Doin Time

 *Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains graphic audio images and descriptions of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died, and of deaths in custody. This episode of Doin' Time is dedicated to TJ Hickey, who died in custody on 14 February 2004 as a direct result of the actions of the Redfern Police. First up on the program, Marisa speaks with Tuffy Morwitzer, campai...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and descriptions of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died, in-depth discussion of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and other distressing content such as suicide in detention. First up on the program, Marisa invites proud Gunditjmara woman Jill Gallagher, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and descriptions of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died, and in-depth discussion of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. This episode of Doin' Time, the first of 2023, is dedicated to Veronica Nelson, who died in custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on January 2, 2020. This week's show begins with a recap of the Fin...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died, and contains sensitive and triggering descriptions of racial violence.  First up, Marisa is joined by Megan Krakouer and Gerry Georgatos (Project Director and National Coordinator of the National Suicide Prevention and Trauma Recovery Project, respectivel...

Marissa speaks with disability advocate, Samantha Connor, Vice President with People With Disability Australia, about the Disability Royal Commission and guardianship orders. They discuss the importance of rights over decisions, and the "dignity of risk", which is the right to make the mistakes we all make. The Disability Royal Commission held a public hearing about experiences of violence, abuse,...

Imagine losing and needing to reclaim all your rights every six months -- your right to study, work, and access to healthcare. Today's broadcast is dedicated to refugees and asylum seekers, and focuses on two "No-one Left Behind" rallies, in Melbourne and Sydney, to demand the government makes good on its promise to provide permanent visas. Ian Rintoul spokesperson from the Refugee Action Coalitio...

Re-broadcasting excerpts from the state funeral for Uncle Jack Charles. The funeral took place on the 18th October 2022. 

 First up on the show, Marisa welcomes Ilo Diaz, Advocacy Coordinator in the racial discrimination work of the Police Accountability Project, to discuss the consequences of police investigating police for our vulnerable communities. Ilo gives us a run-down on where we are at with independent oversight while police investigate police. They also discuss the Victorian Government's ongoing lack of act...

Marisa speaks with prisoners’ rights activist Brett Collins from human rights group Justice Action, about their meeting with the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT). On the meeting agenda were issues such as forced medication and strip searching. Following this interview, the SPT were in the news when NSW refused to allow the United Nations torture investigators entry in...

Today's show is dedicated to refugees and asylum seekers. Marisa speaks with Joey Tangaloa Taualii who is in detention at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA). Joey has experienced both prison and detention, and says detention is much worse. "It is designed to destroy you", he says. You can find Joey's youtube channel here, where he talks with other detainees. Ian Rintoul, spokes...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have diedMarisa dedicates this program to the late Uncle Jack Charles, First Nations elder, much loved actor, Indigenous theatre pioneer and musician. This tribute celebrates his work and legacy by returning to two past interviews with Uncle Jack Charles, (with perm...

Marissa speaks with Max Costello from Victoria's Refugee Action Collective about a disturbing development regarding safety breaches by Australian Border Force. Refugee advocates who wrote to the Comcare regulator over alleged safety breaches by Australian Border Force are outraged that the reply came from ABF itself, clearing itself of any wrongdoing. Marissa then speaks with Anthony Kelly, from M...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died First up on the program, Marisa speaks with Ian Rintoul from the Refugee Action Coalition about their recent Media Release regarding the armed robbery of two Iranian refugees in Port Moresby. He discusses the increase in violent assaults targeting refugees...

 First up on the show, David Glanz from Refugee Action Collective (Vic) joins Marisa to discuss the new Albanese Government's approach to refugees and asylum seekers during its first 10 weeks in Parliament. He analyses their tendency to celebrate few high-profile positive announcements (such as permanent residency for the Nadesalingam 'Biloela' family) while downplaying cruel business-as-usual pol...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died Marisa starts off the program by paying tribute to the late Uncle Archie Roach to whom this show is dedicated, and whose music is played throughout the hour. The first interview today is with Nerita Waight, proud Yorta Yorta woman and CEO of the Victorian...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have diedThis week, Marisa has an extended interview with Uncle Colin Isaacs, continuing last week's discussion about culture, young people, treaty, native title, the constitution and all about his life and art. You can check out and support Uncle Colin's artwork...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died First up on the show, Marisa speaks with longtime Noongar activist Marianne Mackay, who discusses a recent deaths in custody vigil she attended and an update of what's been going on. She also talks about the importance of listening to a diversity of Fir...

 This week is Radiothon week, and the Doin' Time show's target is $850! Our Radiothon theme for 2022 is Keep Community Strong - Marisa reads pledges from listeners, and speaks to guests Cheryl Kaulfuss from ISJA Melbourne, First Nations actor and activist Uncle Jack Charles, also showcasing highlights from the past year to contextualise the important role of Doin' Time and of 3CR within the greate...

This week, Marisa presents Doin' Time from Dja Dja Wurrung country. First up on the show, she interviews Chris Breen from the Refugee Action Collective, about the good, the bad and the ugly of the new Labor Government's policies regarding refugees and asylum seekers -- despite many hard-fought wins by on-the-ground refugee activism, and Labor's promise to provide permanent visas to those on tempor...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died Each year, hundreds of people around the country gather on the Sunday of the June long weekend to commemorate the unprovoked massacre of at least 28 Wirrayaraay women, children and older men by a group of stockmen on Myall Creek Station on June 10, 1838. T...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died This week, Marisa presents part one of a yearly commemoration of the Myall Creek Massacre, interviewing Cecilia Blackwell, non-Aboriginal co-chair of the Friends of Myall Creek National Committee alongside Keith Munro, who will be joining the program next...

This special Doin’ Time program is the second part in a shining yearly tribute to the much-loved and honourable Uncle Ray Jackson, who died on April 23 2015.Uncle Ray was a Wiradjuri warrior who dedicated his life to fighting for justice and human rights for Aboriginal people affected by the so-called criminal justice system, and all people affected by state violence. A vocal and knowledgeable Dea...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died This special Doin’ Time program is the first part in a shining yearly tribute to the much-loved and honourable Uncle Ray Jackson, who died on April 23 2015. Uncle Ray was a Wiradjuri warrior who dedicated his life to fighting for justice and human rights f...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have diedMarisa interviews Dr Maria Giannacopoulos about an upcoming online launch of the brilliant book Mapping Deathscapes: Digital Geographies of Racial and Border Violence, edited by Suvendrini Perera and Joseph Pugliese. The launch will take place online, Thurs...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have diedFirst up on the program, Marisa interviews Nerita Waight, a proud Yorta Yorta woman and CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS), about a Victorian Parliamentary inquiry which has called for an overhaul of Victoria's bail laws, following a revie...