Decriminalisation of Sex Work in VIC, Impacts of Working From Home, National Campaign Against Homelessness, Mental Health Workers' Fight for Remuneration, and the Campaign for Social Housing in Maribyrnong

Monday, 16 August 2021 - 7:00am to 8:30am
Vixen Collective: Victoria's Peer Only Sex Worker Organisation

Monday Breakfast

with Jacob and Phuong //

 

7.00AM James Brennan from Stick Together spoke with senior economist from the Australian Institute Alison Pennington about the impacts of working from home. To check out the research, head to the australiainstitute.org.au //

 

7.30AM Kate Colvin speaks with Solidarity Breakfast's Annie McLoughlin about the national campaign against homelessness, which highlights among other things that some essential workers are being priced out of the housing market. //

 

7.45AM Priya Kunjan spoke with Paul Healey, State Secretary of the Health and Community Services Union or HACSU to discuss Victorian mental health workers' fight for fair remuneration and working conditions as part of their new multi-year enterprise bargaining agreement. //

 

8.05AM Jacob and Phuong spoke to Dylan from the Vixen Collective about the overpolicing of sex workers and Victoria's recent announcement to decriminalise sex work. To support sex workers who are out of work during COVID, donate to the Emergency Relief Fund at https://chuffed.org/project/sex-worker-support //

 

8.15AM Sally Thompson spoke with Annie McLoughlin on Solidarity Breakfast about the community campaign that successfully forced the Maribyrnong Council in Melbourne's west to overturn their no vote to repurpose an unused international student residence into social housing during COVID. //

 

SONGS:

 

Stay in Bed- by Alice Skye //

Always Was -by Flewnt ft. Dylan Voller and Tani Walker