Thursday Breakfast

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Professor Libby Porter is a researcher and educator at RMIT's Centre for Urban Research. Libby's work focuses on dispossession and displacement in contemporary cities, and she joined Priya on this week's episode of Women on the Line on 3CR to discuss the importance of maintaining and building public housing as a crucial element of tackling housing insecurity. Listen back to Women on the Line at 3cr.org.au/womenontheline, and tune in live on Mondays from 8:30-9AM on 3CR 855AM.// Disability advocate and award-winning writer El Gibbs speaks with us about key election issues for disabled people, election promises and the question of costing around the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and the power of disabled and sick folks as a political force. El's writing focuses on disability and social issues, and you can read it at elgibbs.com.au.// Associate Professor Elise Klein and Priya have a conversation about the cashless debit card, focusing on concerns about welfare conditionality, racialised income management, and Labor's commitment this week to end all forms of compulsory income management in Australia if elected. Elise is a Senior Lecturer of Public Policy at the Australian National University's Crawford School, researching intersecting issues of social security and conditionality, women's economic security, decoloniality, development and care. Priya works with the Accountable Income Management Network, a network of community organisations, academics and grassroots organisers collaborating to raise awareness about issues with compulsory income management programs in Australia.// Brahmi Kumarasamy and Niroshnee join us to discuss the current economic crisis in Sri Lanka, resistance to government mismanagement, and organising efforts to support people on the ground. Brahmi is a meme-maker who works in arts admin, and is critical of the gendered nature of nationalisms. She spent her early years between Jaffna and Colombo, and is currently based in Sydney. Niroshnee is a Tamil community organiser raised in both Sydney and Colombo and is currently based in Canberra. You can find out more information about their fundraising for people in Sri Lanka and donate here.// Songs//My Island Home - Warumpi Band//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Eirene Tsolidis Noyce, founding Secretary of the Renters and Housing Union (RAHU), joins us to discuss the impacts of increased cost of living on renters in Australia. RAHU is a member-run union for renters which formed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are fighting for safe and secure housing for all.// Isabelle Moreton is a community member who has been involved in analysing government policy and legislative pushes in Australia that affect trans and gender diverse people. Isabelle joins us today to speak about a range of issues surrounding the discussion of trans people in Australian politics and media, including the operation and impacts of framing of trans lives and identities as a legitimate arena for debate.// Here are some of the organisations, groups and individuals mentioned during Isabelle’s interview, who are engaged in vital work for the rights of trans and gender diverse people:ACON TransHubEquality AustraliaLGBTI Rights AustraliaTrans Health AustraliaGender Analysis with Zinnia JonesTrans Safety NetworkAmerican Civil Liberties UnionProfessor Sandy O’SullivanJude DoyleChrista PetersonErin ReedMallory MooreDavid Paisley// Catherine McAlpine is the CEO of Inclusion Australia, the peak national organisation of people with intellectual disability and their families. She speaks with us today about the labour exploitation of people with a disability, which is being discussed this week during hearings at the Disability Royal Commission.// Kellie Caught is the Climate Change Policy Advisor for Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS). Kellie discusses ACOSS' response to the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, focusing on the importance of keeping social policy in view when developing initiatives to mitigate and adapt to climate change.// Songs//There’s Only One - Winston Surfshirt ft. Genesis Owusu//

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Anastasia from Legal Observers NSW joins us to discuss serious concerns with the recent passing of anti-protest laws in New South Wales. The Roads and Crimes Legislation Amendment 2022 passed the NSW parliament on Friday the 1st of April, sparking widespread backlash from community and advocacy groups who argue that the laws undermine the right to protest and fundamental civil liberties.// Singer-songwriter, EAL teacher, and refugee activist Cate Taylor is the organiser/host for Musicians for Freedom, a benefit concert where musicians, activists, and refugees come together to raise funds and awareness in support of refugees in detention. The event will be held at the Brunswick Ballroom on Wed 27 April at 6:30pm. Find tickets through Moshtix.// Jathan Sadowski, a senior research fellow in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab at Monash University, speaks with us about issues with buy now pay later or BNPL platforms including Australian company Fupay. Last week, Fupay announced partnerships with IGA, Foodworks and United Petroleum, raising concerns about people experiencing financial hardship falling further into debt through using these platforms.// Liel Bridgford is a writer, poet, podcaster and a disability and justice advocate joining us to speak about writing on disabled parenting. Liel was an ABC TOP 5 Arts resident in 2021, and has had work published via the ABC and the Spaced Zine of The Waiting Room Arts Company. Liel is the creator, producer and host of the (Un)marginalised podcast. She also works as a Provisional Psychologist and identifies as a proud disabled, immigrant, non-conforming female.// Songs// Fight for Me - Barkaa ft. Electric Fields Superstar - Sycco Dizzy - Teether and Don GloriPure Shores - CLYPSO

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Witt Gorrie joins us again to speak about the Beyond Bricks & Bars: Trans Gender Diverse Decarceration Project, which is continuing to fundraise to support vital work with trans and gender diverse people impacted by the criminal punishment system, and to reflect on trans liberation and abolition on Transgender Day of Visibility. Witt is a white trans social worker who has worked alongside communities impacted by criminalisation and incarceration for the past decade. They have been building Beyond Bricks & Bars for over 3 years, providing direct support to trans and gender diverse people incarcerated, at risk of incarceration and those re-establishing life after prison.//You can donate to Beyond Bricks & Bars here, and you can check out and donate to the Incarcerated Trans & Gender Diverse Community Fund here.// Tishiko King, proud Kulkalaig woman with connections to Masig and Badu Islands, is the campaigns director at Seed Mob. She speaks with us about Seed Mob's upcoming Heal Country Summit which will be held this weekend to bring together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people from around the country to discuss working towards climate justice. The Summit will feature the panel Land Back is a Climate Solution this Saturday the 2nd of April from 6-7:30PM AEST - RSVP via the link.// NJA is an artist, producer, and writer who joins us today to speak on pUssUp's ‘Tell Me About It’ event which is on tomorrow, Friday the 1st of April. pUssUp was founded by NJA, and 3CR's very own Marroushti (Salaam Radio). This dual event begins with written and spoken word performances from 5PM AEST, transitioning into an afterparty filled with incredible DJs when the sun goes down at 8PM, all at Miscellania. Tickets are available via Humanitix.// Thomas Feng is a community advocate for anti-racism and young people in Naarm. They joins us today to talk about how young Chinese-Australians can navigate conversations with family about politics, and about being a guest on SBS Radio's new podcast Chinese-ish (hosted by Wing Kuang and Mark Yin).// Rhonda Garad is a Councillor for Greater Dandenong in the Keysborough South ward, joining us to discuss the 2022 federal budget, asylum seeker intake and the Back Your Neighbour campaign. Rhonda is a health professional currently working as a lecturer and researcher at Monash University with a PhD in health policy.// Songs// Act of God - Alter Boy//

7:15am - Prof Lyndall Ryan\\An eight year long project to map the massacres of people on the Australian frontier is the “first sustained effort to break the code of silence” on the violence of colonisation. The map is not definitive, because so many massacres were hidden and people have never talked about them, but this is the first time we have a national map that has a clear method of investigation. The true picture may never be known because the code of silence about massacres has been universal.\\ Prof Lyndall Ryan, the academic and historian who led the massacres map project at the University of Newcastle joined Marisa Sposaro on Doin Time earlier in the week\\     CONTENT WARNING:  A warning that the audio contains information about acts of violence that may cause distress.\\(There are no images of people on this website)\\ 7:30am - Emma Macey-Storch\\Emma Macey-Storch is the director of the film GEETA. A film about a mother's heartfelt attempt to support herself and her daughter after an acid attack. The Melbourne premiere is scheduled for this Wed 30th of March at 7pm at the Astor Theatre. You can find tickets on :https://www.astortheatre.net.au/films/geeta\\ Please be advised that this interview contains discussion of intimate partner violence, physical assault, and acid attacks. If you need support please contact 1800RESPECT(1800 737 732) or Safe Steps on 1800 015 188.\\ 7:45am - Matt Kunkel\\Matt Kunkel is the CEO of the Migrant Worker's Centre and joins us today to discuss visa and migration pathways. We will discuss the Centre’s recent Lives in Limbo report and the recent news that Australia will begin recognising degrees from India.\\ 8:00am - Tilde Joy\\3CR producer extraordinaire Tilde Joy comes on to chat about our special Trans Day of Audibility 2022 broadcast, 7 hours of trans radio this Sunday the 27th of March from 12-7PM in the lead up to Trans Day of Visibility on 31 March.\\ 8:15am - Fiona Allison\\Dr Fiona Allison, Senior Research Fellow at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, joins us to speak about the Call It Out racism register released this week by the National Justice Project and Jumbunna Institute, which aims to track instances of racism against First Nations people. She has worked on national and other projects related to improving justice outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including in the area of race discrimination and racism and in the criminal justice system. \\

Acknowledgement\\News Headlines\\7:15am -  Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran\\Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran is Director of Tech Policy at Reset Australia, a think-tank focused on digital threats to democracy. They are also a PhD candidate at ANU RegNet researching automation and racialised surveillance in border policing and social welfare. They join us to discuss moderation for political ads on social media platforms.\\7.45am -  Dr. Nisha Thapliyal and Sneha Chrispal\\Dr. Nisha Thapliyal, an academic at the University of Newcastle and Sneha Chrispal, a PhD Candidate at the University of Melbourne, join us today to discuss their recent submission for National Anti-Racism Framework (NARF), in relation to Caste Discrimination in Australia.\\8.00am - Bhiamie Williamson\\Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate and PhD candidate at the Australian National University, speaks with us about the disproportionate vulnerability of Indigenous peoples to climate change, and the need for Indigenous-centred disaster management and climate change mitigation strategies in Australia.\\8.15 am - Dhanya\\CONTENT WARNING: This interview will discuss sexual harassament and abuse. If you need support, please contact 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732, or Lifeline on 13 11 14. Dhanya is the founder of Kate's List, which does work around Advocating to make politics & workplaces safer for women & POC. They join us to discuss intersectionality in discussions around gender equity and womens safety.\\Songs\\Camp Dog - King Stingray\\Gold Energy - Electric Fields\\

Acknowledgement of Country Headlines 7:15AM -  An excerpt from a conversation with Dr Mary Graham, a Kombu-merri and Wakka Wakka person from SE Queensland on Collaborative Governance and relational ethos. Introduced by Dr Michelle Maloney (Co-Founder and National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance). You can catch EarthMatters Sundays on 3CR from 11am MC Dreckschwester (aka Stinky Girl) from Roominations speaking at 3CR's IWD street party on Tuesday March 8. An event actively pushing back against white liberal corporate feminism. Roominations Radio was a show produced and presented by people with a lived experience of homelessness that until recently was presented on 3CR - sadly a casualty of the corporatisation of community services. You heard at the end there - part of a set from DJ Marroushti from Salaam Radio Sundays on 3CR from 4pm. Check out the full IWD 24hour Broadcast. 7:30AM - We were joined by Karen Fletcher, CEO of Flat Out Inc. and Sara Stilianos, a performer for Outside Voices. Outside Voices is a free online event for International Women's Day in collaboration with Creative Brimbank and Flat Out Inc. Together they are running a short series of creative readings and songs from women & trans and gender diverse folks who have experienced criminalisation and imprisonment. The event will be online tomorrow Fri 11 March 2022 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM AEDT through Eventbrite.  7:45AM - Lucy Honan is a high school Humanities and English teacher, a member of the Australian Education Union (AEU), and of the rank and file educators group Melbourne Educators for Social and Environmental Justice (MESEJ). They join us to discuss the call for improvements in the working standards for teachers. 8:15AM - Claudia, a former employee at the Australian lingerie company Honey Birdette, and Felicity Sowerbutts from Young Workers Centre, join us to speak about the campaign to end sexual harassment at Honey Birdette. Despite the tireless organising of former employees associated with the 2015 Not Your Honey campaign, Claudia's recently launched petition raises concerns about the company's failure under the Equal Opportunity Act to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace. Find out more and sign the petition here. You can also sign the 2015 Not Your Honey petition here. Songs:Everything is Great - Alice Skye Find out more about Alice Skye’s upcoming tour and tour dates here Smile - IZY  IZY is playing at The Old Bar on Saturday 19th of March

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Elina Mark, a Sudanese refugee who has been living in Indonesia for the past four years, interviews Abdullah, who is also stranded in Indonesia as a result of Australia's border regime. Abdullah speaks about barriers to accessing education for refugees in Indonesia, and his concerns about their flow-on effects. Elina is a trained dentist, but is currently working with two NGOs providing education support to refugees in Indonesia- 4All learning centres and Beyond the Fabric. She is also a member of Archipelago Magazine. To hear more of Elina's collaborative work with Scheherazade Bloul interviewing refugees in Indonesia, listen to the next Women on the Line episode on Monday 7th March from 8:30-9AM on 3CR.// Greg Foyster is the campaigns manager at Environment Victoria. He is a long-term Geelong resident and member of the community group: 'Geelong Renewables Not Gas.' He joins us today to speak on the alleged underreporting of Geelong gas terminal emissions. Find out more and sign the petition at Geelong Renewables Not Gas’s website.// Professor Daniel Angus is a Professor of Digital Communication at the QUT Digital Media Research Centre. His research examines issues at the intersection of technology and society, including algorithms, misinformation, and new methods to study the digital society. Daniel joins us to talk about fake viral footage being shared during the current crisis in Ukraine.// Dr Nina Ridder, Research Associate at the Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes at the University of New South Wales, joins us to discuss the recent catastrophic flooding in Queensland and New South Wales, their relationship to climate change and La Niña cycles, and the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. You can find out more about the climate science research Nina and her team are working on at climateextremes.org.au, and take action with these tips from United Nation Environment Program.// Songs// Still Dream - Miiesha// What Should I Do? - Budjerah// Doin It Different - Arona Mane ft. Shantan Wantan Ichiban & Dancingwater// The Shake Up - dameeeela ft. Tjaka// Come Back - Barkaa ft. Mi-kaisha// Check out dameeela’s Boiler Room set x Sugar Mountain and Barkaa at SorBaes Festival on 13 March at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.//

Acknowledgement of Country News Headlines Martin Hodgson is a Senior Advocate at the Foreign Prisoners' Support Service and co-hosts Curtain the Podcast along with South Sea Islander and Darumbal writer and academic Amy McQuire. Martin spoke with Priya about the shameful crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Australia and the work he has been doing with Amy and the families of these women to fight for justice and draw attention to systemic discrimination. Please be aware that this interview contains distressing content - if you need to speak with someone about this, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14.  Pan is from the La Trobe University Casuals Network. A group of casualised workers at La Trobe who are dedicated to improving working conditions. They join us today to speak on the widespread, systemic wage theft of casual staff and the Network's recent submission to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security. Jay Coonan from the Antipoverty Centre joins Thursday Breakfast to discuss why Services Australia are spying on people receiving welfare payments and to talk about the Anti Poverty Centre's ongoing campaign to Abolish Work For the Dole. Fetle is an Ethiopian-Australian woman based in Naarm, interested in dissecting ideas at the intersection of race, spirituality and communion. She’s an emerging artist, writing and producing music, spoken word and sound art. Fetle joins us to speak about her new piece as part of the SIGNAL sound walk.  Omar Sakr is the author of two acclaimed poetry collections These Wild Houses and The Lost Arabs, which was awarded the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry. Omar joins us today to talk about his new novel Son of Sin which is out now with Affirm Press.

Acknowledgement of Country News Headlines Earlier this week, Priya caught up with writer and comedian Kaitlyn Blythe to hear more about the lived experiences of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome during COVID-19.  Earlier in the week, Rosie spoke with Dan Hogan, a working-class writer and public-school teacher. They currently live and work on Dharug and Gadigal Country. In their spare time, Dan runs small DIY publisher Subbed In. Dan joined us to discuss the Religious Discrimination Bill, the harmful consequences of the public discourse on trans and gender diverse people, and why private schools should be abolished.You can find Dan's piece here Nasser Mashni is the Vice President of the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network and co-presenter of Palestine Remembered, Australia’s only radio show dedicated to Palestine, Saturday mornings at 9:30am on 3CR. They join us to talk about their case against the Australian Government, following official comments made in support of Israel last year.  Racerage aka Mini Miller is a queer Blak radical rapper based on Wurundjeri country. They join us today to have a chat about their debut album Black Medusa. This majestic record uses the mythology of Medusa to explore their living experiences, different paths to healing, and finding strength. It is the soundtrack to a shared decolonised, queer, and accessible future. You can find Black Medusa on Bandcamp. Emma is the COVID-19 Testing Coordinator At Cohealth. They manage all testing operations for cohealth and have played an active role in testing, isolation support and outbreak responses across the Northern and Western Suburbs of Melbourne since the beginning of the pandemic. Emma joins us to discuss access to rapid antigen tests and the importance of ongoing community testing for Covid-19. SongsRacerage - Black Medusa