Bunjil's Fire

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe and R-coo ( 44FU ) play back speeches from the Homeless Persons Union Victoria Speak Out and testimonies shared to the Future Melbourne Committee Meeting at Melbourne Town Hall on Tues 21 October 2025.   

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe speaks with Wiradjuri elder Paul Towney about the upcoming Windrayne Wiradjuri Commemorative Walk happening in December.

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe reports back on his recent visit to Larrakia Country and Tiwi Islands. He is joined by guest Charlie Hill-Smith.

Bunjil's Fire host Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe and guest Jane give updates on Camp Sovereignty.  

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe is joined by R-Coo, Meg and Fluffy to discuss the current Melbourne City Council program that employs private security guards to target homeless people in the CBD area. R-Coo is a member of 44 Flats United, Meg is a lawyer and originating member of the Homeless Peoples Union Victoria, and Fluffy works in harm reduction for homelessness service and has lived experie...

RCoo is joined by Hris to bring the weekly update on the struggle to save the 44 Public Housing Towers that are slated for demolition by the Victorian Government.

Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe is joined by Lionel Fogarty to talk about his new poetry book ‘Lionel Fogarty in Poetry and Politics’ that will be launched by Tom Ford with special guests Ali Cobby Eckermann and Lionel Fogarty from 5.00pm - 7.30pm, Wednesday 3 September 2025 at The Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. Lionel with the 3CR 30th Anniversary poster that he featured in.  The original...

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe catches up with Uncle Peter Button for an update from the Kuradji embassy.

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe is joined by Kooma Murri man and long-time aboriginal activist Uncle Wayne Coco Wharton.

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe catches up with Wangan and Jagalingou man Gurridyula, to get an update from Waddananggu. Since the 26 August 2021, Gurridyula and other Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians have been keeping a sacred fire alight in the autonomous zone 'Waddananggu', in resistance to the Adani Carmichael coalmine operating on the Galilee Basin in so-called central Queensland.

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe is joined by Roscoe & Juan for an update on Kanaky, focusing on the implications of the Bougival Accord, which was recently signed at meetings staged by French President Emmanuel Macron in July 2025 and the referendum to follow.

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe catches up with Marcia Galea, Chair of Victorian Naidoc Committee, to discuss events taking place during NAIDOC Week 6-13 July 2025.

Djuran Bunjilenee Robbie Thorpe is joined by Anthony Kelly to discuss upcoming Our Warrior screenings and other updates on the film. Len Lindon reads out a statement by Lidia Thorpe in regards to the Yoorook Justice Commission reports, which were tabled to the Victorian Parliament earlier this week.

Djuran Bunjilenee Robbie Thorpe is joined by Scheherazade Bloul to discuss Future Fund - so-called Australia's 'sovereign wealth fund' - and it's economic ties to the on-going genocide being comitted by Israel against the Palestinian people and bombings on countries throughout the Middle East. Uncle Robbie will be speaking at the 'Future Fund Divest from Genocide' rally happening at Future Fund He...

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe hosts Bunjil's Fire 2025 Radiothon show. The episode features interviews from the past year, as well as live interviews with Raelene Cooper and Bart Willoughby.

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe is joined in the studio by Greens member for Richmond, Gabrielle De Vietri, to discuss the Victorian Labour Government's attempts to begin the demolition and privatisation of public housing sites throughout the city. 

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe is joined by Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman Professor Chelsea Watego to discuss her upcoming book Black thoughts matter. 

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe is joined in the studio by Len, Glen and Cassius for a lowdown on Uncle Robbie’s visit to the Federal Court on Monday 26 May, 2025, analysis on the colonial legal system, and an update on upcoming court cases.

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe gets on the line with Jampijinpa Ned Hargraves for updates from Yuendumu Country. 

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe is joined by Jane Collins to discuss developments in the ongoing reclamation of Camp Sovereignty. Uncle Robbie is currently seeking to have Camp Sovereignty recognised by the National Heritage Council for it’s social, spiritual and cultural values - rather than only for historical value. You can support this effort by writing a 50-100 word testimony of your relevan...

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe, Roscoe Lee Brown, and Len Lindon are joined by Milton, Thomas and Easter from Gudang and Kaureg Country, and Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara elder Tjilpi Murray George, for a discussion around sovereignty, Aboriginal lore, the ongoing experience of genocide throughout the continent, and approaches to charging for the crime of genocide in the Australian legal system...

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe catches up with Charlie Hill-Smith & Len Lindon to discuss upcoming court cases and events.

Djuran Bunjileenee Robbie Thorpe gets on the line with with Wiradyuri woman and Indigenous water expert kate harriden to find out about a three-day water camp she is involved with happening on Ngunnawal country from May 20-22.