Victorian Bail Laws & Homes Not Prisons Campaign, First People's Disability Network on Cognitive Disability, Prisons & NDIS, Save the Preston Market

Thursday, 1 July 2021 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Thursday 1 July 2021 

 

7:15 am - Amy & Karen activists involved in the Homes Not Prisons campaign join us to speak about the campaign to stop the expansion of Dame Phyllis Frost Prison. Amy also shares her story of being incarcerated at Dame Phyllis Frost Prison and she shares an indepth insight into the draconian Victorian bail laws which came into effect in 2018

 

8:00am - Deb Lee, NSW Sector Development Officer from the First Peoples Disability Network joins us to speak about the experiences of people with cognitive disability and the issues people face when coming into contact with criminal legal system and NDIS

 

8:15am - George Kanjere, representing the newly formed Save the Preston Market Action Group, joins us to discuss the fight to save Preston Market from aggressive redevelopment proposed by the Victorian Planning Authority

 

Songs 

Kee'ahn - Better Things 

Better in Blak - Thelma Plum