Survival is a Instinct || Council Workers Campaign for Better Wages and Conditions

Friday, 24 April 2026 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics.

Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Zane Alcorn

Newsreports

Presenters discuss the recent announcement by the Albanese government to kick more than 160,000 people off the NDIS and why it reflects misplaced priorities from the government.

Discussion on repression of the Palestine movement in Queensland including reporting on Justice for Palestine announcing High Court challenge to laws as more than 20 are arrested and solidarity with Authors leaving University of Queensland Press after Indigenous kids book pulled for 'anti-Semitism' of illustrator.

Interviews and Discussion

Brooke Forbes, lawyer, author and survivor from Newcastle, NSW joins the program to discuss her new book Survival is an Instinct. A book that blends fiction and non-fiction, creating a multi-layered portrayal of surviving mental health diagnoses and sexual assault. Survival is an Instinct asks whether justice can be achieved through the very act of surviving, looks at where the legal system is failing survivors and talks to the exploitation of workplace power dynamics. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Tash Wark, Victorian secretary of the Australian Services Union (ASU) joins the program to talk about the industrial campaign to win better wages and conditions for council workers across 8 councils through a multi-employer agreement. Council workers will be taking 24-hour strike action on May 5 to escalate their campaign. You can listen to the individual interview here.

Friday 7:00am to 8:30am
A weekly source of alternative information which aims to inspire action and organisation to put people and the environment first. Covering international political issues and struggles against the exploitation of the people and exposing the bias in mainstream media that preferences the power brokers and denies access to information.

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Green Left Radio Collective

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