Tuesday Breakfast

Headlines// 7.15: Tasnim Sammak, Palestinian organiser, speaking at the Nakba Rally on Wednesday 15th May, following the debate on the Victorian Labor Government’s partnership with Elbit Systems.// 7.30: Hannah Dickinson, Principal Solicitor at the ASRC, on the High Court decision on 10 May 2024 in ASF17 v Commonwealth [2024] HCA 19 unanimously dismissing the appeal brought by ASF17 seeking his release from immigration detention, and Labor’s Migration Amendment Bill.// 7.45: Dana Al-Shaer, Palestinian organiser with Unimelb for Palestine, speaking at the Free Palestine Melbourne rally on Sunday 19th May, calling out the University's complicity in Israel's genocide against Palestinians and the strength and power of students to hold these institutions to account.//  8.00:Trish Hepworth, Deputy CEO for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Dr Sarah Mokrzycki, Academic in children's literature and creative writing at Victoria University, on the Cumberland city council’s ban of same-sex par

7.15: Dr Laura Whitburn, Senior Lecturer and Anatomy Discipline Lead at La Trobe University, on the Midwifery Group Practice model of maternity care, and its success at Dhelkaya Health in Castlemaine.// 7.30: Brenda Tait, a climate activist with Extinction Rebellion, on the dangers of the Future Gas Strategy announced by the Australian Government last week.//7.45: Michelle Coleman of Mums for Palestine, an inclusive action group, brings us voices from this Sunday’s Free Palestine Melbourne rally on Mother’s Day. Vox pop edited by Brendan Bonsack.//8.00: Dr Sarah Abdo, a specialist doctor and an advocate for a free Palestine, speaks at the Free Palestine Rally in Sydney on 4 May. Recording provided by Vivien Langford of 3CR’s Climate Action Show.//8.15: Kathleen Maltzahn, CEO of Sexual Assault Services Victoria (SASVic), the peak body for Victoria’s specialist sexual assault and harmful sexual behaviour services, responding to the recent Victorian government budget and calling for action to address sexual viol

Headlines// 7.15: Emily Duyen Dang, Vietnamese-Australian researcher from Monash University’s Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre completing her PhD in Sociology, on her exhibition called Overcoming this Grief: Stories from Vietnamese women surviving family violence in Australia//7.30: Dr Emma Russell, Australian Research Council researcher and Senior Lecturer in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies at La Trobe University, on the recent calls for bail law reform as a response to family violence and how this will adversely affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and women experiencing homelessness// 7.45: Grace from Wednesday Breakfast speaks with Rasha Tayeh, a Palestinian artist, researcher, herbalist, nutritionist, and founder of Beit e’ Shai teahouse about food sovereignty and the ways that the colonial project and Zionist state of Israel violently prevents Palestinians from foraging and harvesting food// 8.00: Dr Stephanie Wescott, feminist researcher and lecturer at the Monash Unive

Headlines// 7.15: Human rights activist Khadija Gbla on their experiences living at the intersections of disability, neurodivergence, queerness and Blackness, their activism in these spaces, and their hopes for young people like themselves. Listen to the full episode on Women on the Line, which first aired on Monday 29 April//7.30: Victorian leader of the Greens Samantha Ratnam speaking at a rally on 15 April at the Parliament steps as part of the campaign to Get Elbit Out of Victoria and the A15 global economic blockade in support of Palestine//7.45: Social Sciences lecturer Dr Kristen Davis and international social work student Ramesh on the "Future Fed" cuts proposal at Federation Uni and how staff, students and union members are fighting back//8.00: Professor Suzanne Nielsen, opioid expert and Deputy Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre, on the Victorian government's rejection of a second safe injecting room in Melbourne CBD and its impacts on the community. Read the report here//8.15: Varisha

Headlines// 7.15: Activist Nat Farah speaking at the A15 rally on 15 April for the A15 Global Action aimed at disrupting economic systems in solidarity with Palestine. Follow A15 on Instagram: @a15actions//7.30: Laura John, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, on the Senate Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024. The inquiry will report with its findings and recommendations on 7th May 2024. Follow the Human Rights Law Centre on Instagram @humanrightslawcentre//7.45: UNSW Professor Heidi Norman, researcher in Aboriginal political history, on the report Coming to terms with the past? Identifying barriers and enablers to truth-telling in so-called Australia//8.00: Professor Sandy O'Sullivan, Wiradjuri transgender/non-binary person and professor in the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University, on the issues and new Our Watch guidelines around reporting on violence against transgender and gender diverse communities//8.15: Gem Walsh, Jewish comm

Headlines// 7.15: Katelyn Butterss, CEO of the Victorian Public Tenants Association speaks to Jennifer Borrell on 3CR's Think Again about the difference between community, public and social housing and what we know and don't know about the Victorian Government's plan to demolish the public housing towers. The full interview aired on Think Again on Friday 12th April 2024, listen here// 7.30: Naarm-based Italian performance artist and scholar Dr Angela Viora on her current exhibition at CO.AS.IT entitled THE P.R.OMISED LAND: New Italians in Australia. Follow Angela on Instagram @viora_et_labora// 7.45: General Manager of The Community Grocer Georgia Savage on running a not-for-profit social enterprise offering fresh produce markets and programs to increase social, economic and physical access to fresh food as well as launching a pop up store in Flemington on 20 April. Follow them on Instagram @thecommunitygrocer// 8.00: Nina Springle, member of Mums for Palestine, a community action group for people who identif

Headlines// 7.15: Extracts from a webinar on Pine Gap and Gaza from 27 March that asked the question: What is Pine gap doing right now to First Nations people and to the people of Palestine. The first is a short speech from Yuwaalaayi/Gamilaraay woman and activist Barbara Flick on the history of First Nations protest at Pine Gap and the second is Alyawarre woman, scholar and academic activist Associate Professor Kathryn Gilbey on the surveillance of First Nations people in the NT today and its connections to the surveillance we're seeing in Gaza// 7.30: Senior Lecturer in Youth Work and Youth Studies Kathryn Daley on the dangers of ankle bracelet monitoring for young people and how we can better support the youth, particularly First Nations youth, through community support and systemic change// 7.45: Everybody's Home's National Spokesperson Maiy Azize talking to us about their People's Commission into the Housing Crisis. Find out more or make a submission// 8.00: Mel McGlensey, multi-award winning writer, com

7:15 & 7:30  We replay Samah Sabawi's speech from when she spoke to educators at the Teachers for Palestine forum on 22nd January 2024 called ‘Why There’s No ‘Neutrality’ on Genocide’ which was organised by Teachers and School Staff for Palestine Victoria. Samah Sabawi Palestinian award-winning author, playwright and poet, and in Part 1 Samah provides context to the erasure of Palestinian history, culture and stories from the school curriculum and how this act of disappearing Palestinian voices has an impact on the ongoing genocide. In Part 2, Samah talks about the importance of teaching Palestine in schools. This speech was first played on Women on the Line on 18th March 2024.  7:45 We listen back to Merri-Bek Councillor's Sue Bolton's speech at the Land Day Free Palestine rally on 31 March 2024. Sue speaks about Israel's ongoing war crimes, the complicity of the Australian government and the importance of local and state-wide actions to keep the pressure on and to demand an end to partnerships with weapons

Headlines// 7.15: Dacia Abela, lawyer and program manager at Naarm-based Community Legal Centre WEstjustice, on economic abuse in the context of family violence. Listen to the full Women on the Line episode here//7.30: Kathryn Kelly, convener of Independent Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) ACT, on the latest regarding the AUKUS deal between Australia, the US and the UK and the ongoing anti-AUKUS rallies in so-called Australia//7.45: Steph Thuesen, Projects and Political Liaison at the Health and Community Services Union (HACSU), speaking at the Free Palestine Palm Sunday rally. Revisit speeches from Free Palestine rallies and other events on 3CR//8.00: Fiona McCormack, Victoria’s Victims of Crime Commissioner, on the way the criminal justice system traumatises victims. The report and details about the Victims Charter including how to make complaints to Victoria's Victims of Crime Commissioner can be found here//8.15: Hiba, student at the University of Melbourne and organising member for Unimelb for Palestine

Headlines// 7.15: Actor and improviser Alannah Parkin on the open letter to major festivals to reverse their decision to remove a pro-Palestine comedian from Australian arts festivals. You can read the full letter via @comedy4pal on Instagram// World Social Work Day special segment -7.30: Lawyer, social worker and senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne Dr Jennifer Davidson on World Social Work Day, the importance of grassroots led work in the profession and ideas of health justice//-7.40: Social and community development worker Charlotte Lynch on social work within the family violence sector and divesting from policing and prisons//-7.50: Social worker Chloe Span on engaging with families affected by alcohol and drug use and the role of social work in this field// 8.00: Camp Sovereignty update 8.05: Founder/Director of Grassroots Research Studio Myfan Jordan on workplace cultures in the pandemic and her new book Women's Work in the Pandemic Economy: The Unbearable Hazard of Hierarchy. Myfan is speakin

Headlines// 7.15: Noura Mansour's speech at last week's International Working Women's Day rally in Naarm calling for an end to imperial feminism, an end to the silence about the genocide (particularly among women's organisations) and an end to the Zionist occupation of Palestine// 7.30: Environmental educator, campaigner and regenerative farmer Greta Carroll on the incredible community and grassroots organising that has been taking place to fight for an end to seismic blasting on Gunditjmara Sea Country// 7.45: Photographer and visual artist Pia Johnson on her upcoming exhibition Re-Orient showing at the Immigration Museum from 16 March - 11 August with a meet and greet session on 17 March. Follow @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram for updates// 8.00: Camp Sovereignty update 8.05: Melanie Joosten, author of the novels Berlin Syndrome and Gravity Well and the essay collection A Long Time Coming, on her most recent novel Like Fire-Hearted Suns// 8.15: Catherine Stong from Extinction Rebellion speaks to Annie M

Headlines// 7.15: Solidarity Breakfast’s Annie McLoughlin speaks with Kimba Thompson from Blak Dot Galleries and artist Peta Clancy about the exhibition at Counihan Gallery in Brunswick called Future River - an indigenous perception of the river and watercourses across Naarm//7.30: Elise West, Director at Teachers for Peace and Executive Officer at the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, and Elspeth Blunt from Teachers and School Staff for Palestine, on the launch of a national boycott of STEM education programs associated with weapons companies. Follow @teachers4palestine_vic on Instagram for updates//7.45: Solidarity Breakfast’s Annie McLoughlin speaks with Dr Michelle Maloney from the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating Earth-centred systems change, by increasing the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred governance//8.00: Associate Professor Ronli Sifris from Monash University's Faculty of Law on reproductive rights glo

Headlines// René Hà, Vietnamese queer migrant based in Gadigal Land & Project Coordinator of Stamped Zine, on this project and the complexities of the migrant experience in so-called Australia. Follow @stampedzine on Instagram for updates//Camp Sovereignty update//WIRE CEO Jade Blakkarly on WIRE Great Debate – WIRE's International Women's Day events//Year 12 student and staunch social activist Gisele Nayef on School Students for Palestine's strike this Thursday. Follow @schoolstudents4palestine on Instagram for updates// SongsOut of Luck - Tkay Maidza, Lolo Zouaï, Amber MarkSpace Between - Jem Cassar-Daley

Headlines// 7.15: Stella Swain from Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK speaks to Vivien Langford about the Boycotting of Barclays Bank and their complicity in funding Israeli military at rally in Sydney on 9 February. This conversation first aired on Solidarity Breakfast on 10 February//7.30: Chloe DS, refugee rights activist, green left journalist, and fellow 3CR presenter, on the 10-year anniversary of the murder of Reza Barati at the detention centre on Manus Island//7.45: Community lawyer and ASU member Michal on the ASU walk out for Palestine for social and community sector workers happening this Thursday the 22nd of February at 1pm. Follow @asu_actionforpalestine on Instagram for updates//8.00: Camp Sovereignty update//8.05: Cara from City of Melbourne Council 4 Palestine on tonight's rally calling for action and solidarity with Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories outside the Melbourne Town Hall at 5pm. Follow @melbourne_for_palestine on Instagram for updates//8.15: Georgia Mulholland, Director

Headlines// 7.15: Jan Bartlett speaking with Dr Helen McCue about her work with Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad, also known as Union Aid Abroad, and her continued advocacy for refugee and women's rights. Listen to the full episode on 3CR Tuesday Hometime// 7.30: Sarah Baarini and Shirley Winton from Hobsons Bay 4 Palestine on mobilising to advocate for a Free Palestine and the community rally happening tonight at 6pm at the Hobsons Bay Civic Centre. Follow them on Instagram: @hobsonsbay4palestine// 7.45: Elena Pererya from BikeWest and Angela Ashley-Chiew from Better Streets for the West on an upcoming event organised with Critical Mass Melbourne advocating for safer speeds, footpaths and pedestrian crossings in Footscray at the state library at 5:30pm on 23 February. Follow @bike_west and @criticalmassmelb on Instagram for updates// 8.00: Elena Lopez of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) on cross-border worker solidarity in the face of job offshoring. Listen to the ful

Headlines// 7.15: Part 1 of Solidarity Breakfast’s Annie McLoughlin and Kristin O’Connell from the Anti Poverty Centre's conversation about the changes to the Stage 3 tax cuts recently announced by the Albanese Government// 7.30: Laniyuk, Larrakia, Kungarakan, Gurindji and French political creative and performer about the sacred lands of the Larrakia people, which are currently under threat of being destroyed by Defence Housing Australia, and returning Lee Point to the Larrakia people. Sign the petition here and follow @laniyuk on Instagram for updates// 7.45: Dr Kathomi Gatwiri, Associate Professor and award-winning researcher at Southern Cross University, president of the peak body Australian Women & Gender studies Association and co-founder of Femicide Count Kenya, on running an organisation that 'counts, names, and puts human stories to women and girls whose lives have been ended through violence'// 8.00: Aruna Venkatachalam from Young Change Agents on Lighting the Spark - a program designed for and by Fi

Headlines// 7.15: Jaya Keaney, author of Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling, on the complexities and intersections of race and queerness when creating queer families. Listen to the full episode on Women on the Line here//7.30: Jill Gallagher, a proud Gunditjmara woman from Western Victoria and CEO of The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), on VACCHO's 2024-25 Budget Submission to the Victorian government which focuses on removing systematic barriers for Aboriginal health and wellbeing//7.45: Vox pops of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people at this year's Invasion Day rally on why it's important for people to show up for Invasion Day and stand in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities here in so-called Australia//8.00: Employment & industrial law solicitor Mackenzie Wakefield on the NTEU’s case against Queensland University of Technology, and the larger problem of job insecurity in Australia’s universities//8:15: Jamie, quee

Headlines//7.15: Renee, an organiser with Students for Palestine and Free Palestine Melbourne on organising for Palestine and the disruption today that will take place at 4pm at Bourke St Mall in the CBD. For updates, please follow the group on Instagram @studentsforpalestinevictoria//7.30: Dr Jessica Gannaway, Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and the Language and Literacy Academic Group, on First Nations in Education, anti-racist pedagogies and the importance of truth-telling in schools//7.45: Tui Raven, Yamaji Nyungar person and Senior Manager Indigenous Programs, Deakin Library, on Guidelines for First Nations Collection Description for Australian Libraries// Guidelines for First Nations Collection DescriptionLaunch webinarFirst Nations Collection Description Training ResourcesTo join or enquire about the Reparative Description – Community of Practice (CoP) please email education@alia.org.au and include “First Nations reparative description CoP” in t

7:15am - Samala Thakialee Cronin, Butchulla and Woppaburra woman, speaks to Emma from Women on the Line about the work she and others undertook in collaboration with Meanjin Brisbane based, female-led, Blak small business Dreamtime Aroha in the immediate aftermath of the ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. This interview first aired on Women on the Line on 8th January 2024.  7:30am - Kit McMahon, CEO of Women's Health in the South East, speaks about the new project called Training for Respect that is set to address and prevent workplace gendered violence in the Education and Training sector. 7:45am - Jill Gallagher is a proud Gunditjmara woman from Western Victoria and CEO of The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO). Jill speaks about VACCHO's 2024-25 Budget Submission to the Victorian government which focuses on removing systematic barriers for Aboriginal health and wellbeing.  8:00am - Panel discussion with educators advocating for a Free Palestine: Natalie is a doctoral candidate

Headlines// 7.15: An excerpt from an online teach-in from the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network called “How to talk about Gaza right now.” Presented by Emma on Women on the Line on Monday 11 December//7.30: Antoinette Braybrook, CEO of Djirra, speaking at the Respect Rally which took place on Friday 24th November at the Parliament steps in Naarm, marking the beginning of the UN 16 days of action calling for an end to violence against girls & women globally. Thanks to Annie from Solidarity Breakfast for this clip//7.45: Lana Laham from the Sit-Intifada on this growing resistance movement, the importance of finding community, and what actions we can and should take to fight for Palestinian justice and liberation. Join the Sit-Intifada everyday from 7am-9pm on the steps of Parliament in Naarm and follow them on Instagram @thesitintifada//8.00: Liz Walsh from the Victorian Socialists on the pro-Palestine motion that almost didn't pass at Maribyrnong Council and the importance of standing up for Palestine at a