Tuesday Breakfast

• Terra Madre Asia & Pacific Fair '25, Digital Rights Watch on Gender-Based Online Harm, Refugee Advice and Casework Service during Nauru Deportations, Workplace Safety for Women, Solidarity and Survival School at Unassigned Gallery

  Headlines// - New National Homelessness Plan reveals homelessness amongst Aboriginal Victorian's has increased at four times the rate of the state population.- Two Victorians file legal challenge with the federal court against Vic Police announcing six month declaration of Melbourne CBD as a designated area. - World Health Organisation says 114 people including 63 children were killed in senseless strikes against kindergarden and hospital in Kalogi, Sudan.- Lebanese Australian Associate Professor Jumana Bayeh and Tunisian-Muslim Dr Jyhene Kebsi get made redundant from Macquarie University conveying Islamophobic sentiment.  7:15AM// Rowena Gonnay speaks about the Terra Madre Asia & Pacific fair 2025 that was held in Bacolod City, Philippines in the last week of November. Rowena Gonnay shared the unoy rice, a traditional strain native to the Pasil municipality of the Philippines. The rice is a sustainably grown variety, has been planted for generations, and is a symbol of cultural identity yet, is facing the threat of extinction.  7:30AM// Dr Caitlin McGrane is a research fellow at RMIT University and a board member of Digital Rights Watch. She speaks about her research into women who experience gender-based online harm and digital harassment in three areas - in the media, in politics, and in sport. This conversation marks the end of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (25 November-10 December).  7:45AM// Sarah Dale is Center Director and Principal Solicitor at - Refugee Advice and Casework Service in Sydney. RACS has been fighting for refugee rights for the past 35 years, providing legal help to refugees and people seeking asylum while also advocating for fairer asylum policies. Last month, new transcripts were released in English, revealing that Nauru intends to return refugees to their country of origin. Sarah discusses these recent developments and what they illuminate about the secrecy of offshore processing of refugees and what changes are needed to create a fairer system. 8:00AM// Carolyn Dunbar and Gia join us this morning to discuss “No more tick-box exercises”: Women calling for workplace safety; the third in a series of reports that explores the issues faced by women in male-dominated industries. Gia is a Station Officer, RTBU member and union delegate. She contributed to the report by speaking about her experience as a woman in a male-dominated industry. Like many women in those industries, she has experienced gender-based violence at work. Carolyn Dunbar is the Women’s Team Leader at the Victorian Trades Hall Council. She leads campaigns on issues related to women’s rights at work, including amplifying the voices of women in male-dominated industries, raising awareness about gender-based violence in the hospitality sector, advancing reproductive rights, and ending the misuse of NDAs in sexual harassment cases, to create safer and fairer workplaces for everyone. 8:15AM// August from Unassigned Gallery in Brunswick discusses the Survival and Solidarity School that will be held today at the gallery, starting at 4pm. For more information check out their website unassignedgallery.com.au or on instagram @Unassigned_Gallery

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• COP30 Indigenous Representation and Advocacy, Environmental Justice Australia on Nature Law Reforms, Surveillance and Over-policing in CBD, Co-health Service Budget Cuts and Closures, "Creatures for Climate" Fundraiser

  Headlines //- Donald Trump's governing party imposing sanctions against International Criminal Court organisations seeking accountaibility and justice for war crimes against Palestine.- Climate activists from 'Rising Tide' have halted coal ships entering Newcastle port during the people's blockade of the world's biggest coal port. - 700 'Put Australia First' anti-immigration protesters in CBD.- Mass flooding and landslides in parts of Asia; Sri-Lanka, Sumatra in Indonesia and Northern Thailand.  7:15 AM // Eileen Mairena Cunningham is an Indigenous activist, climate justice advocate, and global researcher. The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference known as COP30 is concluding in Belem, Brazil - a city often referred to as the gateway to the Amazon Rainforest. From November 10th- 21st 2025, this major global meeting has brought together government representatives from the 198 signatory countries, along with delegates from UN bodies, civil society, academia and the private sector. Significantly, COP30 features a recurring participation of Indigenous peoples, with over 3,000 registered delegates, alongside strong representations from women and youth. Cultural Survival has engaged with Indigenous leaders and their representatives to capture their priorities and demands at this critical conference. A Miskitu woman from Waspam, on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast, she has spent over two decades working at the intersection of Indigenous territorial governance, climate finance, and international advocacy.  7:30 AM // Nicola is a Senior Lawyer at Environmental Justice Australia, specialising in threatened species and nature protection. Last week it was announced that the Labor Government struck a deal with the Greens to pass changes made to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Here to discuss these reforms and what impacts they will have on the protection of the environment is Nicola Silbert.  7:45 AM // Shifrah Blustei is a managing lawyer at Inner Melbourne Community Legal. It was announced last week that Victoria Police have declared the CBD and surrounds a 'designated area' until the end of May. What does this mean for people's freedoms and civil liberties, and how does this form part of a greater framework of represssion and surveillence? Here to discuss this over-reach of police powers is Shifrah Blustei. Shifrah involved in local campaigns focused on over-policing and the securitisation of public space in Footscray through the Footscray Community Response group.Resource (PDF) - Police powers: Your rights in VictoriaInstagram pages with more information:Centre Against Racial ProfilingVictorian Aboriginal Legal ServiceMelbourne Activist Legal SupportPolice Accountability Project8:00 AM // Kim Chua, a community advocate from the Save our Community Health campaign. In late October, it was announced that co-health services across inner city Melbourne would be closing significant services due to budget cuts. At the Collingwood service, this will mean that the pharmacy and counselling services would be cut on 19 December. Kim joins us to talk about the threat of impending closure, and the important supports that Co-health provides, particularly for migrant and public housing communities.  8:15 AM // Harriet Forster is a member of the Act on Climate Collective at Friends of the Earth. She is an artist and community organiser and aims to combine arts based practices with building strong community climate resilience. Harriet joins us today to chat about the collective's campaign to fight for deep emissions cuts and protect the community by funding local climate adaption initiatives. Harriet is also here to discuss the upcoming fundraiser this week "Creatures for Climate" and what's next in 2026. You can find out more from Friends of the Earth's Instagram page here.  Songs:Yara - Common SenseYARA is a Palestinian Naarm/Melbourne based Soul Singer-songwriter and Producer. ‘Common Sense’ is her latest single, and features a verse from Refaat Alareer’s poem, ‘If I Must Die’Ana Tijoux - Somos Sur Tijoux was born in France to a French mother and a Chilean father in political exile during Pinochet's dictatorship. After the return to democracy, the family moved to Chile, where she found a home in the emerging hip-hop scene of Santiago. ‘Somos Sur’ translates to ‘We are the South’, and features Palestinian rapper Shadia Mansour.

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• Sahrawai Resistance and Displacement, Online Abuse Against Women and Underaged Girls, Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU), Upfield Line Reduplication Issues, Orange Bellied Parrot Conservation

  Headlines // - Accusations of racial profiling by Victoria Police- Palestinian law student Baraa Khairi Ali Maali killed by Israeli forces on Sunday- Save Our Community Health campaigning to save co-health in Collingwood, Fitzroy and Kensington- Snapchat verifying user ages in Australia 7:15 AM // For this week's episode of Women on the Line, Scheherazade spoke to Najla Mohamed-Lamin, a Sahrawi human rights activist, educator, and founder of the Almasar Library Centre in the refugee camps. Najla speaks about life under exile and why Sahrawi resistance endures despite displacement, resource plunder, and global indifference. In the following excerpt, Najla provides some background information regarding Western Sahara and the Sahrawi struggle.This conversation first aired on 3CR on Monday 17 November 2025. 7:30 AM // Lucinda Thorpe, Privacy Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch. Today marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence. Internationally, the UN Women 2025 theme for 16 Days of Activism is 'UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls’. Lucinda joins us on the show this morning to discuss the different forms of digital abuse that impacts women and girls. 7:45 AM // Leanne Holmes, National Vice President of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union. The Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) has launched a report which uncovers systemic failures in basic workplace hygiene and dignity faced by women transport workers across the country. Yesterday the RTBU held a press conference in Federal Parliament, demanding a complete overhaul of standards to guarantee women’s dignity and health in the transport sector. Leanne joins to discuss the report and next steps. 8:00 AM // Sue Bolton, a Merri-bek councillor and community activist. Recently, Infrastructure Victoria released a report calling for the reduplication of the Upfield train line. Sue joins us to chat about public transport issues in the inner north, including the Upfield Line and the bus system, and what needs to be done to create public transport that better serves the needs of the community.  8:15 AM // Norhan Dehaine, a passionate volunteer at the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. Norhan has recently spent three weeks in Melaluca, a remote forest region within Tasmania watching for the orange bellied parrot, an Australian native bird that is facing the threat of extinction. Julia and Norhan discuss conservation efforts through volunteering and the meditative benefits of bird watching.  Songs:'I Feel Better But I Don't Feel So Good' - Alice Skye'The Opener' - Camp Cope'Arrabi al Arabe' - Mariem Hassan

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• Switchboard LGBTIQA+ Fundraiser, Manufacture of IOF Jets in Brisbane, Adult Time for Violent Crime Bill, Rest in Power Exhibition, Defend Dissent Coalition

  7:15 AM // Jay Underwood is the music manager and community connector behind Liberate. A grassroots initiative uplifing indie and emerging creatives across the Naarm music community. They joined us on 3CR Breakfast  to discuss the upcoming fundraising event for Switchboard, a community based not for profit organisation that provides a peer driven, support service for LGBTIQA+ communities and their allies, friends, support workers and families. 7:30 AM // Juliet Lamont is a documentary filmmaker and a frontline activist for all of the intersectional struggles for justice and equality - Indigenous sovereignty, climate, human rights, native forests and Palestine. She was recently on the Global Sumud Flotilla to deliver aid in an attempt to break the illegal siege on Gaza. Juliet joined us on the program to discuss the IOF's use of F-35 jets and the parts of these weapons are being produced at Ferra Engineering in Brisbane.  7:45 AM // Sophie Ellis is the manager of the criminal law practice at YouthLaw and has been practising law for over a decade. YouthLaw is a state wide community legal service helping children and young people under 24 with a range of legal problems, including summary crime, family violence, fines and debts. Sophie joins us on the program this morning to discuss the Victorian Government's proposed Adult Time for Violent Crime Bill and how these laws will harm young people in Victoria. 8:00 AM // We spoke with the co-curators of upcoming exhibition Rest in Power, Jess Hutchison, Programming Coordinator at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre and Zahra O'Dea, an artist with a social engaged practice. The exhibition, which opens next Tuesday 25 November, will bring together art, activism and examine on gendered violence in the community, in a reflection on last year's RMIT grad show, which protested the deaths of 85 women in 2024. Jess and Zahra join us to discuss the context of the exhibition, the role of art in protest, and the importance of narrative in discussing violence against women. 8:15 AM // Cath, an activist and organiser for Defend Dissent Coalition, to discuss the context and impact of these laws. On 12 November 2025, the Victorian government introduced the Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Bill 2025 proposing laws that will limit the rights of people during political demonstrations. The proposed new laws will give police additional powers to direct the removal of face coverings, and create new offences related to lock-on devices and restrict protests near places of worship. Songs:Maxine's Garden - Super TartHilwa - ZeyneAcross the Hill - Isobel Caldwell

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• Koorie Youth Council on reopening of Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre, Digital Rights Watch, 'Bay Views for All' Documentary, Antipoverty Centre on Centrelink cuts, QTrans on Hormone Treatment ban

  News Headlines:Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung peoples' Native Title claim in VictoriaFemale MPs received death threats after condemning Neo-Nazi rally in NSWHome renovations leading cause of asbestos-related cancer Documentary 'Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War' reveals breakdown in norms and legal constraints Bonnie Dukakis is a Gunditjmara woman and is also CEO of Koorie Youth Council, the representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in Victoria. Guided by an Executive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, KYC values the diversity and strength of young people as decision-makers. The council advocates to government and community to advance the rights and representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. Bonnie joins us on the program this morning to discuss the Victorian Government recent announcement that it will reopen the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre in April 2026. Lucinda Thorpe, Privacy Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch, joins us on the show again to talk about the upcoming social media ban, due to come into effect next month. More specifically, we'll be discussing age assurance technology, what we currently know and don't know, and the privacy risks involved in engaging with this type of technology.  Jeannie Erceg is a public housing advocate and activist and former resident of the Barak Beacon residences in Port Melbourne. Jeannie joins us today to chat about an upcoming documentary “Bay Views for All”, out November 26. The documentary chronicles the Barak Beacon’s residents' fight to save their homes and communities. Jeannie is here to chat about her experience and the need to protect and defend public housing. More on the documentary here. Kristin O'Connell from the Antipoverty Centre joins us today to discuss concerns about this bill and how it could breach the right to social security and the disproportionate impact it could have on Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander communities.. Last week, Social Services minister Tanya Plibersek tabled a bill to cut centrelink payments to people accused of serious crimes, which was passed by the House of Representatives.  Brianna Hammond, president of QTrans spoke to Cleis On yesterday's episode of Women on the Line about the ban on accessing puberty blockers and hormone treatment for new adolescent patients in the public health system in Queensland. In this excerpt, Brianna provides some context for the ban as well as the impact on the trans and gender diverse community in Queensland. The conversation first aired on Women on the Line on Monday 10 November 2025. If and of the content in the following conversation is distressing for you or someone you care about, you can reach out to QLife for support on 1800 184 527 from 3pm-midnight or go to https://qlife.org.au/ Songs:Final Form - Sampa the Great Cerulean - Fairtrade Narcotics Island Home - Christine Anu

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