Opposing Privatisation of Home-Care Services || 50 Years of Abortion Rights || Shocking Seismic Proposal for the Otway Basin

Friday, 26 August 2022 - 7:00am to 8:30am

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 & Zane Alcorn

Newsreports

Discussion of headline news discussion Australians raided $1.6 billion in superannuation savings to pay for health care - ABC News and it's implications about the nature of superannuation, the limitations of our healthcare system.

Newstories from Green Left discussed by the presenters.

Victory as Dendrobium coal expansion halted

Interviews and Discussions

Interview with moreland councillor and member of Socialist Alliance Sue Bolton about the push by local councils to priviatise in-home care services for the elderly which is a direct result of the Federal Government cutting block funding of in-home care to councils and is calling on the Albanese government to reinstate block funding to ensure that local council in-home care isn't priviatised. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Interview with long-time abortion rights campaigner Lynn Muir from Women's Abortion Action Group (WACC) based in Sydney reflecting on the 50-years of campaigning by woman's rights activist on Abortion Rights and the lessons that it offers to activists today. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Interview with Markus Nolle from Apollo Bay Fishermen’s Co-op about the shocking proposal by multinational corporations Schlumberger and TGS to undertake a 3D seismic survey in a massive area of the Otway Basin to locate fossil fuel deposits and why this represents a danger to the environment and the broader climate. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Friday 7:00am to 8:30am
A weekly source of alternative information which aims to inspire action and organisation to put people and the environment first.Covering international political issues and struggles against the exploitation of the people and exposing the bias in mainstream media that preferences the power brokers and denies access to information.

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Green Left Weekly Radio Collective

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