Tuesday Breakfast

Maree Pardy was the lead author of a report by Footscray Community Response, which evaluated Maribyrnong Council's use of security patrols to address social and health issues. She speaks about the new, not-security 'Welcome Crew', voted in by the Maribynong Council. This comes after months of organising by local residents and Footscray Community Response against the controversial and harmful secur...

Headlines - CW: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, please note that the following story contains the names of deceased people. A second Aboriginal woman has died in Western Australia’s Bandyup prison in less than five weeks. - The Maribynong Council will be meeting today to vote on what it calls its “civic presence” model for Footscray. This comes after Councillors unanimously voted...

Headlines: Access to free public transport in regional VictoriaExpansion of secularism laws in QuebecStolen Generations honoured at Ngarra Jarra Noun Healing CeremonyPay increase for workers under the Health Professionals and Support Services award Shivani Kaur, New Delhi-based Political and Labour Movement activist, spoke to Jiselle Hanna (Asia Pacific Currents) on Saturday 21st March about the i...

Happy trans day of audibility! Headlines: CW: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should note that this headline mentions the name of a deceased person. The coronial inquest into the passing of proud Noongar man, Jeffrey Winmar began yesterday on Monday 30th of March. Iran’s parliament speaker has accused the United States of plotting a ground attack despite publicly pushing for a negoti...

Headlines Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has denied that Iran held talks with the US, saying that Tehran’s position on the Strait of Hormuz and conditions for ending the war have not changed. A new survey of Victorians has found strong public support for truth-telling processes that centre the voices and experiences of First Nations peoples. Deepcut News has revealed that the RBA gover...

Headlines: - A remote Aboriginal community north of Broome has released a new strategy aimed at strengthening health and wellbeing through cultural governance and community control. - A 35-year-old Aboriginal woman has died in Western Australia's Bandyup Women's Prison.- The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) calls on the Australian government to condemn the illegal and brutal US/Is...

Headlines - the Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency - has welcomed the passage of amendments to the Children, Youth and Families Act by the Children, Youth and Families Amendment (Stability) Bill 2025 by Victoria's parliament. - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found evidence Israel used white phosphorus in residential areas of southern Lebanon earlier this month, in violation of internati...

Headlines:- Fitzroy Stars netball players have been left "traumatised" after alleged racism endured by their players went without punishment at a tribunal meeting last week.- Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector and US Marine intelligence officer, stated that 'If there is a military attack against Iran, it's because the goal is to destroy Iran and eliminate the Islamic Republic.- The Brazil...

Headlines:- First Nations activists have announced a constitutional challenge to New South Wales Premier Chris Minns' anti-protest laws- Sudan has condemned Uganda for hosting the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, as an “insult” to humanity and the Sudanese people.- In the Philippines, same-sex couples will now have equal rights to property, following a Su...

Headlines //- Senator Lidia Thorpe has been cleared by the Australian Federal Police over comments made at a Palestine solidarity rally in October- Injured Workers Support Network will rally at Parliament this Wednesday 1pm to demand a meaningful Code of Injured Workers’ Rights- February 13th marked 18 years since the National Apology to Stolen Generations- Traditional owner groups in North West V...

Headlines:-  Australians’ biometric info will be given to United States agencies such as ICE and the Trump administration, by the Albanese government.-  New figures show that the number of people in Australia living with dementia is growing. Iand is expected to more than double to reach over million by 2065.-  National Housing Campaign Everybody’s Home has found that frontline services are current...

Headlines:- Local footy clubs have suspended or abandoned initiatives addressing gender based violence in the face of State Goverment funding cuts.- Aquaculture program developing production methods for goldlined rabbit fish.- 44Flats United has identified the decision as wholesale destruction of public housing in Victoria as a method of social cleansing of Melbourne's inner city suburbs. - Gaza's...

Headlines:- Invasion day rally gathers crowd of 17,000 protesters rallying for changing the date of Australia day or replacing it with a day of mourning- Since October ceasefire in Gaza went into effect Israeli attacks have now killed 486 people and wounded 1,341- The National Rent Affordability Scheme set to end this June- Bushfires in the Otways region due to Victoria's worst heatwave since 2009...

Cath Strong is a researcher of popular music. She spoke to Marion for Tuesday Hometime in December about calls to boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. In this excerpt we hear how the State of Israel uses this international cultural event to project soft power and clean its image by pinkwashing. Lucinda Thorpe is Privacy Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch. In 2025, she was regularly on the pro...

Juliette's Summer Show! Kim Chua, Save our Community HealthKim Chua, a community advocate from the Save our Community Health campaign. In late October, it was announced that co-health services across inner city Melbourne would be closing significant services due to budget cuts. At the Collingwood service, this will mean that the pharmacy and counselling services would be cut on 19 December. Kim jo...

Phuong's Summer Show Podcast!  March for Native Forests - Rosemary Storey and MelOn Sunday 23 March 2025, grassroots organisations and concerned members of the community gathered outside Peter Khalil's office in Coburg to stand up for native protests and protest logging, planned burns, and other forms of destruction. This rally, organised by the Bob Brown Foundation, took place in many other citie...

Headlines//- North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency welcomed UN criticism of states and territories' "tough on crime" policies- Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast to become Chile’s 38th president- Pro-democracy activist and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai convicted - Landmark class action victory against Victoria Police use of capsicum spray 7.15 am// Carolyn Dunbar is the Women’s Team Leader a...

Headlines// - New National Homelessness Plan reveals homelessness amongst Aboriginal Victorian's has increased at four times the rate of the state population.- Two Victorians file legal challenge with the federal court against Vic Police announcing six month declaration of Melbourne CBD as a designated area. - World Health Organisation says 114 people including 63 children were killed in senseless...

Headlines //- Donald Trump's governing party imposing sanctions against International Criminal Court organisations seeking accountaibility and justice for war crimes against Palestine.- Climate activists from 'Rising Tide' have halted coal ships entering Newcastle port during the people's blockade of the world's biggest coal port. - 700 'Put Australia First' anti-immigration protesters in CBD.- Ma...

Headlines // - Accusations of racial profiling by Victoria Police- Palestinian law student Baraa Khairi Ali Maali killed by Israeli forces on Sunday- Save Our Community Health campaigning to save co-health in Collingwood, Fitzroy and Kensington- Snapchat verifying user ages in Australia 7:15 AM // For this week's episode of Women on the Line, Scheherazade spoke to Najla Mohamed-Lamin, a Sahrawi hu...

7:15 AM // Jay Underwood is the music manager and community connector behind Liberate. A grassroots initiative uplifing indie and emerging creatives across the Naarm music community. They joined us on 3CR Breakfast  to discuss the upcoming fundraising event for Switchboard, a community based not for profit organisation that provides a peer driven, support service for LGBTIQA+ communities and their...

News Headlines:Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung peoples' Native Title claim in VictoriaFemale MPs received death threats after condemning Neo-Nazi rally in NSWHome renovations leading cause of asbestos-related cancer Documentary 'Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War' reveals breakdown in norms and legal constraints Bonnie Dukakis is a Gunditjmara woman and is also CEO of Koorie Youth Council, the representat...

News Headlines:War crimes in SudanFootscray Community Response opposes private security guardsIsrael's continued breach of ceasefireMedical professionals criticise NT's prison and justice systems Karen Fletcher from FlatOut and Louisa Bassini from Inner Melbourne Community Legal speak at the Standing Together for Public Housing meeting on 23 October 2025. Karen speaks about imprisonment numbers of...