Solidarity Breakfast

Today we hear from a new coalition calling for Living Incomes for Everyone they will be launching their national campaign to retain the Job Seeker payment and much much more after the covid crisis has receded. We follow up with a chat with filmmaker Judith Ehrlich about her film The boys that said no about to be screened at the upcoming Melbourne documentary film festival, we hear from our friends...

- We hear from Bernard Collaery who was featured on a recent Search Foundation webinaire. Bernard gave Solidarity Breakfast an interview about his book Oil Under Troubled Waters - Australia's Timor Sea Intrigue. It's published by Melbourne University Press and is available throught the New International Bookshop. This time Bernard had just come back from the secret court hearings being held in Can...

It has been a momentous time not only with covid-19 restrictions easing but massive rallies across the country, cities as well as provinical towns, in support of Black Lives Matter. Tilde Joy part of our Stick Together Team was able to give us access to material from the end of the Melbourne event that gives a real sense of the size and emotion of the rally. It includes voices of the families of s...

- A reflection on the not so United States and Black Lives Matter with a word from Thomas Mayor, writer activist and Unionist National Indigeous officer for the Marinetime Union of Australia.- Ann Davies from Fair Go For Pensioners who outlines what they see as the key issues as we go out of the Covid 19 stay at home. - Environmental defenders up at Warbuton are calling for help to defend Big Pat'...

First up we go down to Gippsland stopping at Morewell for a word with Wendy Farmer from Voices of the Valley to talk about the end of the Hazelwood power station but more particularly the end of the court cases against the companies behind the run away fire and its affects in 2014 that burned for 45 days and still affects residents today. We hear from the far North East of the State with the fourt...

News round up II Add your name to the petition asking the Energy Minister to commit to a renewably-powered economic recovery, not a gas-fired one >LinkMojo Film Festival II To celebrate World Schizophrenia Day, on Sunday 24th May, a group of Melbourne filmmakers and artists are holding their annual pride film festival online. Kate Wheller, Executive Officer, Community Information & Support Victori...

We start this morning with a chat with Alexander Dunlap about his article End the green delusions: industrial scale -renewable energy is fossil fuel plus. Followup with a critque of his article and the film Planet of the Humans by  a fellow 3cr broadcaster from Friday Breakfast Zane Alcorn. In the final half hour of the program we actually will return to these issues but from a particularly Austra...

Today we hear from:the Refugee Action Collective/Tax Justice Australia /Despatches from East Gippsland honours Deb Foskey /This is the Week that Was/ Don Sutherland & workers role in kick starting manufacturing in Australia

Today we are going to swim in history. And the reason I am taking this tack this morning is because all week in covid stay at home I have been worrying over how we deal with the issues of inequality and climate degradation after covid when clearly the strong arm of big business influence on Government is in the ascendancy. Reading Dr Liam Byrne's new book Becoming John Curtin and James Scullin the...

Unemployed during Covid II Trevor Hendly was made unemployed when the general closure of businesses took place at the beginning of the Covid-19 shut down. He gives us a look at what his life is like despite the Federal Government announcements concerning jobkeeper and jobseeker.ideas for a better future IIHealing Haiku II a second despactch from East Gippsland community of Googenrah - fire affecte...

- Zero Waste no incinerators - Dr Paul Connett- East Gippsland report (Goongerah CRC) after the fires and the road to healing in troubled times- Chris Breen (Refugee Action Collective - Victoria)  on the Police action against car protest for Refugees - UWU discussion paper putting workers at centre of covid-19 response

- Gillian Blair, former Greens Candidate in the Western District of Victoria talks on-shore gas drilling and Covid-19.- Bevan Ramsden from Independant Peaceful Australia Network talks about the IPAN support for the United Nations call for the cessation of war during pandemic- Sue Bolton, Moreland Concillor, talks about a council response to covid-19 and issues of democracy.- Kevin bags the week in...

News wrap-up- Robert Car talks about the May 1 Movement and their action last week in Sydney in support of 180 Ferry workers stood down- Peter Curtis talks about what the Australian Education Union (AEU) have been doing to protect teachers during the covid-19 shut down in Canberra- Matt Kunkel from the Migrant Workers Centre talks about why the Federal Government needs to include all workers in re...

Solidarity Breakfast 28-03-2020- The crisis at Centrelink we speak with Ollie from Australian Unemployed Workers Union on why MyGov was always going to crash as unemployment is tipped at 15% as a result of mass sackings with Covid-19.- Explosive new information about the helium bonanaza in the Timor Sea that is feeding the pockets of Multi Nationals. Another part of the fraught negoiations saga be...

Climate Angels in court II The Climate Guardians who were staging a quiet lunch time vigil outside the Herald & Weekly Times building last year are being taken to court for trepass and besetting a building. We talk to Deborah Hart. On shore Gas Drilling II The Victorian Government has announced the introduction of legislation to allow on-shore gas drilling ending the hard fought for moratoruim. We...

7.30 amRefugee Action collective Victoria's Marg Sinclair speaks to us about the Refugees from Manus and Nauru who arriving through the Medivac legislation for medical treatment have been kept stranded in hotels for months.7.50 over the WallNo Cashless Welfare Card8.00Samantha Ratnam leader of the Victorian Greens talks about the Senate inquiry into homelessness and why when Labor's Tim Pallas say...

toxic dump wyndham II No way says residence and the Council. Check out the report from recent rally in WerribeeCashless Welfare II Over the Wall talks with Kathyrn from no cashless welfare debit card australia about this attack on social security. This is a series so tune in next week for more. AIDC welcome to country II Last week the Australian International Documentary Conference was held at the...

The Climate Summit Report II Exerpts from the recent Climate Summit with Adam Bandt's opening speech, a word from David Spratt, some legal perspectives from Elaine Johnson & Nicole Rogers and some views from participants. Schools Out II report from youth climate activists including an update on the Jbap Wurrung tent protest protecting the sacred trees. This is the Week that Was IINoah Bassil II on...

Palestine II 3cr broadcaster Kay Wennagel gives an eye witness account of Palestine today. Julian Assange II Joan Coxesedge speaks at the rally in support of Julian Assange before the English hearing into his possible extradiction to US for exposing US war crimesOrganising Wage Theft II Duncan Graham for Over the Wall speaks with RFFWU's Josh Cullinan on the campaign being waged by business to mak...

Global Unity Movement II Hanna from GUM explains what it is about and invites you to participate in the movement which brings all issues onto the table. Over the Wall II Peter Davis talks to the Community Legal Centres Australia (nclca) for people affected by Bushfires who are on centrelink payments. Travel ban & Migrant Workers II Matt Kunkell from the Mirgant Workers Centre explains how the trav...

James Dunn Tribute II "James Dunn,who died on 31 January at the age of 92, was a diplomat. intelligence officer, soldeier, researcher for the Parliamentary Library, writer and human rights activist. Over a long and versatile career, his most signifivant achievement is the cruscial role he played in campaigning for the rights of the Timorese people under Indonesian occupation and bringing their pli...

Rally for Life II the rally brought people from across Victoria who have dedicated lifetimes to protecting the natural world in their part of it. On the steps of Parliament they gathered to insist on the legislation that protects forests, beaches, rivers from greed and unsustainable practises. Schools Out II Episode 5 in the show that puts young voices to air on climate. Today they talk to a front...