Monday Breakfast

Headlines:“Silencing Dissent”: Protest Crackdowns Spark Civil Liberties AlarmHealth Students Forced to Work for Free as Cost-of-Living Crisis Continues to BitGrassroots Organising Surges as Renewable Energy Network Launches Segments:- Last week it was revealed that the federal government had formed a taskforce known as the 'razor gang', tasked with cutting the NDIS to make it more 'sustainable' ah...

Headlines:Coronial inquest into Jeffrey Winmar’s death in custody endsABC DEI initiatives Friends of the Earth Hit by Funding Cuts as Cost-of-Living Crisis Squeezes ActivismSegments:- The second half of the conversation Rob had with Sam and Gia from T Generation Gym - a trans-owned and -operated gym in so-called Coburg. The first half aired on 3CR's Trans day of audibility broadcast in late March....

Headlines: "Pressure Off the Pump": Free Public Transport for all Victorians"Disrespected and Fed Up": Teachers Vow to Escalate Strike Action“Trans Day of Audibility”: Joy as Resistance on the Airwaves Segments: - A Speech from Saturday's Trans Day of Vengeance Rally, we firstly heard from Greens counsellor Alice Benson.  - Second episode of the podcast What Children Know, produced by Elvy Swan he...

On today's show: Headlines: Educators Break a Decade of Silence: March 24 Strike LoomsHigh Court Looming: Residents Resist Public Housing DemolitionNSW Corrective Services and Youth Justice Are Failing First Nations People In and Out of PrisonChallenging Police Power: IBAC Apology Sparks Wider Questions Segments:Second half of conversation between Rosie Ganino and Alva Gieke about the women's libe...

Headlines: Human Rights Groups Warn Labor’s New Migration Laws Could Leave Tens of Thousands Stranded in War ZonesPublic Health Experts Warn Dementia Crisis Demands National Prevention StrategyPeace Network Condemns ADF Deployment to Middle East, Warns Australia Risks Being Drawn into Wider WarAustralia Institute data exposes $16.3 billion in subsidies given to fossil fuel companies and users in 2...

3cr volunteer Rosie Ganino Speaks to Alva Geikie following Intenational Womens Day where they speak on the Women's Liberation movement in the 70's where Alva tells us many stories of the early days of her organising and direct action with iconic activists like Zelda D'Aprano. 

Headlines:US and Israel Launch Major Attacks on Iran as Region Braces for EscalationTrust Us With Your Face? Digital Rights Groups Warn of Expanding Online SurveillanceOne Nation’s Poll Surge Reflects a Deeper Political Shift Segments:- First up we had an interview Hannah and Izzy Brown from the Resident Frequency show here at 3cr where we spoke with BVT yesterday at the Sydney Rd Street Party at...

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 23rd of February 2026. On today's show: Headlines:Close the Bases: Global Wave of Anti-Militarist Action Hits AustraliaFarmers Push Back on ‘Resilience’ Rhetoric as Study Warns It Masks Systemic NeglectLabor Backs Anti-Queer Hate Crimes Inquiry as Liberals “Turn Their Backs” on LGBTIQA+ VictoriansSegments: The show begins with Hannah's interview at the...

Hello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 16th of February 2026. On today's show: Headlines:  Liberty Victoria condemns NSW Police force at protest against Herzog and calls for Victorian Government to not give Victoria Police similar powers. Palliative Care Australia calls for expanding Commonwealth Prac Payment to include medical and allied health students. Senator Lidia Thorpe renew...

Headlines: - Victoria’s Planning Reform & Affordable Housing- First Nations Peoples & Blood Cancer Inequities- 6 Members of Filton24 Acquitted of Charges- IOC Gender Policy & Trans Inclusion in Sport Segments:- 3cr reporter Amy Ciara speaking with Keir Paterson CEO of Community Houses and longtime community volunteer speaking on the importance of neighbourhood housing and their campaign for govern...

Headlines: Death toll in Gaza Limited opening of Rafah crossing preventing essential medical aid National Anti‑Racism FrameworkThe Victorian Government announcement of the redevelopment of seven public housing towers across inner MelbourneSegments: - A speech from the Invasion Day rally in Djilang. Sherele Moody is Australia's leading femicide and child death researcher, an award winning journalis...

Today on the Monday Breakfast show, guest host Marisa (Doin' Time), presents a special Invasion Day edition, with First Nations campaigners and organisers from around the continent to kick off 3CR's yearly day of special programming.  This show contains heavy themes including Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Deaths in Custody, audio images of deceased first nations folk, and colonial violen...

Headlines1. The Australian publishes record amount of transphobic articles in 20252. Lidia Thorpe’s office calls for allowance of UN inspections in NT prisons Segments1. Yillamin - Disability day special replay - part of 3CR's 12-hour broadcast on the International Day of People With Disability. This year's theme was 'Right Relations and Innovations', focussing on Disabled peoples' visions of a sa...

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 1st of December 2025. On today's show: Headlines: Police Accountability Project releases response to Victoria Police declaring the entirety of Melbourne's CBD as a 'designated area'. Acting NT Ombudsman releases report calling watch house conditions ‘unreasonable and oppressive'The show starts with a segment from a talk given by Tyson Yunkaporta in Sept...

Headlines1. A new Senate report lays bare how governments and corporations have failed communities on PFAS contamination, with Senator Lidia Thorpe calling for a full ban and real accountability for the harm done to First Peoples, workers and affected towns.2. Justice Reform Initiative on child sentencing laws3. Amnesty International Australia has voiced strong disappointment over the UN Security...

Headlines:  Heavy security presence at COP30 in response to peaceful protests by Indigenous peoples calling for protection of their lands and their right to be includedThe Victorian Ombudsman's letter to Victorian MPs about Premier Allan’s crackdown on crime Segments: - A speech from the Free Palestine Rally of November 2nd by Amo Ihab of the Sit Intifada. The rally marked the anniversary of the s...

Headlines1. APAN welcomes restrictions on weapons exports to Israel by the Australian Defence Force.2. New ADHD training program for GP’s through Royal Australian College of GP’s in WA Segments1. Mobeen from Sawt Al Sudan speaking at yesterdays rally for Sudan: Remembering OUr Martyrs 2. Sara Sinada humanitarian professional speaking at yesterdays rally for Sudan- Both speeches accessible here3. A...

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast Show On the show we had: Headlines: NSN in recruitment overdrive targeting young boys and men online Victorian Treaty Legislation  4,500 people have fled Sudan’s North Kordofan state as the Rapid Support Forces continue their attacks against civilians Segments:- A speech by David Shoebridge, the Greens Senator for NSW from Yesterdays Free Palestine Rally outside the...

Headlines1. Lidia Thorpe’s office calls for a hate crimes investigation into the Camp Sovereignty attack 2. Calls for international solidarity, awareness and support for the Democratic Republic of Congo  Segments1. Listen back to the emergency community meeting at Fitzroy Town Hall last friday, that was called to save Cohealth since cohealth’s decision to axe its bulk-billing GP clinics in Colling...

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast for October 20th 2025. On today's show: Headlines: World’s largest displacement crisis in SudanPolice violence at yesterday’s anti-racist counter rally Finocchiaro government in the so-called Northern Territory announced that trans women would be banned from female prisonsSegments: - Edmi spoke with Chris Arnott about a self-defence program run at Clifton Hill Jiu J...

Headlines:Domestic Violence Drives Surge in Homelessness in Victoria, New Data by homelessness victoria Return to Gaza City, and violence in the West Bank Segments:-The global Land Back movement is a collective and deeply rooted effort by Indigenous communities to reclaim ancestral lands that were taken through colonization, forced removal, and broken treaties. Far beyond a call for restitution, L...

Good morning and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for the 6th of October 2025.Headlines: Protests in Morocco call for education and health reforms amid World Cup spending. No music for genocide campaign cultural boycottSegments: The Wire's Eduardo Jordan spoke with founding member of the Homeless Persons Union Victoria Patrick Chippalone about the union's petition against the City of Melbourne...

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast Show!  Headlines: - VALS releases statement on City of Melbourne’s surveillance upgrade/ petition against program hiring private security guards- Two years after the National Cabinet pledged a “Better Deal for Renters,” millions of Australians remain vulnerable to rent hikes, arbitrary evictions, and unsafe homes. Segments:- A segment of the Earth Matters show from...

Headlines: - intervenors denied in joining Uncle Robbie Thorpe's case to prosecute King Charles of genocide - FBI categorising trans people as violent extremists after Charli Kirk's assassination - Whose Future action at Coles supermarket on Smith St in solidarity with Justice for Kumanjayi White  Segments: - Interview with Matt Kunkle, CEO of the Migrant Workers Centre speaking about their curren...

Headlines1. 110,000 join far right anti-immigration rally in London2.  Rallies in Naarm see thousands show up in support of First Nations Peoples and the 100th consecutive Free Palestine rally Segments1. A speech from Saturdays Sovereignty Never Ceded rally at Flinders Street station as part of a National Day of Action by Yaraan Couzens Bundle HERE 2. Two part segment from Reanimating the World by...