Blockade Australia Arrests II Bernard Colleary Case Dropped II The Art of Incarceration II This is the week II The Making & the Unmaking of the East West Link II Reproductive Rights Rally

Saturday, 9 July 2022 - 7:30am to 9:00am
Melb Reproductive Rights Rally 2-7-2022

Blockade Australia Arrests here II Veronica Curmi alerted the public that her son Max and fellow Blockade Australia protestor Tim had been held in their cell for 17 days without sunlight after being arrested during the Colo Valley raids before the Blockade Australia action in Sydney last week. Veronica gives an account of the Blockade.

Bernard Colleary Case Dropped here II Mark Dreyfus, Australia's new Attorney General, has announced the dropping of charges against Bernard Colleary who has been subjected to years of legal action in secret court hearings. We speak to Andy Alcock, from the Australia East Timor Friendship Association (AETFA), for background to the case. For more information about other whistleblowers who are being pursued by the courts go to the Alliance Against Political Prosecutions (AAPP).

The Art of Incarceration here II Filmmaker Alex Siddon talks to us about The Art of Incarceration, which profiles Indigeous prisoners who find a new way forward through art. In a time of over representation of Indigeous people in our prison system this film explores the lives of Indigeous prisoners at Victoria's Fulham Correctional Centre. The Art of Incarceration has been released exclusively on Netflix's globally starting July 3rd.

This is the week here II Kevin Healy dices the week with satire.

The Making & the Unmaking of the East West Link here II James C. Murphy talks to us about his book The Making & the Unmaking of the East West Link.

Reproductive Rights Rally here II Esma James gives a rousing speech at the recent Reproductives Rights Rally in Melbourne following the Roe v Wade case in US that reversed the right to abortion to US citizens.