Acknowledgement of Country//

Headlines

• Stand with Sudan Rally
• Whistleblowers speak out on corrupt Nauru refugee deal
• Victoria Legal Aid employees accuse management of censorship on Palestine 
• Allan Labor government introduces draconian "Adult Time for Violent Crime” bill
• Yarra City Councillors urged to save Medically Supervised Injecting Rooms//

Announcements

Listeners are urged to email Yarra City Mayor Councillor Stephen Jolly and Deputy Mayor Councillor Sarah McKenzie before 10:30am, to rescind last night’s motion to withdraw long-standing support of the Medically Supervised Injecting Rooms Initiative in Richmond. You can find Yarra City Councillors email addresses here, and more information about the issue on Councillor Sophie Wade’s Instagram.//

Rally for Sudan

We listened to speeches from the Rally for Sudan at the State Library on Sunday 9th November. We heard from organisers, community, and those in solidarity on honouring the martyrs, collective ongoing grief, the challenges and urgent need for mutual aid, the history and current counter revolutionary violence taking place in Sudan. You can support ongoing mutual aid efforts for Sudan by following Bakri Mahmoud and Sawt Al Sudan on Instagram.//

Mparntwe for Falastin Updates

We heard an interview with journalist and horticulturalist Jorgen from Mparntwe for Falastin, discussing ongoing efforts to close Pine Gap, renewed in response to the genocide in Gaza.//

Footscray Belongs To Everyone

Oskar from Footscray Community Response joined us in-studio to discuss an upcoming protest, 11am this Saturday 15th November, in Nicholson Street Mall, Footscray,  the Maribyrnong City Council’s decision to hire private security to harass and displace homeless people from Footscray CBD.//

PSEUDA on ‘This Is All’

Songwriter, producer and FAMILI collective member PSEUDA joined us in-studio to talk about their latest album ‘This Is All’. Six years in the making, it is a masterfully produced and dynamic album with dreamy vocals. From a distance, ‘This Is All’ presents itself as an electronic pop record, but up close, its intricate sound design and restless experimentation draws from the fringes of breakbeat, prog-rock, classical and hybrid trap.//

Racial Discrimination Challenge Against Bail Checks

Grace Gooley, Senior Solicitor at the Justice and Equity Centre (JEC), joined us to discuss a racial discrimination case launched in the Federal Court by two young Aboriginal brothers against the New South Wales Police. The brothers, aged 11 and 13, were subjected to over 150 "bail compliance" checks by NSW Police over a 20 month period, raising serious concerns about the level of police intervention in the lives of Aboriginal children and young people, including in their own homes.//