On this week’s episode of Women on the Line, we speak with Manjusha and Anya about Temple of Desire, a Karma Dance production exploring themes of gender, feminism, rage, queerness and spirituality through the traditional dance form of Bharatnatyam, and featuring queer South Asian artists. Manjusha (she/her) is a South - Asian Australian woman who l…

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien Langford November 4th 2024WHAT THE HECK PLIBERSEK! "It's wishful thinking that gas miraculously moves overseas without emissions".ROBERT HOWARTH - Famous Ecosysystem Scientist at Cornell University As the minister for the Environment and climate change Tania Plibersek approves new coal and gas projects these gr…

This episode, Sunday, 27th October 2024, on Queering the Air 3CR an exciting radio show was aired! Shurthi and special guests' Dylan and Nupurasa from Queer South Asian Community dived into their upcoming Desi Q Club Night Event.Dylan shared all the details about this unforgettable event that about to happen on 09 November 2024 and shared us on the…

Luke Gahan discusses the Australian Institute of Family Studies project investigating abue and misstreatment of elder LGBTIQA+ people and how LGBTIQA+ people of all ages caan be involved.Also discusion of 45 yo gay actor Luke Evans re Guardian article "I thought I would die at ArmageddonPar Sally Goldner with Luke Gahan

Weekly update from the CFMEU Construction & General (Vic/Tas). Little holiday things: not getting robbed, how to access the benefits you earned, Leave Plus and travel insurance, Annual Picnic and EBAs moving along. Reports of Fair Work coming to hassle members and your rights if they're hanging around your worksite. Scallywags and Sooky La Las abou…

On Sunday 27 October, Virginia Heywood - Guide, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, was joined by Penny Woodward - Author & edible plant expert; Kate Archdeacon - My Smart Garden Program Coordinator; and Graham Morrison - Fruit tree expert.Text your gardening questions to 0488 809 855, or call 9419 0155 while we're on the air.Tune in 7:30 - 9:15am Sun…

Myllo, Naavikaran and Artemis Munoz join us in the studio and share their music. Music | Myllo Music | Naavikaran Utter Mess | Artemis Munoz Myllo and Naavikaran joined us in September and Artemis joined us in July 2024.Par Myllo, Naavikaran, Artemis Munoz with James McKenzie

As ‘The 113th Assistant Librarian’ Oliver’s life now has seven cats, hundreds of deadly books and he has to learn how to stop people dying in the library. Stuart Wilson has written a magical tome for parents to enjoy reading to their primary aged kids and remember books can be dangerous! After reading Gabriel Bermoser's novel, The Hitchhiker, you w…

We chat with Director/Writer David Vincent Smith about his first feature He Ain't Heavy starring Greta Scacchi, Leila George, and Sam Corlett as a family dealing with drug addiction and it's flow on affect to the whole family.Par Annie McLoughlin, David Vincent Smith

Kent MacCarter is a poet and editor. His publishing career began at University of Chicago Press in 2000; since then, he has worked with educational publishers. He is the managing editor of Cordite Poetry Review and publisher of Cordite Books. His writing has been published widely and includes four poetry collections: In the Hungry Middle of Here (T…

This week, Cat takes us through the science of puberty blockers, and how they can help young people sort out their gender identity; and Stu calls up the long list of research into the effects of smartphone use.

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Samoan climate justice activist Suluafi Brianna Fruean speaks with us about centring Pacific climate priorities during this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which is being held this week in Apia, Samoa, the first time that the gathering has been hosted by a Pacific Island Nation. Brianna also…

We hear from older residents of the Flemington public housing high rise slated for redevelopment, recorded at a community meeting on 19 September (thanks Danielle!)Residents are Awatif, Khadija, Ka-tam and Osman and we also hear from Jeannie, former resident of Bang Street and Barack Beacon, speaking at a rally for public housing on Saturday 19 Oct…

Em Collard is a super talented person who has already won two scholarships in their life to prestigious learning institutions. They have excelled in both sports and music, landing presently at Fitzroy Legal Service doing the important Night Service coordination while studying for their Juris Doctor. That's a law degree when you already have a degre…

Crawling Over The Bodies Of The Unborn: Climate Emergency I Gaza's Murder Zones I Cooking Less, Living More: Privatisation Of Food Preparation I Dig In. Don't Give Up I Robodebt Fiasco: Can It Happen Again? I Senator Thorpe Didn't Get A Guernsey To The Paramatta BBQ I QANTAS: Fought Every Inch Of The Way I Google: Mr and Mrs 98% I The Other World M…

In this week’s food-based episode, Kevin and Zeb chat with dumpster diver and academic Willow Ross as well as Josh Cullinan, Secretary of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union.Find out more about some of the topics covered:George Mann: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/george-mann-keeping-union-history-alive-songPrevious episode with Willow: ht…

First we talk with workers compensation Laywer Michelle Tran about Vietnamese workers who are affected by silica dust who are missing out on the financial and medical support they need. We remember the Westgate Bridge disaster. 54 years ago the Westgate Bridge collapsed killing 35 workers outright in Australia’s worst construction disaster to date.…

Acknowledgement of Country//News Headlines//7.15am Priya Kunyan Thursday brekkie host and post-doctoral research fellow spoke about her research on housing precarity. This segment first aired on Tuesday Breakfast earlier this year. 7.30am Kieran Stewart-Assheton of the Black People's Union was in Canberra and spoke about the struggle for sovereignt…

His Week That Was – Kevin Healy, Political activist and author Dr Tim Anderson focusing on Hezbollah. What it means, where did it begin, and its role in Lebanon today. Also where Israel is going with Gaza. Dr Binoy Kampmark, senior lecturer at RMIT University speaking about the denial, once again, to allow the people of the Chagos Archipelago to re…

In recent years right-wing populists/extremists and right-wing Catholic as well as conservative actors have been building new alliances in several European countries around the notion of ‘gender-theory’ or ‘gender-ideology’. These groups construct ‘gender’ as a totalitarian ideology, which aims to create a new, ‘gender-less’ human, thereby attackin…

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody. In this episode of Doin Time, Marisa speaks to Keiran Stewart-Assheton and Uncle Coco of the Black Peoples Union about the day's protests against the visit of King Charles.…

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for October 21st, 2024.On todays show:Interview with Sue-Ann Hunter on Yoorook Justice Commission - Marisa speaks to Sue-Ann Hunter, Deputy Chair & Commissioner of Yoorrook Justice Commission, to provide updates on Victoria's Truth-Telling process and the land injustice inquiryAudio from the Public Forum for CFM…

On this week program Chris talks to Charlotte George, Greens candidate for MacKillop Ward in Yarra Council. We discuss the last week of local council elections in Victoria and the importance posting your ballot by 6pm Friday October 2024. Topics include Streets People Love candidate scorecards, public accessibility, footpaths, public transport, con…

On this episode of 3CR’s Queering the Air, we had a discussion with TGDNB folks about their experience of creating as part of a group and a community. Madison Moffat interviewed TransCreatives Alex, Arlo and Naavikaran on the joys of communal writing, having one’s work published in a community zine, and celebrating those results at (a still fairly …

We need to talk about an issue that doesn't get as much discussion as it needs. It's a particularly important topic right now with the state of the world and the exhaustion some activists are feeling. Today we are talking about activist burnout, what it means, how we get to this point and what both the individual activist and the justice movements …

Sean Mulcahy from Rainbow Local Government talks about queer and allied candidates in local government.Zoya Patel articleLeigh Varis-BeswickPar Sally Goldner with Sean Mulcahy

Today on Earth Matters, in the lead up to an upcoming Federal Election, we are looking at how so called fake news is slowing down the environmental action in Australia. We explore how traditional media, and its newer social media cousin, is driving a twin crises that threatens not only the environment, but our minds aswell.Thanks to ABC Friends for…

On Sunday 20 October, Chloe Foster - Horticulture educator and writer, was joined by Jane Tonkin - Tonkin’s Bulbs; Stephen Ryan - Dicksonia Rare Plants; and Ben Brooker - Treasured Perennials nursery.Text your gardening questions to 0488 809 855, or call 9419 0155 while we're on the air.Tune in 7:30 - 9:15am Sundays on 855 on the AM dial, 3CR Digit…

Voices for Palestine here II Senator David Shoebridge and a darling 8 year old Palestinian/ Australian boy call for justice and peace for Palestine in this weeks report for the Sydney Oct 13th rally in Hyde Park send by Vivian Langford from #3cr Climate Action ShowSeismic blasting still a threat here II We speak with AMCS Oil and Gas Campaign Manag…

Today we continue looking at the AUKUS military pact and in particular the tightening of the relationship between Australia and US military operations.As Vince Scappatura points out in his article 'Australia’s evolving nuclear posture: avoiding a fait accompli' published in Pearls and Irritations on the 12 October "AUKUS epitomises Australia’s geos…

On this week's episode, Nasser presents a speech he co-delivered alongside Louise Adler AM at the 13th annual UN International Day of Peace Brisbane Lecture.The St John’s Cathedral International Day of Peace event was co-hosted by the United Nations Association of Australia - Queensland Division and Just Peace, and was recorded at St John's Anglica…

A tad different today... I'm talking from my notes from a speech I gave at the Solidarity Conference at the Centre for POst Colonial Studies.Hang on to your seats.Par Jacob Grech

Written by Ella Filar, The Butcher, The Baker combines original songs with gender bending drama at La Mama Courthouse, October 23 and 24 during Seniors' Week in Victoria. Director Kevin Hopkins joins us and we feature the song Unbearable Departings from the play. Home - La Mama TheatrePar Kevin Hopkins with James McKenzie

Dolly Diamond joins us in the studio, fresh from the UK, to chat about her Variety Hour with a stunning line-up of local performers. October 19 and 20, The Ukiyo, Grattan Gardens, corner Greville and Grattan, Prahran. Presented by So Soiree Fringe Garden in collaboration with Dolly & Nicholas Reynolds. Dolly Diamond's Rather Large Variety Hour | Me…

A fox and a teenager fall in love in wit incorporated's production of First Love is the Revolution. Actor Madeleine Magee Carr and director Emma Drysdale join us. Explores finding shelter in others when chaos surrounds you. November 7 to 16 at Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray. wit incorporatedPar Madeleine Magee Carr, Emma Drysdale with James McKenzie

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Jordan Shukri MassoudNewsreportsDiscussion of the recent report by Angicare which found 99% of rental properties are unaffordable for esse…

Laura has come back on the show, now with 9 years of sobriety, and talks about the impact of her drinking on herself and her family, and what brought her into Alcoholics Anonymous.Laura discusses the transformation that she went through and how it fundamentally changed the way she thinks about herself and others. She also discusses the spiritual co…

Managing a boutique hotel overlooking a surf beach in Sri Lanka sounds like paradise. Dasha Ross writes about the joy and disasters of trying to do this with her husband John Pinder in ‘Big Trouble Coming’. Tigest Girma creates a world where mortals and vampires coexist in 'Immortal Dark' where betrayal, violence and romance are intertwined and lif…

Saara Lamberg the focus of today's programme or more particularly her new films Conversations with Spithead and Coma are the latest in this extraordinary auteur filmmakers collection of films. Conversations with Spithead a short accompanying the feature Coma is having their world premiere at the Lido on Thursday 17th Oct at 7pm with a follow-up scr…

In this episode from 3CR's Spoken Word show, you will hear an interview by Indrani Perera with poet Vasilka Pateras recorded on Thursday 10th October 2024.Vasilka Pateras lives in Naarm/Melbourne, and is an Australian-Macedonian writer whose poetry, reviews and articles have been published both nationally and internationally including Cordite, Masc…

This week on Lost in Science, Claire chats with Dr. Matthew Snelson about how our diet affects gutmicrobiome health and the link with chronic diseases. And we dig into the archives with Chris to explore space junk—who's responsible for putting it up there, tracking it, and bringing it down.Par Matthew Snelson, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Freelance journalist, writer and researcher Ann Louise Deslandes spoke with Priya earlier this week about the recent 10th anniversary of the Ayotzinapa student disappearances from the city of Iguala in Mexico's state of Guerrero. On the night of September 26, 2014, and into the next day, municipal, state, an…

Fortnightly update from the Plumbers (PPTEU). Picnic coming up, job news, Westgate Memorial, training, cheerios and chat.Par Rusty, Herks, Micky, Josh, Wozza, Billy

What a treat to have pioneering mathematics and statistics whizz, Alison Harcourt, join us on the show this week with her son, Pierre. Alison is 95 years old this year and only recently retired from lecturing and tutoring, a day before her 90th birthday. She really is an Australian treasure. Alison's life started in Colac where her father was a doc…

Papua New Guinea - NRL Rugby Team: High Price To Pay? I Gaza - Lebanon - Isreal: The Carnage Continues, Courtesy Of The US of A I "Good Guys - Bad Guys" I Ethics Are For Losers? I ABC: 100 Years On, A Shadow Of Its Former Self I The Public Housing Struggle Continues I Lachlan: Daddy's Boy I 24 - 40 - $2.15: What's It All About?…

Ralph Edwards former Victorian President of the CFMEU and BLF member speaks at migrant workers meeting in Melbourne on the attacks on the CFMEU, lessons for workers and the hostory of the BLF deregistration campaign.Par James Brennan with Ralph Edwards

Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// 7.15am Nick Rose from Sustain, to mark the International Day of Action for People's Food Sovereignty and Against Transnational Corporations.https://ipes-food.org/;https://reports.foodbank.org.au/foodbank-hunger-report-2024/;https://sustain.org.au/projects/rebuilding-women-owned-farms-in-gaza/ 7.45am Pilar Ag…

There are two significant anniversaries in the Middle Eastern/West Asian region of the world worth commemorating on Accent of Women. Two years on September 16, Jina Mahsa Amini was killed by the Morality Police in Iran, sparking the Woman Life Freedom movement there. A year earlier, in August 2021, the Taliban was ushered back into power as the who…

News headlines // 7:15AM // Replay of a speech from Judy McVey, from the Community and Public Sector Union for Palestine, at the Free Palestine Naarm rally on Sunday 13 October. Judy speaks about the importance of union power and reflects on moments in the past year when different unions have organised for Palestine such as the actions to stop ZIM …