Breadline

This program discusses the real roots of May Day in Chicago 1886

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 5 January 2026, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy. Presenter Jessica Harrison kicks off 2026 with reflections on surviving from fortnight to fortnight, and her childhood in the Sixties on a small group of islands in Queensland, with her family making do on the so-called "Widow's" Pension.  Jessica discusses sto...

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 29 December 2025, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy. Presenter Kaitlyn Blythe interviews 3CR volunteer Dr Antimony Deor, whose Summer Special series 'Stories of the unemployed' airs every Monday from 10.30am-11am until 12 January. Antimony chats with Breadline about the stigma around unemployment, and creating...

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 8 December 2025, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy. The Breadline team brings an update on Robodebt: letters are landing in MyGov accounts with information about potential compensation for victims of Robodebt. Gordon Legal, the firm that handled the Robodebt Class Action, is now asking people affected by Robode...

Interviewing Elle Sanders, our newest volunteer on the advice line, and she talks about the unfairness of the Partner Income Test.

Payment Suspension & Cancelations without NoticeRobodebtA Call to Release the Details of the Royal Commission

Update on Hank Ferguson’s court caseA summary of the Robodept scandal from the SBS seriesDemand for Payslips still a problem

Up date on Hank Ferguson’s court caseA good news storyCo-Health close down

Breadline, the show by welfare recipients for us. This episode first aired on Monday 13 October 2025, live from the 3CR studios in Fitzroy. Presenters Kaitlyn Blythe and Jessica Harrison discuss the latest welfare news, and the unfairness of so-called Australia's welfare system as a whole. Hot off the presses, Breadline covers the news that the government has paused welfare payment cancellations....

A reminder of Hank Ferguson’s court dateFirst Nation Australians launch class actionCommunity Development ProgramInclusive Employment AustraliaHomelessness in the CBD

Disability Employment Service rebranded to Inclusive Employment AustraliaOver 300,000 Australians had Centrelink payments illegally cancelled

Danielle Hassall reports on the National Employment Services Association Annual MeetingJay Coonan from the Antipoverty Centre talks about Income Proportionate and illegal payment suspensions

Job Providers and what they’re willing to fund for short courses. A report from the Antipoverty Centre. Get help if you receive a Centrelink debt notice

Mutual Obligations paused for today due to more IT problemsUnlawful Centrelink cancellations440k Deloitte reportList of who’s calling to abolish the TCFDisability Employment Service rebranded to Inclusive Employment Australia

We hear speakers Prof. Bill Mitchell, from the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, and Shifrah Blustein, community lawyer and advocate.