Solidarity Breakfast

Careers for Women in Trades here II Courteney Munn, Project Officer Careers for Women in Trades at the AMWU in Victoria, talks to us about the project to bring more women into trades and the upcoming Hume Women in STEM and Construction Careers & Jobs Expo on Wednesday March 1 at Broadmeadows Town Hall running from 10-1pm. Register at Eventbrite or visit www.amwu.org.au/events_wit. Newcastle Climat...

Opening the show we dip into a SLF the Sustainable Living Festival  presentation given by  Yarra Libraries called Money Talks, Money Walks - divesting from fossil fuels. Kylie Robertson from Market Forces made some interesting points around:Shell does well out of War here Bank Loans drive Environmental Destruction here Burrup Peninsula here II As the Voice to Parliament is being discussed the leve...

Rally for the Forests here II On the first day of Victorian Parliament Native Forest Defenders from across the State stood firm against "salvage logging" by VicForest in the Wombat State Forest and in the Dandenongs. Neo-Nazi jailed here II Anti-racist activist Paddy Gibson's family home was targeted by Neo-fascists in Sydney in 2021. Unusually but hearteningly one of the three has been given a tw...

You Can Go Now here II Larissa Behrendt film You Can Go Now focucsing on indigenous artist policital activist Richard Bell is in cinema's now. I speak with Richard Bell. Another Refugee Death in Custody here II Ian Rintoul from Refugee Action Coalition talks about the latest suicide of a refugee in Villawood. Enough is enough. Socialist Alternative Push for Parliament  here II Jerome Small, a rece...

Liliminatuli / Devonport Invasion Day Rally here II Change the Date was the theme of the Invasion Day Rally held in Devonport. Voices from the rally. The Art of Incarceration here II Filmmaker Alex Siddon talks to us about The Art of Incarceration, which profiles Indigeous prisoners who find a new way forard through art. Gomeroi v Santos here II Outside the Native Title Tribunal in Sydney where a...

No Bailout for Big Fossil Fuel here II Jeff Waters, Offshore Gas Campaigner for Friends of the Earth, discusses the money guzzling corporate response to the climate emergency. Violet Coco Court Hearing here II Vivien Langford, from The Climate Action Show, reports outside and inside the court in Sydney hearing climate activist Violet Coco's bail hearing. Activist View of Repressive Laws Protest La...

News about the imprisonment of climate activist Violet Coco in NSW. Write a letter to Violet at: Deanna Maree Coco MIN:652500 Silverwater Correctional Centre Locked bag 130 Silverwater NSW, Australia, 2128To contribute to the fundraiser for legal expenses: https://chuffed.org/project/95028-get-violet-out-of-prisonNorthern Suburbs Swing against Labor here II In some seats in the Northern corridor s...

Grounded Launch II Grounded is a community land trust. At its recent launch Sonja Arakkal from Think Forward gave an intergenerational perspective on housing unaffordability and land trusts here and Bob Knowles from Apollo Bay Housing affordability Taskforce gives an outline of the biggest housing unaffordability story out of covid - rural dispossession because of soaring land values putting a kni...

Eduard Said Memorial Lecture here II Dr Yara Hawari talks to us from the occupied territories about the common fight against injustice and fascism. Grounded Affordable Housing here II We talk with Karl Fitzgerald about the Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy Launch on Nov 22 at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre in La Trobe St Melbourne. It's all about affordable housing. This is the week here I...

Secrets, Spies & Lies here II Bernard Collaery in conversation with Kieran Pender at the College of Law and Justice, Victoria University. Critical Mass Bike Convergence here II Faith Hunter alerts us to this years Critical Mass Bike ride to be held on Nov 18 starting at 5pm at the State Library can be joined at 5.30pm at Avenue Reserve, Royal Pde leading in to Sydney Rd ride for better bike lanes...

Darebin EV Event here II Straight from the vaults of Climate Action Show we hear from the Darebin Climate Action Network's electric vehicle expo being held at Bundoora Secondary School Sun Nov 7th. Strike Force Guard 111 here II We talk with Anthony Kelly from MALS about the NSW police operation targeting climate protectors through home visits in other States in the lead up to Blockade IMARC Sydne...

Palestinian Film Festival here II We speak with festival director Naser Shakhtour about the incredible depth and range of films in this years Palestinian Film Festival running from Nov 3-6 at Cinema Nova. Deebing Creek Stand-Off here II Deebing Creek near Ipswitch Queensland has been slated for the biggest housing development scheme the State has ever seen. The problem is  it means the destruction...

Homes Not Prisons Rally here II We hear from Amanda George reading a statement from Vicky Roach live from the Victorian Parliament steps as part of the Homres Not Prisons Oct 21st Rally and Sara Schwartz from the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Aussie Super & Striking Liverpool Workers here II Christy Caine, National Secretary of the CFMMEU calls for the stopping of using workers super in the f...

Anti Corruption Commission here II Do you want to know what the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill has in it? We listen in to a conversation from the National Intreguity Centre between Catherine Williams, Stephen Charles, Geoffrey Watson and Anthony Whealy who do the heavy legal lifting to unravel the bill for non-legal minds. Westgate Bridge Disaster Remembered here II We mark the 52 years...

Facial Recognition Law here II Choice alerted the public to the use of facial recognition technologies at K-mart, Bunnings & Goodfella's stores recently with a petition calling for regulation. What are the issues that place this technology against citzen's rights? We speak with Lauren Perry, from UTS, co-author of a recent report called Facial recognition technology: Towards a model law. Disruptio...

Healing Ceremony Sept 22 here II Before the Abolish the Monarchy Rally on Thursday 22 Sept there was a Healing Ceremony. Some exerpts. Love is the Idea here II We talk to Bren Cameron about his upcoming Fringe - Show Love is the Idea. Preston Market Update here II We speak with Gaetano Greco who is now running for the State Election on the fate of Preston Market and the issue of local say in local...

Forest Defenders against VicForests here II Earlier this month the Supreme Court gave the all clear for VicForests to clear fell Llama logging coupe - a habitate site of endangered Greater Gliders. We talk to Mark who locked on in protest at the coupe about what happened and why ordinary people need to take radical action to defend nature. Seismic Testing Otway Basin here II Judith Peppard from Ea...

Yarra Residents' Collective here II We chat with Adam Promnity from the Yarra Residents' Collective about the increasing level of anti-democratic approaches being taken by their Council when it comes to residents' concerns,Anti-Poverty Centre & the Job Summit here II The Anti-Poverty Centre was not invited to the Job Summit but they have some important social justice issues to put on the table. Th...

Queensland Councils Go Anti-Nuclear here II Absolutely fascinating account of how Valerie Joy and friends from WILPF turned Queensland Local Councils from none to some behind the anti-nuclear message. Permanent Visas Now here II Voices from the Refugee Action Collective (RAC) rally outside the Home Affairs Department on Wednesday 25th August. We hear from a lawyer from the United Workers Union, a...

Who Needs the ABC? here II Prof Matthew Ricketson gives us the background to the recent attacks on the ABC and the nature of those attacks and poses the question should people relax with the change of government. It is from an author talk at Emerald Hill Library featuring his book Who Needs the ABC? Why Taking it for granted is no longer an option co-authored by Patrick MullinsLifting the Land Sup...

Readings Rally for fair pay here II After 5 years of trying to negoiate with management at Readings supporters of workers held a rally outside the Lygon St Store in Carlton to make customers aware of the workers' call for a fair wage deal. John Shipton here II Julian Assange's father, John Shipton gave a speech at the recent Melbourne Hiroshima Day Rally and spoke to me about the campaign to get J...

First Nation's Voice to Parliament here II It has been announced by the new Federal Government that there will be a referendum put to the Australian people around a First Nation's Voice to Parliament. A short exerpt (full)  from a recent Australia Institute event gives space fro Pat Anderson, AO and Prof Megan Davis to talk about the Uluru Statement from the Heart which is the start of the process...

 Richard Boyle Whistleblower here II Kathryn Kelly, from Alliance Against Political Prosecutions (AAPP), talks to us on returning from a rally in Adelaide in support of dropping charges against ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle. Blockade Australia Defence here II Mark Davis, lawyer, who is handling the defence of members of Blockade Australia after the Sydney blockade outlines the legal situation. T...

Sally McManus@Laurie Carmichael Lecture here II Sally McManus, Secretary of the ACTU, was the opening speaker at the inaugural Laurie Carmichael Lecture. Invasive Species Threats here II Andrew Cox, CEO of Invasive Species Council, outlines the threats to our environment and his recent experience at the National Press Club with the new Minister of the Environment Tanya Plibersek. Daughters of Melb...

Julian Assange Rally here II Robbie Thorpe gives a confronting welcome to country followed by PEN Melbourne representative's support for the release of Julian Assange at the rally in Melbourne honouring Julian's 51st birthday. Green is the New Black here II Jake Taylor from metal band In Hearts Wake talks about the new film about his band's push to become a carbon neutral organisation. It is scree...