Acknowledgement of Country//

Headlines:

• Australian Government playing multiple roles in US-Israeli attacks on Iran
• Proposed changes to Migration Act condemned by community, Senator Thorpe
• Parliamentary inquiry into racism against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Victorian prisoners spend over $12m on phone calls between 2021 and 2024

Tilman Ruff, co-founder of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), joined us to discuss Australia's entanglements with nuclear-armed states in light of the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran. Australia's military and intelligence relationships with the United States are a particular cause for alarm, especially under the AUKUS agreement and Five Eyes alliance. Tilman also spoke about international developments in nuclear agreements including the expiry of the New START Treaty between Russia and the US, and emphasised the urgent need for Australia to ratify the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons.//

We played an excerpt of a speech by Agapi Pashos of the Greek Democritus Workers League from February 28th this year commemorating the third anniversary of the Tempi tragedy. Agapi spoke about the decades of austerity and endemic corruption that led to the death of 57 people in the 2023 head-on collision between a passenger and a freight train south of the Tempe Valley, and the diaspora's role in fighting for justice and systemic change in Greece.

A public meeting has been called by the Greek Democritus Workers League to discuss the political crisis in Greece at Democritus House (583 High St, Northcote) on Saturday March 14th at 4PM. For more information, head to their Instagram page.//

We played an excerpt of 3CR’s Women on the Line program from March 17th, 2025, where host Kannagi spoke with regenerative farmer Avika about combating the climate crisis through regenerative farming, the role of women in sustainable farming, the links between corporate farming and patriarchal culture and the benefits of growing your own food. Avika is based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and is passionate about regenerating soil. She works with farmers across the country to make regenerative farming tools and techniques more accessible. Listen back to the full conversation here, and catch Women on the Line on 3CR 855AM on Mondays from 8.30-9.00AM.//

Lucinda Thorpe from Digital Rights Watch joined us to continue the conversation about the Australian Government's relationships with US-based data analysis software company Palantir in light of exclusive reporting this week by Crikey on the contents of a contract that embeds Palantir staff within the Department of Defence. You can read Cam Wilson's article, 'Palantir embedding staff in Defence and mining Australian data under contract with Trump-aligned company' here.//