Solidarity Breakfast

Today we hear from:the Refugee Action Collective/Tax Justice Australia /Despatches from East Gippsland honours Deb Foskey /This is the Week that Was/ Don Sutherland & workers role in kick starting manufacturing in Australia

Today we are going to swim in history. And the reason I am taking this tack this morning is because all week in covid stay at home I have been worrying over how we deal with the issues of inequality and climate degradation after covid when clearly the strong arm of big business influence on Government is in the ascendancy.Reading Dr Liam Byrne's new book Becoming John Curtin and James Scullin the making of the modern labor party I found some surprising ideas from the past not least that the dominancy of monopoly power was not new nor the tight hand of grasping business dressed up as the central power in society. So first up we focus on Curtin and Scullin. We follow that with the moraoturium because it isn't everyday that the people win on such a scale and as Humphrey McQueen reminds us in our final piece for the morning May 8th is the anniversary of the Moraturium and I thought we should hear that faboulous Eureka Dinner speech given by Joan Coxsedge our local Bodicea.

Unemployed during Covid II Trevor Hendly was made unemployed when the general closure of businesses took place at the beginning of the Covid-19 shut down. He gives us a look at what his life is like despite the Federal Government announcements concerning jobkeeper and jobseeker.ideas for a better future IIHealing Haiku II a second despactch from East Gippsland community of Googenrah - fire affected and covid-19 closed the community lights a hopeful flame with poetry.The Week II Kevin tosses around the facts of the week into some sort of order.Save the Tarkine online rally II even thought Australia is dealing with covid Governments and business are still focused on future environment depletion as a profit source. Unbelievable as it might seem the Tarkine in Tasmania is slated for destruction. A 2000 strong zoom rally on April 8 begs to differ.

- Zero Waste no incinerators - Dr Paul Connett- East Gippsland report (Goongerah CRC) after the fires and the road to healing in troubled times- Chris Breen (Refugee Action Collective - Victoria)  on the Police action against car protest for Refugees - UWU discussion paper putting workers at centre of covid-19 response

- Gillian Blair, former Greens Candidate in the Western District of Victoria talks on-shore gas drilling and Covid-19.- Bevan Ramsden from Independant Peaceful Australia Network talks about the IPAN support for the United Nations call for the cessation of war during pandemic- Sue Bolton, Moreland Concillor, talks about a council response to covid-19 and issues of democracy.- Kevin bags the week in This is the Week that Was- Dr Noah Bassil gives a view on the new world order.

News wrap-up- Robert Car talks about the May 1 Movement and their action last week in Sydney in support of 180 Ferry workers stood down- Peter Curtis talks about what the Australian Education Union (AEU) have been doing to protect teachers during the covid-19 shut down in Canberra- Matt Kunkel from the Migrant Workers Centre talks about why the Federal Government needs to include all workers in recent wages Subsidy plan. He is calling on people to pressure politicians to vote accordingly on Wednesday when the system is to be voted on.- Kevin dissects the week- Emma Dawson from Per Capita reflects on what is happening and what could happen for a better Australian future.

Solidarity Breakfast 28-03-2020- The crisis at Centrelink we speak with Ollie from Australian Unemployed Workers Union on why MyGov was always going to crash as unemployment is tipped at 15% as a result of mass sackings with Covid-19.- Explosive new information about the helium bonanaza in the Timor Sea that is feeding the pockets of Multi Nationals. Another part of the fraught negoiations saga between Australia and Timor Leste in the exploitation of the petroluem resources on the continental shelf. Bernard Collaery talks about his new book Oil Under Troubled Water.- Kevin Healy wraps up and exposes the week.- Federal Government report card in the first week of Covid-19 lock down from a Communist lens. We speak to Don Sutherland.

Climate Angels in court II The Climate Guardians who were staging a quiet lunch time vigil outside the Herald & Weekly Times building last year are being taken to court for trepass and besetting a building. We talk to Deborah Hart.On shore Gas Drilling II The Victorian Government has announced the introduction of legislation to allow on-shore gas drilling ending the hard fought for moratoruim. We talk to Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth.This is the Week that Was IINational Wages Case II We talk with Don Sutherland about the ACTU push for two weeks paid leave because of Covid - 19 virus and how the National Wage Case has been obscured because of the virus.

7.30 amRefugee Action collective Victoria's Marg Sinclair speaks to us about the Refugees from Manus and Nauru who arriving through the Medivac legislation for medical treatment have been kept stranded in hotels for months.7.50 over the WallNo Cashless Welfare Card8.00Samantha Ratnam leader of the Victorian Greens talks about the Senate inquiry into homelessness and why when Labor's Tim Pallas says they are not selling off Public Housing a large dose of salt is required ---8.20this is the week that was----8.30anniversary of Easter Rebellion Jake Gallagher from The Connolly Association outlines the celebrations to be held on April 11 at noon at the Melbourne Central Cementary. There will be celebration of important figures in Irish struggle now buried at the cementary as well as a tableau with outfitted players.

toxic dump wyndham II No way says residence and the Council. Check out the report from recent rally in WerribeeCashless Welfare II Over the Wall talks with Kathyrn from no cashless welfare debit card australia about this attack on social security. This is a series so tune in next week for more.AIDC welcome to country II Last week the Australian International Documentary Conference was held at the State Library. The Welcome to country is an eyeopener.This is the week that was II Anti Religious Discrimination Bill Rally II at the rally against the Religious Discrimination Bill Senator Janet Rice reports on parliament and what you can do to get it rejected.A cracking IWD Speech 2020 II Margrite Windschish's speech at the IWD rally 2020 in Melbourne wins the best speech of the day and is a cracking call to solidarity.