Monday Breakfast

With Rob, Cece, Liv7:00am - Acknowledgement of CountryHeadlines:Israel’s Central Elections Committee has voted to ban the country’s two main Arab-majority political lists from next month’s parliamentary election.Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces have conducted multiple air and ground operations in the southwestern governorate of Taiz as fighting intensifies with the Iran-backed Houthi group.Police fired water canons at protesters in India amid mounting fury over allegations the country’s elections are rigged. The Electoral Commission has removed 130 million names from the voter rolls, as part of what it calls a ‘special intensive revision’.Over three dozen political prisoners have been released in Venezuela on the 25th and 26th of September. Justicia and Encuentro y Perdon  Segments:Standing with the people’s struggle back home; A recording from 54th Anniversary of the Marcos Sr. Regime's 'Martial Law' imposition on the country and its people in 1972.Interview with electrician Julian Ober; Current shortage of domestic/household electricians in the age of rapid data centre growth and incentives for workers in the booming sector. Interview with climate activist and campaigner for the Bob Brown Foundation Briony Venn; About krill farming and fish farming campaigns. Music:Kiss of life - SadeWork this time - King GizMob ties - Miss Kannina

Headlines: A study from World Weather Attribution confirms that climate change played an important role in the catastrophic Nepal flash floods last August. 541,000 students returned to education for the new school year in Gaza despite the major impact Israel's ongoing bombardment is having on children and students in Gaza This week Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he would change the laws that will remove Israeli citizenship for criticising the IDF The global petrochemical industry’s greenhouse gas emissions could increase by around 50 per cent by 2050 under a business as usual scenario.  Segments: - Wing Beats Per Minute - two conservationists and ecologists Micheal and Jarred speak about the ecological impacts and benefits insects have within ecosystems. With it now warming, we're seeing more indigenous orchids popping up - with September following Guling season, or orchid season here on Wurundjeri Country, we're now in Poorneet season, or tadpole season - where more indigenous plants are now flowering. This segment was all about symbiotic relationships between indigenous orchids and their pollinators in and surrounding Naarm.  - Conversation with Alex de Silva Faustino, a part of the Alliance for Praxis Research, member of the School for Social Change as well as Research Fellow at RMIT University's Centre for Urban Research. From Wednesday until the end of the year, the Alliance for Praxis Research will be hosting their series of public conversations known as 'Against The Fear Machines'. The events will focus on anti-fascist strategies as well as community responses to multiple converging crises, known as the polycrisis. You can find more information here www.aprcollective.com  - Debate over NDIS budget ignores the cost of workforce exclusion. Conversation with Dr Jennifer Frean's research with university of melbourne about recent NDIS cuts, how that has affected public perception of people with disabilities. Then talking about workplace exclusion and the proposals she is designing to change this. Music: Triple Zero by Babyccino

On today's show:  Headlines: August 26 hottest August on record globallyDocumentary Naza on Friday won the special Jury prize at the 83rd Venice International Film FestivalPublic hospital doctors to stop work tomorrow in demand for better pay, safer working conditions and compensation for overtime hours.Segments: Dr Phil Zylstra speaking at an event put on by the Goongerah Environment Centre (geco) and the Victorian Forest Alliance in August about the science of planned burning, debunking some of the "fuel load" theories, the impacts fire management practices have on forests and colonial methods of fire managements. Dr Phil Zylstra is a post doctoral fellow at the University of NSW specialising in Fire Behaviour Analysis. You can listen and watch the rest of this talk here.Two segments from Freedom of Species' 6th of September show speaking about agriculture as a tool of colonisation -- specifically the wool industry here in so-called Australia, how it has propped up British invasion and it war efforts, as well as how introduction of agriculture has destroyed ecosystems across the continent. Freedom of Species airs on Sundays from 1 until 2pm. You can listen live during that time or catch previous episodes here.Jacinta Masters, Campaign Manager at Fair Agenda, an organisation campaigning for a a fair and gender equitable future. We spoke about Brittany Higgins' letter published in The Age last week accusing the Victorian Labor Government of using her public credibility to bolster support for the ALP and its promise to legislate the choice for victim-survivors of sexual violence to pre-record their testimonies and keep their counselling records out of court. Please note that this segment contains discussion of sexual violence, if you feel it may cause distress, do not listen or reach out to one of these CRISIS LINES:The Rainbow Door 1800 729 367 Lifeline 13 11 14, 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)  13 YARN (13 92 76), or Qlife at  1800 184 527 Songs played: Crocodiles - KAYPSRacist Friend - The Specials

Headlines: BHP coal mine extension approved as a UN report warns of dangerous climate overshooting  NextDC, an Australian data center company, has reported profits above forecasts as its water and energy use rise for the third consecutive year. Next DC has a data centre running next to Tottenham stationSegments: - Adu Hani, Secretary of the Renters and Housing Union, joined us to discuss RAHU's recent success with collective tenant bargaining and its implications for future tenant organising in Victoria. Adu also spoke about upcoming rental reforms coming into effect on 13 October, and key commitments tenants should be mindful of when it comes to the November state elections.  -  Unite against racism and a coalition of organisations are hosting a forum this Wednesday to build the fight against one nation. We were joined by David Glanz, an organiser of the event and member of the Refugee Action Collective.  - Interview with Violet Coco and Collette Harmsen about National Endangered Species Day and an action mourning endangered species at DEECA  - Jan Bartlett spoke to Ken Davis, International Programs manager of APHEDA, Union Aid Abroad. Who begins the segment here with a background on the current state of education for younger children in Gaza since the intensification of Israel's siege over the past 3 years… a content warning that this interview mentions violence against children which may be distressing to listeners. General Lines: Lifeline: 13 11 14 | lifeline.org.au 13YARN: 13 92 76 | 13yarn.org.auYarning Safe'n Strong: 1800 959 563 Music: Signing Off by Daisy Picker

On today's show: Headlines: Human Rights Law Centre releases its recommendations as Royal Commission Into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion comes to last week of public hearings31st of August marks five years since Taliban came to power in AfghanistanVic Pride Centre hosts employment fair with the ADF, Coles, Amazon, John Holland and other suspect employers boasting their ‘inclusive workplaces’.Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek calls for Labor to consider tighter reforms around the depiction of sexual violence online following death of a sixteen year old Sydney girlSegments:  Last week Declassified Australia and Michael West Media both published an article written by Tom Orsag entitled '‘BLUE-WASHING’: CORPORATE PROFITS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF GAZA'. It explains the growing corporate investment into F35 parts manufacturers across the continent and how the Federal government props it up. We were joined by the article's author Tom Orsag, a retired member of the cfmeu and the article's author. Read the full article hereWe play an excerpt of Amy Aednit Ciara's interview with a group of LGBTQI+ refugees in a camp in Kenya. In this recording Amy speaks to Rasheed (he/him), Sammy (he/him), Brenda (she/her) and Rachael (she/her). These are cis gay and lesbian refugees from Uganda trying to build a self sustaining encampment that will hopefully have greater longevity than block 13, a previous encampment which was attacked and disbanded. LGBT+ refugees in Kakuma experience discrimination and violence from other refugees, Kenyan authorities and UNHCR employees. This was before block 13 was disbanded and before US AID pulled out. A content warning that in this segment we hear accounts of sexual assault and unwanted pregnancies. Please share their website www.queerpride.africa Funds will go to food and creating self sustaining projects like raising chooks to sell eggs for further projects.The show ends with a conversation with community organiser Jiggy about protesting logging and mining on Gumbaynggirr Country in so-called Coffs Harbor. Support the organisations mentioned - @savepinecreekforest, @bellingenactivistnetwork & Friends of Pine Creek & Lock the Gate Nambucca. Songs played: 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton You Don't Care About Poor People - Mudrat

Headlines: - Archive Genocide has broken past two hundred million web requests in its second month — keeping record of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza on the internet.  - Sally Goldner from Out of the Pan on 3cr wins Outstanding Contribution to Media at the Victorian Pride Awards.  Segments: - Interview with Jo Samuel-King from the Dingo Conservancy about the difficulties in protecting dingoes, their lack of protections, common misconceptions and how beneficial they are in ecosystems.  - Asia Pacific Currents' Jisell Hanna interviews the president of Doro Chiba -- representing railway workers in the privatised Chiba trainline about their four decades struggle against privatisation, and maintaining worker solidarity over decades of state repression. You can listen to more from the APC team here or Saturday from 9 to 9:30AM.  - A deal accepted by the Australian Education Union will mean that teachers across so-called Victoria become the highest paid in the continent, it is a victory that comes after months of negotiations, strikes, and two previous offers which were rejected by members. An interview with Thomas Lock, a rank and file AEU member. He is also a member of Fight the Crisis - a group organising within the union. Music: The World Couldn't See Us by Nabihah Iqbal Good Bloke by Rub

Headlines: The Victorian Government has recently extended a pause in enforcing warrant of imprisonment for unpaid fines for another 2 months, human rights organisations have called for this to be permanently stopped.The NSW Supreme Court has rejected a push to place a terrorism supervision order onto a young Sydney man, with the prosecution falsely conflating criticism of Israel as antisemitic. Segments:- An ongoing segment we have here on the show, Wing Beats Per Minute - where two conservationists talk about the importance insects have on ecosystems, about flowering eucalyptus gums. - Segment from Out of the Pan where Sally Goldner was talking about the upcoming census and the inclusion of gender and sexuality but NOT variations in sex characteristics. - An excerpt from Uprise Radio back in May of this year dissecting the company's manifesto that was released earlier this year. This part talks about several points within Palantir's manifesto and how the company fits into colonisation and imperialism on a global scale. You can listen to more from Uprise Radio on Wednesday nights from 5.30 to 6pm on 3cr or at 3cr.org.au/upriseradio- An excerpt of the first episode of the new podcast by the Centre Against Racial Profiling, this series is called The People's Record. In this episode Idil is joined by ‘Ahmed,’ ‘Musab,’ Reem, Ilo Diaz, Crystal McKinnon, Charandev Singh and Tamar Hopkins, to explore growing up and community in the flats; first experiences of policing; histories of racialised police violence in so-called Australia; and traditions of community resistance.  You can listen to the rest of this episode at 3cr.org.au/thepeoplesrecord the first 3 episodes of this series are out now, with more episodes to come. - Interview with Kelly Flanag and Karen Fletcher from Flat Out about the Victorian Government proposing amendments to the Corrections act, can you tell me a bit about what these amendments are and how that affects people in prisons. The Stop the No Fresh Air Bill Rally is on Wednesday 12th of August 12.45pm Parliament steps, more information here https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-no-fresh-air-bill?

Welcome to Monday Breakfast, on the show we had:  Headlines: More than 50,000 people swam 5 kilometers via the north African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco into SpainMost Australian states have backed stronger national rules to ensure the rapid growth of data centres is powered by new renewable energy An eighteen year-old woman held at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre died in custody last week   Segments: - An interview with the Seahorse Collective - an anonymous, autonomous collective of trans people supporting people struggling to access gender-affirming care. If you or someone you know needs to contact the collective, you can email them at [email protected]. You can also read a transcript of interview courtesy of a zine made by Seahorse Collective here.  - Billabong Beats interview where Gavin Moore speaks with Marilyn and Peta from Friends of Nyah Vinifera Park campaign where they talk about water projects and water sovereignty in the Murray River. You can find more info about their campaign here.Support the blockade that the friends of nyah vinifera park have set up here. - Interview with Debbie, a public housing resident and member of 44 Flats United, a community organisation working against the Victorian government's plans to demolish all of the state's 44 public housing towers. LISTEN HERE. Music: Mantis by Courtney Barnett

Headlines: The Whitsunday Conservation Council’s criticisms of the Queensland Government's State Development and Public Works Organisation (Critical Minerals) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026India’s Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned after a week of nationwide student protests over an exam leak scandalSegments:- Listened back to the Pine Gap Convergence, the traditional owners of the land of Kuyunba, the Hayes family gave a letter to Pine Gap. We heard Arrernte elder Felicity Hayes reading the letter from outside the gates of Pine Gap, last Monday. - The Hayes Family telling us what happened when they entered the gates of Pine Gap and presented their letter.  - Close Pine Gap Convergence from outside the gates last monday, a few speeches from:  Greens Senate David Shoebridge, Palestinian activist Remah Naji, two nurses from the MUA Union - giving a message from Paul Keating, the maritime union Sydney branch and First nations activist Desmond Blurton - The Art of Resistance tour drove in a convoy across the desert to protest militarism and extractivism. On the 6th of july they went to wellfield A on sacred Arabunna Country in south australia to shed light on the impacts this borefield has on one of the largest uranium mines in the southern hemisphere. Izzy Brown and first nations activist shed light on this issue.  - Activists outside the gates of BHP's Olympic Dam mine in Roxby Downs On the 7th of July  - 2 segments of one of the panels from the Close Pine Gap Convergence, this panel was about colonisation and imperialism - struggles here and abroad. We heard from first nations professor Katheryn Gilbey and Remah Nahi  Music: War Pigs by Black SabbathBow Down by Barkaa

On today's show: Headlines: - US bombs Iran for eight consecutive nights in a row- MALS issues statement of excessive police presence across rallies on July 4- AEU members to strike again on Thursday 23 July- Radio Mogadishu to receive upgraded equipment in quest to digitise 70+ year old archiveSegments: Rob and Amy chat about being an activist, trans, and a worker in Djilang aka Geelong. We were then joined by Freya Headly, Socialist Alliance candiate for South Barwon who spoke with us about housing and working conditions in the area, as well as similarly being Trans in the area. The show ends with a conversation with David who is not only a housing researcher but an organiser for 44 Flats United -- are a group of residents, ex-residents & allies of public housing organising against demolition on stolen Kulin lands. David runs us through the costs of redeveloping the 44 public housing towers compared to the Victorian government's model to demolish them.Songs played: Grace - IDLES Dancing on my own - Robyn

On today's show: Headlines Albanese government rejects majority of recommendations made by UN Human Rights CommissionDonald Trump made $2.2BN in first year of second Presidency termThe Age reports former Liberal Party donors are now sending their cash to One Nation in VictoriaWe were first joined by Mark Meager, early presenter of the Gay Liberation program from '78 to '85 as well as member of the 3cr of the management committee and vice chairperson of community radio federation. We spoke about his involvement at 3CR and the state of the gay political scene in the 80s.Following that is a an excerpt from the Gay Liberation Show in September 1979 in which Mark spoke with Dave, Grant, and Alison Thorne -- of Thorne Habour Health -- all of which were a part of a group known as the Young Gays. The quad spoke about coming out to one's parents, interactions with older gay people, and building solidarity in the community. The show ends with a conversation with Tom Cooper, Chair of the Residents Committee at the Inkerman Street Public Housing Flats in St. Kilda. Last week residents took it upon themselves to don PPE to remove wretched insects from the flat as the Victorian Government ignores calls to maintain the building. We spoke about organising within that space, the state of the building, and getting rid of bed bugs. 44 Flats United are a coalition of residents and allies from across the 44 Public Housing towers organising against their demolition. You can find more info about 44 Flats United here.

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast Show!  Headlines: NSW police clear Waterloo public housing protest encampment ahead of redevelopment worksUS to stockpile weapons in regional Victoria town of BandianaProtests outside Thales' office in so-called melbourne following revelations the company manufactures explosive for israel funded by australian taxpayer dollars We were first joined by Ohad Kozminsky, member of the Jewish Council of Australia, the AEU, and a collective within the AEU pushing to build activism in the union known as FIGHT THE CRISIS. We spoke about the JCA's contributions to the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion, the in-principle agreement that AEU members voted to reject, and building activism within the AEU rank and file.  Buzz from the Covid Mask Bloc Naarm joined us to speak about the organisation, distributing masks, zines and air purifiers to anti-colonial organisations. We played archival audio from the s11 protests - as part of a compilation series of audio being played on breakfast shows over the next week.  The show ends with a conversation from the 11th of October 1978 -- the Gay Liberation Show featured a conversation with Jules Cassidy, author of We Are Here: Conversations With Lesbian Women. Provided to us by the Australian Queer Archives!

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On today's show: Headlines:  China sending medical experts to DRC to help Ebola outbreak'Australia' manufacturing explosives for 'Israel' to bomb Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon, reporting from The Shot reveals The show begins with a segment provided to us by Tessa from 3CR's Out Of The Blue show about Guildford Big Tree Community DayWe then hear from Lucia from the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism about the counterprotest to Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce's fundraiser taking place this Friday from 5:45PM at the Moonee Ponds Tram Juction.In 2020 In Ya Face's James McKenzie spoke with Adam Carr about founding the Gay and Lesbian Press in 1979 and being on the frontlines reporting on the HIV/AIDS outbreak here in so-called Melbourne. You can listen to the full conversation here. Gia and Celeste from Amplexus joined us to talk about their upcoming event 'Blood Rave', a sexy-nineties-vampire themed rave on June 20th. You can get tickets here and find more info about Amplexus on their instagram here. The show ends with a conversation with Jake, who tells us about the proposed big data centre slated for construction in the west of Naarm. They have organised a rally against said data centre this Saturday at 11:30AM outside the State Library. You can find more info about the rally and the data centre here. Songs played: Anti-colonial - End It I Don't Like It - Pauline Pantsdown Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) - The Blade Soundtrack

Headlines: Funding runs dry for vital First Nations transport serviceSenator Lidia Thorpe have revealed that no payments have yet been made under the $842.6 million Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment Agreement (NTRAI) Segments: - Given 3CR is celebrating its 50th birthday across the month of June, the Monday Breakfast show and many others will be delving into the archives to display the tremendous audio the station has aired over the years. An excerpt of an interview from the City Limits show in 1999 featuring notorious trade unionist Jack Mundey, a member of the Builders' Labourers Federation in NSW and driver of the green bans. In this first part, Jack paints a picture of what the construction industry was like during the 1950s and 60s in so-called NSW and how the green ban movement began. Mundey speaks about how the Builders' Labourers Federation in NSW extended its social justice campaigns beyond that of just environmentalism during the 1970s and Mundey's wishes for the union movement. - Monday Breakfast was joined live in the studio with Violet Coco speaking on her experiences on the Freedom Flotilla.  - A segment from the gay liberation show from 1977, 3cr's first year on air. Jody speaks about her experiences going through aversion therapy. Exposing the psychiatric systemat the time and her experiences of homophobia. If this causes any listeners distress, reach out to one of these CRISIS LINES: The Rainbow Door 1800 729 367 Lifeline 13 11 14, 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)  13 YARN (13 92 76),or Qlife at  1800 184 527 - Trans Feminists Unite Rally 24th May - Broadcast LIVE on Queering the Air, a powerful speech  Music: Birthday/Funeral by Daisy Picker   <3 The Monday Breakfast Show

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast Show, on the show this week we had:  Headlines:  Violence against Flotilla participants draws international pressure on IsraelCongo Ebola Outbreak and death toll higher than official reports - From the archives: for the 21st anniversary broadcast of National Sorry Day, 3CR's Radioactive Show aired an interview between Aunty Hazel Collins, one of the founders of Grandmothers Against Removals, originally played by the Central Australia Aboriginal Media Association with host Teghan Hughes. Grandmothers Against Removal are an organisation working on the frontlines to prevent children from being removed from their families and creating yet another stolen generation. Aunty Hazel Collins and Teghan speak about the injustices faced by children who are removed from their families by the colonial government. The interview starts by addressing comments aired on Sunrise in March 2018 in which they implied that the Stolen Generation was necessary and needed to happen again. GMAR is holding a rally they've organised on Tuesday at 10AM outside Preston Town Hall calling for the end of child removals. You can donate to support GMAR's important work here: donate: BSB 313140 Account 123 24900 Bank of Australia Grandmothers Against Removals.Listen to the full conversation and more from the broadcast here: [https://www.3cr.org.au/sorryday2018]  - James McKenzie speaks with Richard Keane, the CEO of Living Positive Victoria, for an update on the MPox in so-called Melbourne before talking about research the organisation collaborated on exploring trans and gender diverse people living with HIV. They also discuss how trans and gender diverse people's identities are being removed within the HIV records and how that has prevented trans and gnc people accessing help.  - Three speeches from the emergency rally for the flotilla on friday, we hear from Brad speaking on his wife, violet coco and her experiences with the IOF. We also hear from two organisers within the free palestine movement here in Naarm.  - Excerpt from Raising our Voices program - Last Wednesday 15th Mayspecial on IDAHOBIT, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (17th May)Raising Our Voices is a monthly self-advocacy program (2nd Wednesday of each month, 6-6.30pm on 3CR) produced and presented by people with disability. 3cr.org.au/raisingourvoices Music: P.R.O.T.E.C.T.T.R.A.N.S.K.I.D.S by Cheap Dirty Horse The Beat Never Goes Off Tamer NafarTook The Children Away by Archie Roach

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast show!  Headlines: Federal Court sides with trans woman Roxy Tickle in anti-trans discrimination case Auslan news service Auslan90 to go off air in JuneFreedom Flotilla and Global Sumud Flotilla on its last legSegments: Marisa from the Doin' Time show spoke with us about their experiences as a blind/vision impaired person in accessing the NDIS and what its latest changes may mean for the blind/VI communityAce and Briar from Justice Not Jails spoke with us about the $1.73BN the CLP govt has allocated toward its 'tough on crime' agenda. We played an excerpt from Saturday's panel at Camp Sovereignty about US Militarism and how it has affected Indigenous peoples worldwide. Hannah spoke with Jackie from Philippines Solidarity Research Cluster (PSRC) and the Australian Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (or ACHRP) about solidarity with the Philippines and what is currently happening over there for workers, farmers, activists, and Indigenous people. Saturday on the 23rd at the library portal in Northcote from 6-9pm there will be conversations with activists on the conditions of workers, indigenous communities, women and organisers in the Philipines. Fundraiser for grassroots disaster relief. Dinner Provided! go to https://events.humanitix.com/philippinesreportback To track the flotillas to gaza go to  freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker and globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/ Songs played: Guided By Angels - Amyl and the Sniffers

Headlines - HSBC divests from Elbit systems - UN urges Australia to combat systemic racial discrimination against First Nations people  Speeches from Saturday's Protect Our NDIS rally by Ishtar Hope and Christian Astourian, two disabled people speaking using real examples of why the NDIS matters. Hannah's conversation with Gemma O'Toole, member of the Freedom Flotilla on the ship Adalah. Third iteration of our regular Wing Beats Per Minute, focussing on the importance of insects within ecosystems -- this time they discuss fire ecology.  Songs played: Cobblestones - Malaika MfalmeInI (Feat. Pete Rock) - Step Up

On today's show: Headlines: 1. Cultural Survival calls for protection of land defenders in report released at UN’s 25th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues2. CFMEU administrator resigns and appoints new head of government-appointed, undemocratically elected body We hear a conversation between Tuesday Hometime's Jan Bartlett and Binoy Kampmark about the US and Israel's attacks on Iran, Lebanon and Palestine and the consequences of Trump and Netanyahu staying in power for the world. Binoy Kampmark is a senior lecturer at RMIT focussing on international security, the war on terrorism, and politics. Tune in to Tuesday Hometime on Tuesdays from 4 - 6pm or click here to listen to previous episodes. We also delved into the archives to play a segment from the Gay Liberation Radio show originally aired on the 20th of April 1977 in which host Carl speaks with fellow member Bruce about being working class homosexual. The show ends with the last regular segment from our comrades at the Commons Social Change Library 'Tiny Sparks and Turning Points' -- a bulletin documenting historical events which changed the continent. This edition focusses on the month of May. Find out more about the library here.