Thursday Breakfast

Paul McDonald - Anglicare Victoria CEO - Face your fears for foster kids at Altitude Shift 2018 and help a foster kid step into a safe home by challenging yourself to a 113m abseil - Head to www.altitudeshift.org.au to register for more information or to register. David Holmes - Communication and Director - Climate Change Communication Research Hub at Monash University - Talks about the ways telev...

Alison Thorne  @ISJAMelb - Lidia Thorpe launch Stop Failing Our Kids postcard directed at Daniel Andrews. ISJA to talk about phase 2 of campaignNikki Blanch - Community Development Project Worker, NMLL -  Talking about the launch of the Community Harvest Project Crowdfunding Campaign for North Melbourne Language & LearningMark Grierson – Executive Officer – Disability Advocacy NSW - The NSW govern...

Presenters: Dean Shingange, Grace Bigby, Scheherazade Bloul.  Producer: Bernadette Jurik.  Guests: Elaine Pearson, Chris Atmore,Jenny Smith & Jessica MorrisonRoger Waters speaking in Melbourne! - TICKET GIVEAWAY WhenFebruary 9th, 2018 7:45 PM   through   9:30 PMLocation: Athenaeum Theatre - 188 Collinst St, Melbourne Event Fee - $20.00Congratulations to the two winners of double passes to The Aust...

7:00am Acknowledgement of country7:10am Daniel Ajak, criminal defense lawyer ,  in the media as a model citizen with South Sudanese background, the media hype surrounding #Africangangs is still ongoing.7:25am Prof Scott McQuire speaking about a paper he wrote about surveillance in our cities, and the way cameras, billboards and other devices track our data. #Geomedia Networked Cities and the Futur...

7:00am Acknowledgement of Country7:15am Father Chris Riley, Founder and CEO of Youth Off the Streets on the government playing politics with South Sudanese community and on the work of this organisation. 7:30am Curator, Maddee Clark, on exhibition Black Magic at Incinerator Gallery, 20 Jan - 18 Feb 7:45am Bahman Yusufi- Solidarity with Iranian uprising crew in Melbourne. Since late December 2017,...

Haley Bracken - Cleanskin Cinema - Annie from Showreel (3CR) spoke with the cleanskin Cinema events Founder about the eventMengzhu Fu - Youth Project Coordinator at Shakti Youth - Hope from Tuesday Breakfast discussed Shakti’s work in New Zealand and Australia around intervention and prevention of family violence in immigrant and refugee communitiesBec Kavanagh - Coordinator of Read-Up; Resource a...

Ballbusters - Speaks about their upcoming show on Saturday December 16thCam Walker - Campaigns co-ordinator Friends of the Earth- Talking about the mayor concern expressed in the social sector at the appointment of Dr Gary Johns – considered a staunch critic of charities, as the new commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). There is a petition started by conce...

Sophia Tipping - Academic Research associate @ Latrobe Uni - Raising awareness about a project to increase and facilitate people with intellectual disabilities with voting and the political systemEmma Bannister - CEO of Presentation Studio - Public speaking is said to be one of our biggest fearsChris Bigby - Director - Living with a disability Research centre (latrobe Unversity)Cienan Muir - Senio...

Hope Mathumbu - Speaking about a project that aims support Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) women living in regional Victoria to access mainstream family and domestic violence and sexual assault services, Facebook Jan Bartlett caught up with Ahmed Saleem - The campaign REJECT ELBIT against The Royal Australian Flying Doctors service venture with a major arms manufacturer Elbit Systems...

Kevin Healy - City Limits caught up with former tax commissioner John Passant on the current state of politics - Full interview Content warning: This interview contains descriptions of rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, torture and the use of guns, that may be distressing to some listeners. If the content thas raised questions or caused distress to you, please call Lifeline (13 11 14), or Ra...

Fiona Villiella interviewed Cath Rouse - Newlands Friends of the Forest - Northcote by-election Forest protection and job potential and sustanable tourismDr. Shakira Hussein - (Twitter @shakirahussein), Honorary research fellow at the University of Melbourne specialising in Gender, Islam and Multiculturalism - reflecting on tension between high migrant areas who voted no and homonationalism with S...

Chris Breen from Refugee Action Collective with an update on the current status of the stranded detainees, The court ruling declining the restoration of food, water and power and lawyers intention to appeal. Rally ImagesMichele Vescio (Twitter @Mchl_Vsc) attended the Rally on Saturday 4 November 2017 at the State Library and managed to organised amazing recordings. You'll be hearing from speakers...

Dr. Bruce Lindsay - PLAN (Public Land Advocay Network) Group - Talking about Ribbons of History: Conversations about the ecological, cultured and social value of Victorian roadsidersMargaret Sinclair -  Chairperson of Refugee Action Collective - An update on the current status of detainees on Manus Island, Rally for the Manus Detainees Island held this Saturday 4th November, Rally for Human Rights...

Kate speaks with Prof Mark Taylor, Environmental Scientist at Macquarie University about his research into the impacts of air borne lead contamination from Mt Isa mines. Julian and Dean speak with Michael Green, Director of They Cannot Take the Sky about his exhibition and how it narrates the experiences of people who arrive to Australia fleeing persecution. Dean and Julian speak with Romlie Mokak...

Alternative News. Nick Wallis of 3CR’s Enpsychedelia presents a vignette on the Victorian Government accepting submissions to a wide-ranging inquiry into drug law in the state.  Dean speaks with Stephanie Cousins, Advocacy and External Affairs Manager at Amnesty International Australia, about how Amnesty International has welcomed the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights’ decision not to...