Doin Time

Marissa speaks with Max Costello from Victoria's Refugee Action Collective about a disturbing development regarding safety breaches by Australian Border Force. Refugee advocates who wrote to the Comcare regulator over alleged safety breaches by Australian Border Force are outraged that the reply came from ABF itself, clearing itself of any wrongdoing. Marissa then speaks with Anthony Kelly, from M...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died First up on the program, Marisa speaks with Ian Rintoul from the Refugee Action Coalition about their recent Media Release regarding the armed robbery of two Iranian refugees in Port Moresby. He discusses the increase in violent assaults targeting refugees...

 First up on the show, David Glanz from Refugee Action Collective (Vic) joins Marisa to discuss the new Albanese Government's approach to refugees and asylum seekers during its first 10 weeks in Parliament. He analyses their tendency to celebrate few high-profile positive announcements (such as permanent residency for the Nadesalingam 'Biloela' family) while downplaying cruel business-as-usual pol...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died Marisa starts off the program by paying tribute to the late Uncle Archie Roach to whom this show is dedicated, and whose music is played throughout the hour. The first interview today is with Nerita Waight, proud Yorta Yorta woman and CEO of the Victorian...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have diedThis week, Marisa has an extended interview with Uncle Colin Isaacs, continuing last week's discussion about culture, young people, treaty, native title, the constitution and all about his life and art. You can check out and support Uncle Colin's artwork...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died First up on the show, Marisa speaks with longtime Noongar activist Marianne Mackay, who discusses a recent deaths in custody vigil she attended and an update of what's been going on. She also talks about the importance of listening to a diversity of Fir...

 This week is Radiothon week, and the Doin' Time show's target is $850! Our Radiothon theme for 2022 is Keep Community Strong - Marisa reads pledges from listeners, and speaks to guests Cheryl Kaulfuss from ISJA Melbourne, First Nations actor and activist Uncle Jack Charles, also showcasing highlights from the past year to contextualise the important role of Doin' Time and of 3CR within the greate...

This week, Marisa presents Doin' Time from Dja Dja Wurrung country. First up on the show, she interviews Chris Breen from the Refugee Action Collective, about the good, the bad and the ugly of the new Labor Government's policies regarding refugees and asylum seekers -- despite many hard-fought wins by on-the-ground refugee activism, and Labor's promise to provide permanent visas to those on tempor...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died Each year, hundreds of people around the country gather on the Sunday of the June long weekend to commemorate the unprovoked massacre of at least 28 Wirrayaraay women, children and older men by a group of stockmen on Myall Creek Station on June 10, 1838. T...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have died This week, Marisa presents part one of a yearly commemoration of the Myall Creek Massacre, interviewing Cecilia Blackwell, non-Aboriginal co-chair of the Friends of Myall Creek National Committee alongside Keith Munro, who will be joining the program next...

This special Doin’ Time program is the second part in a shining yearly tribute to the much-loved and honourable Uncle Ray Jackson, who died on April 23 2015.Uncle Ray was a Wiradjuri warrior who dedicated his life to fighting for justice and human rights for Aboriginal people affected by the so-called criminal justice system, and all people affected by state violence. A vocal and knowledgeable Dea...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died This special Doin’ Time program is the first part in a shining yearly tribute to the much-loved and honourable Uncle Ray Jackson, who died on April 23 2015. Uncle Ray was a Wiradjuri warrior who dedicated his life to fighting for justice and human rights f...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have diedMarisa interviews Dr Maria Giannacopoulos about an upcoming online launch of the brilliant book Mapping Deathscapes: Digital Geographies of Racial and Border Violence, edited by Suvendrini Perera and Joseph Pugliese. The launch will take place online, Thurs...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains audio images and discussion of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have diedFirst up on the program, Marisa interviews Nerita Waight, a proud Yorta Yorta woman and CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS), about a Victorian Parliamentary inquiry which has called for an overhaul of Victoria's bail laws, following a revie...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time contains discussions about the deaths of First Nations people.  First up on the show we hear from Samantha Lee, Police Accountability solicitor at Redfern Legal Centre. Listeners may recall the TJ Hickey Memorial program broadcasted on 14 February 2022. Marisa invites Samantha to talk about the legal centre's media release entitled NSW Police Safe Drivi...

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin'Time may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander people who have passed This episode of Doin Time is a special commemoration honouring the death of TJ Hickey Marisa crossed to Raul Bassi from ISJA Sydney, at a special commemoration rally honouring the death of TJ Hickey, a Redfern Aboriginal teenager who died as a direct result of the ac...

Marisa interviews Scott Cosgriff, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, about a recent survey that was commissioned by the HRLC with the Migrant Workers' Centre, about concerning trends in migrant workers' residency. Their research shows that many people who have been living and working in Australia for 5-10 years aren't being recognised as permanent residents, despite that almost 80% of A...

Content Warning: This program may contain audio descriptions of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander peoples who have passed on. Suicide and suicide prevention will also be discussed. If you find any of the content distressing or triggering, you can call Lifeline on13 11 14This year, January 26 (also known as Invasion Day or Survival Day), is particularly significant - as well as being a day of m...

Marisa interviews Tiffany Overall, Policy, Advocacy & Human Rights Officer at Youthlaw about raising the age of criminal responsibility in Australia to at least 14, in order to reflect international medical standards.  They discuss the ongoing battle by various legal organisations in the space of youth incarceration in this country, including Youthlaw's submissions to a national review, a disappoi...

Marisa interviewed Ian Rintoul from The Refugee Action Coalition about a very unfortunate and terrible incident. He spoke about noeo-nazis attacking the family home of Sydney anti-racist activist Paddy Gibson. Marisa then interviewed Dr Maria O'Sullivan, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law and a member of The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University, about the Public...

This week, Marisa interviews Aunty Megan Krakouer and Gerry Georgatos from the National Suicide Prevention & Trauma Recovery Project about a class action lawsuit against Banksia Hill Youth Detention Facility in WA. Former inmates are suing the centre over conditions which observers say condemn children as young as 11 to a life of trauma and disadvantage. Later, Marisa speaks with Scott Cosgriff, S...

 This week, Marisa speaks with David Glance from the Refugee Action Collective about the lack of accountability and duty-of-care in regards to the spread of COVID-19 in detention, after 22 out of the 46 men currently detained in Melbourne's Park Hotel detention centre have tested positive to the virus since October 17, 2021. He also reports on the rally in support of these refugees that took place...

Content Warning: This story contains audio-images of people who have died. This year marks 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, which made 339 recommendations. Very few have been implemented, and there is very little change. Today's broadcast is a roll-call in honour of all deaths in custody, but in particular, this show is dedicated to JC. JC was young mother who...

Marisa interviewed Kieran Pender Senior lawyer, HumanRights Law Centre about how The Human Rights Law Centre and Digital Rights Watch have written to Federal, State, and territory health Ministers calling for stronger privacy protections in the technology being used to support home quarantine trials. Marisa then interviewed Cheryl Axleby, Narunga woman and Co-Chair, Change the Record: aboutAustral...

Marisa conducted an extended interview with Lee-Anne Carter, Statewide Community Justice Leader from the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service about the Deaths in Custody Notification Service in Victoria, which prompted discussion about Aboriginal deaths in custody. In particular, Aunty Tanya Day was talked about, in the context of her Inquest, and the relevance of the assessment of risk, to promote...