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CW: F/DV, AOD, Gambling. If you would like to skip come back in 15mins. 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732), National AOD Hotline (1800 250 015).//
Meg Bagnall VAADA Lead, AOD and Family Violence and Christine du Toit, Windana Specialist Family Violence Advisor/U-Turn program Manager joined us to discuss the relationship between sporting events like the AFL Grand Final and increased rates and severity of Family/Domestic Violence, and how AOD and Gambling heightens this. We discussed why we keep seeing this, and what we can do about it. If you are at risk of violence and need support: Orange Door, Safe Steps (PH:1800 015 188), or find a community service that can help here.//

Christine Carolan, Save Our Community Health, local organising group, joined us to unpack the recent announcement around Cohealth Collingwood! Minister for Housing Nick Staikos announced that the future of the Collingwood clinic is secure. The site will be redeveloped with the community health centre on the ground floor and social housing above. The service will relocate temporarily to Trenerry Crescent during construction. We discussed what it took to get here, the independent review and management, and what's next?//

We will be joined by Geoffrey Watson, Senior Counsel with the Centre for Public Integrity, to talk about the deteriorating landscape of freedom of information across the country, increased secrecy throughout Anthony Albanese's two terms, and what should be prioritised as the federal government again puts reforms on the agenda after failed attempts at legislative change in 2025.// 

CW: Family and sexual violence, online hate, in-depth discussion of mental illness including suicidal ideation. If you'd like to skip come back after 15 minutes. For support, call Lifeline (13 11 14), Suicide Callback Service (1300 659 467), 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners can call 13 YARN (13 92 76) and Yarning Safe'n'Strong (1800 959 563).//
October is mental health month and 3CRs Month of Madness - an opportunity to take action, share information and destigmatise.To commemorate this and with the weather warming up, we replayed an episode of 3CRs Earth Matters. In this conversation, Earth Matters programmer Claudia Craig spoke with Dr Cybele Dey to unpack the physical health and mental health affects of hot weather, why heat is linked with increased mental health emergency presentations for vulnerable groups of people such as adolescents or those living with complex health disorders, and the secondary impacts of heat like increased rates of conflict and online hate speech. Find the whole episode of Earth Matters here, and tune into 3CR 855am Sundays from 11-11:30am.// 

Dale Clough, CEO of Anika Legal, joined us to break down findings from the service's new report Evicted, which reveals the continuing practice and impacts of of retaliatory evictions against Victorian renters. Evicted, which was released this Monday the 28th of October, demonstrates that Victorian renters are still at risk of being forced from their homes for asking for repairs or attempting to assert their rights. You can read the report here. Anika Legal provides free, online legal support to Victorian renters.//