Thursday Breakfast

Cat Kutay on alternatives to relocation in flood prone communities and First Nations engineering, replay of Pro-Trans, Anti Fascist Rally courtesy of Solidarity Breakfast, Priyanka Ashraf chats about Maya Cares, an online platform where users can report racism. Acknowledgement of country// Headlines// ​7:30 - First Nations people were and are the first engineers on this continent, it is crucial that this knowledge is centred in all land management decision making. Today, Dr Cat Kutay is joining us to unpack why relocation is not the answer for communities in flood prone areas. Cat is descended from seafarers of Celtic and Aboriginal origin. She works with Aboriginal communities for online language learning and story sharing as a way for Aboriginal culture and knowledge to be acknowledged and integrated into Australian engineering approaches. You can read Cat's article on Indigenous engineering here.// 7:50 - We are now going to an excerpt from the Pro-Trans, Anti Fascist Rally courtesy of Annie McLoughlan from Solidarity Breakfast Saturday, recorded last Saturday 25 March. We hear from two speakers at the rally: Roz Ward, co-founder of Safe Schools Coalition Victoria, and Andy Meddick - former MP, supporter of LGBTI rights, a parent of trans children and activist. Hear more from Solidarity Breakfast here.// 8:10 - Priyanka Ashraf is a Muslim woman from Bangladesh who previously worked as a lawyer before transitioning into technology and entrepreneurship in establishing The Creative Co-Operative, or The CCO. The CCO is the first 100% Woman of Colour owned, led and operated social enterprise in Australia working to close the intersectional and intergenerational wealth gap by supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Black and Women of Colour in building shared economic power and improving access to mental health and wellbeing. She joins us today to chat about a CCO initiative Maya Cares, a online platform where users can report racism, as well as get access to an entire library of culturally-appropriate resources and services, including various lists of culturally-appropriate counsellors.//  Songs//HEAVEN WITH U - Tasman Keith ft Jessica Mauboy (2:54min) Superstar - Sycco (3:34min)

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Em and John from The Sporting Record spoke with Peter Cullen from Reclink about his book 'The Power of a Football' which gathered over 30 personal stories from all walks of life in the 30 years of Reclink footy. You can listen back to the full episode here, and you can catch The Sporting Record every Thursday from 4PM on 3CR.// Felix McIntyre, a non-binary, trans masculine doctor living on unceded Wurundjeri country, joined us to speak about their recent article for Overland, which argues that gender-affirming surgery should be covered by Medicare. They discuss the importance of accessible public healthcare for gender affirmation and the need to centre trans bodily autonomy. You can read Felix's article here.// Aurelia St Clair, Naarm's favourite comedian, writer, podcaster and content creator, chats with us about their Melbourne Comedy Festival show 'Non-Dairy Presenting' which is on now at Trades Hall until the 23rd of April. Don’t miss their hour of razor-sharp observational humour, homemade songs, inner-north ramblings and feel good comedy for lactose intolerant people, as well as those who just pretend to be!// Jess Abrahams, National Nature Campaigner at the Australian Conservation Foundation, updates us on the growing number of threatened species in Australia, why additions in recent months are so concerning, and what can be done to protect wildlife before it's too late. Prior to working at the Australian Conservation Foundation, Jess has spent over two decades working to protect nature, including as a Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service Ranger.// Songs// Fuschia - Ngaiire// Please U - Becca Hatch ft. Planet Vegeta//Show Me The Money - Snakehips ft. Tkay Maidza//

​Women on the Line replay with Domina Jia, Urvi Majumdar tells us a joke, Matt Kunkel on 'Insecure by Design' report and John B. Lawrence. Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// ​We started off by hearing an excerpt of the latest episode of 3CR's Women on the Line show, hosted by Xen Nhà​. In this episode, Xen chats with Domina Jia​, a sex worker and artist based in Honolulu, O’ahu, Hawai’i. Xen and Jia speak about Jia's zine Be Easy Stay Safe vol.2 which features around 20 contributors from all facets of the sex worker industry including strippers/dancers, cam-models, sugar babies, dominatrixes and more. Listen to the rest of the episode here, and find Jia's work on Instagram at @jinjavitus_. Remember, you can catch the Women on the Line show every Monday from 8:30-9AM on 3CR!​//​  ​​​Having moved from India to Australia at the age of 6, Urvi ​Mujumdar ​has always juggled two worlds— living up to her parent’s expectations (or trying to!) whilst still trying to appear cool at all times. Urvi’s experiences add a unique flavour to her observational comedy. Balancing her dark wit and sarcasm with a contagious excitability, Urvi’s comedy values quality and connectedness above all. ​ Today Urvi joins us to talk about her journey as a comedian, and the Footscray Laughs program, a series of comedy shows, each happening on one Friday in June, August and November this year.​ You can buy tickets to her upcomig Melbourne International Comedy Festival show 'Urvi went to an All Girls School' here.//​ ​ Then we are joined by Matt Kunkel, CEO of the Migrant Workers Centre to talk about the centre's latest report 'Insecure by Design' which outlines Australia’s migration system and migrant workers’ job market experience, reveals the toll of visa discrimination on migrant workers and reiterates the indisputable link between temporary visa status and workplace exploitation // Lastly, we are joined by John B. Lawrence SC is a Darwin barrister. He was a Crown prosecutor in Darwin and later solicitor in charge of the Northern Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service. He is a past president of the Northern Bar Association and of the Criminal Lawyers Association of the Northern Territory. He represented one of the Don Dale youth detainees during the Royal Commission, and joins us today to speak about his article in ARENA: What the meaning of Don Dale is. This interview may content distressing content about youth who are criminalised and detained, so feel free to skip this interview and we'll see you next time. But if you need further support please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 13 YARN for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners.//https://closedondale.com/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-02/greens-call-for-don-dale-closure/101726372https://www.royalcommission.gov.au/child-detention ​//​  Songs// Safety - Becca Hatch//

​​​​Dr Astha ​Tomar on gender-appropriate in-ward psychiatric care, Truth Not War rally, slumberkitty on Trans Queer Solidarity contingent, George Newhouse on upcoming CopWatch re-launch. Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// ​We are joined by Dr Astha Tomar to cover the report on women-only psychiatric wards from the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System. Dr Astha is the current Chair of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Victorian branch (RANZCP), as well as Head of Youth Mental Health Service at Peninsula Health. She has over 20 years’ experience in psychiatry across multiple countries and jurisdictions including India, New Zealand and Australia. Please be advised that this interview contains distressing content addressing gender based violence that may be upsetting for some listeners. Please take a moment to consider tuning out now if this content is not suitable for you. If you require immediate support, you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14. For LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can call 13YARN for mob only support on 13 92 76.//​​Then we are joined by Shirley Winton, a Co-convenor of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network's Victoria branch, member of No AUKUS Victoria Coalition and Australian Anti-AUKUS Coalition, and has been involved in organising the mass rally calling for truth not war and commemorating the 20th anniversary of the US-led war on Iraq, on 13 February 2003 in Melbourne, which will be held outside the State Library 1pm Sat 18th of March. Shirley is also a long time unionist and organiser with CWU and NTEU, and member of Victorian Peace Network and Western Suburbs Peace Group.// slumberkitty, an activist involved in fighting for liberation from the western, patriarchal binary gender system and organising with Trans Queer Solidarity, speaks with us about the solidarity contingent planned to resist two anti-trans events scheduled for this coming Saturday the 18th of March at Victoria's Parliament House steps. One event features UK anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen, while the other is led by far-right networks protesting queer and trans children. Saturday's Trans Queer Solidarity contingent will be one of a string of well-attended national protests against Keen's speaking tour, so if you're in Melbourne this weekend, please show up if you can. You can find out more by heading to @transqueersolidarity on Instagram or @transqueersoli on Twitter.// George Newhouse, CEO of the National Justice Project, joins us to speak about the upcoming re-launch of Copwatch, a campaign to empower Indigenous people to protect themselves from police overreach and discrimination. Copwatch was first launched in 2017, and involves an app, website and community education program teaching Indigenous people how to legally record and document police misconduct for community safety and police accountability.​//​  Songs// Ripple - Syco, Flume, Chrome Sparks// Sweat You Out My System - MAY-A// Spring to Life - Tia Gostelow//

Acknowledgement of country// News// 

Dr Ahona Guha - Reclaim//

Dr Ahona Guha is a clinical and forensic psychologist, who joins us in the studio today to speak about her debut book 'Reclaim: Understanding Complex Trauma and Those who Abuse.' In Reclaim, through a series of case studies and expert analysis, Dr Guha explores complex traumas, how survivors can recover and heal, and the nature of those who abuse. She provides a unique perspective as someone who has worked with people that perpetuate harm, those who are impacted and survive harm, and her personal lived experience. By emphasising compassion above all, she calls for us to become better informed about perpetual cycles of harm, and the needs of victim/survivors, so we might reclaim a safer, healthier society for everyone.//If this discussion doesn't feel safe to listen to at the moment, feel free to come back in 15 minutes. If you need someone to talk to, you can call Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14, 24/7 for free and anonymously.// Sheree Lowe - VACCHO//

Sheree Lowe, Executive Director of the Balit Durn Durn Centre for Excellence in Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing at the Victorian Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisation or VACCHO, joins us to speak about the devastating findings reported in the Victorian Coroner's Court's recently-released report 'Suicides of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Victoria, 2018-2022'. This report highlights the impacts of a systemic failure to centre Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's social and emotional wellbeing, which the Balit Durn Durn Centre has recently been resourced to begin addressing through the development of an Aboriginal-led suicide response strategy. Sheree is a Djab Wurrung and Gunditjmara woman with a strong connection to South West Victoria, she has lived most her life on Wadawurrung Country in Ballarat. She has been advocating within the Aboriginal Community in Victoria for over 20 years and previously worked as a management consultant at PwC on projects related to organisational transformation through an Aboriginal lens and culturally safe program design.// If this discussion doesn't feel safe to listen to at the moment, feel free to come back in 15 minutes. If you need someone to talk to, you can call 13YARN on 13 92 76, Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636,  or Lifeline on 13 11 14 - 24/7 for free and anonymously.// Cassandra Connelly - Brimbank Writers & Readers Festival//

Cassandra Connelly from Brimbank Council looks after the Brimbank Writers and Readers Festival. The Brimbank Writers & Readers Festival is a yearly event that celebrates and encourages a love of reading, storytelling, creativity, diversity and learning. This year features an exciting line up including Aunty Fay Muir, Parminder Kaur, Andre Dao and more! You can attend the festival from Thursday 16 - Saturday 25 March in the Brimbank area of Naarm, and check out the program on https://www.brimbanklibraries.vic.gov.au/writersfestival// Emma Bacon - Sweltering Cities//

Emma Bacon, Executive Director of Sweltering Cities, joins us to talk about the need for heatwave-safe homes for renters, in light of the ongoing climate crisis and clear power imbalance between renters and landlords leaving tenants vulnerable to heat stress. Sweltering Cities is Australia’s only national campaign and advocacy organisation working specifically on issues related to extreme heat. Sweltering Cities is holding a campaign strategy meeting to win heatwave-safe rental homes in Melbourne on the 14th of March from 7:30-8:30PM - find out more and RSVP here.// Songs//Carry Me Home - KokorokoMy Limits - Huntly Damaged - MiieshaRide or Die - Lady Blue - Emily WurramaraSort It Out - Beddy RaysChange Has Come - MO'JU

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We listen back to part of a recording of the University of Melbourne's 2022 AN Smith Lecture in Journalism, 'Va o matagi: climate journalism from the frontlines', delivered by Dr Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson on the 21st of September. Lagipoiva is a Samoan journalist and host of An Impossible Choice, a podcast series on the existential nature of the climate crisis in the Pacific. In this lecture, she explores the cultural nuances of reporting on climate in the Pacific, calling for international media to reject “parachute journalism” and instead empower local voices.// Matt Kunkel, CEO of the Migrant Workers Centre, speaks with us about whistleblower protections for migrants, the need for legislative reform to establish these protections, and why it’s so vital to stamp out worker exploitation, abuse, and wage theft. The Centre has joined calls from over 40 organisations urging the Federal government to establish whistleblower protections that would enable migrant workers to report exploitation without risking their visas, outlined in the 'The Breaking Silence' proposal led by the Migrant Justice Institute and Human Rights Law Centre.// Content warning: the following segment includes distressing content involving the killing of a trans sex worker. If you need to speak with someone, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. LGBTQIA+ listeners can call QLife on 1800 184 527 from 3PM-12AM daily, and if you’re in Victoria, you can call Rainbow Door on 1800 729 367 from 10AM-5PM daily. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can call 13 YARN any time.Charlie Murphy is a trans sex worker and one of the organisers of the International Working Girls Day rally, which will be held next Wednesday the 8th of March in Sydney. Today, Charlie joins us to discuss the fatal attack on trans sex worker Kimberley McRae in January 2020, what trans justice could look like, and the current state of queer politics and sex worker rights in Australia.// Eirene Tsolidis Noyce from the Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) joined us for a quick chat about RAHU’s submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Cost of Living’s inquiry into Australia’s cost of living crisis, focusing on the increasing downward pressure on renters and the need to limit negative gearing and implement national rent control measures. RAHU gave evidence at a hearing held by the Committee this past Wednesday the 1st of March, which you can watch here.// Songs// Blessed - Becca Hatch ft. Tentendo// Feel It Too - RONA.//Do It Again - A.GIRL//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Replay of Women of Colour Network at the Womens Rights at Work Conference at the end of 2022, where they spoke about the formation of their network and the need to address discrimination in Victorian Public Sector workplaces. You can catch more industrial, social, and workplace topics from 3CR's Stick Together on Wednesday 8:30am - 9:00am. // Jathan Sadowski, senior research fellow in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab at Monash University, joins us to discuss generative AI platforms, including the much-hyped DALL-E and ChatGPT, to unpack what they do, how they work, and to contextualise their development within the political economy of the modern tech industry. Alongside his academic research, Jathan co-hosts This Machine Kills, a podcast about technology and political economy.// Dr Jane Bourke is Associate Professor in Pharmacology at Monash University, where she leads the Respiratory Pharmacology Group. She has a long-standing interest in the regulation of smooth muscle function in the lung and cardiovascular system, and has been leading a research program on silicosis at Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute since the first cases in stonemasons working with engineered stone were reported in Australia. Today Jane joins us to discuss rising concerns about silicosis in Australia and the precautions we should be taking to protect ourselves, at an individual and regulatory scale.// James Clark, Executive Director of Digital Rights Watch, speaks with us about the use in Australia of "landlord tech" such as Snug, which has attracted scrutiny after revelations about its dubious method of "scoring" of rental applications in a Guardian exclusive late last year. Most recently, Snug has been engaged by Homes Victoria to develop a platform to allocate affordable housing in the state via random ballot, raising additional concerns about the nature and use of this technology.// Songs// Eventually - Miiesha// Big Titties - Djanaba// P Stands for Playa - Pania// SMILE (feat. Jam) - Tseba//

eSafety updates with Dr Rys Farthing, Frederikke Jensen on the Disability Royal Commission, Diego Vasquez AKA Slippy Mane and APAN's Palestine study tours.   Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// ​7:15 AM - Dr Rys Farthing is a policy worker who focuses on children's rights around technology and disadvantage. She is the Director of Children's Policy at Reset Tech, has worked in international think tanks, and held academic posts at Oxford University and RMIT. She joins us today for an update to our December interview following the announcement that the eSafety Commissioner has rejected the online safety codes that were drafted by tech companies.​//​ ​7:30 AM - Frederikke Jensen, Advocacy Manager at VALID, the Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability, joins us to talk discuss this week's Disability Royal Commission hearing revisiting service providers, as well as serious concerns about disability accommodation raised earlier this year via the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's Own Motion Inquiry into Aspects of Supported Accommodation in the NDIS.​//​ ​7:45 AM​ - Diego Vasquez aka Slippy Mane is a visual artist and musician from Melbourne/ Naarm who began making music in 2016. Diego's love for writing, poetry, music, video games and friends runs deep. Visual art has always been a part of Diego's practice and stems from an early obsession with cartoons. This visual culture feeds directly into his music. Today we will be chatting music, creative process, how he made a concept album, and of course... all things love! ​8:00 AM - Lisa and Cathy speak with us about the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network or APAN's Palestine study tours, which aim to increase awareness about the contemporary situation experienced by Palestinians through guided trips. Lisa coordinates these study tours, and is an aid worker with 30 years' experience n the middle east, largely working with Palestinian refugees in the region. Cathy is a long time advocate and supporter of Palestinian rights, and was a radio producer and local government councillor in New South Wales in 2012 when she visited Palestine. Together, they reflect on the tours and their impact on increasing solidarity with Palestinians in the pursuit of liberation and peace. Find out more information about APAN's Palestine study tours here. Music// Slipp Season - Slippy Mane ​(prod. Simo Soo)// Beat the Odds - Inkabee//

Hannah Della Bosca, Lidia Thorpe for APAN, Raina MacIntyre on mask research & Sarah Rogan on ending gas reliance in Victoria. Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// ​Geographer Hannah Della Bosca joins us to discuss the phenomenon of seeking sensory comforts to insulate against the physical effects of climate change. Hannah is currently a PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney. Her work and expertise span generational coal mining communities, community resilience, and energy transitions.// ​We'll hear edited excerpts of Djabwurrung, Gunnai and Gunditjmara woman Senator Lidia Thorpe speaking at the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network’s inaugural Palestine Solidarity Conference from 27th to the 29th of January. Senator Thorpe participated in the opening plenary of the conference, ''Organising for Palestine on stolen land: Solidarity and Intersectionality''.// ​Major flaws have been flagged in an updated Cochrane Review. Published last week it is the latest review to suggest face masks don’t work in the community. The Cochrane Review’s use of meta-analysis to support the idea that masks are ineffective in reducing transmission of respiratory infections has been challenged by a number of experts. Today Raina MacIntyre joins us to shed light on some of the underlying issues within the review, and how we can make more informed decisions when it comes to safeguarding ourselves and our community against infectious disease. Raina MacIntyre is a National Health and Medical Research Council Research Fellow, Head of the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute, and Professor of Global Biosecurity at UNSW. Raina is an international leader in emerging infections, and is involved in research on face mask, vaccines, influenza, COVID-19 and other infectious diseases research studies that directly inform national and international policy and practice in communicable disease control.​// ​As Victorian homes face up to 25 per cent increase in gas prices this week, Environment Victoria has renewed calls to the Victorian government to break the state’s addiction to polluting gas. Next up, we will be joined by Sarah Rogan, Climate Campaign Manager from Environment Victoria. Sarah is a senior campaigner with a values-driven approach to human rights and social justice. She is an advocate, gender expert & respected leader who has had over 15 years experience in rights-based activism. Today we will be discussing the impacts of gas usage, what the Victorian Government is doing to move away from gas and how these strategies could be improved and accelerated to better support residents.​// Songs// ​love like water - Leah Flanagan// Neon moon​ - ​Miiesha​​​ // Running with the hurricane - Camp Cope​//​ D​ays Go By​ - Pirra & Dirty Vegas /​/​

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We hear a talk given by Dr Arjun Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environment Research at the "Don't Contaminate the Oceans with Radioactivity!" International Forum webcast, which was held online on 17th December 2022 and organised by the Citizens’ Conference to Condemn Further Pollution of the Ocean (KOREUMI). Dr Makhijani discusses the technical details of flaws in the current treatment of waste from the Fukushima accident, institutional responses, and possible alternatives to deal with the waste.// Palestinian organiser Amal joined us to speak about the University of Melbourne’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, and its concerning implications for critiques of Israel. You can find out more about both antisemitism and the IHRA statement via the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network’s website.// Goddess Naavikaran and Levi Kohler came on the show to talk about their event Mothprocess, which is coming up on Friday the 3rd of February at Concrete Boots Bar in Richmond. Naavikaran is a DJ, theatre producer, musician and choreographer from India, based in Naarm, and Levi is a music producer, singer-songwriter, and DJ. You can buy tickets to Mothprocess on eventbrite.// Eelam Tamil activist and Law/Arts student Renuga Inpakumar joined us to discuss Tamil Oppression Day in the lead up to its 75th anniversary on the 4th of February. The Tamil Refugee Council will be holding a public demonstration outside the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canberra to commemorate the date and call for justice for Eelam Tamils and an end to military occupation. Find out more and support the work of the Tamil Refugee Council on their website or on Facebook.// Songs// My Witch - Jen Cloher// LIFE ON MARS - KANADA THE LOOP/