Thursday Breakfast

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// 7:15 - Lorraine Finlay// Australian Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay joins us to discuss Australia’s lack of progress on its obligations as a party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. This conversation follows a national symposium on OPCAT last week, which brought together human rights experts to discuss key areas of concern...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// CONTENT WARNING: this segment includes distressing content - if you need support, you can call Lifeline any time on 13 11 14, or QLife between 3PM and midnight every day on 1800 184 527.We hear audio from the Vigil in memory of Rodri, which was held in Melbourne on September 4th at 11AM. Rodrigo Ventosilla, a Peruvian trans man, activist and Harvard studen...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch, is a Vice-Chancellors Indigenous Pre-Doctoral research fellow. He joins us today to speak on how engineers at RMIT developed a method to use disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) to make concrete stronger, providing an innovative way to significantly reduce pandemic-generated waste.// Melissa Fisher is an anti poverty advoc...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// We replay a segment of Tuesday's episode of Dirt Radio featuring Tim from Blockade Australia and Isabelle from Friends of The Earth discuss resisting Australia's climate destruction with organised disruption and the authoritarian response by NSW police. Catch Dirt Radio on Tuesdays at 9:30AM on 3CR.// On this week's Doin' Time show, Marisa interviewed Feli...

Acknowledgement of Country// News// Cathryn Murdoch//Cathryn Murdoch, a member of People from Public Housing, Defend and Extend Public Housing, and Victorian Socialists, joined Zeb and Kevin on 3CR's City Limits show yesterday to discuss homelessness crisis accommodation and the Coburg Motor Inn. Catch the rest of the show here, and tune in to City Limits on Wednesdays from 9-10AM// Miranda - Insi...

Acknowledgement of country// 7:05 - News Headlines// 7:15 - Doin Time//Has anything changed with election of the Albanese Government in terms of refugee rights? Marisa caught up with Refugee Action Collective member David Glanz on this weeks Doin' Time show. You can hear the conversation in full at https://www.3cr.org.au/dointime, and catch Doin' Time from 4-5PM on Mondays.// 7:30 - Maddie - RMIT...

 Acknowledgement of Country// 7:05 - News Headlines// Down City Streets - Archie Roach// 7:15 - The Justice Map Part 1.//​Anya Saravanan spoke with Ayan Shirwa from Diaspora Blues about the Justice Map project and their work challenging carceral narratives and over-policing. Anya is a Tamil woman and community lawyer working in summary crime and family violence. Here's part 1 of that interview.​//...

7:00 - Acknowledgement// 7:05 - News// 7:12 - David Kelly + Libby Porter on City Limits//We hear all about the upcoming Forum for Dwelling Justice with Libby Porter and David Kelly from RMIT's Centre for Urban Research, who caught up with Zeb and Kevin on 3CR’s City Limits program yesterday. The Forum will be held on Friday the 26th of August from 1-7PM at the Capitol Theatre. Catch City Limits on...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Yindjibarndi and Ngarluma woman Kaylene Daniel speaks on Ngaarda Radio about the protests at Murujuga on the Burrup Peninsula to protect rock art from destruction. As Australia faces a gas crisis, Indigenous communities fear millennia-old sacred sites will be collateral damage in the rush for fresh supplies. Woodside has now received state and Commonwealth...

Acknowledgement of Country// News Headlines// 7:15 - Yemurraki Egan and Naomi Kennedy-Bamblett//We'll hear a short clip of speeches from the Naarm NAIDOC March this past Friday the 8th of July, featuring Yorta Yorta, Wemba Wemba and Gunditjmara man Yemurraki Egan, and Yorta Yorta, Wiradjuri and Trawlwoolway woman Naomi Kennedy-Bamblett . Thanks to Ayan from Diaspora Blues for the recordings.  http...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Historian Clare Land, based at the Moondani Balluk Academic Unit at Victoria University, spoke with Robbie Thorpe on the June 8th episode of Bunjil’s Fire on 3CR about the history of the struggle for Northland Secondary College in the 90s. The Melbourne Museum is currently holding a special exhibition - Fight for Survival - featuring students’ artworks, com...

7:00am - Acknowledgement of Country// 7.05am - News Headlines// 7:15am - Catch a bonus segment from the upcoming episode of 3CR's Women on the Line program featuring Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker and Samantha Floreani discussing digital rights and the possibilties and pitfalls of regulation. Kat is a Nyungar technologist and digital rights activist serving on the board of Electronic Frontiers Australia,...

Acknowledgement of Country// News Headlines// 7:15am - Barbara Shaw (IRAG) - Karrinjarla Muwajarri Mparntwe Rally//Arrernte activist Barbara Shaw from the Intervention Rollback Action Group or IRAG spoke at a rally on Saturday the 18th of June in Mparntwe Alice Springs calling for Karrinjarla Muwajarri, no guns in community. The Karrinjarla Muwajarri campaign, organised by members of the Yuendumu...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines with Emily// Thursday Breakfast is raising money for 3CR’s 2022 Radiothon! Donate over the phone: CALL 03 9419 8377 OR SMS 0488 809 855 Donate online at 3cr.org.au/donate, or via our CrowdRaiser at givenow.com.au/cr/breakfast. Don’t forget to nominate Thursday Breakfast when you make your donation!// Ellise Bourne, Media and Communications Officer at the Rent...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Marisa from 3CR’s Doin’ Time show caught up with Nerita Waight (Yorta Yorta), CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, about a recent case challenging aged pension discrimination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - which is headed for Full Federal Court later this year. The interview highlights the need for fair and equal access to bene...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Janelle Da Silva is Multidisciplinary Artist, Speaker, and Birthworker. They join us today to speak about their live podcast series ‘Race on the Table’ produced by 3rd Stage Productions with Dr Nilmini Fernando and Fjorn Bastos (DJ Papaphilia). These free public events at Twosixty in Brunswick unpack issues marginalised artists face and discuss the vital ro...

 Acknowledgement of Country Headlines Naavikaran is a Meanjin based trans-Goddess, an upcoming producer, multimedia artist and changemaker. Through storytelling and the practice of culture, Naavikaran wants to support the care for land, Elders and children to come. She will be performing next week at 10 and 11pm on Thursday the 2nd of June for the event SERVE, and then DJing!!! from 4-8pm the next...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// 7:15 Mercedes Zanker//Mercedes Zanker is a producer and host on 3CR's Uprise Radio and an anti-military activist with Renegade Activists, conveners of the Raucous Anti-AUKUS Caucus online symposiums. Mercedes joins us to provide updates on AUKUS, the trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced late last ye...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// On last week’s Friday Breakfast show Chloe and Jacob spoke with Joey, who is detained at Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation or MITA, about Section 501 of the Migration Act. This Act allows the government visa cancellation powers, and Joey discusses how the present government has been using these provisions. You can read about last month’s rally to...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Listen back to VOX pops from Sunday’s May Day 2022 Rally with Jiselle Hanna (3CR’s Accent of Women and Asia Pacific Currents), featuring Michael from Retail and Fast Food Workers’ Union, Merri from Save Public Housing Collective, and other attendees. Find out more and listen back to 3CR’s dedicated May Day 2022 programming here.// Justin Warren, chair of El...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Zelda Grimshaw, a campaigner with the anti-war group Wage Peace, joins us to discuss the international week of action against arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin, which has been running from 21-28 April. The Melbourne action to Stop Lockheed Martin will begin at 11AM today, Thursday 28 April, at Lincoln Square in the CBD - find out more here.// Jeremy Poxon i...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Professor Libby Porter is a researcher and educator at RMIT's Centre for Urban Research. Libby's work focuses on dispossession and displacement in contemporary cities, and she joined Priya on this week's episode of Women on the Line on 3CR to discuss the importance of maintaining and building public housing as a crucial element of tackling housing insecurit...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Eirene Tsolidis Noyce, founding Secretary of the Renters and Housing Union (RAHU), joins us to discuss the impacts of increased cost of living on renters in Australia. RAHU is a member-run union for renters which formed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are fighting for safe and secure housing for all.// Isabelle Moreton is a community member who h...

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Anastasia from Legal Observers NSW joins us to discuss serious concerns with the recent passing of anti-protest laws in New South Wales. The Roads and Crimes Legislation Amendment 2022 passed the NSW parliament on Friday the 1st of April, sparking widespread backlash from community and advocacy groups who argue that the laws undermine the right to protest a...

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Witt Gorrie joins us again to speak about the Beyond Bricks & Bars: Trans Gender Diverse Decarceration Project, which is continuing to fundraise to support vital work with trans and gender diverse people impacted by the criminal punishment system, and to reflect on trans liberation and abolition on Transgender Day of Visibility. Witt is a white trans socia...