Solidarity Breakfast

Homes Not Prisons Rally here II We hear from Amanda George reading a statement from Vicky Roach live from the Victorian Parliament steps as part of the Homres Not Prisons Oct 21st Rally and Sara Schwartz from the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Aussie Super & Striking Liverpool Workers here II Christy Caine, National Secretary of the CFMMEU calls for the stopping of using workers super in the form of Australian Super (ACTU a major shareholder) in attacks on Liverpool Wharve workers.Mandy Martin Retrospective here II Geelong Gallery is showing a restrospective of the Art works of feminist/environmentist Mandy Martin from Nov 5 to February 2023. We speak to Jason Smith the curator of the exhibition.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy cuts the week up in bite sized pieces.WRAW 2022 II Caroline Dunbar here organiser of the Women's Rights at Work Conference 2022 and Van Badham here with some words of advice about framing the message when organising for change.

Anti Corruption Commission here II Do you want to know what the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill has in it? We listen in to a conversation from the National Intreguity Centre between Catherine Williams, Stephen Charles, Geoffrey Watson and Anthony Whealy who do the heavy legal lifting to unravel the bill for non-legal minds.Westgate Bridge Disaster Remembered here II We mark the 52 years since the Westgate Bridge disaster on Thursday October the 15th 1970. We hear a snippet from an archival radio special orginally researched and produced by Scott Ferras, Peter Bell, Dora Barenni and Ken Mansell for the 20th and 25th memorials. You can listen back to the whole piece here.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy runs through the week like a dose of salts.Muru here II Muru is a 2022 New Zealand action-drama film about the 2007 New Zealand police raids of the Ngai Tuhoe community of Ruatoki We talk with the director Tearepa Kapi and one of the actors who was a main target of the original raids, Tame Iti. For Maori the events of 2007 were merely an extention of the raids on the community in 1916 with fatal results.Health 104 Art Exhibition here II Artist/curator Paul McVeigh tells us about the new exhibition @ Health 104 Art. A Millers Tales is a mixed media exhibition showing the work of 13 artists starting 15th Oct - 27th Oct. 104 Canterbury Rd Middle Park (across from railway station). More information: 0401 799 647.

Facial Recognition Law here II Choice alerted the public to the use of facial recognition technologies at K-mart, Bunnings & Goodfella's stores recently with a petition calling for regulation. What are the issues that place this technology against citzen's rights? We speak with Lauren Perry, from UTS, co-author of a recent report called Facial recognition technology: Towards a model law.Disruption of Land Forces here II The Festival of Resistance started on Friday 30th October and will run through the period of the October 4-6 Land Forces weapons Expo in Brisbane Convention Centre. We catchup with Zelda Grimshaw from Wage Peace and Cyndi Makabory, a West Papuan Activist, who are part of the resistance to the expo. Updates daily 8am on 3cr Breakfast.This is the Week here II Kevin slices and dices the week.Under Cover here II The  homelessness of older women in Australia is the focus of Sue Thomson's film Under Cover. Opening in cinemas on October 6th featuring Margot Robbie as the narrator. Under Cover follows the lives of 10 women as they deal with the issue of homelessness.Knauf Lockout here II The dominant manufacturer of plasterboard locally and worldwide Knauf has locked its Port Melbourne workers out refusing to remove a clause that will make way for the casualization of the workforce as the company continues to drag its feet when it comes to safety on the job. We talked with the organiser and the men affected. To contribute to their fighting fund here.

Healing Ceremony Sept 22 here II Before the Abolish the Monarchy Rally on Thursday 22 Sept there was a Healing Ceremony. Some exerpts.Love is the Idea here II We talk to Bren Cameron about his upcoming Fringe - Show Love is the Idea.Preston Market Update here II We speak with Gaetano Greco who is now running for the State Election on the fate of Preston Market and the issue of local say in local developments.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy runs through the week with satire.Dave Sweeney @ the Rally for Peace here II Dave Sweeney from the ACF and a long term anti-nuclear campaigner talks AUKUS at last weeks Rally for Peace.Caution rounds off Abolish the Monarchy Rally here II The amazing, show stopping voice of a young first nations man finished off the Abolish the Monarchy rally on Thursday Sept 22 in Melbourne. Language warning.

Forest Defenders against VicForests here II Earlier this month the Supreme Court gave the all clear for VicForests to clear fell Llama logging coupe - a habitate site of endangered Greater Gliders. We talk to Mark who locked on in protest at the coupe about what happened and why ordinary people need to take radical action to defend nature. Seismic Testing Otway Basin here II Judith Peppard from Earth Matters shares with us her research into the extraordinarily environmentally invasive plan to do seismic testing of the Otway Basin for gas deposits. Judith's full report can be heard on Oct 2 Earth Matters 11am.This is the Week here II The deluge of Queen death material has not stopped Kevin Healy finding some of the other important news of the week.Regenerative Songlines here II The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) has been running a month of webinair's for Earth Laws Month. Here we play Mary Graham talking at Sustainability Regeneration and Caring for Country event.Protest Environmental Contamination in the West here II Liz Walsh from the Victorian Socialist talks about the upcoming public rally to highlight the toxic waste problems in the West Suburbs of Melbourne. The event is being held Sunday 25 Oct 1pm at Sushine Plaza, Hampshire Road, Sunshine info.

Yarra Residents' Collective here II We chat with Adam Promnity from the Yarra Residents' Collective about the increasing level of anti-democratic approaches being taken by their Council when it comes to residents' concerns,Anti-Poverty Centre & the Job Summit here II The Anti-Poverty Centre was not invited to the Job Summit but they have some important social justice issues to put on the table.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy's full summation of the week in satire.International Overdose Day here II Aug 31 st was International Drug Overdose Awareness Day. We hear a powerful speech from a parent calling for drug addiction to be brought out of the shadows on the steps of Victorian Parliament.

Queensland Councils Go Anti-Nuclear here II Absolutely fascinating account of how Valerie Joy and friends from WILPF turned Queensland Local Councils from none to some behind the anti-nuclear message.Permanent Visas Now here II Voices from the Refugee Action Collective (RAC) rally outside the Home Affairs Department on Wednesday 25th August. We hear from a lawyer from the United Workers Union, a heart stopping account from a refugee who is thrown into turmoil every six months after nine years of incarceration in Australian refugee prisons, and then Sue Bolton, Moreland Councillor, who calls for permanent visas now.Sri Lanka here II An over view of the recent arrests of activists by the Sri Lanka President as well as has the card of cards that the President is sitting on.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy takes a razor to white entitlement this week. Impsossible not to cheer.Job Summit here II Don Sutherland, our resident kitchen table economist and very experienced Union organiser and educator in another life, runs his eye over the Job Summit construct and its meaning.

Who Needs the ABC? here II Prof Matthew Ricketson gives us the background to the recent attacks on the ABC and the nature of those attacks and poses the question should people relax with the change of government. It is from an author talk at Emerald Hill Library featuring his book Who Needs the ABC? Why Taking it for granted is no longer an option co-authored by Patrick MullinsLifting the Land Supply Curtain here II Staged Releases the last report put out by Karl Fitzgerald before leaving Prosper Australia after 18 years. This report looks at how the public policy fix for the housing problem - release land to developers - is and will never succeed in deliving the public policy aim of houses for home owners. Karl talks to us about the report's findings and gives some other possible answers to the problem.This is the week here II Kevin has a field day with the Morrison I am the Minister of everything revelation.Forum for Dwelling Justice here II the Forum for Dwelling Justice (program and speakers) brings the underlining issues of social justice into focus as they intersect with the disgracefull situation of homelessness. To be held at the Capitol Cinema in Melbourne's centre, across from the Town Hall, on Friday 26th August between 1-7pm.  Tickets info here

Readings Rally for fair pay here II After 5 years of trying to negoiate with management at Readings supporters of workers held a rally outside the Lygon St Store in Carlton to make customers aware of the workers' call for a fair wage deal.John Shipton here II Julian Assange's father, John Shipton gave a speech at the recent Melbourne Hiroshima Day Rally and spoke to me about the campaign to get Julian home to Australia.Shadow here II Back to Back Theatre from Geelong has just released its first feature film, an adaptation of one of their world famous plays that tackle big issues and are preformed and developed by neurodiverse people. We hear from one of the actors Sarah Mainwaring and Back-to-Back CEO Time Stitz about the project.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy cuts up the weekFriends of Greater Gliders in court here II The Victorian Forest Alliance has begun its case against Vicforest to stop logging Greater Glider habitats. Sue McKinnon from Kinglake Friends of the Forest outlines what is at stake and has some reflections on the recently past laws by the Victorian Government to fine and jail forest protectors.Illegal dumping on ancient grasslands here II Thousands of tonnes of potentially contaminated landfill was dumped on 40-hectarces of Truganina grasslands in Melbourne's west. This land is part of an ancient grassland apparently protected by Federal and Victorian agreements. We talk with Adrian Marshall, from the Grassy Plains Network, about what has happened, how it was discovered, why it is a problem and what needs to happen to really protect these environments.

First Nation's Voice to Parliament here II It has been announced by the new Federal Government that there will be a referendum put to the Australian people around a First Nation's Voice to Parliament. A short exerpt (full)  from a recent Australia Institute event gives space fro Pat Anderson, AO and Prof Megan Davis to talk about the Uluru Statement from the Heart which is the start of the process.Acknowledgement of Archie Roach's Passing here II an interview with Archie from 1988.Zelda Grimshaw & Blockade Australia here II 3cr Radiothon event Climate, Capitalism and the Future heard from Blockade Australian Activist Zelda Grimshaw.This is the Week here II Kevin Healy curates the week with satire.National Climate Audit here II the Australian Security Climate Council has been given the go ahead to do a national climate audit after 10 years of a LNP government with its head in the sand. We hear from Dr Robert Glaser from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and Admiral Chris Barrie about how quickly the nation needs to act in this emergency. A Word from the Climate Council here II a tiny word from Lesley Hughes, from the Climate Council, from a MEAA event around how journalists can report climate.