LGBTI+ Legal Needs Survey, Chi Tran, Logging exemption, Refugees held in Mantra Bell City, Harm Reduction Vic

Thursday, 23 April 2020 - 7:00am to 8:30am

 Acknowledgement of country

 

News headlines with Cait Kelly

 

Max speaks with Sam Elkin speaks with Max about the LGBTI+ legal needs survey, which closes soon, as well as the Change Your ID day coming up in May.

 

Chi Tran reading a selection of their poetry. Chi Tran is an emerging artist and writer, based in Naarm. Chi has written and exhibited in Cordite Poetry Review, Firstdraft, ACCA, Liquid Architecture, and many more. They also have forthcoming work in un. magazine and Minority Report. 

 

Scheherazade speaks withChris Schuringa from the Googerah Environment Centre (GECO). Chris talks about the 10-year logging exemptions that have just been rolled over in late March in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic while the area is recovering from this season's devasting bushfires. 

 

Danush, a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee currently detained at Mantra Bell City, talks to Priya about the harms of immigration detention, the need to release refugees into the community, and the potential impacts that coronavirus will have on detainees.

 

Jane speaks with Max about challenges facing the drug using community in these uncertain times and shares some tips and tricks from Harm Reduction Victoria's awesome resources on drug use, planning and pharmacotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 

Songs

Becca Hatch - Girl Like Me

Arno Faraji - Bass Jumpin