Monday Breakfast

Good morning sweeties,  Today on the show we had: Headlines:Uncle Robbie Thorpe will petition the court to continue the case at Camp Sovereignty. Raelene Cooper has launched a legal challenge against the Federal government’s impending decision to extend Woodside’s North West Shelf as part of its Burrup hub projectVic Pol training reduced from 31 weeks to 25 weeks  Segments:Rena Gaborov, an ecologi...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for Monday the 19th of May 2025.On today's show: Headlines: - Israel to allow small amount of aid into Gaza Strip, to enable the continuation of its siege and genocide.- Workers at Sesame Workshop, the non-profit behind Sesame Street, unionized to stand against layoffs, reduction in pay and working conditions. Last Thursday marked the 77th Anniversary...

Headlines: Tuesday May 13th (tomorrow) marks one year since the Kanaky uprising against French colonialism. Tensions escalate between India and Pakistan in the region of Kashmir. Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions has voted to boycott Israel Segments:- Three speeches from last Friday's snap rally, protesting against police brutality on protesters and marginalised communities, and advocating f...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for Monday the 5th of May 2025. On today's show:Headlines:Liberal Party losing the 2025 federal election, Peter Dutton losing seat in DicksonIsrael looking to expand military presence in Gaza with thousands of army reservists. UK clubs sign open letter against the country’s Football Association implementing ban of trans people being a part of teams fo...

Headlines: Unionists and anti-genocide protestors in Morocco refuse to service Maersk ships carrying F-35 PartsParents for Climate stand against Santos' $5.6 billion gas project Segments:- Three excerpts from professor Gary Foley's talk on Indigenous struggle and resistance of past, present and future held yesterday at Dardi Munwurro in Preston. Gary Foley is a Gumbaynggirr activist, artist, histo...

Headlines: - Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, US immigration judge rules- Israel bombs al-Ahli hospital- Israel confirms trials of Australian-made weaponry Segments:Interview with Barry Berih, lead plaintiff for the class action against Homes Victoria fighting against the high-rise public housing towers demolishment An excerpt of Uncle Robbie Thorpe and Manju's conversation with Aunty Sue Haseldine...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for Monday the 7th of April 2025. On today's show:Headlines:- Minimum wage increase and wage boost for apprentices - Delays in autism diagnoses in children - Queensland government introduced new amendments to the state’s ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws affecting First Nations children Segments: - Rob speaks with Sasha and Natalie, two of the almost 30...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for Monday the 31st of March 2025. On today's show:- Interview with Zelda Grimshaw about the blockade at the Avalon Airshow and how to support comrades arrested at this blockade and DLF- Amy Aednat Ciara (from Kill Your Lawn &Kick Your Fence) spoke to 73-year-old lifetime Geelong resident John, down at the blockade of the Avalon Air show. He discusses...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfasts show, on today's show:Interview with Nadia Gavin from Harm Reduction Victoria about keeping safe while using drugs, stigma, upcoming workshops and more  In response to the recent 9 news report — first on 60 minutes, then The Age and other Fairfax outlets, spearheaded by Nick McKenzie — Monday Breakfast spoke to members of Defend The Unions, Defend The CFM...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 17th of March 2025. On today's show: - Last Tuesday the Allan Government announced that the public housing tower in Flemington, whose residents are currently part of an ongoing class action lawsuit, will be demolished and redeveloped without any new public housing. The decision involves what the Victorian government calls the 'Ground Lease Mod...

Welcome the Monday Breakfast show for Monday the 3rd of March 2025. On today's show:Headlines covering:No automatic license loss for Victorian medicinal cannabis users6 new gas drilling approved in the Otway Basin40 hectares of precious native grassland has been bulldozed in the west of Melbourne Then:- Rob spoke with Wil Stracke, Assistant Secretary at the Victorian Trades Hall Council about Inte...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for 24.2.25On today's show:Headlines covering:Palestine: Gaza “ceasefire” updatePalestine: Escalation in the West BankMass protests against Italy’s controversial Security BillPublication of Colonial Frontier Massacres Project  New reporting from Lucy Martinez has revealed that Victoria Police knew nazis would attend the 'Let Women Speak' anti-trans ra...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 17th of February 2025.On today's show:The show begins with an excerpt from the Yeah Nah Pasaran show, featuring a conversation with Dr Claudia Leeb about their book Contesting the Far Right. Tune into 3cr on Thursdays, 4.30pm-5pm to hear more of the Yeah Nah Pasaran show or listen to their podcasts here. CW: abuse, violence, trauma featured in...

Welcome to Monday Breakfast! On the 10th of Feb we listened to: Speeches from the Protect Trans Youth rally on the the weekend, the8th of February: Frankie Mizzone (she/her) and her mum Patrice (she/her). Frankie is a trans teenage activist and trailblazer. Frankie spoke of her experiences accessing puberty blockers as a young transgender person. Patrice spoke about what it's like raising a trans...

Hello welcome to the Monday Breakfast show, on todays podcast we heard: Grace Coff, a Yorta Yorta woman from the organisation Nalderun, speaking about the importance of first nations led organisations for young people in the community and bush tucker farms on Djarra Country, in Castlemaine. Go to www.murnongmummas.com.au to purchase local bush tucker and to support her organisation go to https://n...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 27th of January 2025. On today's show:- On Tuesday last week, Midsumma announced trial for this year's march in which participants would not be allowed to wear formal uniforms. Armed security have also been banned from joining groups marching. In response to the decision, Victoria Police announced that its members would not march. Midsumma's a...

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 20th of January 2025. On today's show: last week Hannah sat down with Erik Hayward from the Bob Brown Foundation to give us an update on the ongoing protests happening in lutrawita/Tasmania against native forest logging and mining in the critically endangered swift parrot habitatFrom the anti-imperialism fundraiser at the Schoolhouse Studio in so-called...

Hello, welcome to Monday breakfast! This show was a part of our summer programming which was a long form style episode that featured: The first episode from the Three Tower Podcast by Izzy Brown that was recorded at resident frequency studio. The episode featured collingwood residents speaking about their history of collingwood housing. To find this whole series go to residentfrequencypodcasts.ban...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 30th of December 2024. The show features speeches from the vigil and rally on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Following that there is also an interview from after the vigil with a few attendees who work in the industry.

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for Monday the 9th of December. On today's show: Excerpt from 3CR's 12 hour broadcast on Tuesday the 3rd of December, aka International Disability Day. This year's theme was embodied solidarities, inviting reflection on how disabled people can practice better solidarity with one another across diffewrent abilities and backgrounds, locally and across b...

Headlines:  - updates on the 'MOU' between Vic Govt & Elbit Systems.- United Worker Union strike on woolies, picket in Dandenong today.- 3 anti-immigration laws passed in ParliamentITEM 1 || Replay from Raising Our Voices, excerpt from Ableism and Gender Based Violence earlier in the year with Lisa, Mel and Sarah talking about their experiences of ableism and gendered violence, as part of our 16-d...

Trigger warning that this segment features content that mentions sexual violence and domestic violence. If you think this content may be distressing, definitely feel free to skip ahead. If you need someone to talk to, please call 1800 RESPECT at 1800 737 732, 13YARN at 13 92 76 or QLIFE at 1800 184 527.The 25th of November marks the first of 16 Days of Action Against Gender-Based Violence. As part...

 This week on Monday breakfast: Beginning with news headlines - A beautiful spoken word poem recited at this week's Free Palestine Rally, by an Australian-born Sudanese community member here in naarm, followed by a speech by humanitarian professional Sara Sinada 'Context in a Broken Duplex' Poem by Omar Sakr read live on air. - Ethnographer and co-producer of documentary 'The Conspiracists', Noell...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 4th of November 2024. On today's show: Ahead of the release of a documentary on the 1994 raid of the Queer club night known as Tasty, Rob spoke with Cam, a local filmmaker about the raid itself, its legacy, and why the raid should not be forgotten by the Queer community here in Naarm. Read more about the raids here. Stay tuned with updates on...

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for Monday October 28th, 2024.  Last week, Eric spoke with Myles Russell-Cook about Reko Rennie's REKOSPECTIVE exhibition at The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia in Fed Square. The pair spoke about the exhibition, the importance of platforming Indigenous artists, toxic masculinity as well as art being inherently political.  This Saturday, there was an anti-mili...