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On 3rd August, Marisa Sposaro of 3CR's Doin' Time, sat down with Maggie Munn, Gunggari Advocate and Director of First Nations Justice at Human Rights Law Centre, to discuss Australia’s failure to make progress on targets to reduce the rates of First Nations children behind bars, while states and territories continue to detain children in remand at increasing rates, in direct contravention of International Law. In their chat, Marisa and Maggie also touched on a report released by the Victorian Commission on Children and Young People, and broke down the Northern Territory government's abolishment of key aspects of 'Child Placement Principles'.
You can tune into Doin' Time every Monday 4-5pm on 3CR.//
Melinda Davis, Senior Lecturer in Education at Swinburne University of Technology and former deputy principal, joined us to discuss why Victorian teachers are set to strike for the third time this year on Wednesday the 19th of August. Melinda outlined how we got here, the compounding pressure on the sector, where the Victorian Branch of the Australian Education Union’s negotiations with government currently stand, and teachers’ demands.//
Idil and Ilo from the Centre Against Racial Profiling joined us for a conversation about the upcoming launch of 'The People's Record', a podcast about race, policing and public housing in Narrm. This incredible series tells the story of the public housing towers - the flats - focusing on the vitality and resistance of the community in the face of racialised policing and structural violence. This Saturday the 8th of August, The People's Record will be launched at IPCS, where the 6th and final episode of the show will be recorded live. The People's Record will be broadcasting daily on 3CR 855AM from the 8th of August.//
Nic Seton, CEO of Parents for Climate, spoke with us about the organisation’s successful push to close the Climate Active program, the adequacy of voluntary climate claims, and new mandatory climate-related financial disclosure requirements for Australian companies. Parents for Climate are a national parent advocacy organisation working to empower communities to make the climate safer for children. They have campaigned for over three years to abolish the Climate Active program, including through a landmark court case brought against EnergyAustralia, community advocacy work, and sustained investigation into greenwashing by energy companies. Nic Seton is a former stay-at-home dad, and has over 12 years’ experience working across international environmental organisations.//
Bill McKenzie, Deputy Chair of the 44FU Layfield Court Residents Committee, shared updates from yesterday's action, where public housing residents from over-55s flats from at least four estates across Melbourne took their petition to resist the demolition of their homes to the office of Housing Minister Nick Staikos. Bill was a member of a small delegation of representatives who entered 1 Spring Street to bring the residents’ petition to Staikos, who chose not to meet directly with residents despite being in the building at the time of the action. The Layfield Court Resident's Committee represents residents at 150 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park, an older persons' high-rise where Bill has lived for nearly 20 years.//
Emily, Inez, Leila, Priya, River, Candy
