Wayne Wharton on Treaty Before Voice, Judith Peppard recaps Harm Reduction Intl Conference, Mara Sison on 'Sekala Niskala' at Footscray Community Arts, Ruth Jelley on Deakin industrial action, Alistair Sisson on rent control and public housing.
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Wayne 'Coco' Wharton, Kooma man, seasoned activist and convenor at the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy, joins us to speak about the Treaty Before Voice campaign. This grassroots First Nations campaign is being led by a network of First Nations Communities and the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy calling for an end to the war against First Nations people and questioning the current push for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. You can find out more about the Treaty Before Voice campaign at their website, and you can also follow along on Instagram and Facebook.//
We are joined by Judith Peppard, fellow 3CR producer and presenter with a keen interest and history in the alcohol and other drug space, who recently attended the 2023 Harm Reduction International Conference in Narrm/Melbourne from 16-19 April. The theme for this year's conference is Strength in Solidarity and we'll have a chat about some of key themes and insights surround global harm reduction efforts.//
Curator Mara Sison joins us to discuss the exhibition Sekala Niskala (the Seen and Unseen). Currently showing at Footscray Community Artsand produced in collaboration with Project 11, this exhibition is a celebration of continuing art styles based on Balinese Hindu belief, that pushes the boundaries of traditional Indonesian art practice. Sekala Niskala features artists Agus Saputra, Kuncir Sathya Viku, Ni Luh Pangestu, Satya Cipta and Septa Adi. //
After that, we are joined by Ruth Jelley the Victorian Assistant Secretary of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). Ruth has worked in a range of professional staff roles in learning design across 3 universities since 2012 and has been advocating for worker's rights with the NTEU as an elected representative since 2018. She joins us today to talk about the Deakin NTEU Branch's protected Industrial Action tomorrow 21st of April at the Burwood Campus. And how the proposed 'agreement' that is really a dodgy deal. //
Alistair Sisson, Macquarie University Research Fellow and organiser with Sydney-based Action for Public Housing, speaks with us about why the federal government needs to invest in public housing as one of the core solutions to Australia's housing crisis. We'll be talking about the scale of the crisis, federal and state government action (or lack thereof) on housing, and why tenure type is a key consideration in coordinating a systemic response to housing unaffordability. Alistair recently authored a piece for the Guardian arguing that plans to predominantly increase private housing supply are not sufficient to address multifaceted issues with housing affordability in Australia - you can read it here.//
Emily Cowlrick, Inez Winters, Leila Baptist, Priya Kunjan
