Prayer as public policy; Religious Discrimination Bill, Anti-abortion activism in NSW, Building Resilience in Communities Affected by Fires and Covid

Friday, 24 April 2020 - 9:00am to 10:00am
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Prayer as public policy: Philip Almond on praying for rain vs real climate policy. 

Religious Discrimination Bill: Tim O'Connor from Amnesty Internationaltells us why the draft Religious Discrimination Bill released in September 2019 takes Australia "back to the dark ages", and highlights and the need for a national Bill of Rights.

Decriminalisation of abortion in New South Wales: Dr Prudence Flowers from Flinders University describes the infuence of the US Anti-abortion strategies in Australia.

 Disaster and Survival: A conversation with  Fiona York, Centre for Rural Communities, about building resilience and learning from communities affected by fires in East Gippsland and now COVID 19.

Left After Breakfast

Friday 9:00am to 10:00am
Best of the Left commentary and chat.

Presenter

Susanna Duffy, Glen Davis and The Bagman

Topic

Current affairs
Environment
Human Rights
Indigenous
Industrial issues
Local Communities
Protests
Women

Episodes

Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse-Redacted sections; Poverty and Covid19 in South Sulawesi; War with the environment and new pandemics; The cost of inaction on climate

15 May 2020
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Unequal impact of Covid labour market crisis; Beyond vaccines; ACF Water for Coal report; A perfect time for making...pickles?

8 May 2020
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History of May Day; Covid-19 impact on hospitality work; Australian women's unpaid Labour; Lack of decisive action on silicosis from the Dust Diseases Task Force

1 May 2020
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Prayer as public policy; Religious Discrimination Bill, Anti-abortion activism in NSW, Building Resilience in Communities Affected by Fires and Covid

24 Apr 2020
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