Drugs & the Death Sentence here II 3cr's Judith Peppard reporting from the Harm Reduction International Conference held in Melbourne recently. This report is based on an interview with cultural antrhropology and public health practitioners Belinda and Jeff Lewis on their reflections around drugs, the 'Bali 9' & the subsequent execution of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan as a fruitless exercise in drug use control.

Social v Affordable Housing here II Deb Di Natalie, CEO of the Council for Homeless People, outlines their plan for the Victorian Government to move 1000s of 'affordable' houses onto the 'social housing' register.

QU & Boeing here II The arms dealer Boeing has a large stake in supporting programs at Queensland University. We talk with Wage Peace activist Margret Pestorius about a recent action at the Queensland University Senate meeting to bring home the University's role in normalising on-going war by taking money from Boeing.

This is the Week here II Kevin Healy cuts open the week with the knife of satire.

Bendigo Street Report here II Kelly Whitworth and Mike Collins, authors of the report Housing,  Activism and Local Government: The Bendigo Street Occupation - a case Study, come and talk about the issues uncovered in the report and alert us to the launch: Tuesday May 2, 6-7.30 pm Melbourne School of Design, Melbourne University. Go to the Melbourne School of Design website for zoom link.