are often underrepresented. Today we will be discussing her creative process along with her influences and personal connections to International Women's Day, which is this coming Sunday, March 8th. The International Women's Day exhibition will be held at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre from March 4th to April 15th at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre. You can see more of Suzanne's work on her website here or Instagram Songs: Ganalili - Spinifex Gum ft Marlina Choir Debout Les Femmes - 39 Femmes
FEB 23

'Honk 4 Housing' Solidarity, Super Tart Fundraising Gig for Gaza Aid, Surfers for Climate, ManyHandsMake Arts Community, Barak Beacon Protest for Public Housing

Headlines:- First Nations activists have announced a constitutional challenge to New South Wales Premier Chris Minns' anti-protest laws- Sudan has condemned Uganda for hosting the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, as an “insult” to humanity and the Sudanese people.- In the Philippines, same-sex couples will now have equal rights to property, following a Supreme Court ruling on February 5.- New research from the University of Glasgow has illustrated the widespread impact of microplastics on freshwater wildlife. 7:15am://Sandra is one of the coordinators of 'Honk 4 Housing', an ongoing campaign to stand in solidarity with public housing tenants and to protest the State Government's decision to demolish the 44 towers. Sandra joins us this morning to give us an update on the campaign as well as upcoming events. There is a banner-painting picnic happening this Sunday 1 March from 2-5pm out the front of Djerring Hub, Debney Park. 7:30am:// Mell and Han to talk about an upcoming fundraising gig for Gaza mutual aid. Mell is a member of Super Tart, audio producer of the Sunday Paper and journalism lecturer at the University of Melbourne, and Han is a trans non binary musician and activist. They work for social and environmental justice and have been playing with Hetslayer for 4 years. Both bands will be joined by Dippers to play a concert raising money for Mona and her school in Gaza. The concert is this Saturday 28 February 3-6pm at Cafe Gummo. To find out more details, you can search up the bands on Instagram @supertartband @dippersband and please also support them on Bandcamp. 7:45am:// Caitlin Fine is the COO of Surfers for climate, a WA based climate activist group that advocates for ocean care and protection against climate change. Caitlin is here to tell us about woodside’s decision to drill Scott’s reef for gas, which would severely damage the ecosystem that is home for much endangered marine life. You can find out more by visiting visiting their website surfersforclimate.org.au. 8:00am:// Tash is the founder of ManyHandsMake, an arts focused community that holds all sorts of different creative events and workshops. We discussed their upcoming event Experimental Sounds, a mini experimental music festival, held on March 8th from 5-8pm at Mixed Zoning in Brunswick East. Tickets can be purchased on EventBrite or through the link in their instagram bio @manyhandsmake. 8:15am:// Margaret from Barak Beacon participated in the daily demonstration at the highrise public housing towers at 120 Flemington Road. Marg spoke to Tuesday Hometime host Marion about why she is against the planned destruction of public housing both at Flemington and across the city. Marg also shares how the actions of Housing Victoria are only creating further adversity for public housing tenants, who are a vulnerable community. Songs:Danger - Hetslayer Hetslayer are a queer trans punk band playing songs about trans lives & liberation, and fighting the patriachy that is killing us all. This song comes from their latest album, Not My Problem, that came out late last month. This track is called Danger.Lest We Forget (The Resistance) - Super TartSuper Tart is a sad and skanky girl punk band giving the people what they want. From lutruwita living in naarm. From their bandcamp: "We can't speak about Indigenous Resistance and australian war crimes without addressing the invasion, occupation and ongoing genocide on this continent as well.Aaliyah style - J9ine
FEB 16

Maribynong Security Patrol Targeting Women, Biometric Data shared with Trump Administration, Robodebt Class Action, Art Exhibition 'Suck Words into Grime' on at Trocadero Projects

Headlines //- Senator Lidia Thorpe has been cleared by the Australian Federal Police over comments made at a Palestine solidarity rally in October- Injured Workers Support Network will rally at Parliament this Wednesday 1pm to demand a meaningful Code of Injured Workers’ Rights- February 13th marked 18 years since the National Apology to Stolen Generations- Traditional owner groups in North West Victoria have begun treaty negotiations 7:15 AM // Maree Pardy, lead author of a report evaluating the the Maribynong Council's use of security patrols to address social and health issues. In last week's program we played an exercept from Jennifer Borrell's conversation with Maree, this week Maree joined us on the phone to discuss the security patrols' targeting of women in the Footscray area, as well as tonight's speak-out and Town Council meeting. You can find out more by going to footscraycommunity.net or follow @footscraycommunity on Instagram. 7:30 AM // Lucinda Thorpe, Online Privacy Coordinator at Digital Rights Watch, about proposed biometric data and digital identity document sharing between the Albanese government and the Trump administration under visa-free agreements. She came on the show today to explain what this means for Australians and their privacy. You can read more by going to digitalrightswatch.org 7:45 AM // Kaitlyn (they/them), one of the presenters of Breadline on 3CR, presented a short but detailed report on the Robodebt class action led by Gordon Legal, on the show on Monday 2 February. They explained the background to the case and why it has been significant for people affected by the scheme. Alongside outlining the legal action, Kaitlyn also spoke about their own experiences with Robodebt and reflected more broadly on their interactions with the welfare system, offering listeners personal insight into the human impact behind it. You can find out more by listening to Breadline here. 8:00 AM AND 8:15 AM // Four artists Naimo Omar, Emma Salmon, Lara Olkulu and Alanna Baxter, currently exhibiting at Trocadero Projects in Footscray. The artists spoke to Juliette about their exhibition 'Suck Words into Grime' currently in its last week. We discussed the artists' individual practices, how their works explore language and challenge systems of power and oppression. You can find out more about their art through the art gallery Trocadero's Instagram @trocaderoprojects or trocaderoprojects.org.au. Songs:The Opener - Camp CopeAku, Dia Dan Lagu - SalomaPorpoise Spit - The Boys
FEB 9

Security Patrols in Maribyrnong, Digital Rights Watch on Palantir, Protest Against Isaac Herzog, Collective Shout Against Grok, Writers Victoria Defunded

Headlines:- Australians’ biometric info will be given to United States agencies such as ICE and the Trump administration, by the Albanese government.- New figures show that the number of people in Australia living with dementia is growing. Iand is expected to more than double to reach over million by 2065.- National Housing Campaign Everybody’s Home has found that frontline services are currently being pushed to a breaking point due to the worsening of the housing crisis.- On the 9th of February across Australian cities, masses protested against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s Australia visit. 7:15am://Maree Pardy is the lead author of a new report by Footscray Community Response, which evaluates Maribyrnong Council's use of security patrols to address social and health issues. Maree spoke to Jennifer Borrell for 3CR's Think Again about this report and the controversial security program that has been found to make the area less safe. This February (2026), Maribyrnong Council will vote on whether Footscray’s unhoused community and other “undesirables” using public space should continue to be surveilled and criminalised by private security guards. Join FCR at 5:45pm on Tuesday 17 February at Maribyrnong Town Hall for a speak-out. You can find out more by going to footscraycommunity.net or follow @footscraycommunity on Instagram. To catch the full conversation head to https://www.3cr.org.au/thinkagain 7:30am://On last week's show, we spoke to Lucinda Thorpe, Online Privacy campaigner at Digital Rights Watch, about the tech giant Palantir, it's influence of US and world politics as well as its roles in enabling the Israel's genocide of Palestinians and ICE in the US. Lucinda joins us again this morning for Part 2 of this discussion, where she will be speaking to us about Palantir's Australian clients, both governmental bodies and corporations. You can read more about Palantir by going to digitalrightswatch.org. Cam Wilson, reporter at Crikey, has also written about the tech company's ties to Australia. Go to crikey.com.au to find the article. 7:45am://Mai Saif is a Palestinian organiser with Free Palestine Melbourne. In this speech from the protest against Isaac Herzog held at Flinders St Station on Monday, 9th of February, Mai shared her lived experience of living through Israel’s brutality as a child, and how the settler occupation dehumanises Palestinians as part of their ideology. Whilst confronting and horrific, Mai ends on the inspiring words of her grandfather, who nurtured in her a spirit of resistance and steadfastness, or sumud. A snap rally has been called for this Thursday, 3 pm at Southern Cross Station, when Isaac Herzog will be in Melbourne. 8:05am:// Renee Chopping is a Campaigns Strategist at Collective Shout and a trauma counsellor. Collective Shout is a grassroots campaign against the sexual objectification of women and girls in media, advertising and popular culture. Renee is here today to talk about Collective Shout's campaign pushing for the App Store and Google Play Store to remove the Grok app after its image editing app has been used to undress women and children. For more info go to https://www.collectiveshout.org/ Or collective.shout 8:20:// Janice Gobey is the chair for writers Victoria and is here to discuss the decision for Creative Victoria to abruptly cut 100 per cent of annual funding provided to the Victorian writers organisation. Writers Victoria is a Melbourne based centre that provides assistance to writers, providing them with work opportunities, mentorship and has assisted many Melbourne based writers in the production of their work; from novels to screenplays. You can sign the petition to help prevent Creative Victoria's decision at https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/restore-funding-for-writers-victoria/ Songs:- Rabina Mana - Ajak Kwai - Folk Bitch Trio - The Actor - (not a love song)
FEB 2

Māori Advocacy at Invasion Day Rally, Digital Rights Watch on Palantir Technologies, Grey-Headed Flying Fox Conservation, Wombat Forest-care, Victorian Pill Testing Services at Vic Pride Street Party

Headlines:- Local footy clubs have suspended or abandoned initiatives addressing gender based violence in the face of State Goverment funding cuts.- Aquaculture program developing production methods for goldlined rabbit fish.- 44Flats United has identified the decision as wholesale destruction of public housing in Victoria as a method of social cleansing of Melbourne's inner city suburbs. - Gaza's key Rafah border crossing has reopened for limited traffic after almost two years of closure. 7:15// Layna Hokianga-Pouaka was born and raised in Ngāti Kahuungunu, on the east coast of the North Island of Aotearoa/NZ. Layna is a dedicated advocate for Māori and Indigenous rights, truth and justice particularly ensuring Māori representation at a government level. Here is a speech Layna spoke at the Invasion Day rally at Dijlang, 2026, organised by Be Tru Cry Justice Geelong, a group of First Nations Peoples and non-Indigenous members who share a commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart. 7:30://Lucinda Thorpe is a Privacy Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch. Lucinda is back this morning to tell us more about Palantir. Primarily a defence contractor, Palantir Technologies specialises in data integration and surveillance analytics, with customers such as the Israeli occupation Forces and U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE, as well as government and corporate clients in Australia. You can find out more about Palantir by going to digitalrightswatch.org. Cam Wilson, reporter at Crikey has also written about the tech company's ties to Australia you can find the article here crikey.com.au.7:45://Lisa Palma is the CEO of Wildlife Victoria and a dedicated volunteer wildlife rescuer. Lisa spoke to us about how Victoria's recent heat waves are affecting wildlife. In this interview we specifically focus on the grey headed flying fox, their vulnerability to heat and how Wildlife Victoria is working to protect them. You can find more at their website wildlifevictoria.org.au or their instagram.8:00://Gayle Osborne is a member of Wombat Forestcare, a community group dedicated to protecting forests and wildlife in the Wombat Forest and surrounding area. Gayle spoke to us in July last year to discuss the Victorian government's undelivered promise to create a national park in the region and the impact of planned burns on vulnerable species. Today Gayle joins us to discuss what's next for Wombat Forestcare in 2026 and positive changes to federal strategic assessment processes. You can get involved with Wombat Forestcare on Facebook or visit wombatforestcare.org.au8:15://Sarah is from the Victorian Pill Testing Service, a service that opened its doors in Fitzroy on August 21st 2025. This morning we are speaking to Sarah about what the service is and the importance of drug checking within our communities. We also discuss the accessibility of the VPTS at the Victorian Street Pride Party set to be held this coming Sunday the 8th of February.
JAN 26

Invasion Day 2026 Episode

Headlines:- Invasion day rally gathers crowd of 17,000 protesters rallying for changing the date of Australia day or replacing it with a day of mourning- Since October ceasefire in Gaza went into effect Israeli attacks have now killed 486 people and wounded 1,341- The National Rent Affordability Scheme set to end this June- Bushfires in the Otways region due to Victoria's worst heatwave since 2009 7:15AM: // Aunty Sue Haseldine is a Googatha elder who is protecting her Country from militarisation and continuing colonisation. In this recorded interview from Tuesday 22 July 2025, Aunty Sue outlines the threats from companies such as Southern Launch and Thales, who have set up a rocket launching test site north of Ceduna, on Googatha Country. She also spoke about the importance of protecting the rockholes, country, and animals for future generations. Since this interview aired, Aunty Sue and other members of West Mallee Protection have continued to monitor and expose weapons companies and space agencies who are destroying Googatha Country with their rocket launches. For regular updates on Aunty Sue's fight to protect Googatha Country, follow @westmalleeprotection on Instagram. You can also contribute to the West Mallee Protection Fund on Chuffed. 7:30AM: // Zhanae Dodd is a proud Ghungalu, Birri, Widi and Kaanju woman from Central Queensland. Zhanae has helped established Yamba Balbarrabarri camp to resist the Gemini coal mine by Magnetic South RSL. Zhanae joined us to talk about the threat of the mine and how Ghungalu people are standing up to protecting Country and challenge the ongoing and proposed destruction of mining companies. 7:45AM: // Professor Chelsea Watego Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman joined 3CR's Women on the Line to discuss her new book, Black Thoughts Matter: Essays on Black Love, Black Power, and Black Joy. In the following excerpt, Chelsea speaks to Phuong about Aboriginal women's voices and perspectives that are often missing from public discourse; the censorship and control of white women editors; and the power, the joy, and the importance of embracing rage. Watego's latest book, Black Thoughts Matter: Essays on Black Love, Black Power, and Black Joy is out now with Common Room Editions. 8:00AM: // Yesterday, thousands of people gathered at steps of Parliament House in Naarm for Invasion Day. Today we bring you powerful words from Aunty Vickie Roach, a proud Yuin woman and respected Elder in the movement for care not punishment in so-called Australia. In this speech, Aunty Vickie calls for the end to genocide, and to the theft of land and resources here and in Palestine, and speaks to the ongoing survival and resistance of Aboriginal people. 8:15AM: // Aunty Reio Ellis, Yaraan Bundle and Kathleen Terrick speak about the violence of the state in their removal of Aboriginal children from their families. Aunty Rieo Ellis is a proud and staunch Waka/Bunjilung Elder in the front line of the work of Grandmothers Against Removals in Victoria. Yaraan Bundle is a Keerray Woorroong and Gunditjmara Whale Dreaming Custodian, and Kathleen Terrick is a Wurundjeri, Mutthi Mutthi, Tati Tati, Bidawal, Wadi Wadi, Berapa Berapa, Ngurai Illum, Gunai, Wemba Wemba, Dja Dja Wurrung and Weki Weki woman. Grandmothers Against Removals is a grassroots group established in 2014 and led by Aboriginal grandmothers determined to put an end to trauma and anguish associated with the Stolen Generations. To learn more about their important work and ways you can offer support, head to their website here. Songs:Blak Nation - Emma DonovanBetter Things - Kee'ahnDream Baby Dream - Spinifex Gum
JAN 19

Boycott Eurovision 2026, Grok and Image-based Abuse, Revisiting 2025 Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner Commemoration, Bushfire Suppression Targets, 'I am a feminist, lesbian, woman of color'

Cath Strong is a researcher of popular music. She spoke to Marion for Tuesday Hometime in December about calls to boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. In this excerpt we hear how the State of Israel uses this international cultural event to project soft power and clean its image by pinkwashing. Lucinda Thorpe is Privacy Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch. In 2025, she was regularly on the program to give us the latest news regarding technology and how it is impacting our privacy online. This morning she joined us on the show to discuss Grok, the AI tool developed by Elon Musk's xAI, which is being used as a mechanism for image based abuse to degrade and humiliate women and children as well as responses needed to tackle this kind of technology. Aunty Janet Galpin is a Pakana/Trawlwoolway (Tasmanian) Irish & English woman. She spoke at the 2025 Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner commemoration. 3CR will broadcast live from the Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner Memorial on the corner of Victoria St & Franklin St, Melbourne - the site where these two Aboriginal freedom fighters were executed 184 years ago. Since 2006, the Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner Commemoration Committee (TMCC) has held a public ceremony every year to pay respect to the tens of thousands of First Nations men, women, and children who were slaughtered during the colonisation process - a process whose impacts continue to profoundly affect First Nations people today. In 2016, Melbourne City Council erected the Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner monument at the site where these two Indigenous freedom fighters were executed on January 20 in 1842 - the first two people hanged in Victoria for resisting British colonisation.Rosemary Storey is from Kinglake Friends of the Forest. Rosemary is a life-long environmentalist with a particular interest in forests and climate. She is a passionate defender of the forests of the Central Highlands. She joins us to talk about the Victorian Government target for containing bushfires at first attack and/or within five hectares set at 80% and the lack of investment in research, new technology, personnel and equipment.Wenmiao Xin is a photographer and visual artist based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. Drawing from her experiences as a lesbian, feminist, and woman of color, she explores themes of gender, identity, and sexuality through her distinctive visual language. Her work challenges societal norms and celebrates diversity, offering thought-provoking perspectives through the lens of her camera. Wenmiao spoke to Hằng from 3CR's Women on the Line about her upcoming art show, "I am a feminist, lesbian, woman of color" opening on Wednesday 21 January. Songs:Pool Party - Julia Jacklin
JAN 5

Save our Community Health, Bay Views for All, Save Public Housing Collective, Protection of Community Pools, Flat Out Advocating Family Violence Justice, No Northern Incinerator Campaign

Juliette's Summer Show! Kim Chua, Save our Community HealthKim Chua, a community advocate from the Save our Community Health campaign. In late October, it was announced that co-health services across inner city Melbourne would be closing significant services due to budget cuts. At the Collingwood service, this will mean that the pharmacy and counselling services would be cut on 19 December. Kim joined us to talk about the threat of impending closure, and the important supports that Co-health provides, particularly for migrant and public housing communities. Jeannie Erceg - Bay Views for AllJeannie Erceg is a public housing advocate and activist and former resident of the Barak Beacon residences in Port Melbourne. Jeannie joined to chat about an upcoming documentary “Bay Views for All”, out November 26. The documentary chronicles the Barak Beacon’s residents' fight to save their homes and communities. Jeannie is here to chat about her experience and the need to protect and defend public housing. Kerrie Byrne - Save Public Housing CollectiveKerrie Byrne is a member of the Save Public Housing Collective and is a long-time public tenant. She has been engaged in issues around the privatisation of the public housing system for many years. Kerrie joins us on the show this morning to talk about the ongoing community pickets to save public housing at 12 Holland Ct, Flemington. Clare Hanson - Save Public Housing CollectiveWe’re joined by Clare Hanson on Save Public Housing Collective who shared update on the situation concerning the demolition and destruction of public housing towers across Melbourne, the recent parliamentary inquiry, and the mass rally to save public housing on Saturday 2nd August. Fleur Taylor - Save our Pool campaign in Banyule. This June, Banyule council voted to close the Olympic Leisure Centre pool in Heidelberg West. In the lead up to this decision, the community has joined together to fight for their community aquatic centre and put pressure on the council to reverse the decision. Fleur joined us to chat about the importance of community pools, particularly in light of of national drowning day, which occurred last week on July 25. Nina - Flat OutNina, the Family Violence Justice Project Coordinator at Flat Out. Flat Out is community-based organisation focused on keeping women and gender diverse people to get out and stay out of prison. Nina spoke about Flat Out's work, how they engage survivors who have experienced incarceration, and Flat Out's recent presentation in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) about economic reintegration. Cath Rouse, from the No Northern Incinerator campaignCath previously joined us back in March to tell us about the threat posed by the proposed incinerator in Wollert and is back to give us some updates on the campaign. Cath came on the show to chat about a pending PA decision on the incinerator, the state government's recent increase to the cap of rubbish that can be burned in Victoria and how the community is organising to fight back.

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Phuong, Juliette, Fiza, Elena, Julia, Kannagi
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