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Gunditjmara writer, activist and singer Richard J. Frankland spoke with us about screening his 1996 film 'No Way to Forget' at ACMI as part of tonight's NAIDOC Shorts event, and discusses his new album, 'Discovering Leerpeen Mara', which was released last month. Richard delivered this year's Elder in Residence Oration for NITV, which you can listen back to here. NAIDOC Shorts is running from 7-8:30 tonight at ACMI, screening a selection of films created by First Nations filmmakers over the past 50 years as part of this NAIDOC week's '50 Years of Deadly' celebrations - get your tickets here.//
We will heard from Tash Wark, Branch Secretary of Australian Services Union, who talked us through current action by council workers against various local government councils across Melbourne. We will discussed recent strikes held by waste collection drivers across Darebin, Merri-bek and Hume councils, where their action is up to, and the responsiveness of local government councils and state government.//
Content note: this interview includes mentions of a First Nations person who has passed away. For support, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can call 13 YARN (13 92 76) or Yarning Safe'n'Strong (1800 959 563). Martin Hodgson of The Disappeared Project discussed the campaign by the family of Butchulla and Woppaburra woman Monique Clubb calling on the Queensland Police Service to issue a $1 million reward for information about her disappearance on the 22nd of June 2013. Martin spoke about Monique's life and legacy, her family's struggle for justice, and the role of independent investigation and advocacy in the search for answers about what happened to Monique. Please sign the petition created by Monique's family (who you can follow here on Instagram) asking for QPS to offer a reward for information about her disappearance. You can listen to the Curtain the Podcast episode Martin mentioned here, where Martin and co-host Amy McQuire speak about Monique's case. Read Amy's June 30th article about Monique's case, featuring interviews with her family members, here.//
We were joined by Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) Secretary Adu Hani and Branch Delegate Harry Millward to go over some of the most recent changes in Victorian rental policy. Last week the state government announced their Portable Bond Scheme, which allows renters to transfer an existing bond payment to their next rental property bond when moving houses. Some of the changes we are seeing in rental rights are long awaited but slow policy changes have proven inadequate in providing safe and equitable housing.//
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