Thursday Breakfast

 Acknowledgement of Country// Micaela Sahhar joined us earlier in the week to discuss her essay ‘COVID Among the Palestinians,’ which was published in Arena Quarterly no. 5. Micaela is a Melbourne-based writer, poet and researcher.// Chris Schuringa from the Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) provided us with an update about Camp Errinundra - a blockade halting forest logging in East Gippsland. F...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Thea Deakin-Greenwood, a solicitor from the Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre, discussed calls and support for restorative justice models as another way to address sexual assault matters. Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre's support for alternative models to the criminal legal system follows in light of the NSW Law Reform Commission's recent recommendations t...

 Acknowledgement of Country Jack, a delegate from the Renters and Housing Union (RAHU), spoke with us to provide an update about the eviction moratorium, which prevents landlords in Victoria evicting tenants for rental arrears. Kristin O'Connell, spokesperson for the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union, joins us to discuss the Jobmaker hiring credit and the end of the JobKeeper wage subsidy and C...

Acknowledgement of country We hear Doin Time's Marisa Sposaro speak with Tabitha Lean last week on International Womens' Day  - a day generally not inclusive of Indigenous women. Tabitha spells out the dangers of carceral responses to harm and what criminalising coercive control could mean for Indigenous women experiencing family violence.  Doin Time airs Monday from 4-5pm on 3CR.  Scott Jordan, T...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Adam Thompson, a pakana writer from Launceston, Tasmania, speaks about his debut book of short stories, ‘Born Into This’. Adam has won several local writing awards and has been published by the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Kill Your Darlings and Griffith Review.// Tony Briggs, Artistic Director of the Birrarangga Film Festival, joins us to talk about the festiv...

Acknowledgement of country News headlines Jill Gallagher, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation speaks to Carly about the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. The final report, released on Tuesday, highlights the catastrophic failures of the mental health system in Victoria. Jill speaks about VACCHO's hopes post-Royal Commission to establish two...

 Acknowledgement of country News Headlines Jay Coonan, the National Operations Co-coordinator for the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, joins us to discuss the coalition government's abysmal raise to Jobseeker, tightening of Mutual Obligations and AUWU's #80aDay campaign. Jay is also the outgoing policy coordinator for the AUWU. Ben Redford is the Director of Strategic Power at the United Worke...

 Acknowledgement of country News Wiradyuri Traditional Owners, Yanhadarrambal Uncle Jade Flynn, Mallyan Uncle Brian Grant, Dinawan Uncle Bill Allen and Arlia Fleming from Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre  join Carly to discuss the scheduled destruction of a sacred Wiradyuri women’s site on Whaluu (Mount Panorama). To support Wiradyuri Traditional Owners, voice your concern about the go kart...

 Acknowledgement of country //News //Liv Tualau joins the show to speak about Nursery for Community, a nursery adaptation project in Vanuatu. The project has been created as a response to climate change and natural disasters which have damaged the livelihoods of many across the island, impacting on food stock and food security. You can support the project here. //Liz Starry is a financial counsell...

Acknowledgement of country News headline Chris Schuringa from GECO spoke to us in April 2020 about the 10-year logging exemptions that had been rolled over at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions while the area was recovering from this season's devastating bushfires. These logging exemptions means that native forests will continue to be destroyed. We cross live to Isaac Carné wh...

 Acknowledgement of country News headline We hear Yorta Yorta Bundjalung man John Patten speaking about the history of the Day of Mourning at the Invasion Day Dawn Service 2021.  We hear an excerpt of speeches from the Invasion Day Rally 2021 in Naarm. We hear from speakers Uncle Bill Nicholson, Stan Dryden, Sue-Anne Hunter and Mandy Nicholson.  Kristin O’Connell, spokesperson for the Australian U...

Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Mozhgan Moarefizadeh and Nicole Curby, co-hosts of The Wait, join us to introduce listeners to the podcast. The Wait is a new five-part narrative podcast series, telling the story of the refugees stranded in Indonesia as a result of Australia’s border crackdown. The Wait will be airing each week on Thursday Breakfast during our summer progr...

 Acknowledgement of country News We hear an excerpt from a conversation between Carol Que and Joel Spring, part of the Digital Launch of Hyphenated Biennial 2020/2021. Carol and Joel speak about Anticolonial Asian Alliance, Radio Skid Row and translation work.  George Newhouse, Principal Solicitor and Director of the National Justice Project joins us to speak about the High Court of Australia's re...

 Acknowledgement of country News Last week, Tecber Ahmed Salah, Head of African Union Department, Ministry of Public Health in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Oxfam Algeria Country Director, Haissam Minkara spoke with the Australian Western Sahara Association about the precarity and effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the Saharawi residents of Tindouf camps in Algeria.  Bobuq Sayed is a ficti...

Acknowledgement of country News Karen Wyld joins us to talk about her newly published book, Where the Fruit Falls. Karen Wyld is a freelance writer and author currently based in South Australia but her grandmother's county, Martu is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.   Human rights defender and activist Adolf Mora joins us today to speak more about the situation in West Papua and...

 Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Mother and daughter Savanna and Kim Kruger, members of the Warrior Woman Lane project working group, cousins of Lisa Bellear and part of her Melbourne Aboriginal community, speak to Priya about honouring Lisa Bellear's life and legacy.  Arika Waulu (dey/dem), discusses their sovereign-led land-back initiative Wuurn of Kanak. Find out more...

Acknowledgement of Country  News May Kotsakis joins Rosie to talk about the Phillipines Australia Solidarity Network's upcoming event Legitimising Repression - a discussion that looks at the's Phillipines Anti-Terrorism Act and the proposed ASIO Ammendment Bill 2020. May is the co-chairperson of PASA (Phillipines Australia Solidarity Association). Kristin O’Connell, spokesperson for the Australian...

Acknowledgement of country Carly and Priya let listeners know that the police officer charged over the death of Kumanjayi Walker has been committed to Supreme Court you can follow updates at #JusticeforWalker campaign and they discuss the destruction of trees at the Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy and share ways for listeners to stand in solidarity.  News headlines with Cait Kelly Adam Wi...

Acknowledgement of countryNews headlines with Cait Kelly Priya gives a brief overview of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh/Artsakh. They provided the following resources for listeners to find out more. https://helparmenians.carrd.co/ bit.ly/artsakh-solidarity  Marisol Salinas, host on 3CR's Mujeres Latinoamericanas show joins us to speak about Mapuche political prisoners,...

Acknowledgement of countryNews headlines with Cait KellyEditor-in-chief of Archer Magazine, Lucy Watson speaks with Rosie about the new issue of the magazine, and the digital launch and fundraiser for GiveOUT Day on Friday, October 16.Carly speaks with Panda Wong about her residency at Incendium Radical Library - Whispers From Home which is a google doc poem that will be updated throughout the len...

Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Carly treats Thursday Breakfast listeners to a mix of new tracks by local First Nations artists.  We hear part of an interview with Dr Kate Shaw on the policy of 'social-mixing' on Carlton's public housing estate, from 3CR's Women on the Line. The episode was aired on Monday the 28th September and was presented by  Anya Saravanan and produc...

Carly speaks with Thursday Breakfast’s own Scheherazade Bloul about Omar Radi, a Moroccan journalist who has recently been jailed on a series of charges including espionage. Omar is an award-winning investigative journalist and human rights activist who frequently publishes articles about land grabs by speculators and the corruption within Moroccan officials. Omar's imprisonment comes after an inv...

Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Carly shared Tuesday Breakfast’s panel Classroom to Newsroom: Racial gatekeeping in Australian media with listeners. You can click the link to go to the event page or listen back on Tuesday Breakfast. And Priya read from RISE: Refugees, survivors and eX-detainees’  eX-detainee Day 2020 statement eX-detainee Day was Wednesday 23rd September....

Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly The Thursday Breakfast team discusses recent incidents of police violence across the continent and the systemic nature of this carceral violence. They also share the link to the GoFundMe JUSTICE FOR SHERRY TILBEROO and details for an upcoming vigil and march in Meanjin to demand justice for the death in custody of Aunty Sherry Tilberoo. Sch...

Acknowledgement of Country  News headlines with Cait Kelly Carly sits down with Anne-lise Ahfat- behaviour change facilitator and family violence practitioner who is passionate about transformative justice; and Iris-lee writer and presenter on 3CRs women on the line and queering the air. They speak about prison-industrial complex aboltion in so-called Australia, how to harness newfound acab engerg...