| Indigenous Orchids | Against The Fear Machines - Anti-Fascist Public Conversations | NDIS Budget Ignores The Costs of Workforce Exclusion

Monday, 28 September 2026 - 7:00am to 8:30am
Headlines: 
  • A study from World Weather Attribution confirms that climate change played an important role in the catastrophic Nepal flash floods last August. 

  • 541,000 students returned to education for the new school year in Gaza despite the major impact Israel's ongoing bombardment is having on children and students in Gaza 

  • This week Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he would change the laws that will remove Israeli citizenship for criticising the IDF

  •  The global petrochemical industry’s greenhouse gas emissions could increase by around 50 per cent by 2050 under a business as usual scenario.

 
Segments: 
- Wing Beats Per Minute - two conservationists and ecologists Micheal and Jarred speak about the ecological impacts and benefits insects have within ecosystems. With it now warming, we're seeing more indigenous orchids popping up - with September following Guling season, or orchid season here on Wurundjeri Country, we're now in Poorneet season, or tadpole season - where more indigenous plants are now flowering. This segment was all about symbiotic relationships between indigenous orchids and their pollinators in and surrounding Naarm. 
 
- Conversation with Alex de Silva Faustino, a part of the Alliance for Praxis Research, member of the School for Social Change as well as Research Fellow at RMIT University's Centre for Urban Research. 
From Wednesday until the end of the year, the Alliance for Praxis Research will be hosting their series of public conversations known as 'Against The Fear Machines'. The events will focus on anti-fascist strategies as well as community responses to multiple converging crises, known as the polycrisis. You can find more information here www.aprcollective.com 
 
- Debate over NDIS budget ignores the cost of workforce exclusion. Conversation with Dr Jennifer Frean's research with university of melbourne about recent NDIS cuts, how that has affected public perception of people with disabilities. Then talking about workplace exclusion and the proposals she is designing to change this.
 
Music: 
Triple Zero by Babyccino