Thursday Breakfast

 Acknowledgement of Country// Save Cohealth Rally speeches, Sunday 26th April, Collingwood Cohealth. The rally demands that Labor release the independent review findings that they have had for almost two months, announce a rescue package to save more that 12,500 people who are going to lose access to critical health services and flood emergency departments. We hear from patients, families, cohealt...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Israel expands occupation of southern Lebanon, including Lebanon’s maritime zoneEscalation of Israeli settler violence in West Bank, sanctioned by the IDFFirefighters union calls out Viva Energy refinery risks, following fire last week Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Traditional Owners announce intentions to negotiate TreatyDigital Rights Watch welcomes government res...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Sudan war enters fourth yearLebanon and Iran updatesIsraeli assaults on imprisoned Palestinian political figure Marwan BarghoutiState fire agency plans burn in Snowy River National Park despite warningsCoalition government introduces harmful new immigration policy Escalating industrial action across 8 Naarm councils Activist, community worker and co-founder o...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Ceasefire updates in US-Israeli war on Iran, Israeli war on LebanonBen Roberts-Smith arrested on war crimes accusationsGovernment pursues NDIS growth reduction measuresMeta and TikTok accused of censoring life-saving drug harm reduction contentVictorian universities accused of abusing Freedom of Information Act processesFarm Transparency International v The G...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Coronial inquest begins into death in custody of Noongar man Jeffrey WinmarUpdates on us-israeli war on IranSudan drone strikes and sexual violence as a weapon of warFair Work Commission scraps discounted pay rates for workers aged 18-20Albanese’s emergency address targets fuel shortages We replayed an interview from Willow and Priya's 2026 Trans Day of Audib...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Young First Nations man dies in Northern Territory Police custody in DarwinIran, Lebanon and Iraq updatesIsrael issues no prosecutions for killing of Palestinian civilians since 2020800 older Australians seek reviews of Integrated Assessment ToolSenate inquiry finds misinformation undermines policy responses to climate crisis We listened to speeches from the...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle threatens Far North QueenslandNauiyu residents evacuated to Darwin face distress in evacuation centres Iran and Lebanon updatesHigh Court again rules ankle bracelets and curfews unconstitutional for refugeesClimate Council report finds fossil fuel pollution overrides natural climate patterns Gurrnoong (Jasper Cohen-Hunter) is a...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Australian Government playing multiple roles in US-Israeli attacks on IranProposed changes to Migration Act condemned by community, Senator ThorpeParliamentary inquiry into racism against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peopleVictorian prisoners spend over $12m on phone calls between 2021 and 2024 Tilman Ruff, co-founder of the International Campaign to...

Acknowledgement of Country// HeadlinesUpdates from US-Israel war on IranAnti-protest laws case in NSW Supreme CourtIBAC apologises for mishandling Victoria Police domestic violence caseFormerly incarcerated advocates call for ban on prison strip searching We listened to a recent conversation between Alice and Spanish and Latin American Studies PhD Researcher Sasha Gillies-Lekakis about the energy...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Sudan updatesGaza and West Bank updatesAnti-genocide protestors occupy Richard Marles’ office, target Thai AirwaysGovernment repeats Robodebt failures with inaccurate aged care assessments  Nerita Waight, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, spoke with us about how Victoria's tough on crime agenda is exacerbating systemic failures in duty of care to...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Ramadan in occupied Palestine Maribyrnong council to transition away from six-month private security trialGovernment responds to Victorian healthcare workers strike with 12% pay rise offerAustralian Human Rights Commission publishes results of Racism@Uni StudyVictorian government bill set to dismantle key environmental institutions We rebroadcast part of an e...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Gaza and West Bank updatesPolice violence at protests against Herzog’s Australia visitAncient Gunaikurnai scar trees and river red gums along Sale Canal at risk of collapseAustralian Uyghur Tangritagh Women’s Association bring legal challenge against Kmart Lelianna, a lead marshal from Community Defence Marshalling System, joined us to discuss the fight for j...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines//Public housing residents seek court injunction to stop Homes Victoria evictionsGaza and West Bank updateProtests against Herzog visit Tenant’s personal details exposed online by real estate rental platforms 'compost:compose' Live Performance and Program//Rasha Tayeh, Palestinian artist, curator, herbalist, and founder of Beit e’Shai Teahouse, joined Inez to...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Attempted bombing at Boorloo Day of Mourning rally Gaza and West Bank updatesUN Human Rights Council review urges extensive action by Albanese government Telstra service issues affecting regular and emergency calls by older iPhones We played a speech by veteran Gumbaynggirr activist and historian Professor Gary Foley at this Monday's Invasion Day rally in Naa...

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//Labor’s hate speech lawsReport released on Designated Area declarationsSenator Thorpe moves amendment to federal government’s new gun control lawsHealthcare Workers Union members demand fair pay deal// Tarneen Onus Browne, Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta, Bindal and Meriam person and community organiser, joined us to discuss the ongoing federal court challenge again...

Welcome to Thursday Breakfast's Summer Programming on 3CR Community Radio. Today's show features a selection of interviews covering topics related to solidarity and resistance campaigns locally and across the globe. From migrant sex worker justice, keeping incarcerated people connected through phone calls, the secret F-35 fighter jet parts being flown on commercial Aus planes, and the interconnect...

You're listening to Thursday Breakfast's Summer Programming Series on 3CR Community Radio. Happy New Year! Today's show features a selection of interviews covering topics related to housing justice. We hear about voters understanding of the housing crisis, the fight for public housing, crisis accommodation and youth homelessness, and how climate hazard don't affect everyone's housing equally. Stay...

You're listening to Thursday Breakfast's Summer Programming Series on 3CR Community Radio. Happy New Year! Today's show features a selection of interviews we've done with artists, writers, video game designers, and filmakers. We hear about the importance of disabled oracles, 'Blaktasia' the First ever Aboriginal mobile game, the Famili music collective's EP 'Bloodfire', Tony Birch's 'Pictures of Y...

 You're listening to Thursday Breakfast's Summer Programming Series on 3CR Community Radio! Today's show features a selection of interviews covering public health topics such as young people's experiences of chronic pain, First Nations medical trailblazers, the campaign to Save Cohealth, a Palestinian physician in Gaza practicing medicine during genocide, and the importance of drug checking.// Ack...

Acknowledgement of Country//Headlines//We replay a conversation between from Danielle & Shev about late diagnosis, privilege, getting services from an inadequate system, stigma and disability inclusion in activist spaces, originally broadcast for as part of 3CR's Disability Day special broadcast on the 3rd of December, 2025. This year's theme, "Right Relations & Innovations" was about disabled peo...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Youth social media ban comes into effectNT government blocks UN human rights inspectors from prison accessVictorian Government apology to First Nations people criticised as performativeNew fossil fuel exploration permits not welcome in Victoria Care in Unit 18 found 'inhumane' in Cleveland Dodd coronial inquestCity of Port Phillip councillors vote to punish r...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Mass arrests at Rising Tide protest in NewcastleUN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention visit AustraliaWest Papuan National Flag DayCalls for federal government to wipe household energy debt Victorian healthcare workers strike today Physiotherapy researcher and health science communicator Dr Joshua Pate joined us to unpack the impacts of chronic pain on young...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Torrential flooding across southeast AsiaSudan and Palestine updatesRampant racial profiling in Victoria Police searches and use of force6-month expansion of Victoria Police search powers in Melbourne’s CBDHigh Court challenge against Australia's social media age ban Fundraisers this Saturday the 29th of November:RAHU x AUWU Solidarity BBQ, 12-4PM, Edinburgh...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:israel continues assault on Gaza, the West Bank, and LebanonEscalating famine and RSF attacks across Kordofan provinceUrgent demand to halt rocket testing on Googatha CountryLegal Aid Northern Territory cuts support for adults and children as young as 10Mass coral death revealed at Ningaloo Reef Writer, artist, and 3CR's Disability Day coordinator Pauline Vet...

Acknowledgement of Country// HeadlinesStand with Sudan RallyWhistleblowers speak out on corrupt Nauru refugee dealVictoria Legal Aid employees accuse management of censorship on Palestine Allan Labor government introduces draconian "Adult Time for Violent Crime” billYarra City Councillors urged to save Medically Supervised Injecting Rooms// AnnouncementsListeners are urged to email Yarra City Mayo...