News headlines // 7:15AM // Madushika, 15-year-old refugee who spoke outside the Victorian Labor office at the rally for refugees on Friday 30th August, taking action against the inhumane immigration policies in so-called Australia and demanding permanent protect visas for all. For news, updates and actions, please follow the Tamil Refugee Council …

News headlines // 7:15AM / Jiselle interviewing Taslima Akhter, President of Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity, on the protest movements in Bangladesh, the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, and the rebuilding of a nation. Thanks to Asia Pacific Currents for this interview, which originally aired on 17 August at 3cr.org.au/asiapac 7:30AM // Sophie R…

News headlines // 7:15AM // Bec Sogal, Wiradjuri woman and PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia) RAP (Reconciliation Action Plan) committee member and community champion, on the challenges of perinatal anxiety and the new online resources released by PANDA designed to provide critical education on perinatal mental health for First Nati…

Headlines// 7.15: Nina from Flat Out and FIGJAM (Formerly Incarcerated Justice Advocates) Collective and Monique Hurley from the Human Rights Law Centre about their submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission's Justice Responses to Sexual Violence Issues Paper and efforts to end strip searching in prisons. To read the report, head to www.fla…

News headlines // 7:15AM // Sara Saleh, artist, human rights lawyer, organiser, speaking at the event, "BDS and Building Solidarity with Palestine", organised by Demilitarise RMIT and Free Palestine Melbourne, on Wed 17 July. In these excerpts from the Q&A, Saleh discusses lessons learnt from the 2022 boycott of the Sydney festival. Recording by An…

News headlines //7:15AM // (replay) There are 24-hour protests that are currently taking place outside the office of Clare O'Neil, the Minister for Home Affairs. These protests have been organised by Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality and they are demanding permanent visas for refugees currently on temporary visas. We revisited a conversation K…

We play excerpts from the press conference that followed the event, Truth Telling Yarns: Women in Prison that took place on Wednesday 26 June. In this excerpt we'll hear from Senator Lidia Thorpe and Debbie Kilroy, CEO of Sisters Inside and founder of The National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls. Senator Thorpe and…

We hear from Amanda Villalobos who is an activist from the south east of Naarm and comes from a long line of activists from Latin America and has been a lifelong supporter of the Palestinian struggle. She has been involved in organising rallies in support of Palestine in the south east of Naarm since October last year and has been the Picket Captai…

We hear from Mai Saif, a Palestinian woman born in the West Bank, part of Free Palestine Melbourne and Palestine Community Association Victoria, who spoke at the Disrupt Land Forces public meeting on 21 June 2024. In her speech, Mai speaks about the realities and consequences of "Australia" being complicit in the current Palestinian genocide throug…

7:12am / Hana Assafiri from Moroccan Soup Bar speaks about her memoir Hana: the audacity to be free – covering humour, education, working in womens refuges (Part 1) 7:30am / Elise West, Executive Officer at the Medical Association for the Prevention of War as well as Director at Teachers for Peace is back on the show to talk about the ever increasi…

This episode Phuong and Ivka speak to friends of the show, hear from co-presenters Kannagi and Frances, talk about the power of community radio and play songs from a list of tracks curated by former and current Tuesday Breakfast presenters. Guests on the show: Nat, Rach Hocking, Madison GriffithsSongs played on the show:The Opener by Camp CopeNatur…

Rohen from Pride in Protest spoke about the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras's decision to bar politicians from attending Mardi Gras if they oppose the Equality Bill. This Equality Bill would expand rights of trans and gender diverse people in NSW. Instagram: @pride.in.protest As the 1-year anniversary of the rally to demand permanent accessible t…

Headlines// 7.15: Rathi Barthlote, a Tamil refugee and co-founder of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality, and Samantha Ratnam, former leader of the Victorian Greens and current Greens Candidate for Wills, speaking at the Remembering Mullivaikkal Rally held at the State Library of Victoria Sunday 19 May to mark the 15th anniversary of the end to …

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 dis…

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 l…

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…

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) …

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 …

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 A…

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 provid…

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 Austra…

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 …

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 Gre…

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…

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 event…

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, …

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 Pale…

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 Larrak…

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…

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 Edu…

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…

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…

Headlines// 7.15: Syrian-Lebanese author and academic Ruby Hamad on 3CR's Women on the Line on the historic dehumanisation of Arabs and Muslims in the west. Listen to the full episode here//7.30: Salvadoran born artist-researcher Dr Tania Cañas on her work with the Nahuat Saturday School and the Languages in Community festival which takes place thi…

Headlines// 7.15: Kit McMahon, CEO of Women's Health in the South East (WHISE), on the latest report 'Return on Equity: Health and economic dividends from Investing in Women’s Health Services' during 16 Days of Activism//7.30: Marisa Sposaro of Doin' Time speaks speaks with veteran activist Pamela Curr about a landmark court ruling that paves the w…

Headlines// 7.15: Charlie from SlutWalk Naarm on this year's SlutWalk rally, coming up on Saturday 25th November, 12pm outside the State Library. This conversation mentions rape and sexual assault, pease take care when listening. Follow SlutWalk Naarm on Instagram @slutwalkmelbourne or on Facebook//7.30: Part 2 of our conversation with Yassmin Abde…

Headlines// 7.15: Part 1 of our conversation with Yassmin Abdel-Magied on the latest conflict in Sudan exploring the importance of imagining a radical future for Sudan and its people. Tune in next week for part 2//7.30: Josephine Langbien, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, on the High Court ruling stating it's unlawful and unconstitutio…

7:15 We hear various speeches that have taken place at Free Palestine rallies in Narrm/Melbourne. These speeches were originally played on Accent of Women on the 31st of October. Thank you to Jiselle Hanna for this next excerpt. 7:30 Dr Louisa Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion at Deakin University. Louisa is a qualitative socia…

7:15 - We hear some snippets from the rally held in Coburg on Thursday 19th of October, called by Merri-bek councilors Sue Bolton and Monica Harte, where 1000 people gathered to call for a free Palestine. This audio was recorded by Annie McLouglin from Solidarity Breakfast.7:35 - Marie Brennan has been Professor at several universities and has rese…

Headlines// 7.15: An excerpt from the Multicultural Centre for Women's Health webinar on reproductive justice. This was originally broadcast by Xen Nhà on Women on the Line earlier in September// 7.30: Noura Mansour from APAN speaks to Phuong for Women on the Line in August about the importance of Palestinian resistance. There will be a rally for P…

Headlines//FOE Chain Reaction’s Strong Blak Resistance, the full BlakOut Takeover Issue today.Old Footscray Hospital Tour coming up Saturday 7 October at 3pm. 7.15: Lana Nguyen on the upcoming Overshare Video Festival happening from 7-22 October// 7.30: Rachel Cook, Women’s Health Lead from Thorne Harbour Health, on the sixth national LGBTIQ+ Women…

7:15 - Dr Ellen Cho, Lecturer at Monash University, speaks about the report, Victorian local councils and gender equality: Examining commitments to diversity & the experiences of women from migrant & refugee backgrounds, that she wrote with Professor Marie Segrave. Find Ellen on Twitter: @hyein_ellen_cho 7:30 - Chloe DS, refugee rights activist, 3C…

7.15: First Nations music segment// 7.30: Footscray resident Angela Ashley-Chiew on the community campaign to reimagine a better future for the old Footscray hospital site. Follow them on Instagram @reimaginingfootscrayhospital// 7.45: Lisa Depeller from OCEAN on the campaign to stop seismic blasting in the seas off Victoria as well as the rally th…

Headlines// 7.15 & 7.30: Nuclear Free Coordinator at Friends of the Earth Sanne De Swart and primary school teacher Emma on fighting against the military agenda in our school curriculum//7.45: (CW: This interview deals with themes of sexual consent and rape culture) For World Sexual Health Day (4 Sep), Jessica Grahame, lecturer and researcher at Mo…

Headlines//7.15: Discussion on the tendency to dismiss and ignore women's pain, reproductive rights and navigating the medical system. 7.30: Chloe, staff member at Melbourne Uni and NTEU Vice President for professional staff, talking to us about the strike action happening at Melbourne Uni this week//7.45: Professor Sandy O'Sullivan talking to us a…

Headlines// 7.15: Noura Mansour, Community Organising and Advocacy lead at the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN), on Palestinian resistance, the power of language, and the need for the Australian government to step up and take real action against Israel. Listen to the full episode on Women on the Line//7.30: Birth educator Vanessa Shribma…

~Science Week Special: Pulling the threads of AI, Automation + Data Sovereignty all week on 3CR Breakfast~ Headlines//7.15: Lara Week, resident of Techno Park Drive in Williamstown, on their campaign to stay in their homes in the face of eviction notices by the Hobsons Bay Council. Find out more here, and sign their petition here. This episode firs…

Headlines//7.15: Kaz Dawson – CEO of CCNB – on Dying to Know Day, an annual not-for-profit campaign enabling Australians to improve their ‘death literacy’ to start important conversations about end-of-life. 7.45: Solidarity Breakfast's Annie McLouglin talks to Shirley Winton from No AUKUS Coalition Victoria on the danger of Australia following the …

Solidarity Breakfast's Annie McLouglin talks to landowner and forest defender, Sharyn O’Dell, about the continued fight to save the Bulga Forest.//Cr Sue Bolton on the next action for the Sydney Road Accessible Transport Campaign on September 17th. Keep up to date with the campaign here. You can connect with the campaign by emailing satsnow0@gmail.…

Headlines//7.15: Discussion on the parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma in NSW// 7.30: Mayco Naing, a contemporary visual artist born in Myanmar, on her work and presenting at the event, Focus on Myanmar: Art, Music and Resistance, at Black Spark Cultural Centre happening Wednesday 26 July. Buy tickets here//7.45: Amelia from Campaign Against Ra…

Headlines// Fleur Taylor, Vice President for professional staff at the NTEU's Victoria University (VU) branch, on VU's recent announcement to make 300 full time staff redundant, other major changes at the university and what it means for staff//Vivien Langford of 3CR's Climate Action Show talks to Niabh who abseiled off a bridge in Melbourne during…