Tuesday Breakfast

• Gippsland Forest Guardians, International Workers Day, Doctors for Environment Australia, Youth Homelessness in Victoria

  Gippsland Forest GuardiansLisa Barrand is a founding member of the Gippsland Forest Guardians, a small team working with community to protect Gippsland's forests for future generations of animals, plants and people. Lisa speaks about the campaign to protect the critically endangered slender tree-fern and why increased pine plantations are contributing to the destruction of native forests. You can follow their work by heading to https://gippslandforestguardians.org.au/ or at @gippslandforestguardiansinc on Instagram. International Workers' Day rallyBrunhilda is a member of the Revolutionary Communist Organisation, the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, and the Australian Unemployed Workers Union. Brun speaks about the upcoming International Workers Day rally on Thursday 1st May at 5:30pm outside the State Library. You can also tune into 3CR on Thursday 1st May and Sunday 4th May for coverage of workers’ struggles, union work towards better wages and conditions, and the fight for democratic rights to organise and unionise. Doctors for Environment AustraliaKate Wylie is the CEO of Doctors for Environment Australia. DEA are medical doctors calling for climate action in recognition of the health harms caused by global heating and climate change. They work to protect biodiversity, knowing that the health of humans is inextricably linked with the health of the natural world and advocate for a sustainable healthcare system to reduce the health sectors carbon footprint. Kate speaks about the open letter that has been sent to all political candidates by members of DEA and Médecins Sans Frontières calling for candidates to take climate action this election. To find out more about the organisation, head to dea.org.au End the Raids! actionSanmati and Rory speak at the 'End the Raids' action that took place outside the Department of Home Affairs in Naarm on Thursday 17th April 2025. Sanmati is a migration lawyer from the Human Rights Law Centre and member of the United Workers Union. Sanmati speaks about the exploitative nature of the migrant system and how it impacts not only migrant sex workers, but all migrant and non-migrant workers. Rory is a peer support worker from Vixen, who speaks about the over-policing and surveillance of street-based sex workers and the need for full decriminalisation of sex work. Make sure to follow Vixen, peer organisation based in so-called Victoria, by going to www.vixen.org.au or on Instagram at @vixenworkers. Youth Homelessness in VictoriaDeborah Di Natale, CEO of the Council to Homeless Persons has a career-long commitment to social justice and advocacy for those who are experiencing disadvantage, who seeks to forge better social outcomes for people without a home, while supporting a strong and sustainable homelessness service sector in Victoria. Deborah speaks about the issue of youth homelessness in Victoria and the lack of updated policies to adddress it directly, as well as the landmark Victorian Youth Homelessness Assembly happening this week. To find out more about the work they do, visit chp.org.au SongsHere We Stand - Climate Choir MelbourneAlethea - Colony is a DragRokiah Wanda - Bulan Ditutup Awan

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• Loud Jew Collective, No Nuclear Bike Ride, Universal Reproductive Health Leave, Vixen Workers Stop the Raids, Divers for Climate Action

  7.15 am// Jordy Silverstein from Loud Jew Collective at Free Palestine RallyWe revisit a speech from the Free Palestine rally from Sunday 23rd March, where Jordy Silverstein of the Loud Jew Collective spoke about solidarity and the ways in which we in the west can fight against occupation and imperialism in our daily lives.  7.30 am// Manju from Nuclear Free Campaign, Friends of the EarthManju is one of the coordinators of the Nuclear Free Campaign with Friends of the Earth Melbourne. She joins us on the show today to discuss the upcoming event, "No to Nuclear bike ride". To find details about the bike ride event, please go to @foenuclearfree on Instagram or https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/notonuclearbikeride for more details. To see the radiation plume map, visit https://nuclearplume.au/ 7.45 am// Kate Marshall from Health Services UnionKate Marshall is the National Senior Assistant Secretary at the Health Services Union. The union has recently launched its campaign for universal reproductive health leave, calling for an additional 12 days of leave entitlement for all workers. Kate discusses the current costs to the economy, how existing leave entitlements are not sufficient, and the benefits universal reproductive health leave to workers and businesses. More information on the reproductive leave campaign here. 8.00 am// Bee from Vixen Workers Bee is a migrant sex worker, outreach peer support worker for women of cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds for Vixen and AMSWAG (Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group) under the Scarlet Alliance. They are also a member of Justice for Our Sisters. Bee talks to us today about Operation Inglenook and the recent increase in ABF raids targeting Asian-migrant sex workers, and the upcoming action on Thursday 17th April outside 808 Bourke St. For more information, please go to @vixenworkers on Instagram. Join the email campaign to end racist immigration raids here. 8.15 am// Yolanda Waters from Divers for Climate ActionYolanda Waters is the CEO of Divers for Climate Action, a new climate advocacy organisation. Yolanda holds a PhD in marine social science and founded the community-led organisation in 2023. Divers for Climate represents the concerns of SCUBA divers, free divers, commercial divers and snorkelers in advocating for climate action and to protect our oceans. SongsSpinifex Gum - Dream Baby DreamRuby Gill - Room Full of Human Male PoliticiansKee'Ahn - Better Things

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• Myanmar Earthquake, Extinction Rebellion, Arts and Craft Sector as a Gig Economy, Melbourne Bergerak, and the Justice Reform Initiative onYouth Incarceration

  Seismic shift protest in Warrnambool. Photo credit: OCEAN/ XRVic 7:15AM //  3CR presenter Kannagi on the recent earthquake in Myanmar. Kannagi is currently based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and spoke to Phuong about the impacts of the earthquake in Thailand, the communities particularly impacted in Myanmar, and the efforts of organisations and mutual aid campaigns to support those affected. This interview was recorded on Wednesday 2nd April 2025. Kannagi is one of the presenters of 3CR's Women on the Line, a radical intersectional current affairs program, making space for the voices of women and gender diverse people. 7:30AM // Brenda Tait from Extinction Rebellion on the need for individual and collective climate action. Brenda joined Extinction Rebellion in 2019 when she recognised how the political system was incapable of addressing the climate problem. Brenda spoke about the impact of offshore gas projects, as well as the need for more to be done to address the climate crisis both locally and globally. For more on their work, check out their website ausrebellion.earth 7:45AM // Grace McQuilten, art historian, curator and artist, as well as Associate Dean of Research and Industry at RMIT, on a study comparing the arts and craft sector to the gig economy. Grace discussed a four-year study led by RMIT with the University of Melbourne investigating the incomes and career lifecycles of visual arts and craft workers in Australia, which found a significant gender pay gap and departure of workers from the sector.  8:00AM //  Pipin Jamson, co-organiser of Melbourne Bergerak, a collective of Indonesian students and workers committed to building solidarity and resistance. The group advocates for anti-militarism and social justice in Australia and Indonesia. Pipin is a PhD student deeply engaged in research and grassroots activism.  8:15AM // Dr Mindy Sotiri, executive director of the Justice Reform Initiative on youth incarceration. Mindy chatted about the urgent need for a national shift away from "tough on crime" policies and towards policies that actually reduce incarceration. A recent report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare highlights the revolving door nature of youth detention and the rising rates of unsentenced children ending up in detention. SONGSNemahsis - "Stick of Gum"Rim Banna - "Maryam"

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• Regenerative farming in Chiang Mai, Anti-Poverty Centre, National Day of Action for Palestine, Avalon Airshow picket, Anti-trans campaign by Australian Christian Lobby

  7:15 AM// Kannagi speaks to Avika, a regenerative farmer in Chiang MaiOn a recent episode of 3CR's Women on the Line, Kannagi spoke to Avika, a regenerative farmer in Chiang Mai, Thailand who is passionate about regenerating soil and working with farmers across the country to make regenerative farming tools and techniques more accessible. This interview originally aired on Women on the Line on Monday 17 March 2025. To listen to the rest of the interview and to access all episodes of the show, head to www.3cr.org.au/womenontheline 7:30 AM// Kristin O'Connell from the AntiPoverty CentreKristin O'Connell from the Antipoverty Centre speaks to us to break down the latest federal budget and how it is set to leave millions of people in poverty feeling worse off than they were when the Prime Minister first promised to “leave no one behind”. The Antipoverty Centre was established in 2021 and are a collective of activists, advocates and researchers with direct, contemporary experience of poverty and unemployment. Their mission is to shift how people speak about and respond to poverty and unemployment in this colony. You can follow and support the important work of the AC by going to https://antipovertycentre.org/  7:45 AM// National Day of Action for PalestineOn Wednesday, 26th of March, various university groups across the country rallied at their campuses as part of the National Day of Action for Palestine. At University of Melbourne, students and staff came together to demand the university cut academic ties with so-called Israel, and divest from research partnerships with weapon manufacturers that are complicit in the ongoing genocide in Palestine. We will now listen to two speakers from the rally at University of Melbourne. Sophie Rudolph is a research fellow from the Faculty of Education who spoke on behalf of the National Tertiary Education Union and staff members who are in opposition of the increasing repression against protests on campus, as well as the proposed anti-semitism definition by Universities Australia. After that, we will hear from Pipin, an international student from Indonesia, highlighting the global and interconnected struggle for liberation and democracy. For more information, see @studentsagainstwar_unimelb and @melbournebergerak on Instagram 8:00 AM// Avalon Airshow picketCommunity members rallied against the Avalon air-show last week, highlighting the event as a weapons expo. On Friday (28 Mar) Amy Aednat [pron: Eed-Nat] Ciara spoke to Jaimie Jeffrey from IPAN (Independent and Peaceful Australia Network) Geelong-Southwest and community member Cheryl about the many levels of government involvement in the arms trade, Australia's role in producing weapon components and how this contributes to genocide, how it contributes to the promotion of militarism. Jamie and Cheryl also discuss local community's thoughts and pushback on the day. This recording was made on the ground at the blockade.  8:15 AM// Anti-trans campaign by Australian Christian LobbyOn Sunday, for 3CR's Trans Day of Audibility 2025, Amy from Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence and Local Food Connections, interviewed non-binary sex worker Charlie Bear about their research into the Australian Christian Lobby's anti-trans and anti-sex worker campaigning. This is a timely conversation as Russell’s Vought’s and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 brings a far-right Christian nationalism into law making in the USA. This interview was part of 3CR's Trans Day of Audibility programme on Sunday, and we highly recommend you check out the full show on https://www.3cr.org.au/transdayofaudibility2025SONGS "Lam Toey Chaweewan" by Chaweewan Dumern"Only Love" by Mia Wray

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• March for Native Forests, Trans Day of Action, No Northern Incinerator Campaign, Peace Action Ōtautahi, Strzelecki Koala Action Team

  7:15 AM // Rosemary Storey and Mel (Victoria Forest Alliance) On Sunday 23 March 2025, grassroots organisations and concerned members of the community gathered outside Peter Khalil's office in Coburg to stand up for native protests and protest logging, planned burns, and other forms of destruction. This rally, organised by the Bob Brown Foundation, took place in many other cities across so-called Australia, including Byron Bay on Bundjalung Country and in Nipaluna/Hobart. Today we're going to listen to a speech delivered by Rosemary Storey, one of Victorian Forest Alliance's founding committee members as well as one of the founding members of Kinglake Friends of the Forests. Afterwards, we'll hear from Mel who is from Friends of Albert West Forest and Victorian Forest Alliance. And finally, we'll hear from the Climate Choir Melbourne. More news and other information regarding the fight for native forests, you can go to www.bobbrown.org.au or www.victorianforestalliance.org.au  7:30 AM // Sasha Tremayne, Trans Day of ActionSasha is a non-binary activist from Naarm and is one of the nearly 30 organisers who are bringing our communities together for the Trans Day of Action rally in Naarm. Come to the State Library at 5:30pm on Monday 31st March and join the grassroots collective of trans people who are fighting for trans liberation from state violence, discrimination and rainbow capitalism. To find out more, go to @tdoa.20205 on Instagram. And on Sunday 30th March, 3CR will have a special broadcast for Trans Day of Audibility from 12-6pm. Make sure you keep it locked to 3CR, 855AM and check www.3cr.org.au and on social media for more information. 7:45 AM // Cath Rouse, No Northern Incinerators campaignCath joined us to chat about the context behind the campaign, the health risk the incinerator poses to communities in Melbourne's North, and their recent presentation of their petition to Victorian Parliament to fight against a massive commercial waste incinerator in Melbourne's northern suburbs, close to childcare facilities, young families and migrant populations. 8:00 AM // Joseph, Peace Action ŌtautahiEarlier this month, members of Peace Action Ōtautahi [oh-toh-ta-he] occupied the NZ headquarters of international weapons commpany NIOA [pron: Nai-a] in Rolleston Canterbury for over 10 hours. Phuong spoke with Joseph, one of the protestors with Peace Action Ōtautahi, about the Australian weapons company, the recent direct action at NIOA headquarters, and the organising happening in Aotearoa to push back against the arming of the police force. Peace Action Ōtautahi is an anti-war, pro-justice radical action group based in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa.They stand for Indigenous and climate justice, tino rangatiratanga, feminist and queer liberation, and disability and worker's rights. They also stand against capitalism, war, police, prisons, borders, and discrimination of all kinds.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, please be advised that the following segment includes references to Indigenous people who have passed away. There are also references to police violence.  If you need to talk to someone about the issues covered in the interview you can contact: Lifeline on 13 11 1413 YARN on 13 92 76 - a dedicated 24/7 national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesYarning Safe'n'Strong on 1800 959 563 - a free and confidential 24-hour counselling service for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesPlease take care when listening. 8:15 AM // Anne Abbott, Strzelecki Koala Action TeamAnne Abbott from the Strzelecki Koala Action Team, a volunteer collective of Friends of the Earth Melbourne. Anne will share more about the first ever Koalathon event that's coming up this Sunday. The event seeks to raise funds for the Strzelecki Koala, the only genetically diverse koala remaining in southern parts of Australia. Their genetic diversity makes them more capable of withstanding environmental changes and means they are among the most important remnant koala populations left on the planet. For more information on the event, visit https://koalathon.raiselysite.com/ and to contribute to Lachlan's Legacy fundraiser, visit https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/lachlan_abbott_legacy Songs:Mother Nature - Angie McMahonWe Protect Us - Ash BrickySelamat Hari Raya - Saloma

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