Acknowledgement of Country//

Headlines//

We hear a replay from Wednesday Brekky where Jean and Dale from 3CR's DOGS programme discuss how affordability of uniforms and school supplies impacts children as they return to school in 2023. This excerpt first aired on 28 January and you can listen to the full discussion on 3CR's DOGS programme. The Australian Council for the Defence of Government Schools (DOGS) looks at public education and separation of church and state.//

It's been almost 32 years since the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) were handed down, but the current prison healthcare system is still failing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and contributing to deaths in custody. Last week,VALS, the Victorian Legal Service, brought together a panel of experts discussing the need for a reformed prison healthcare system so that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are incarcerated can access culturally-safe, trauma-informed healthcare that is of equal adequacy to what they would receive in the community. The panel featured Nerita Waight, Sarah Schwartz and Megan Williams. Megan and Sarah both gave evidence in the coronial inquest into the death of Veronica Nelson who died in custody in 2020. The inquest found among other failures of care that Veronica’s treatment was “cruel” and “inhumane”, and her death was preventable. In this excerpt, Wiradjuri healthcare advocate Megan Williams speaks about what cultural safety means in the context of Prison Health care. Listen back to the full recording here.//

Crunch and Michaela from 3CR’s Radioactive Show recently caught up with Ray Acheson from Reaching Critical Will to discuss strategies to counter militarism. RCW are an organisation working towards disarmament and arms control - they are the disarmament program of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. You can tune into the Radioactive Show on 3CR Saturdays from 10AM.//

Janelle, from Queensland-based peer sex worker organisation Respect Inc, joined us to discuss the campaign to decriminalise sex work in the state and to report on the Queensland Law Reform Commission's ongoing review of the sex industry. Sex workers in the state have long raised concerns about the circuitous legislation that currently regulates the industry, as well as its enforcement by the Queensland Police Force. Find out more about the campaign by heading to @DecrimQLD on Instagram.//

Songs//

Lupa - King Stingray//

Get Inspired - Genesis Owusu//

Don't Really Care - Djanaba//

Fly - Birdz ft. Ngaiire//

Closure - RONA. ft Helena//