Tuesday Breakfast

News HeadlinesBan on Indian-Australian citizens coming back homeAbuse allegations in Australian gymnasticsQueensland police accused of domestic violenceConcussion research in elite athletes - Evie interviews Stephanie ConveryIn late October 2020, the women’s AFL community suffered a terrible loss with the tragic death of 29 year old Jacinda Barclay of the GWS Giants. Her family gave a generous gif...

News HeadlinesTorres Strait Islanders and climate changeClothing the Gap lawsuitRefugee transfer from Meanjin to Park Hotel CarltonGovernment response to sex harrasment report DiscussionFed govt milkshake consent video Birthing on Country - Phuong interviews Jody CurrieEarlier this year, The Lancet Global Health published an article about the effect of a Birthing on Country service redesign on mat...

Sex and Consent Education - Heather Corinna, founder and director of Scarleteen, speaks with us about the importance of comprehensive and inclusive sex and consent education. Founded in 1998, Scarleteen is an independent, feminist, grassroots sexuality and relationships education meda and support organisation and website. The organisation provides sex and relationships information and support for...

Newsheadlines: WA indigneous man dies in custody, first WA MP of African descent and imednments to France's separatism billInterview: Linda Burney speaks with Michelle Grattan from The Conversation, about domestic violence against First Nations people and the need for Indigenous voices in parlaiment Interview: We replay Meriki Onus' conversation on the Black Block with Majorie Thorpe, about the Vi...

 Newsheadlines: Jobkeeper and rental moratorium end, Andrew Laming, Myanmar update and public housing lockdown class action case (lawyer under investigation).Alternative news: Senagal, once one of the most stable African countries, has been undergoing severe politcal unrest and protests, in relation to the arrest of popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. The protests have also been fuelled by ec...

News headlines: Severe flooding in NSW, Extinction Rebellion's week of action across the country, Liberal staffers' inappropriate behaviour in Parliament leading to further safety concerns for women, and the backlash against Dark Mofo's call out for the blood for First Nations people. Binary Busting: Priya Kunjan of Thursday Breakfast spoke with architect and DJ Simona Castricum about how to build...

News Headlines - Three Indigenous deaths in custody in a week, Sarah Everard vigil in the UK (and violence against the Black community in the UK), burqa ban in Sri Lanka, and #March4Justice // Alternative News - We discuss the radical history of International Women’s Day and look closely at Alexandra Kollontai’s 1913 article ‘Women’s Day’ //  March 4 Justice Rally - We hear interviews from 3CR’s l...

7.05 News Headlines - Meghan and Harry's interview with Oprah,  Switzerland banning Burqa and Myanmar update // 7.20 am - We hear an interview from 3CR Show, Woman on the Line. Anya interviews Jay, a staunch victim-survivor of police-perpetrated domestic violence who is fighting for a safer world // 7:45 am Evie talks to Lizzie O’Shea of Digital Rights Watch Australia to understand what the propos...

7.05 News Headlines - Sexual Harassment in Parliament, Biden airstrikes in Iran and Mynmar update // 7.20 am - We hear an interview from 3CR's Queering the Air program with Tilly, discussing the queer mutual aid organisation the Food Angels and mutual aid more broadly // 7:20 am We play audio from ABC Radio National which provides an update on the debates around the country about criminalising coe...

7.05 News Headlines - Family court abolishment, Brittany Higgins Sexual Assault and Facebook News Ban // 7.20 am - Lauren interviewed Samantha Floreani, Campaigns Officer at Digital Rights Watch, about her latest article: “why digital privacy is a feminist issue" // 7:45 am Genevieve interviewed Mac Zamani,  a trans 17 year old living in Melbourne. He is on the show to discuss his experience as a...

RUNDOWN for Tues 9 Feb 2021:7.05 News Headlines - Haiti Protests , Farmer's protests in India, Election in Ecuador 7.20 am - We interview Ann Deslandes and Amanda Porter about the proposal to introduce "women-only police stations" in australia, and what some abolitionist alternatives could be. 7:45 am Apsara Sabaratnam joins us to discuss Union Motions for refugees on bridging visas. 8:00 am Issy...

Acknowledgement of country//  7.10 Alt News - Gen talks us through the global gag rule and why Biden is trying to remove this law for good // 7.20 am - Lauren talks to Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) about their work and recent campaigns // 7:40 am We hear some snippets from the Safety For Who Panel which explored prison abolition in the context of coercive control. Featuring Tabitha Lean, Georgi...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Weather and Invasion Day infomation //7.20 am We revisit a 2019 Summer Skool episode, and hear Dr Crystal McKinnon - a Yamatji woman and an Indigenous Research Fellow - discuss sovereignty, self - determination and land rights with Anya. 7:40 am Gen interviews Claire Coleman, a Wirlomin Noongar Australian writer and poet, from the south coast of Western Austra...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am News headlines with Lauren and Genevieve //7.20 am Alternative news - the team discuss the worker’s strike in India and MSM coverage //7.30 am We hear episode 5 of QR Code, by the wonderful George Maxwell, on IPV in queer relationships //7:50 am We hear a short clip from Junkee on Vic Pol’s predictive policing policy //8:00 am Genevieve interviews Shannyn Higg...

Safety For Who? Abolitionist perspectives on Criminalising Coercive Control.  Nov 11 2020. Online webinar.   In September 2020, a private member’s bill was introduced into the NSW parliament, which aimed to criminalise ‘coercive control’. A number of high-profile family and domestic violence advocates and campaigners publicly supported the Bill and the idea of criminalising coercive control in Aus...

‘Classroom to Newsroom: Racial gatekeeping in Australian media’ challenges the defence of the status quo, and identifies how institutional barriers -- from Australian schools and universities all the way to newsroom -- work to directly and indirectly exclude Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, non-Indigenous Black and POC journalists and presenters. Hosted by Anya Saravanan, the Panel featur...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Zoya and Genevieve //7.15 am Genevieve interviews Sunny Lennon, a photographer based in Melbourne/Naarm, on her photography, creating in lockdown, the response from creative communities and how the pandemic has shaped her most recent work //7.45 am Genevieve speaks to Liz Crash and Jinghua Qian, long-time Footscray residents and the creators of the visual audi...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Intro convo with Genevieve and Zoya, and announcement of upcoming panel discussion 'Classroom to Newsroom' by Anya 7.15 am Lauren interviewed Franco Stevens, founder of CURVE magazine, and Jen Rainin, co-director of AHEAD OF THE CURVE documentary, about their new film which is being screened at the Queer Film Fest in Sydney. They discussed intergenerational qu...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Intro and current affirs with Genevieve, Zoya and Madison // 7.15 am Zoya interviews Ruth Katerelos from Queerspace, for their regular chat about Queerspace and how the support the Queer community, and what Queerspace is doing to adapt to pandemic times // 7.35 am Lauren talks to Sarah Hill, Young Women’s Development Manager at the YWCA about their new web ser...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Genevieve gives intro // 7.15 am We incorperate 3CR program, Acting up; Resistance radio that explores the movements that made us, drawing from the activist archives through to voices of resistance today. Incorperates an interview with Judith Pepard and an interview with Robert Fowler, who is an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Law from the University of Sou...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Genevieve, Zoya and Madison with current affairs // 7.15 am Alternative News: We discuss racism in the media, including the depictions of Kamala Harris and First Nations people // 7.45 am We include Diaspora Blues recount of the Oromo protests happening in Ethiopia // 7:55am Genevieve talks to Dr Fiona Cousins about new research into endometriosis and how cis-...

Acknowledgement of country//  7:05 am Lauren and Genevieve 7.15 am Alternative News: focused on the political history and impact of Hungary's Prime minister Viktor Orban. Orban is a Eurocentric, nationalist conservative, who is one of few authoritarian countries, that have used the pandemic to capitalise power. 7.45 am Lauren interviews Julia Kretzenbacher, Vice President of Liberty Victoria, abou...

Acknowledgement of country// Introduction// Genevieve talks to Julie Feniwck, a writer based in Naarm/Melbourne, about her new project WhtWeSee. WhtWeSee comes in the form of a blog/website, and was designed to amplify voices, responses and experiences of BIPOC people in light of the Black Lives Matter protests and George Floyds murder. The website has a series of contributors and allows the stori...

Acknowledgement of country// Introduction// Alternative News: Genevieve discusses resilience, and how important it is to reflect on groups like First Nations people, who have shown great resilience in the face of trauma, especially in tough times when 'Karens' walk among us. // Cultural survival's Indigenous Radio talk to Indigneous Canadian, Cathy Fournier about how reconnecting with her Indegeno...

Acknowledgement of country// Introduction// Alternative news: We all know about mediation but there is still such a reluctance to try it out. This week Geneveive explores what meditation is, the benefits, the history and why it's so important during this lockdown// Lauren speaks to Carly Dober, a psychologist and climate activist, about effective activism during a global pandemic// Zoya speaks to...