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Tarneen Onus Browne, Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta, Bindal and Meriam person and community organiser, joined us to discuss the ongoing federal court challenge against Victoria Police's designated areas powers in the context of First Nations resistance movements. The case, brought by Human Rights Law Centre on behalf of Tarneen, Benny Zable and with new applicant David Hack, questions the validity of Victoria Police's extraordinary powers within designated areas, including stop and search powers and the ability to direct people to leave areas if they refuse to remove a face covering. While the 6-month declaration of Naarm's CBD as a designated area was ended early, organisers are concerned about the impact that ever-expanding police powers will have on fundamental protest rights, particularly those of First Nations people in the lead up to Invasion Day 2026. Register via Humanitix for the 2026 Naarm Invasion Day rally to receive updates with health and legal advice, and head to Dhadjowa Foundation if you can volunteer your time on Monday to assist organisers to collect donations to Pay the Rent.//
Ilo Diaz from the Centre Against Racial Profiling joined us to continue the conversation about designated area declarations in Victoria. Following on from our chat on 18 December 2025, where Ilo spoke about some of the work he has been doing to document designated areas, today's interview focuses on the report 'A Tale of Two Cities: The Hidden Geography of Police Powers in Victoria', released this week by the Centre, which identifies the racialised impact of designated area policing via an analysis of declarations between 2019-2024. You can read 'A Tale of Two Cities' here.//
Earlier this week, Alice caught up with writer, independent journalist and anti-fascist activist Tom Tanuki to discuss the Albanese Labor government's 'Combatting Antisemitism' laws, much of which have passed both Houses of Parliament early this week. Civil society organisations and legal advocates have raised alarm about the speed at which these laws have been rushed through Parliament, with consultation on the exposure draft of the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026 announced on the 13th of January this year in the wake of the Bondi attack. You can watch Tom's video unpacking the hate speech laws here.//
We played a speech by Dunghutti activist Paul Silva, nephew of David Dungay Jr., at a rally held last Sunday the 18th of January to commemorate 10 years since David Dungay Jr. passed away in the custody of New South Wales Corrective Services. This rally was met with a significant police presence, with attendees prevented from taking to the streets by NSW Police due to new powers to restrict public protests granted after the Bondi attack in December 2025. The upcoming Invasion Day rally in Sydney is anticipated to proceed without heightened policing due to a last-minute carve-out of the rally route from New South Wales' increasingly draconian protest laws. Paul Silva’s speech was recorded by Iyngaranathan Selvaratnam.//
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We Have Survived - Bart Willoughby ft. Deline Briscoe and Friends
Emily, Inez, Leila, Priya, River, Candy
