Resisting Climate Destruction, Art and Incarceration with The Torch Program, AFLW Season 7 and Community Sport, Overhauling Disability Employment

Thursday, 25 August 2022 - 7:00am to 8:30am
Rucks from Caroline Springs and Point Cook Centrals in a stoppage contest, during the last round of the home and away season of the WRFL VU Polytechnic Senior Women’s Competition. The photograph depicts two women footy players from opposing teams, one Black and one white, looking intently upwards and reaching towards a football that is out of frame.

 

Acknowledgement of Country//

 

Headlines//

 

We replay a segment of Tuesday's episode of Dirt Radio featuring Tim from Blockade Australia and Isabelle from Friends of The Earth discuss resisting Australia's climate destruction with organised disruption and the authoritarian response by NSW police. Catch Dirt Radio on Tuesdays at 9:30AM on 3CR.//

 

On this week's Doin' Time show, Marisa interviewed Felicity, proud Ngarrindjeri woman with lived experience of incarceration, about her participation in The Torch program. Felicity speaks about how she began learning more about her mob, culture and art while participating inside, and her ongoing connection with the program from the other side of the prison walls - as an in-community participant. You can listen to Doin' Time on Mondays from 4-5PM on 3CR.//

 

Kelly Rowe, co-host of Footy, Actually on Play on Radio joins us to talk about AFLW season 7, which kicks off today, and the push for greater inclusivity in community sports. Kelly is a graphic designer with a background in creative communications and has combined this experience with her love of footy to inform her 5-9 as a local footy journalist, photographer and podcaster.//

 

El Gibbs, an award-winning writer with a focus on disability and social issues, speaks with us about the systemic issues with Disability Employment Services and breaks down current government approaches to disability employment in the lead up to the September Jobs and Skills Summit. You can follow El on Twitter and support their writing on Patreon. During the interview, El also recommended the work of the Antipoverty Centre on issues at the intersection of disability justice and social security reform.//


 

Songs//

 

FELL IN LOVE - Jesswar//

 

Opportunity - Caution ft. P. Nona//

 

No Peace - Citizen Kay//

 

Of Another Kind - Winston Surfshirt ft. Milan Ring & Jerome Farah//