Tuesday Breakfast

 HeadlinesUMSU passes new motion in solidarity with Palestine & BDS movementBrittney Griner's defence team appeals against conviction for drug possession and traffickingScott Morrison was somehow several ministersSocialist and activist Maeve Russak talks to Kannagi about UMSU's motion to support Palestine and calling on University of Melbourne management to cut ties with Israeli apartheid.  Fiona...

HeadlinesIsraeli attack on GazaAustralian education ministers to address nationwide teacher shortages Future of Redfern’s National Centre of Indigenous Excellence unclear  Footscray man faces fines for garden Olivia Newton John dies at 73Jessi Hooper from the Youth Disability Advocacy Service speaks to Phuong about the Young Leaders Program: www.yacvic.org.au/ydas Renee Dixson from the Forcibly Di...

Headlines:-LGBTIQ+ communities a key national focus ahead of women's safety summit meeting -Paid FV leave -Victorian public hospitals could not prevent doctors from providing abortions under new bill -Ditch “Naarmcore”: Clothing the Gaps on the Problematic New Tiktok Term for a Melbourne Fashion Style -FDPN survey -RIP Archie Roach Phuong speaks with Melanie Schleiger, a discrimination lawyer at V...

 We revisit a speech made by refugee advocate, Pamela Curr, at the recent launch of Aileen Crowe's new book, 'Act of Cruelty' about the experiences of asylum seekers who come to Australia by plane. This event took place on June 21st 2022 and this speech was first aired on Solidarity Breakfast on July 2nd 2022. Priya Namana, CEO of the Gertrude Street Projection Festival, speaks to Phuong about the...

Melbourne-based choreographer, artist, dancer and advocate Nebahat Erpolat speaks to Phuong about her new work, Conquest of the Garden, an interdisciplinary and experimental new dance work. The work takes inspiration from Forough Farrakhzad, a feminist poet whose work in 1950’s Iran was seen as highly progressive as a result of its criticism of the position of women in Iranian society. //Nerita Wa...

Speeches from the Naarm/Melbourne Rally for Reproductive Rights: We replay speeches made by Esma James, Dorinda Rose Cox and Anneke Demanuele at the Rally for Reproductive Rights that took place on 2 July 2022. //Chloe from Friday Breakfast speaks to Gen about an event organised in collaboration with Green Left and the Socialist Alliance called “Asylum! A socialist view of the refugee crisis”. The...

Truth Telling with Lidia ThorpeLidia Thorpe chats to Uncle Jack Charles about the importance of Truth telling in order to move forward as a nation. The excerpt is from the episode 'Truth and Treaty with Uncle Jack Charles' of Lidia Thorpe's podcast, 'Truth Telling with Lidia Thorpe'.  Lucy* on the challenges of teachingLucy* is a secondary school teacher and works at a government school in the wes...

Tuesday 28 June 2022 Dr Tania Penovic is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Deputy Associate Dean (International) and the research program group leader in gender and sexuality for the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. Dr Penovic spoke with Kannagi about the implications of overturning Roe vs Wade in the US and here in Australia. This interview originally aired on May 10 2022. // Dr Erica Mil...

Headlines- Girls freed from Nigerian 'baby factory' - FINA decision on transgender swimmers - Maybelle Blair comes out at 95- Rally today against Sustainable Forests Timber Amendment (Timber Harvesting Safety Zones) Bill 2022 Phuong speaks with Joanna Bosse, curator at the Bayside Gallery in Brighton about the Ellen Jose Art Award. Ellen Jose was a pioneer in Australia's urban Indigenous art movem...

We revisit Kannagi's conversation with Sam Rudolph, Aboriginal Policy Officer at the Consumer Action Law Centre, about Youpla (formally known as Aboringal Community Benefit Fund) - the funeral fund that recently went into liquidation due to financial collapse. This interview originally aired 26 April 2022. // Sam Floreani from Digital Rights Watch speaks to Kannagi about their upcoming event with...

Actors, writers and performers Matisse, Lotte and Anjelica speak with Gen about their upcoming comedic play Club Nite, which follows three reunited friends in Naarm as they dive into a satirical exploration of notorious Melbourne scenes. // Shania from Anakbayan Sydney speaks with Phuong about the organisation, the Filipino diaspora, and the impact of the recent presidential elections in the Phili...

HeadlinesPolitical and economic crisis worsens in Sri Lanka Nakba last Sunday! (PT can speak about Naarm event)Racially motivated shooting in Buffalo, NY Death of LGBTIQA+ activist Urvashi Vaid The Sunday Paper #2 Only Indigenous support in Blue Mountains facing closure Election this SaturdayWe replay 3CR's Raising our Voices Susan Arthur and Heather Smith speak about Positive Powerful Parents (PP...

Headlines- Philippines elections - Foreigners in Bali criticised by Hindus over offensive social media posts- Sri Lankan President resigns  Dr Susie Allanson and Lizzie O'Shea speak with Evie about their book Empowering Women, which is an oral history of abortion rights in Australia. You can attend the book launch, or order the book here. Dr Tania Penovic, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, De...

HeadlinesRamadan Ends, Eid al-Fitr CelebratedDeakin University academic Adam Brown charged with the murder of his wifeMike Cannon-Brookes takes biggest share hold at AGLRaveena Grover, queer panjabi writer, curator and creative director, speaks with Kannagi about her identity, work and her latest photography project, Neela. Website: raveenagrover.simplesite.comSocials: @artgrvr / @raveenagrvr Beth...

Headlines Wimmera Shire council refuses to fly rainbow flag Macron re-elected as President Climate activist Wynn Bruce dies after self-immolating outside Supreme Court in Colorado Vera Bukachi, Research Director and co-lead of KDI Kenya, speaks about working alongside communities in Kibera to build sanitation facilities and safe spaces for women and girls. This speech aired on Accent of Women on t...

News Headlines: //Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa Mosque //Violence against Muslim community in India //COVID testing requirements scrapped for international arrivals // Reminder: Stop the Expansion of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre - Online discussion //  Linda Fenton was the first Australian woman to sue her employer for unfair dismissal while on maternity leave. Now, she has written about her story,...

News Headlines:Federal election called for 21 May Sri Lankans call for Rajapaksa to quit politics due to economic crisisAll-Aboriginal senate ticket to propel climate change Update on French Presidential Election - 1st round UN suspends Russia from human rights body over Ukraine abusesStop the Expansion of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre - Online discussion Dr Karen Block is a researcher at the Scho...

Headlines- Women and children in Ukraine experiencing sexual violence - French Election update - Women struggling to access DV payment - Hannah Clarke inquest concludes - Ramadan from 1 April to 1 May Madi and Liz from the Call Centre Union speak to Gen about unionising, their magazine Strike Rate, Amazon unionising and why unions are so important for workers. To learn more about the Strike Rate,...

Headlines Call it out Child QPlane crash in Guangxi ProvinceIncrease in Islamophobia in "Australia" FTFJ x SS4C Family Friendly community evening We hear from Kate Marshall, Assistant State Secretary at HACSU, talking about HACSU's recent campaign for Reproductive Health and Wellbeing leave at a panel discussion about severe menstrual conditions and leave entitlements. Shannen Bethune from Liberty...

Tilly Glascodine and Chi Tran speak with Phuong about about Incendium Radical Library and their upcoming poetry reading event at the NGV this Friday, 18th March from 11am-1pm. To find out more about the library and the event, visit incendiumradicallibrary.com Daye Gang is a barrister and PhD student. Kannagi spoke with her about her research, which  focuses on restorative justice programs and the...

 HeadlinesRussia's feminists protesting the warProminent women launch social media campaign calling for govt reforms - sparks conversation about a lack of diversityVALS Webinar - Addressing Coercive Control Without Criminalisation today 12:45-2pm3CR's IWD Street Party today 4-8pm We speak with Sol Fernandez, a South Asian multidisciplinary storyteller, maker and mother and Artistic Director of ‘Wa...

Katherine Berthon is a PhD researcher with the Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science) at RMIT. Katherine’s research looks at urban gardens across the City of Melbourne, including the Royal Botanical Gardens and the Australian Native Garden in Royal Park, to see which plants are preferred by the native bees and honeybees, hover flies and butterflies, ants and wasps whi...

HeadlinesFederal government asks Sri Lankan filmmakers to create work about 'illegal migration to Australia'Community mourning after Indigenous teenager Jai Wright dies following crash with police carChanges to household isolation rules in Victoria for COVID-19 Emma Bacon, the Executive Director of Sweltering Cities talked to Carly on the Climate Action Show. Emma Bacon is an acitivist and campaig...

HeadlinesNSW government seeks to block first statewide nurses’ strike in 10 yearsIslamophobia in India and the proposed hijab ban in KarnatakaIndependent journalist and founder of South Asian Today Dilpreet Kaur Taggar talks to Kannagi about caste discrimination, Islamophobia and India's right wing government, and the importance of having a media platform for South Asian women and non binary peopl...

HeadlinesUpdate on UkrainePeng Shuai denies disappearing after sexual assault claimKumanjayi Walker trial startsBrisbane Citipointe Christian College withdraws sexuality contract after backlashVeronica Gorrie wins top prize at literary awards RAHU/3CR eventCarol Que from the Support Network for International Students speaks to Phuong about how the pandemic has affected international students in pa...