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On Mondays Breakfast Show October 19th we had:Headlines:14 new homes have been handed over to tenants in Arnhem Land. It is part of the $4 Billion, 10 year Remote Housing Agreement. NSW’s 6 month trial for drone surveillance has been extended for two years. The Moree Dronge Programme is a plan to keep the indigenous community in Moree ‘safe.’ The lack of privacy and regulation has caused unrest in the community. Police in France have made 2000 arrests over the weekend from protests. French civilians have been protesting for weeks against cost of living and education conditions. 171 minors have been arrested.  Interview one:Liv spoke to:NTEU member and senior lecturer for advancing journalism at the university of melbourne Jeff Sparrow. Last week there was a National Tertiary Education Union strike and teaching ban.They are fighting for better pay and sustainable workloads.   A number of issues remain unresolved and will require more negotiation.  Interview two:Liv spoke to: Dr Simon Judkins the president of Victoria's Australian Medical Association On the 21st of October Doctors in Victoria will walk off the job for 12 hoursAfter 16 months progress has still been stalled.Doctors want increase in pay and shorter shifts to avoid fatigue and burnout.  Interview three:Hannah spoke to:Lana Nguyen, independent curator, organiser, producer for A Climate for Art.She discussed her new project and pdocast Cultural Curretns. On the 30th of october there is; ‘radio climate,’ at the science gallery from 5pm to 8pm with live interviews, DJ’s, food and art. Listen to Cultural Currents here:  https://www.3cr.org.au/culturalcurrentsInterview four:Cece spoke to:Boyztoyz; a trans masc strip show company about their upcoming shows on 22nd and 29th October at Smith Street Hotel. Magic Dike and Mr Steal Your Girl are queer dance performers trying to make more accessible trans masc events and opening up sex work to the FLINTA community. We discussed drag, stripping, queer spaces and how to relearn desire for FLINTA outside of a patriarchal lense.Tickets for Boyztoyz here: https://linktr.ee/boytoyz?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=d19adb42-4f19-40e7-9b90-60707f51f14eBoyztoyz instagram: Boytoyz.au

Welcome to the Monday Breakfast Show! This show had: The headlines: Pacifica environmentalists are taking court action against trump administration to deep sea mine pacific waters.  Darwin’s largest homeless shelter is being shutdown. Run by the Yilli Rreung housing Aboriginal Corporation, the accommodation housed 400 indigenous people, some who are domestic violence survivors.  Over 100 people are dead from a migrant boat sinking from Djibouti to Yemen. Amongst the 116 missing and 100 dead are 15 children. 80 people survived the capsizing.  Part one of Interview with Seamalu Elora Raymond about lawsuit against trump administration over plans to lease pacific waters for deep sea mining. Activist Seamalu Elora Raymond is part of the community organisation Fa’asao Amerika Samoa, which strives to protect America Samoa indigenous culture, traditions, beliefs and the environment. Trumps administration wants to lease 125 million square metres of sea for deep sea mining from November 19th for 20 years. We discussed the environmental impacts and the effects it will have on marine life, and the creatures held sacred for America Samoans. The council of conservation of Hawaii is also taking legal action, as the mining will have mass effect on many of the islands in the area.  Part two of interview with Seamalu Elora Raymond.  In the second half of our interview we discussed AI Data Centres and the minerals the US will be mining, many of the materials used to build, power and create these centres being found on the seabed.  Elora talks about the domino effect this will have on the rest of the world if the US’s proposals are approved. It creates fears that a global race as the flux of data centres rises to use the ocean to power these data centres. We discussed whether so called Australia may follow suit, as they are wanting to build 90 more data centres, and how China is already using the sea to cool down their data centres, rising sea temperatures.  Song played: Sea creatures by SOAK. Audio from Vigil for Gaza last Wednesday from Gema O’toole.  We played Gemma O’tooles speech made at the vigil about her experience being captured from the flotilla on the boat Adalah. In May, Gemma and a group of activists were kidnapped by the IDF.Gemma brought up distressing content of violence, torture and sexual abuse that she went through by the IDF. Exposing the Israeli military as cold blooded brutalists, she bravely went through the disgusting treatment they received for weeks whilst in Israel, and how she is banned for 100 years to return.  A speech from Mira Abu Aita from the vigil for Gaza. Mira Abu Aita is a christian Palestinian woman and a mother. In her speech she shared her deep connection to Palestine and her family there, creating connection between First Nations people’s connection to country  Amongst religious conflict she places importance on keeping her faith, and the injustices Palestinian Christians face.  Second speech by Tasnim Mahmoud Sammack,  a Palestinian Muslim academic and educator. Tasnim calls for the release of all Palestinian prisoners, and the end of the occupation for Palestinians. Working in anti racism and radical youth narratives, she asks for resolution and the end of the genocide.  Promotion of:Close counters and Scott Reef on 13th October in Brunswick Ballroom. https://biggay.guide/au/melbourne/gay-events/close-counters-x-save-scott-reefVixen organisations sex worker meet ups: Trans and Gender diverse meeting on 27th October and Male Sex worker meeting on 28th October. https://www.vixen.org.au/events-1  Virtual Rally for: The U.S. government is considering an application from The Metals Company to conduct deep-seabed mining activities in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a vast area of international waters in the central Pacific Ocean.You can register below. Or search on Facebook; Fa'asao Amerika Samoa  https://oceana-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wAnpX426T0KQ61bGhkKeEw#/registrationWhen: October 13th, 2026, 3:00-4:00 PM EDT  Song: Deus E O Amor by Gal Costa.

Headlines: - Operation of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline has been delayed - Voting across Brazil has just closed - Palestinians have been fired at by Israeli soldiers and settlers while trying to begin the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. - In the UK the Greens Party voted to class Zionism as a form of racism.  Segments:- Interview from 3CR's Out of the Blue from 20 September 2026 - where host Stan Woodhouse sat down with Kaylah Gawn - PhD Candidate at Deakin University, telling listeners all about her work on Golden Kelp Populations in Port Phillip Bay, and what future-proofing those populations look like in the wake of the 'super El-Nino' event, which has been observed since March this year. - Evie Julliet and Alex Williams to discuss their event; Everflow - encouraging deep listening with the Birrarung - the closing event for river fest on the 18th of October.    -Interview with Lloyd and Gabe, two members of a community-managed organisation known as The Venny which aims to break the cycle of disadvantage for young people through play. You can read more and support the project here.

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!