Tuesday Breakfast

Headlines//Dr Sue Wareham, a founding member of ICAN and president of Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW), speaks at the Are We Sleepwalking into War? Webinar about biased reporting in the media about China as well as the disastrous impacts of warfare on our health// Elise West, Executive Officer at MAPW, about what's coming up for the organisation in 2023, the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the AUKUS submarine report and Australia's military emissions.  NETFA Leadership Program participant, Lara Cristina Cruz, interviews Dr. Veena Barsiwal, a doctor and counsellor, about the importance of bodily autonomy, bodily integrity, and its relevance to the practice of FGM/C. Find out more about the FGM/C podcast here// Samantha Armstrong from Pertame Language School on teaching the endangered language by facilitating language lessons between Elders and apprentices using the old Indigenous practices. Donate to the language revival program here.  Artist Yuchen Xin on her art practise examining the

Rani Pramesti and Josephine Sheriff from NETFA speak to us about their podcast series on Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting / Circumcision (FGM/C), to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM/C on 06 February 2023 in Australia. Content warning for difficult content related to FGM/C//Excerpts of Josephine's interview with "Badanya" from the NETFA podcast// Research midwife Robyn Matthews on her report into unsafe working conditions and critical burnout experienced by midwives in Victoria// Letitia Timas Petersen speaking on Indigenous Rights Radio about how Indigenous women transfer knowledge and customs// Liz Jones, Artistic Director of La Mama Theatre for five decades, on stepping down from the role, her legacy and passing on the torch to the next generation// SongsFree - SAULTTry a Little Tenderness - Pip MilletParty Tricks - Alice SkyePower - Joy Crookes

Headlines- Public drunkenness to be decriminalised by November 2023 - Invasion Day Dawn Service 2023 - Queensland First Nations justice officer’s new role - Three people face Perth court charged with the murder of Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey - The Right To Know scheme in NSW - Public health bodies to take over care in Victorian women's prisons - VALS Invasion Day webinar on Zoom today - register here - "Australia Day" parade cancelled - Invasion Day rallies in Naarm and across the country 7:15: Marisa from Doin Time and Nerita Waight (VALS) discuss the harm caused by 'tough on crime' politics, the alternative plan for Aboriginal Justice in Victoria, how the government is dragging its feet on prison reform and what prison abolition would look like.   7:30: Raelene Cooper speaks to Eiddwen on Earth Matters about the destruction of the Woodside Scarborough Gas plant and the proposed Urea fertilizer plant are having on the Murujuga in Western Australia, solutions for the region and the need for proper cons

7:15: Excerpt from the Women’s Rights at Work Conference: Hyeseon Jeong from the Migrant Workers Centre. This audio was first played on Stick Together.7:30: Dr Sonia Srinivasan about the lack of services and information provided to people seeking abortion services and advice in the public system.7:45: Excerpt from the Women’s Rights at Work Conference: Jamad Hersi from the Women of Colour Network. This audio was first played on Stick Together.8:00: Jo Terry, Naarm based midwife and childbirth educator, on the impact of midwife shortages, obstetric violence and medical intervention on birthing people. Follow her on Instagram @melbournemidwife_ or check out her website for more info.8:15: Ruiko Muto from KOREUMI at the "Don't Contaminate the Oceans with Radioactivity!" International Forum webcast via Zoom on 17th December 2022SongsThe Opener - Camp CopeBeing Human - Jen Cloher

Jessie LloydJessie Lloyd is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musician who performs a broad collection of First Nations songs. In this interview Jessie speaks with Phuong about her album release Ailan Songs Project - Four Winds. Four Winds is a contemporarised exploration of popular historical songs from the Torres Straits. Aunty Rhonda Collard-SprattAunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt is a Yamatji-Noongar elder and Stolen Generations survivor. She speaks with Phuong about her book release Bobtail's Friend. An accomplished author and artist, Aunty Rhonda is the co-author and artist behind Bobtail's Friend, the third instalment of the Spirit of the Dreaming series. Rachael HockingRachael Hocking is a Warlpiri woman from the Northern Territory. She is a freelance journalist, moderator and presenter who is passionate about sharing First Nations stories. Rachael chats to Jasmine about her experience hosting the 2022 Indigenous Fashion Awards. Allira DrydenAllira Dryden is a proud Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung & Wir

Dr Virginia MapedzahamaDr Virginia Mapedzahama, critical race scholar and Director of Member Education at Diversity Council Australia (DCA), on DCA's report 'Racism at Work', the importance of anti-racist actions and how whiteness is still our default. Hella IbrahimHella Ibrahim, founder and editorial director of Djed Press, an online publication that works exclusively with Black creatives and other creatives of colour, on the importance of developing and presenting new works by Blak, Black and POC creatives and the anthology of speculative fiction from 21 emerging Blak and Black writers, 'Unlimited Futures'. FONIFONI Salvatore, African-Australian artist based in Naarm, on diasporic identity, her art practise, her identity and her current exhibition at Footscray Community Arts called Citizen, through which she seeks to normalise the place of South Sudanese communities within Australian society.  Nahui JimenezNahui Jimenez, a Mexican-Australian socialist and community activist, on the recent state election and

Emma CuttingEmma Cutting is the founder of the community initiative, The Heart Gardening Project. The aim of the project is to create wildlife corridors on public land, transforming nature strips and other urban areas into insect-friendly gardens. Emma joins the show to talk about the importance of community gardens, not just for the bees and other critters that depend on these environments, but to strengthen relationships between people especially during tough times. Anna LangfordAnna Langford is Campaign Co-ordinator at FOE's Act on Climate collective. She joins us this morning to talk about the report, 'Climate Impacts at Work', recently published by RMIT University in collaboration with Friends of the Earth and six Victorian unions. The report presents a worker-centric analysis of climate change impacts, and describes how the climate crisis is already impacting Victorian workers. Murrawah JohnsonMurrawah Johnson, a Wirdi woman, First Nations Program Lead and Co-Director of Youth Verdict, talks about Youth

News Headlines 7:15 Allara is a powerful Yorta Yorta winyarr. She is a storyteller, composer, director, producer, musician and soundscape designer. With humour and integrity, Allara uses the double-bass and sound samples from Country to weave textures for healing in her work “I am Sovereign, I am Free”. Allara's innovative music speaks to Blak justice and sovereignty. This interview originally aired on Tuesday Breakfast on 11 October 2022. 7:45 Emily and Poppy are two members of the Narrm-based group, The Cherry Reds. They speak to us about storytelling through music, the importance of creating art with people within your community, and what's in store for the band in 2023. The Cherry Reds recently performed at 3CR Music Feast in November. 8:05 Sophie Jest is a singer, songwriter based in Naarm and is the frontperson of punk band RUB. Sophie joins us in the studio this morning to talk about their music, the punk scene in Melbourne and what's coming up for RUB in 2023. Songs:Gorilla - Little SimzRekindled Syst

7:15 Nic Fox is a member of Warburton Environment, a community organisation dedicated to protecting the forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria. After two and a half years of grassroots campaigning, the Supreme Court handed down a judgment against VicForests, the state-owned logging business, in favour of Warburton Environment, that will increase protection for the endangered Tree Geebung. Nic spoke about this win with Annie McLoughlin on Solidarity Breakfast 10 December 2022.  7:30 Mere Tuilau a human rights activist, facilitator and a youth leader from Fiji. Her advocacy on self-determination, nuclear and ocean spaces comes from over 7 years of lived experience of engagement with Pacific youth and within regional civil society organisations and movements. She speaks about self determination and the Pacific Global Youth Movement pursuing the full UN Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Ban, as part of an event Reverse The Trend Pacific hosted to mark the international Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear

7:20 Murrawah Johnson, a Wirdi woman, First Nations Program Lead and Co-Director of Youth Verdict, talks about Youth Verdict's win against Waratah Coal, the massive Clive Palmer-owned Galilee Basin coal project. Last week, a Queensland court said that the coal project should not go ahead because of its contribution to climate change, its environmental impacts, and because it would erode human rights. It was the first time human rights arguments were used in a climate change case in Australia.  7:45 Nahui Jimenez, a Mexican-Australian socialist and community activist, talks about the recent state election and the role that race and class played in them. Nahui believes that racism, Indigenous oppression, climate change, the housing crisis, and the many other big challenges we face as a society are grounded in the destructive, competitive nature of capitalism. She has been involved in the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism, organised campaigns against far right, neo Nazi, and Islamophobic groups, and has worked

HEADLINES//- State election results- Melbourne win AFLW Grand Final- Youth Verdict wins landmark case against Clive Palmer's coalmine- Afghani women secretly network for change- Pakistan lifts ban on Joyland- National party won’t support Indigenous voice to parliament, saying it won’t close the gap0715We hear two speeches recorded at SlutWalk Melbourne -- Nazanin speaks about women's experience in Iran, and Kira spoke about their experience of sexual assault.0730Laura Riccardi, Sexual & Reproductive Health-Lead at Women's Health in the South East, speaks to us about the Medibank data breach and the sinister targeting of health data related to reproductive healthcare.0745We revisit a conversation with Sahar Gholizadeh in September, about the death of Mahsa Amini and the revolution it has spurred in Iran.0800We speak with Allira Dryden about her performance at First and Forever which was held on Sunday the 27th of November. To find out more about the artists that performed, you can visit  https://firstandforeve

Fleur Taylor is Vice President of Victoria University's National Tertiary Education branch and joins us on the show to talk about Victoria University going through another restructure. It has been reported that changes will be made to the university's colleges, strategic direction, and more. This comes after 2020 saw university wide staff redundancies, job cuts and changes to working conditions. Fleur talks to us about what the latest changes mean for staff and working conditions. // Verity Archer is a humanities and social sciences lecturer at Federation University, as well as the Vice President (Academic) of the National Tertiary Education Union's Fed Uni branch. Last week, staff at Federation University's four campuses went on strike to protest slow negotiations and working conditions at the regional Victorian university. Verity talks to us this morning to talk about the strike, working conditions and the impact on staff and students. // Homes Not Prisons is a campaign established in March 2021 to stop the

Kate Robinson tells us about WOMEN* NOW, an exhibition at Queen Victoria Women's Centre featuring feminist art works by more than 50 artists, designers and makers. Kate's artwork features in the exhibition, and is a board member at QVWC.Associate Professor Dominique Allen joins us to share the findings in a new report by the Monash Business School about the discrimination pregnant women face in the workplace.Karen Fletcher is an activist with the Homes Not Prisons campaign as well as the Executive Officer at Flat Out, state-wide advocacy and support service for women, trans and gender diverse people (and their children) who have been criminalised. Karen joins us to talk about the lack of safe and secure housing provided for women who have experienced criminalisation, and the importance of funding public resources.This week is International Transgender Awareness week, and to celebrate this, Sasja Sÿdek – co-founder of Trans Sisters United, Trans Pride March Melbourne and board member of Transfemme – joins us.

Community Voices from the 2022 Victorian Seniors Festival; SlutWalk Naarm/Melb 2022 - Taking a Stand Against the Patriarchy; Hát Xe Buýt - Exploration of Place, Language and Migrant-Settler Positionalities; Catalyst Festival 2022 - 3 Days of Connection and Resistance; SWAMP - Newest Show by Snuff Puppets  Huang Ni tells her story to Belinda Lo and Lella Cariddi OAM, for "This Singular Life", a project that was part of the 2022 Victorian Seniors Festival (40th Anniversary). "This Singular Life" comprises first person narratives by four senior Victorians whose origins and heritage speak of a different time, in a different place, but who now call Australia home. Charlie is part of the organising committee for SlutWalk Naarm/Melbourne and joins us in the studio to discuss the history of the SlutWalk movement in Naarm, the focus of this year's event, and what we can expect from the first in-person gathering since 2019. The SlutWalk rally will take place on Saturday 19th November at 1pm outside the State Library. L

We replay an excerpt from the forum event, Women's Lived Experience in Decarceration and Carceral Resistance, organised by Fitzroy Legal Service on Monday 24th October. We hear from Elena Campbell (CIJ - RMIT University) and Karen Fletcher (Flat Out) talking about the ways in which the system is currently failing women. // We replay another excerpt from the forum event. This time we hear from Nina Storey (Homes Not Prisons, Women Transformative Justice) and Sara Stilianos (Homes Not Prisons, Women Transformative Justice). In this segment Nina and Sara discuss Victorian's broken bail laws as well as the community services and grassroots action that are needed to keep women out of the criminal system. // You can access the audio for the entire discussion evening here. // We replay Priya's discussion with Liz Crash on Thursday Breakfast 20 October 2022. They discuss urban planning as well as the floodwall that diverted floodwaters away from the Flemington Racecourse and towards homes in Maribynong and Flemington

Headlines - Police protect neo-nazi "protest" - Kakadu uranium site clean-up in limbo amid calls to revive mine - Disrupt Land Forces happening in Meanjin all week We listen to Annie from Solidarity Breakfast speaking with Lauren Perry from UTS, co-author of a recent report called Facial recognition technology: Towards a model law about the issues that could place this technology against citzen's rights. You can listen to the whole episode here. We listen to RMIT Professor Libby Porter speak with Tina Grandinetti from the forum for Dwelling Justice, held at The Capitol Theatre here in Naarm/ Melbourne in August about the effect of military, environmental and settler colonialism on Hawaiʻi. Aunty Sue Coleman Haseldine speaks to Kannagi about her experience surviving nuclear tests in South Australia in the 60s, the effects of ongoing weapons testing on her land and the importance of anti-weapons activism. Aunty Sue joined us from Disrupt Land Forces currently happening in Meanjin. Caitlin McGrane, Project Manag

We hear from Lynne Kelly and Margo Neale about their book Design: Songlines. Lynne Kelly is a science writer whose field of research is the memory methods used by those who depended on their memories for knowledge. Margo Neale is the head of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges, senior Indigenous curator, and principal adviser to the director of the National Museum of Australia. The authors share understandings of how these vast stores of Indigenous traditional knowledge were encoded through song, story, art, dance and ceremony, rather than simply recorded in writing. Songlines: The Power and Promise is the first of six books in Thames & Hudson Australia's First Knowledge series, all edited by Margo Neale. //Dimity Hawkins is the co-founder of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Dimity joins us on the show to discuss the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (26th September) and webinar held today by Revise the Trend (RTT), an organisation confronting issues

We hear from Architectural design activist - Linda Kennedy who introduced the recent 2022 Forum For Dwelling Justice. Linda delivered the Keynote speech from the symposium held at The Capitol Theatre here in Naarm/Melbourne a few weeks ago. The event brought together grassroots individuals, groups and activist-scholars to talk about the radical potential for resistance to dispossession, displacement and precarity in the activist space. Organised by RMIT's Centre for Urban Research, the forum was supported by the International Journal of Housing Policy, RAHU - the Renters and Housing Union and 3CR. To hear more from the event - tune in on Thursdays at 12pm where we are playing discussions from the forum about the relationship between colonial dispossession, housing injustice, incarceration, racial violence and poverty, and how we all have a role to play in building solidarity among movements. You can hear Senator Lidia Thorpe's Keynote at www.3cr.org.au/actingup // FONI Salvatore is an African-Australian artis

Headlines:- refugee resettlement program - VALS Raise the Age seminae this Thursday - Taliban closes recently opened girls' schools We revisit Phuong's conversation with Heather Corinna, founder and director of Scarleteen about the importance of comprehensive and inclusive sex and consent education.  Phuong speaks with Angelique Wan, CEO, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Consent Labs, about the need for a new classification to inform viewers of scenes depicting lack of consent in TV shows and films.More info at https://www.classifyconsent.com.au/ Kannagi speaks with Elicia Savvas, Associate Director of Child Protection at Victoria Legal Aid, who is advocating for the implementation of this Framework to Reduce Criminalisation of Young People in Residential Care.We discuss the media onslaught and rolling coverage surrounding the Queen's death and appointment of King Charles last week. Touching on topics like Australian republic future, Indigenous Treaty, the day of mourning and the ongoing consequences of

Headlines -Coronial Inquest in to Kumanjayi Walkers death commences yesterday-Announced yesterday (05/09) Youpla Funeral Fund: Compensation scheme to begin for Aboriginal victims of predatory insurer -Santos withdraws applications for NT gas pipeline approval over legal challenge risk -One-in-eight women working in emergency services experienced sexual harassment, Victorian report says - Gender equality in Australia’s top public CEO roles 100 years away on current trends, report finds We revisit a discussion that Phuong has with Professor Sara Charlesworth, Director of RMIT’s Centre for People, Organisation and Work and Professor of Gender, Work and Regulation in the School of Management, about gender-based violence in the workplace. Phuong speaks with Liz Walsh from the Vic Socialists to talk about the Vic Socialists campaign to save the old Footscray hospital site from privatisation. You can learn more visiting the Vic Socialists' website or keep an eye out for their 'Footscray for People Not Profit' campai