- CW: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, please note that the following story contains the names of deceased people. A second Aboriginal woman has died in Western Australia’s Bandyup prison in less than five weeks.
- The Maribynong Council will be meeting today to vote on what it calls its “civic presence” model for Footscray. This comes after Councillors unanimously voted for a security approach to social issues in Footscray.
- Dozens of children, book bags in tow, marched on Sunday morning towards the fence blocking the route the children of the Bedouin community of Umm al-Khair use to reach their school in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Saint Williams talks about SERVICED, a variety show challenging ideas of masculinity that mixes burlesque performance, art, and community into one big, unapologetic celebration. It’s happening as a pre-Mother’s Day special, on May 9th, raising funds to take the show on tour across regional Australia, with a full experience including bottomless drinks, rooftop installations, DJs, tarot, tattoos, live performance, tooth gems, and more.
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Shelley and Sammy are two members of the Free Betty Coalition, a campaign to free Ibtissame Betty Lachgar, a Moroccan feminist and human rights activist who has been sentenced to 30 months in prison in Morocco after sharing a photo of herself on social media wearing a t-shirt that read "Allah is Lesbian". In this conversation, You can find out more by going to freebetty.org or @freebettyorg on Instagram.
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Elena Gomez is a writer and editor living on Wurundjeri country who has recently released her fourth poetry book 'All down, honey'. It is a book containing five long poems that explore relationships between humans, animals and consumption. For more information you can find Elena Gomez's website here https://www.elenagomez.net and her newest book here https://gleebooks.com.au/p/all-down-honey.
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Maia is the founder director of Yung Prodigy. Yung Prodigy is a youth led organization focused on mobilizing young people impacted by parental and kinship in incarceration. Maia joins us today to discuss a parliamentary inquiry and their campaign for free phone calls and letter writing to prisons. Yungprodigy.org for more information. Freedom on the line campaign. @yungprodigy
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Nelli Stevenson is an independent communications strategist specialising in climate and energy. She has worked with some of the world's most recognisable environmental and human rights organisations, and her work influences some of the loudest voices in the Australian climate and energy space. In recent times, she's shared about how we simply can't drill our way out of this energy crisis.
