Cashless Debit Card Morphs II We Need to Talk About Modi II This is the Week II MelbUni Students Support Striking Teachers II Blockade Australia stops traffic

Saturday, 24 June 2023 - 7:30am to Saturday, 1 July 2023 - 8:00am
NtEU strike at MelbUni

Cashless Debit Card Morphs here II We talk with Jay Coonan from the Antipoverty Centre, about how the Cashless Debit Card or it's nasty little brother the Basics Card has morphed into the Enhanced Income Management Card. Whatever it is called, it is still non-voluntary quarantining of social security payments. The legislation passed on June 22 entrenches income control into Australia's social security system.
We Need to Talk About Modi here II Peter Job from Declassified Australia, talks about how our PM's lauding of the Indian Prime Minister Modi's during the recent visit will work against people in India experiencing human rights abuses.

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

MelbUni Student Support Striking Teachers here II NTEU members at Melbourne University took strike action in May and with no movement from management on pay, job insecurity, better parental leave, work from home rights, paid gender affirmation leave & First Nations employment targets.there is more actions in the wings. MelbUni Students are supporting their teachers with a Gofundme Campaign. We speak with Oly about the issues and why students are standing with their teachers.

Blockade Australia stops traffic here II In a coordinated action across 4 major cities in Australia Blockade Australia targeted Container Terminals at the Ports to highlight the system that supports the destruction of our environment. Vivian Langford from 3cr Climate Action Show talks with Niamh O'Connor about the reasons behind her suspension over Footscray Rd that stopped traffic into the Container Terminal at Port Melbourne last week.(Blockade Australia facebook/ Instagram)